High School Volleyball

Rachel and Heather both played the Varsity Volleyball Team
for Mountain View High School.
Rachel was Co-Captain on Varsity.

Rachel is #14 in black and Heather is #6 in white (lebero). Rachel is an amazing setter
They had her play almost every position throughout their rotation.
She blocked Middle

She blocked Right Side

She hit
She passed, She dug
She is a true leader on the court! Rachel truely loves this sport!

Can you spot Rachel? Far right jumping the highest!

Heather was the team's lebero.

(This means she was the defensive specialist

and can go in and play defense for anyone
and wears a different colored shirt)

She was their best passer, Wow look at that form!

Heather was also a setter for Junior Varsity and Co-Captain as well.Heather's serve was one of the best on the team.

Heather has quite a nice swing don't you think!

They had a lot of fan support.

Richie came to almost every home gameRachel and Heather had a wonderful season together.

We will miss seeing them play together. Congratulations girls, you both had a wonderful season!

Rachel received the MVP Award. Heather received the Best Server Award

Homecoming Queen

Rachel was named Homecoming Queen for Mountain View High this year.
She was elegant, beautiful,
funny, surprised and gracious!
She was herself!
Congratulations Rachel, We love you!

Jacob Astin Arrives!

Baby Jacob Joins the Family!

Jacob Daniel Astin was born on 10.10.07 at 4:37 am.
He weighs 7 lbs. 11 oz. and is 20 inches long.

Very proud grandparents!!
I can't believe that I am really a Grandpa!! Cool huh!
Lynne is loving every minute of becoming a grandma.

Great Grandparents:


Jacob's Aunt's and Uncle are having the time of their lives loving, hugging and getting to know their little nephew!!
Aunt Angie and Jacob

Aunt Rachel and Jacob


Aunt Heather and Baby Jacob

Uncle Richie and Baby Jacob
(Now Uncle Richie is grandpa, and little Richie is Uncle Richie. This is getting confusing with all these Rich's in the family!)
Good night baby Jacob, we love you!

Deep Sea Fishing in San Diego

Kim, Greg, Jaimie, Stephanie, and Grandma Hawkins came to San Diego with us and the first night there we all went deep sea fishing together.

We caught barracuda, kelp bass, sand bass, sculpin, and rock cod. A couple of us had a really big one on, but they broke the lines!

Richie's Soccer Tournament California

Richie's Ranger Soccer team went to California to play some of the national champions for his age. His team did a very good job winning 3 of the 4 matches. The only team they lost to was the team that took 1st place at nationals just last week. Richie's team lost 3-1. They played hard and we are very proud of them. Here are just a few pictures of Richie playing.

Here is a picture of Richie jumping up and doing a header.

In this picture, Richie is the one flying above everyone to head the ball out of scoring opportunities from the other team.


When Richie was not playing soccer his team took time to play at the beach, go to Knott's Berry Farm and just have fun!!


















Richie definitely turned into a beach bum very quickly!!

Can you spot Richie on these rides?
(He is wearing a brown shirt)