When summer rolled around I was really excited for my boys to share in the summertime fun of camp. Mo loves sports camp and was excited to return to a camp he’s been going to for 4 years. He was also proud to have little brother join him there for the first time. I must preface(…)
Mother’s Day is big business in the United States. The National Retail Federation estimates that in 2015, over $21.2 billion was spent on Mother’s Day gifts. A projected 84.2% of Americans celebrated mommy with cards, brunch, flowers, jewelry, etc. It’s all well deserved, moms work hard. Mother’s Day is a joyous occasion many women look forward to celebrating and feeling(…)
It’s that time of year… The 1st Wednesday of February. No, not Groundhog Day, it’s National Signing Day. College athletes are able to sign a National Letter of Intent to play a sport at a college. Many of the nation’s best high school athletes have made VERBAL commits, but this is the day to seal(…)
Every holiday comes with a tradition that we merely tolerate because of the festive connection. How many of us REALLLLY like eating turkey? Be honest, out of 365 days of the year we only pretend to like turkey and cranberry sauce for about 4 hours. I We secretly wish it were a Chick Fil-A #1 with Polynesian(…)
I love sports! The only thing I love more than sports is cupcakes watching sports with my kids. There are so many life lessons to be learned via athletics: teamwork, resilience, and work ethic to name a few. Tennessee Titans football fan and mom, Rosemary Plorin took her 9 year old daughter to see an NFL(…)
James Harrison knows a thing or two about hard work and sports. He was a walk-on football player at Kent State. He went undrafted in the NFL. As an undrafted free agent he was signed and released several times before finally making it with the Steelers. In 2008 he was the NFL’s Defensive Player of(…)
We had so much fun at our first hockey game! Thanks to Honda we sat up close on all of the action between the Anaheim Ducks and Ottawa Senators. Of course my biggest dilemma was WHAT TO WEAR. I wasn’t sure how cold the arena gets but it wasn’t too bad. The worst part was(…)
Thank you Honda for sending the boys and I to the sold-out #USCvsUCLA game! On top of that we were 3 rows from the field. The boys had so much fun interacting with the fans and players. Here’s a special note from Honda about all the cool things they are doing during USC and UCLA(…)
LA Galaxy & USMNT legend, Landon Donovan played in his last Los Angeles home game. Thanks to the great people at SoCal Honda, my 10 year old and I were able to cheer him on before a sold-out crowd. The Galaxy battled MLS foe, Seattle Sounders. The game ended in a riveting 2-2 tie. It(…)
College prep is a big focus of attention for parents. We want to ensure our kids are well equipped when we send them off to pursue higher learning. We help them with SAT skills, we stress academics throughout their youth, and we take them shopping for dorm life. If your child is an athlete, you must(…)