The Autumn "Leaves"

 Living in Long Beach is perfect for us B's. Our kids are growing up in diversity. There are so many different neighborhoods and we love ours. We affectionately refer to it as the "Suburbs of the Ghetto". It can feel a little shady driving towards our neighborhood but this street, yeah, it is just two and a half blocks from our house.

 It's a regular on our running and bike routes. At one end, there is white vinyl fencing. This place, my kids call "the area". Little sillies I tell ya. Our dogs love to come down here to play. There are never cars parked so we did a family photo shoot here last year with  Mia Marisa Photography. Pexie is a big fan of playing here with the kids.

 Hubs and I enjoyed watching our boy play baseball this fall. He's growing so fast and it's great to see his love for the game and his skill level improve. He bats at the cages once a week. Had team practice and a game. He works with a Coach Buddy once a week and is now doing clinics with Dad and his Spring Coach. There is a theory that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert. So if he continues to practice 1-2 hours a day a few days a week... it should take JT about 23 years to become an expert in baseball. So I guess by 26, he'll have to pick a new goal. lol.

We've had a great sports year. Made a lot of friends and accomplished a lot. Being healthy and active are important to us B's. We like to know that we're going to be sticking around for a long time and chasing grandbabies one day. It's no accident that HeaBug calls any sneaker her "running shoes" or that they ask to do pull ups in the hallway before bed. We do a lot of yoga and stretching. JT knows how incredibly cool it is that he can do one armed push ups. It's awesome that they can do things that we want to learn how to do (A Handstand is on my list of things to do... it just is. Just cuz.) and that they want to do things that we can do. We inspire each other.