We are the Arzaga's

Blue Dolphin Beach House

Jacob's become a fish...

Tristan learned firsthand what consequences are to starting a water fight against the Kim Empire...

When the kids weren't sunnin', swimmin' or beachin', they were watchin' SpongeBob...

After a long day at the pool and the beach, the boys retired to their "clubhouse"...

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Blue Dolphin Beach House

A Day at Chesapeake, VA

We wanted to get a headstart on our beach vacation to the OBX, so we left NoVA a day earlier and arrived at Chesapeake, VA to meet with our cousins for dinner at Paradox Restaurant...
The kids:

The adults:

The ladies:

Mommy and Jacob:

Back in the hotel:

Tristan is looking more and more like his father...

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A Day at Chesapeake, VA

Summertime Disc Golfing

I believe the disc landed within eagle distance of the basket...Yes, Tristan, the pitch was AWESOME. Thank you for mentioning it...

It was definitely an improvement from a few months ago

Post-season Giants Party

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A Day at the Nationals Park (vs Reds)

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Cub Scout Camping

Jacob and my sleeping quarters for our camping trip at Pohick Bay Regional Park. We were here camping along with 150 of our closest friends from Cub Scouts Pack 282.

Here's Jacob eating his marshmallows inside our tent. Mother nature decided to rain on our camp out... so much for roasting smores in an open fire pit. We had one foot in our tents and the other in our car, just in case!

Not only did he manage to play a pickup of soccer in the rain, he received his well-earned Tiger Cub badge.

The rain stopped long enough for us to roast our s'mores after all.

It rained throughout the night, but luckily we were mostly protected by the tree canopy above us.

Part of Jacob's Pack 10 after their morning breakfast of flapjacks, potatoes, and bacon.

So yeah, I'd say he had a good weekend of camping.

First Graders of HFES at the National Zoo

Hiking with the Cub Scouts at Bull Run

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Jacob's 7th Birthday Party

It was a super duper Sponge Bob Squarepants pool party!

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Joey Sings a Spring Song

Spring Baseball

Jacob decided to take a break from playing soccer, and wanted to try a new sport in baseball. In the Loudoun South Little League, it isn't about winning or losing at the rookie level. Nope, it's all about doing your best and having fun. And from the looks on Jacob's expression, he is certainly having the time of his life.

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He attended Spring training...

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and in just his first game of the season, Jacob had three hits, two runs, and one HBP (by the coach, no less...oops!)

Jacob was awarded the team's first game ball of the spring season! We're so proud of our Jakers!

"A life lived for others is a life worthwhile"

"A day without laughter is a day wasted." - unknown
"An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth." Bonnie Friedman
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it's a matter of choice." William Jennings Bryan
"Do good things, good things happen." My Name is Earl
"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." Roger Caras
"Everything is going to be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." - unknown
"From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way." - Calvin and Hobbes
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old time is still a flying, and this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying." - Robert Herrick
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Have fun storming the castle!" - Princess Bride"
"He who knows patience knows peace." Chinese proverb
"I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts is with a simple smile." Goldie Hawn
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone? - Stand By Me
"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world." Walt Whitman
"I wish I had your passion... misdirected though it might be, it is still a passion." - Field of Dreams
"In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail." Vince Lombardi
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." George Eliot
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller
"Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words." Fr. Jerome Cummings
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets oppurtunity."
"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it." Soren Kierkegaard
"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us." Earl Nightingale
"Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise." Anonymous
"Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet. " - Roger Miller
"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend." Henry David Thoreau
"The secret to happiness is learning to appreciate the moment" Bill Watterson via Calvin and Hobbes
"The true test of character is... how we behave when we don't know what to do." John Holt
"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. Think about that for a while. " - Bull Durham
"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." Donald Laird
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. " Dead Poets Society
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." George Bernard Shaw
"What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"
"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." Japanese Proverb
"Who I am, is who I want to be." Reba McEntire
"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." Carl G. Jung
"Work hard, play harder...one day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching." - unknown

We are the Arzaga's

Blue Dolphin Beach House

Bias Shore Beach, Duck, NC

A Day at Chesapeake, VA

Summertime Disc Golfing

Post-season Giants Party

A Day at the Nationals Park (vs Reds)

Spring Baseball II

Cub Scout Camping

First Graders of HFES at the National Zoo

Hiking with the Cub Scouts at Bull Run

Jacob's 7th Birthday Party

Joey Sings a Spring Song

Spring Baseball

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