the Novakz

Phia and I took Bella to Balboa Park and walked around a bit. It was a lovely night. Bella slept through the whole thing but it was nice to get out of the house.

Phia and I are hoping to arrange a real Maternity photo shoot with her Aunt Stephanie, who is one of the most amazing photographers I’ve ever seen. If you’ve ever seen the Engagement shots she did for us, you know what I mean. In the mean time, fears of an early baby prompted us to give it a try on our own. Continue reading “Phia’s Maternity Portraits”

Some of you know that I am housing my father’s almighty Ford F-150 Lightning in my garage. Or as I like to refer to it, my inheritance. I actually feel that it’s really fair to call it co-ownership since what’s my dad’s is mine and .. how does the rest of that saying go? Well anyway it’s in my garage and I get to drive it so it feels like mine! If you don’t know, The Ford SVT Lightning is a sports/performance version of the F-150 Pickup truck designed by Fords tuner division (SVT). Continue reading “Lightning Strikes…”

For my birthday Phia got us annual passes to Sea World! She knows that I grew up going to Sea World and that I have a real attachment to going. It was wonderful of her to get me such a great gift and I look forward to watching Bella grow up with Shamu like I did. We went recently to get re acquainted with the park, Continue reading “Shamu Is Watching You!”

Thanks very much to my sister Kris for hooking me up with the guest passed to this years Comic-Con. Phia and I went with Eric Koda and Martin. There we met up with Todd Andersen and Al Erickson and his girl friend. This is the first time I’ve been to the show since I was in high school and the only time Phia has ever gone. Continue reading “The San Diego Comic-Con”

I never realized how wonderful grass is / could be until we got this home. Those of you that saw it when we bought it know how horrible the yard was. There was literally 0 maintenance done to the yard while it was on the market. this allowed the lawn to die completely and weeds to over whelm every inch of yard there is. Continue reading “Glorious Grass!”