The McAlevey Family

Tight Squeeze

2010-04-20T17:58:00.001-07:00

We're switching some rooms around in the house so the boys were helping move furniture out of Peter's office and into the garage. They moved a couch next to my car and I could only open the driver's door about 8 inches. Skeletor to the rescue! He actually slithered in that small opening!

A long wait

2010-04-15T17:04:00.000-07:00

There is no excuse for going one year between posts except we've been busy...

Baby girl A:

Baby Girl B:

17 Again

2009-04-24T11:10:00.001-07:00

Today is Sean's 17th Bday! Happy Birthday Sean!!! Last night we went out for some sushi to celebrate.

Having some birthday mochi

Divorce and remarriage has been good to the McAlevey boys.
Now they even gets gifts from their step grandparents!

A photo of Sean and Dwyane Wade that we had signed and finally framed!

Other gifts included a book, dvd, electric razor and payment of a

car insurance bill which could feed a small country.

Party of Six

2009-04-19T18:15:00.000-07:00

This past week was spring break and the boys had some friends over. It was our first group of six in our new dining room.

4 boys, 2 adults, 8 lbs of chicken. This is what was left:

Bodybuilder Sean

Colorado

2009-04-15T17:01:00.000-07:00

Peter and I went to Colorado for a quick trip. Some photos:

Lots of mountains!

Melissa with Hosea Rosenberg, the chef who won Top Chef.

Peter, Melissa, Lisa B (Melissa's roommate from college) and Jana

Can someone put some fat on this kid?

2009-03-19T13:25:00.000-07:00

Green thumb

2009-03-17T17:18:00.000-07:00

Since we moved to a house with a yard Peter has taken up gardening again. He is still in the process of killing weeds in our backyard but has done some great work in the front. Here are some photos but please note home depot was out of stock on the hedge trimmer so he hasn't done that yet!

Just one of the boys

2009-01-14T13:51:00.001-08:00

Can someone explain to Peter that when there are several teenagers in our house they do NOT want to be hanging around with Dad...although in his defense they do say he's a "beast" (which is a very good thing).

Christmas Day

2008-12-30T14:44:00.001-08:00

We spent the day with our friends Chris and Monica this year. Here are some photos. You can see the the McAlevey's got along really well with the dogs!

Peter, Sushi Albert, Mochi Albert, Harry and Chris Albert

Sushi Albert going to town on Peter's feet.

Monica Albert and Harry with one of the dogs

Moving On

2008-12-30T14:42:00.000-08:00

We are moving! The boxes are packed, the movers are booked and the appliances have been purchased. Sean sure was helpful purchasing the appliances...

Girls Day Out

2008-11-17T16:08:00.000-08:00

Poor Sean gets dragged to the nail salon every time he gets his hair cut...

Football Season

2008-09-23T10:49:00.001-07:00

Football season is here. Waking up for early games/practices is definitely the hardest part!

Getting the pads and jersey ready is sort of a challenge as well.

Harry is under strict orders to protect his pretty face.

College Gameday

2008-09-13T17:26:00.000-07:00

This morning at 6:20am we met our friend, Desmond Howard at his show, College Gameday. The show was in Los Angeles for the USC OSU game. While it was rough waking up at 4:45am on a Saturday (rougher for some more than others - no names mentioned but his initials are Harry McAlevey) we all had a great time. Thank you Desmond!!

Some photos from the morning:

Here is a picture of Sean's (Desmond’s) Heisman Ring

Birthday BBQ

2008-09-08T11:24:00.001-07:00

For my birthday this year I got a grill:But the real present is my personal chef (and his baster):

I'm sure Sean is looking up grilling recipes on the computer

Comic Con 2008

2008-08-12T15:17:00.000-07:00

Every year we go down to San Diego for the largest Comic Book Convention in the world, Comic Con. Its much more than just comic books. Harry got to meet some of his favorite authors Eoin Colfer (who writes the Artemis Fowl books) and Chuck Palahniuk as well as Seth Green.

Sean was psyched to not only meet the guy who draws The Tick but he got a personalized drawing too!

Peter was also having a great time.

I was busy working (we had several panels going on) and getting promoted!

my office the following week

More from Boston

2008-08-12T15:08:00.001-07:00

The first part of our Boston trip was basketball but then we snuck in some sightseeing and family visits.

The Colonials Harry and Monica

Harry hanging with our movie star cousin Rachel Dolan
Harry with cousin Corey McAlevey
Corey, Rachel and Harry

Harry's sneaker along side Larry Bird's.

Lunch at an authentic Irish pub

outside the Union Oyster House

The McAleveys and the Celtics

2008-07-20T16:39:00.001-07:00

Harry and I went to Boston last week for an event with the Celtics.

Harry with KG (the ONE photo KG took with anyone that night!)

Harry with Paul Pierce

Harry with Leon PoweHarry with Eddie House and James Posey (about 12 hours before Posey announced he was going to New Orleans_
Melissa with Rajon Rondo

A video of Young Phil and Harry escorting KG through the media line into the event.

Adios 8th Grade

2008-06-24T15:49:00.001-07:00

Harry graduated from Malibu Middle School last Friday, June 20th. Harry's on the left in the white shirt waiting to be called.

the actual diploma receiving:

Father's Day/Peter's Birthday

2008-06-17T12:02:00.000-07:00

Peter requested only ONE gift for both Father's Day and his birthday (which is today)! It's called the perfect pushup. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER!!!

Spring Concert

2008-06-16T16:58:00.001-07:00

The boys had their spring concerts last week. Below is a photo and video from Sean's. Unfortunately I had a business dinner the night of Harry's concert and Peter is not so good with the hi-tech camera...

Here's a short video. Its always great to hear Sean play but my favorite part is his foot tapping:

Bad Blogger/Good Worker

2008-06-16T16:10:00.000-07:00

The McAlevey's have been TERRIBLE bloggers...sorry.

One reason is we've been so busy. Between work, school, travel and Sean's new job as the #1 (not a proven ranking but how could he be anything less) bagger at the new Pavilions Market in Malibu.

Sleepover

2008-04-28T16:25:00.001-07:00

This weekend we had 3 of Sean's friends sleep over on Saturday night for his birthday. Come to think of it one of them also slept over on Friday night. We are popular!

The kid on the left on the floor and the one in the green shirt are "the twins" (Nate and Eli although we can't tell the difference between them). We LOVE the twins because they clear the table, put things away and make beds. Of course they also move electronic equipment and have been known to disable our home network but its almost worth it for the free cleaning services. Peter couldn't find one of his sweatshirts and it turned up in the boys closet. We realized Sean had it in his room and one of the twins must have folded it up and put it away.

Sean is in the middle and to his right is his friend Alex. We love Alex too (even though he doesn't clean anything for us).

Melissa making pancakes for all the boys.

Peter giving a demonstration on why its not a good idea to fall asleep while your wife is awake (and bored).

Sweet Sixteen!!

2008-04-24T10:56:00.000-07:00

Today is Sean's 16th Birthday. We went out for sushi last night and to celebrate this morning I made pancakes for breakfast (never happens on a school morning):

Here is a picture of the birthday boy and Harry eating said pancakes (the phrase "pose for a blog picture" doesn't go over very well before 7am)

Fondue

2008-04-16T19:46:00.000-07:00

Harry and I went out for sushi tonight. The mochi is served cut up with fruit with a chocolate dipping sauce. Are you supposed to drink the chocolate sauce with a straw?

Early Morning

2008-04-04T10:31:00.001-07:00

Harry had to leave for school at 6am today for a jazz festival:

Video Update

2008-03-30T15:19:00.000-07:00

Sean was kind enough to drive Peter around on some errands yesterday.

Watch the driver in action!

Chauffeur

2008-03-29T07:31:00.000-07:00

I'm such a celebrity that I have my own driver now...his name is SEAN! Yes, Sean finally got his learners permit. He took me out for a drive yesterday and did really well. So well in fact, that I asked him how he got so comfortable so quickly. He let it slip that he has maybe done this before with his father...maybe. I should have known something was up when he knew how to work the Prius.

I was a little hesitant to take photos on his maiden voyage (or so I thought) but he will be driving me to my manicure later so I'll get some then.

Spud Brothers

2008-03-16T17:10:00.000-07:00

The latest craze...launching potatoes. What's next, cow tipping?

Another McAlevey Gamer

2008-03-11T15:15:00.001-07:00

The boys taught Peter how to play Xbox this weekend. Apparently he's not very good at it...

Hanging with (or on) the Giants

2008-03-04T16:06:00.000-08:00

It's been awhile since our last post. Mostly because I have been traveling for work and Peter has no idea how to log in to our site without help (and should not be blogging unsupervised). Below photo is from my events in NY last week with the Giants.

Melissa & Brandon Jacobs

Harry and Mason

2008-02-16T19:34:00.000-08:00

My cousin Wendy recently uploaded some videos of Harry from when she took him riding on her horse Mason this past Thanksgiving:

Harry Riding Part 1
Harry Riding Part 2

A little bit about us

2008-02-16T16:40:00.000-08:00

We saw this survey on someone else's site and decided to post our answers:

How long have you been together? 8 years this summer
How long did you date? We dated for 3 years, lived together for 1, engaged for 1 and married for almost 2 ½ years
Who eats more? At meals: Melissa – throughout the day: Peter
Who is taller? Melissa when standing on a step measuring 1 foot, 3 inches
Who sings better? Melissa (see post about "Rock Band")
Who does the laundry? Melissa puts it in, Peter folds, Melissa puts it away because Peter can’t distinguish between anyone’s clothing
Who does the dishes? Both of us
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Melissa
Who pays the bills? Melissa
Who mows the lawn? n/a although Peter likes to garden
Who cooks dinner? Melissa (answer from Sean and Harry: Melissa THANK GOD)
Who is more stubborn? Hmmm
Who said "I love you" first? Peter
Who proposed? Peter proposed on Melissa’s birthday in 2004 on two bended knees in front of a large group of teenagers who upon hearing "yes" started cheering and clapping.
Who has more siblings? Peter wins that one easily.
Who wears the pants in the relationship? Peter wears the pants but Melissa tells him what pants to wear.

Medium Phil

2008-02-14T10:00:00.001-08:00

It's our good friend Young Phil's birthday today. Now that he has changed zipcodes (he finally hit 30) Sean has renicknamed him Medium Phil. It's been awhile since my last post due to crazy amounts of work surrounding the Super Bowl and the Giants win! Below picture is from the Super Bowl with 31 seconds to go. Baby Josh (Giants fan) on the left and the newly named Medium Phil (angry Pats fan) on the right.

Happy Birthday Phil!

Best Game Ever

2008-01-27T14:49:00.000-08:00

We just got the video game Rock Band for our xbox. It is so great. We spent about 4 hours playing last night and started again this morning but had to quit because there was an altercation between the drummer and the lead guitar player.

Metal Mouth

2008-01-21T15:22:00.000-08:00

Look who got braces today:

DWade

2008-01-18T11:05:00.000-08:00

Here's where I've been the past few days...

School Projects

2008-01-14T14:00:00.000-08:00

We like a team effort in the McAlevey household...everybody pitches in except Daddy who is kicked out because these projects stress him out too much.

Meet McLovin and McLovin

2008-01-12T08:21:00.000-08:00

This will only make sense if you saw the movie SUPERBAD (which Sean and Harry did about 7 times including twice on the Sat. of opening weekend). Thank you Michael Hufjay for having these made.

Big Me...Mini Me

2008-01-04T22:10:00.001-08:00

This has been going on in our house since about 7:45pm. Peter and Sean on the floor of the living room just chatting about life, sports, politics, etc. Like father, like son...Harry was hiding in his room.

picture taken at about 8pm:

picture taken at about 8:30pm:

picture taken at 9pm (I especially like this one where Peter is making his point):

I have a one minute video of this but it won't upload. It really demonstrates what we're dealing with!

The Rocket

2008-01-02T16:43:00.000-08:00

Harry and Sean (and Peter) celebrated the New Year by launching a rocket they got with their Hanukkah money from my parents (Ghufjay was happy with this purchase, Sean used his birthday money last year to buy part ownership of a snake).

Funnel Cake

2007-12-30T11:10:00.001-08:00

This morning I used my Kitchen Aid mixer for the first time in order to make home made funnel cake for Harry.

lets compare: IHOP's is on the left, Melissa's is on the right...

Sports post

2007-12-29T17:07:00.001-08:00

Peter thinks that all posts should involve sports. At dinner last week, the boys made a bet with me that I was spelling Dwyane Wade's name wrong. They lost.

The kids are coming...

2007-12-29T16:53:00.000-08:00

After celebrating a Melissa Day together (jean shopping, manicures and pedicures), Peter and I enjoyed our last meal (the restaurant was a compromise: margaritas for me, football for him) before the chaos of our week of xmas break with the kids begins...

Meet Sean "Tom Brady" McAlevey

2007-12-26T20:39:00.000-08:00

Our very own lean, mean throwing machine (#9):

Peter's motorcycle ride

2007-12-26T14:46:00.000-08:00

the closest he's going to get...

Christmas Break = basketball

2007-12-24T11:37:00.001-08:00

The 2 weeks the boys are off from school are filled with basketball tournaments located in random places no where near our house!

Happy Birthday Harry

2007-12-23T08:47:00.000-08:00

Harry turned 13 yesterday. We started the day with a birthday celebration at IHOP. There was a minor crisis when Harry ordered his favorite breakfast, funnel cakes, and the waiter informed us that they didn't have them. Tears followed. We sensed a meltdown on the way. Luckily, Melissa saved the day by BEGGING the waiter to see if they would make a special birthday funnel cake for Harry. Phew...

Some present opening:

Harry modeling one of his new shirts:

and a demonstration on the skateboard:

Hanukkah Hanukkah

2007-12-09T10:36:00.000-08:00

Our "big gift night" of Hanukkah:

Sean got an Ipod touch:

and Harry got a custom made skateboard (that he so thoughtfully customized and highlighted the catalog #s for us so there wouldn't be any mistakes:

Today's News

2007-12-04T20:17:00.000-08:00

1. Peter was rear ended for the second time while he was sitting at a red light.
2. Harry got a 97 on his constitution test
3. Sean was chosen to be the co-captain of his JV basketball team.
4. Melissa is quietly putting up with these 3 yahoos. Especially the biggest one.
5. The biggest one has a screening of his film NAKED MOVIE on Saturday night. He's very excited
6. Peter is watching some stupid "Dog Fights" Show (he still thinks he can be a fighter pilot) so Melissa will be retiring to our upstairs entertainment area to watch "The Hills."

Saturday mornings

2007-12-03T14:30:00.001-08:00

A typical Saturday morning in our house (before baseball, basketball, football, homework and playdates...)

Sean with complete concentration on his game...

and Harry chilling on the couch:

Post #1

2007-11-30T16:06:00.000-08:00

Everyone's blogging these days so we thought we'd join in. Don't worry, Peter will not be allowed to blog unsupervised! That would be one LONG blog!