Tight Squeeze

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!

17 Again

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

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

Can someone put some fat on this kid?

Just one of the boys

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).

Moving On

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

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

College Gameday

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

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

Spring Concert

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

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

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!!

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)

Video Update

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




Watch the driver in action!

Chauffeur

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

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

Best Game Ever

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

Look who got braces today:

School Projects

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

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.