Cat, Cam, Luke and Frank

Lucas in Donner: 4/7 - 4/9/2011

2011-04-14T13:08:00.000-07:00

Lucas loves sledding:

No harming of hardwood floor or backup silverware occurred in the filming of this video:

Lucas plays with his new walker while watching the 3rd Round of the Masters:

Lucas Serious

2010-07-13T12:53:00.000-07:00

Lucas developed a new look after watching Zoolander for the first time. He calls it Baby Blue Ice.

Those eyes....it's like he's looking into your soul!

After a few recommendations from his agent, Lucas changed his look to Baby Blue Cutie. A much more magazine-friendly gaze.

Luke's 4th of July Weekend

2010-07-05T12:43:00.000-07:00

Luke is having fun with Grandpa Greg on his boat.

He then tries his best to pose for a nice picture on the boat with Grandma Alta, Mom and doggy brother Frankie. Frankie is so scared of water that won't even go on the dock without his doggie lifevest.

Luke seemed to love his sunhat and wouldn't let anybody take it off all day long.

Lucas had fun with his big buddy Brennan at the Northstar pool. Luke needs to grow just a bit more before we get a fair baby wrestling match.

Luke then enjoyed his first venture into the baby pool. He felt comfortable in Daddy's safe hands with his lobster trunks.

Your Moment of Zen: Luke on the Floor

2010-05-16T18:06:00.000-07:00

Luke chilled out on the floor for a minute or two with his baseball uniform on.

Lucas Needs Your Help

2010-05-16T17:09:00.000-07:00

Lucas Scott needs the help of his loyal blog readers. He would like to know which photo of him you like better. Do you like the snap in Black-and-White or do you prefer a Sepia Tone? Vote below to help out Baby Luke!

Which Picture Do You Like Better?

It's Friday: Time to Party

2010-05-14T17:17:00.000-07:00

But first we need to take a quick nap to rest up for the action.

Cat's first sushi since pregnancy! It only took her a month but we finally got her to Osaka on Fillmore Street. Luke takes a nap while Cat plows throw sashimi chased with Asahi.

We partied pretty hard for about an hour. But when Luke got his clothes off he immediately fell asleep. Oh well!

Lucas Demands Artsy Fartsy Pictures Taken

2010-05-10T10:59:00.000-07:00

Mommy: here's what we'll do. I'm going to sleep in a really cute pose. I've put the camera on "black and white" filter. OK, snap away.

Now, Mommy, put on my blue-and-green spotted diaper. And lay me partially ontop of my monogrammed burb cloth. No, Mommy! Not the yellow one! I want the light blue one. Thank you. Now I'm going to go to sleep and curl up my hands. You better make it a full body snap since I think my legs are looking pretty good today.

Mommy I've switched the camera filter to "sepia". Let's see how this looks.

Mommy do another picture of me when I'm on Daddy's chest. Take a picture when I lift my head up because I'm very proud that I'm able to do this as a 3 week old. Make sure you put this on the blog because I look really strong when I do this.

Cat's 1st Mother's Day

2010-05-09T23:44:00.000-07:00

After 22 days of motherhood, Cat was ready to celebrate Mommy-style!

Luke woke up very happy in his organic pajamas from his Auntie Erica. He reaches out to the camera and gives his Blue Steel look yet again!

The Little Monkey Man strikes again with a nice snuggle on Cat's chest. This makes Luke's Mommy very happy.

Boulange on Fillmore was the brunch spot on this day. You can't beat guzzling mocha bowls with the family.

A walk in the park caps this most special of Hallmark Holidays.

Happy Mother's Day to all Mommies out there!

Lucas on the Blue Blankie

2010-05-09T23:38:00.000-07:00

Lucas slowly emerges from The Blue Blankie Of Comfy Snuggle Times!

To provide some current perspective, Cam puts his hand atop Luke's head. Yes, he is still a small little baby boy!

Posing With Mommy

2010-05-08T23:34:00.000-07:00

Lucas loves to snuggle like a little monkey-man on his Mommy. He burries his little face in her and feels right at home.

We decided to get all artsy with this one.

A Fun Day!

2010-05-07T23:26:00.000-07:00

I'm very alert in the mornings!

In the afternoon I like to play with my doggie. His name is Frankie and he takes good care of me.

When Daddy gets home from work, he sometimes likes to take a nap. Me and Frankie like to have a sleep with him.

Baby Bath Time

2010-05-07T23:22:00.000-07:00

Lucas isn't really enjoying his bath. Although his bath recliner looks pretty comfortable to me.

"Thank you, Mommy, for drying me off!"

This is a priceless reaction. Lucas looks like a bald old man who forgot to put in his dentures in this picture. Ha!

The Many Faces of Lucas: Volume 2

2010-05-07T23:16:00.000-07:00

First of all, nice bib choice Luke!

We're pretty sure his eyes are seeing things now!

Lucas is looking very concerned. About what? He doesn't know.

Lucas is very advanced. He can whistle.

And Lucas calls this one "Blue Steel".

Chilling/Hanging On The Couch

2010-05-06T23:09:00.000-07:00

Chilling out on the couch is our family's favorite thing to do these days. Just like his Daddy (and his Dad's side of the family actually) Lucas really enjoys extending his arms above his head. It must be in the Hyland DNA.

Cam begins his fatherly words of genius to Lucas. Hopefully he'll continue to listen this intently as he grows up.

Our Little Monkey

2010-05-05T22:56:00.000-07:00

Out of all the outfits we have for the little man, this is currently our favorite. But we're not sure if the monkey pajamas are Lucas' faves as he actually seems his happiest in the buck.

No matter what we pull out of the "newborn" drawer in Luke's dresser, there is nothing that won't totally clash with the boppy. Oh well.

Yes, don't worry. All of Lucas' "face down" time requires full parental supervision. He can't help it. Lil' Lucas loves laying on his side and on his belly even though these positions aren't pediatrician approved. We understand the potential issues which is why we just stand above him and stare while he's doing newborn tummy time. Makes us wonder how we ever survived sleeping on our bellies in our cribs? Oh well.

Your Moment of Zen: Baby Luke Swinging to Dire Straits

2010-05-04T18:45:00.001-07:00

And now I present to you Your Moment of Zen:

Yes, Luke does love his Daddy. And if you don't believe him, just read his bib!

Weekend Funtimes

2010-05-01T01:29:00.000-07:00

Since strollers are really challenging to push on sandy beaches, Cat decides to use the sling to go for a walk with her son. Shorts weather in SF? You bet!

Lucas fell asleep so we decided to give him his first taste of crib life. He seemed to enjoy the comfiness! Don't worry, we took the teddy bear out right after we snapped the pic!

One of Baby Luke's favorite spots to veg out is in the palm of Daddy Cam's hands.

Here are father and son enjoying a lazy Saturday afternoon.

Naptime

2010-04-30T01:25:00.000-07:00

Napping is fun. Even when it's light outside a nap can really hit the spot. The swinging and singing motorized lamb chair with plush blanket wrap does the trick for Lucas on this day.

This whole nap theme carries over to when Dad get's home from work. Frankie and Cam follow Luke's lead on the couch.

My Eyes Are Open!

2010-04-28T01:18:00.000-07:00

To be truthful, his eyes aren't open all that much. But they are opened more than before which is really fun for Luke's parents.

Lucas is a huge fan of laying in the boppy with a clashing blanket and onesie.

The fashion fopaux continues in a similar picture to the one above.

Lucas really likes to be wrapped up in a towel. Warmth is his second favorite thing (second to feeding, of course).

Things Luke Can Do Now

2010-04-27T01:12:00.000-07:00

As Baby Lucas grows older by the day, there are a few new things that he has learned to do. Let's take a look:

Luke loves to hang out in his swaddle blanket.

Relaxing in the swinging and singing lamb chair is a great way to watch the game.

Napping on the couch wrapped up in his animal blanket is probably what he's the best at as a week and a half old boy.

The Uncles Visit

2010-04-26T00:35:00.000-07:00

Honorary Uncles Scott and Pablo came over to visit their new buddy Lucas. Pablo was a little more vocal in asking for the photo which is why Scotty didn't make this post. Regardless, Lucas totally dug his new pals.

Wearing the same onesie as the day before, Baby Lucas decided to pose for Mommy as he slept on her lap later in the day. All that playing earlier sure tired him out. On second thought, Lucas slept through his visitors too.

As Lucas contined his nap, Big Brother Frankie kept a watchful eye over his sibling. Cat and Cam felt comfortable enough under Frank's watchful supervision to leave and get a quick sandwich. JUST KIDDING!! That was a joke, people.

The Many Faces of Baby Luke

2010-04-25T00:26:00.000-07:00

Baby Luke is only a week old at this point. But if you snap a bunch of pictures within a few seconds you're bound to catch some cute poses.

The "Yawny" Face

The "Watcha Lookin At?" Face

The "Old Man" Face

The "Baby" Face

The "Eat Your Own Hand" Face

A video of Lucas trying his best to eat his own hand.

Our Friends The Kellys

2010-04-24T23:12:00.000-07:00

Saturday rolled around and Lucas decided to wear some of his cool new clothes. He demanded to sit in his car seat in order to best show off his fit.

Later that day our friends Brian, Nicole and Baby Brennan Kelly came by to visit and introduce themselves to Luke. Cat and Nicole decided to swap sons. This caused Cat to suddenly think "wow, my son will be this big in just 5 months!" and for Nicole to say "my son used to be this small just five months ago?" It really makes you appreciate what you have right now!

Brennan decided that he was ready to hold his future best buddy Lucas.

Daddy Cam thinks that Luke's bouncy chair is super awesome. But Luke just used this opportunity to show off his super skinny and long foot (for a baby).

Lucas' Introduction to Alta Plaza Park

2010-04-22T22:59:00.000-07:00

Cam was on paternity leave, everyone slept decently after short three hour sleeping sessions, the weather was great, it was a Thursday.......so how about we go to the park! Cam was looking very comfortable managing the Snap N' Go stroller during it's first outdoor session.

After a fun time at the park, Mommy Cat retreated to the couch with a few of her boys.

Baby Lucas is in post-feeding bliss relaxing in his boppy as the morning sun streams through the bedroom the window. He then pooped his diaper.

Welcome Home Lucas

2010-04-21T22:44:00.000-07:00

Lucas put on his finest going-home-from-the-hospital outfit consisting of a white knit beanie, a long sleeve white duckie shirt, and yellow and white stripped duckie pants. Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure that his diaper had a duckie on it. Thanks to Great Aunt Marcia for the duck attire!

After we finally figured out how to get our small newborn baby in the car seat, Cam was asked to pose with the car seat.........and his son Lucas.

Lucas took his first of likely many pictures infront of the Golden Gate Bridge.

After a very happy introduction, Frankie and Lukie became best friend brothers. And this made their Mommy very, very happy.

Welcome Home Baby Lucas!

Luke's 1st (Day) Birthday

2010-04-20T22:30:00.000-07:00

Word quickly got out about Lucas' birth and (honorary) Aunt Teede came by the hospital room to meet the young buck. Cat was recovering really well and was looking way too good to be wearing a hospital gown in this picture. Luke decided to take a nap between the pretty ladies during his 1st Day Birthday photo.

Lucas loves to hug his mommy looking like a little monkey man. And, no, Cat didn't go to a bunch of clubs before delivery to get those awesome wristbands. You're seriously wearing a sleeve of perforated plastic while you're at CPMC. I didn't understand what most of them were for, but that's OK.

Lucas Scott Hyland's Birthday!

2010-04-19T07:40:00.000-07:00

After an long 28 hour labor and delivery, Lucas Scott Hyland was welcomed into the world at 7:40 AM on 4/19/10. Lucas was 7.53 pounds and 20.5 inches long. Wooo hooo!!

Everyone looks great in the first family photo (minus Frankie the dog) just minutes after delivery. But couldn't Cam have at least combed his hair? He has a serious case of cot-head.

Good ole' Uncle Matt was the first to make it to the hospital. He was the first family or friend to know that Cat was in labor as we had to call on him to take care of Frankie for a while. Matt rushed over when the "Lucas Scott Hyland is here!" text went out to family. After a brief wait, Matt got to go into the delivery room to hold his nephew.

Auntie Erica came over to the recovery room to hold her precious nephew. She looks like the perfect babysitter.

Grandma Alta also came over with Erica and Grandpa Greg. She couldn't wipe the smile off of her face as she gazed upon her first grandchild.

Later in the birthday Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Jim came by the hospital to meet their first grandson as well. Even though the word on the street is that big Jim only changed one diaper of Catherine's when she was growing up, he looked pretty comfortable holding his grandson Luke. Jim got a kick out of Lucas opening his eyes which is when this photo was snapped.

What a happy day!

A Few Hours Before It All Changed

2010-04-17T21:35:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone in blogsophere land. It has been awhile since we had anything cool to post on this here web log but some exciting stuff has recently happened. Did you hear that Cat was pregnant? Well, she was and it was awesome. We had a lot of fun times picking out baby names, going to doctors visits, reading hours of Internet articles about child rearing, and guessing what the gender of the little thing would be. Cat had the most fun with the looks she got at 24 Hour Fitness on the elliptical machine when she was 7 months pregnant.

On April 17th, 2010 Cam's parents Alta and Greg came by the condo to go out to dinner at Jackson Fillmore for one last meal before the due date of 4/26/10. The picture above was taken in front of a great sunset from our deck.

Greg, Cam, Frankie, Cat with Baby, Erica and Alta posed for one last belly shot before we ventured off for one hearty Italian dinner. We completely stuffed ourselves with dishes of salmon, gnocchi, spaghetti carbonara and baked chicken. After dinner we all hung out until the wee hours of the morning with Cam's sister Erica and her friends also coming over. Needless to say, we were exhausted when we finally got to bed. Especially Frankie!

Cat's Belly

2010-04-16T21:57:00.000-07:00

Cat was a very pretty pregnant lady. Usually a very modest woman, Cat was always wanting to show off her preggers belly.

Belated Thanksgiving/Early Christmas

2008-12-07T10:06:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we headed to Brentwood to celebrate the holidays with my extended family. It seems like it's gotten harder for everyone to get together on the actual holidays, now that some of us are married and have in-laws, kids, etc. So instead we get together on a weekend in December, between Thanksgiving and Christmas. We were lucky to have everyone in attendance this year- the group is growing!

Here is the newest addition to the family- my cousin's baby, Mateo. He was born last November.

The family with Grandma

Cameron with his buddies, Abby and Paige. These are my other cousin's kids. I swear they think that Cameron is actually their cousin instead of me. Cameron is the fun guy that always plays with them, so they were super excited to see him again. Here they are working intently on a puzzle.

Soon they got bored working on the puzzle and decided to play a game of horse. Can you see the sweat on Cameron's face? Ha! How many more can pile on?

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-28T20:54:00.000-08:00

Cameron, me and my parents headed over to the Hylands for Thanksgiving this year. We are lucky that our families get along so well and that they both live close by! Nance and Matt enjoy some appetizers before the big feast.

The Hyland family photo: Cameron, Alta, Greg, Cat, Erica, Frankie, Beanie, and Matt. It only took like 16 tries to get everyone looking at the camera (we gave up on the dogs). I'm guessing this might be the Hylands 2008 Christmas card!

Frankie was so exhausted after his Thanksgiving meal and running around with Beanie, he snuck in a quick cat nap before heading home.

It's Eve!

2008-11-26T23:33:00.000-08:00

Introducing the newest Copeland! Now, before anyone gets any ideas, Eve is Jen and Ryan's new baby girl. She was born on November 23rd and is adorable! I had suspected that she might arrive when Cam and I were in Kauai, and I was right- 1 1/2 weeks early! We couldn't wait to meet her when we got back.

Mommy, Cat and Eve at 3 days old.

Uncle Cam and Eve. Isn't Cam a natural?

Congrats, Jen and Ryan!

2008-11-25T23:05:00.000-08:00

Cameron and I headed to Kauai recently for a much needed vacation. What a beautiful place! We had the best time relaxing, hiking, kayacking, rafting, and snorkeling. The first minor bummer was that it rained A LOT. I had always heard Kauai was rainy, and it certainly lived up to its reputation. This didn't stop us from having fun though, and somehow for the most part we seemed to avoid the rain. The bigger bummer was the camera... or lack of. As luck would have it, our camera (which maybe was 6 months old) broke on our second day of the trip. Always the positive guy, Cameron said not to worry, he would take pictures with his cell phone (since it actually takes pretty good pictures). That was working just fine... until Cameron went snorkeling with his cell phone in his pocket. Doh! Needless to say, the pictures you see below don't do justice to how pretty Kauai is or how much fun we had.

Here we are at Shipwreck Beach where we saw the best sunsets.

Waimea Canyon, which looks like a smaller Grand Canyon.

Hiking in the North Shore on this really cool trail with stunning views down along the Napali Coast.

Snorkeling

This was one of my favorite activities we did- rafting along the Napali Coast. Here we are on a beach we stopped at for a bit on the way back. We had the whole beach to ourselves (except for the sea turtles and monk seal which you can see if you look closely).

I love vacation! Cam, where are we going next?!

Sunny Days

2008-11-16T22:28:00.000-08:00

This past weekend was amazing! It's the middle of November and 80 degrees- thank goodness for living in California, right? Frankie was so excited about the weather that he insisted we hit up Ocean Beach for some fun in the sun. Here he is buckled in and ready to go!

Once at the beach, Frankie couldn't decide if he'd rather work on his tan or go skim boarding with Cameron.

After people watching for a bit, Frankie grew distracted by the sand crabs running around. Here he is digging in mad pursuit of one that got away:

Sunday night the girls headed over to Jen's house for the annual holiday potluck. This is always a fun time and as we've gotten older, the food has only gotten better! What's happened to us that we now compare stuffing recipes? Geez, welcome to your 30s huh? The hosts (Nicole, Syd, me and Jen) prepare the main courses.

Take note of this picture here because it is the first and last pregnant picture I have of Jen! Apparently the feast was so good that Eve decided to come a bit early less that one week later.

The rest of the crew showed up later and decked out in their finest Thanksgiving headresses. Bon Appetit!

Happy Halloween 2008

2008-10-31T00:13:00.000-07:00

Having Halloween on a Friday used to be something we could only pray for. With not having to go to class or now work after celebrating was like the most awesome thing ever. Nowadays we just try to muster up the motivation to go out even though Frankie just wanted us to stay home with him. Frankie-doodle made his best effort by putting on his cutest monkey hat costume and posing with mini-pumpkins. But the house parties of San Francisco just needed to be attended.

4 Hylands in full effect on All Hallows Eve. A Jacked and Tan My New Haircut Douche, Amanda Beard, the party Jersey Douche, and a Jersey Douchette tried their best to win the costume contest.

Cat and Shirley filled their blue solo cups to the rim with juice and booze. This brings the question to mind of who would win a 400 medley race between gold medalist Amanda Beard and Wonder Woman? Hummmm.........

Tommy and Cam took so much Muscle Milk that they couldn't even stand it.

Our friend Pablo won best costume of the night, in our book, for his Pablo Escobar impersonation. I mean, just look at the incredible stache!

Though Erica's vote went to the Sarah Palin look-alike who was so popular that this is as close as she could get to take a picture with the former Wasilla, Alaska Mayor.

Cal/UCLA Game: 90 degrees in October!

2008-10-25T23:48:00.000-07:00

Many of our friends went to either Cal or UCLA or have a friend/family member who went to one of the two fine universities. This lineage led to us being part of a group that enjoyed Cal football's destruction of UCLA in late October at Memorial Stadium. Thankfully we remembered to wear sunscreen with the temperature getting into the 90's.

Enjoy this picture of our street stompin' crew of hardcore Cal or UCLA fans getting ready to cheer on one of the teams.

Cocktails + insane heat in the Fall + a complete blowout = a struggle to make it through the game. Brian and Cam were happy to say that they watched college football until the clock ran dry.

Cat and Nicole enjoyed their canned light beverages outside of the stadium. Take it from us: Beer is the best way to battle the heat.

Moonshine & Whiskey: Welcome to Tennessee!

2008-10-19T22:44:00.000-07:00

Cat and Cam headed out to Nashville, Tennessee for the Copeland Family Reunion 2008! We had a great time hanging out with 2nd cousins, 3rd cousins, drinking whiskey, eating fried chicken and biscuits, and generally reliving Cat's distant Southern roots (seriously- she came home with a slight drawl). On day 2, the out of town crew drove to Lynchburg where Jack Daniels was born. The picture above is of Cat out front the JD Visitors Center. Would you believe that Lynchburg is a dry town? Isn't that weird?

Here's Cat's dad, Cat and Cam on the rocking chairs just taking it easy Southern-style. Rocking chairs were invented by southern farmers who would be done with work at 1:00pm and spend the rest of the day playing checkers and drinking whiskey. Sounds like the life for us!

The Jack Daniels Tour was great. Here's Cat and Cam with a life size statue of Mr. Jack himself. You might notice that Jack was pretty short, like 5'1" short. Thankfully he took his shortman's disease out on making delicious whiskey.

Cat's cousin Kelly, her husband Ken with their son Finn made the trip as well. Finn was sporting the Phillies hat just before the world series- what an intuitive little guy! The Deitch-Copelands live in Philly so it was great to see them and meet the newest Copeland. Yes, you read that correctly- he is a Copeland! Just when we thought Cat had killed the family name. Can you believe that Finn was only 5 months old in this picture? What a little man!

This picture was taken outside of Mary Bobo's Boarding House in Downtown Lynchburg. The family style meal of fried chicken, fried okra, cobbler, slow cooked apples with Jack Daniels, mashed potatoes, green beans and about 30 other things filled our crew up. Cat is sitting in between her mom Nancy and her cousin Kelly. Cam is in between father-in-law Jim and Jim's brother Dick.

All in all it was a great weekend and Cameron definitely enjoyed the relaxed Southern lifestyle. Anybody want to move to Tennessee with us?

Blue Angels 2008

2008-10-11T22:24:00.000-07:00

Because we have a pretty amazing view, we have made it a tradition (3 years in a row!) to have a few friends over to watch the Blue Angels fly over the bay. Cam loves this picture above. The head belongs to Hyland friend Todd Tullis who is intently watching a few of the Angels fly above the city. Note the sailboats in the bay and the beautiful weather!

The "public" deck at our complex was full of people who live on the 1st floor. They all got letters because some idiot was using a mini-BBQ and was tattled on. It's totally against HOA regulations to Q on the deck, for some strange reason.

Christina, Lisa, Frankie, Nicole and Brian stayed long after the planes flew. Our party was just so fun that nobody wanted to leave, which made us feel kinda important.

The party got pretty crazy as the day wore on. Frankie and Cam got in a HUGE fight over the orange ball. Cam keeps arguing with Frank that it is his ball because he found it on the street but Frank-Dogg always tries to steal it. Needless to say, Frank won this battle.

Cat ended the day with Frankie and Cousin Beanie on her lap. The doggs had a great time with all of the people over and really enjoyed watching the planes in the sky.

Doin' Stuff

2008-10-09T23:01:00.001-07:00

A few weeks ago we went to a birthday party for our friends Sydnee and Meagan. We played Flip cup and totally dominated.

Here's Cam nailing yet ANOTHER flip after after drinking Tecate.

This party was funny. It started off as a more serious event. You know, 9 different types of cheeses, 5 different types of crackers and bread to put the cheeses on. We also ate figs! No bagel bites here (what Cam usually serves his guests, BTW). All of a sudden, we spot the ubiquitous red cups. That case of Tecate didn't stand a chance!

Cam played in the Bay Regional golf tournament over the summer. He didn't play that well but here is a picture of his 1st shot on the 2nd day of the tournament. Cam played much better (top 25) in the Santa Cruz City the following weekend. It is tough for him to beat all of the college golfers on summer break and the former touring pros who gave up their cards, but he gives it his best shot. Northern California amateur golf is probably the most competitive in the nation. This is why Cam wants to move to Montana and win the state championship.

10/4, Over & Out to San Diego: The Tullis Wedding

2008-10-06T23:03:00.000-07:00

Cat and Cam jetted down to SD for the wedding of Todd and Juli which took place on the beautiful cliffs of Balboa Park. T&J found an awesome condo complex to rent for the weekend and were able to host most of their guests on the grounds of their wedding. Having a ceremony and a reception on the cliffs of San Diego is definitely a good idea. Give it a thought if you are planning a wedding in the future.

Cam was honored to stand as one of Todd's groomsmaids. Why he was separated so far from the rest of the guys he does not know. Cam's kind of a loner.

Here's a neat shot of Todd and Juli taking pictures on the cliffs after their ceremony. What a sweet spot for a photo, huh?

This is a pretty cool picture of the photogenic action taking place.

Cam enjoyed his tux with green tie. Cat just laughed at him all day long.

It was tough to keep the party people down this weekend. Here's the late-night shot of the stragglers trying to close out the bar and dance til the DJ ran out of songs.

Our Anniversary, Day 2

2008-09-16T22:43:00.000-07:00

On day two of our Anniversary weekend (with Cam's family) we decided to have fun on the boat. Since Cat doesn't enjoy the cold temperature of Donner Lake, she is happy to be all time flag girl.

Cam's Dad Greg was first to jump in and waterski. Here's The Greger looking good with his ultra tight wetsuit on.

Erica tore it up on the wakeboard this day. She is definitely known as a "chick who rips" and all the dudes on the lake do a double take when they see her pass by.

Cam also slid into the wakeboard to show off his skillz. Cat took this sideways video of her man warming up to the water for the 2nd time in two years. The last two seasons haven't involved too many trips to the lake but hopefully next summer we'll be able to take a month or so off to perfect our style and relax in the mountain raddness.

Our Wedding Anniversary: The Hiking Edition

2008-09-15T23:15:00.000-07:00

Our super romantic 1st Anniversary was spent with Cam's Dad and Sister up in the Donner/Tahoe region. On Saturday Cat, Cam and Erica headed up to Northstar with the dogs for some hiking action. Here's a snap of Frankie and Beanie Binsen Hyland on the Gondola going up to mid-mountain.

We took a pretty steep hike up a snowboard/ski run called "The Stash" and chilled at the Craig Kelly Cabin. This is where Cat and Frank posed for a framer.

Instead of showering after their hike, Cam and Frankie went for a swim in Donner Lake. This was actually Frankie's first swim. He did OK but didn't like it too much. His cousin Beanie the pure bred Chihuahua is actually a better swimmer than Frank. Sounds like the dog needs more practice!

The Goodman Wedding

2008-09-03T20:18:00.000-07:00

Cat and Cam made their way to Rosarito, Mexico for the wedding of Erin O'Brien & Dave Goodman this past weekend. It was a great time as we got to hang out with a bunch of our super kewl friends. We made it to the front row to take this great upclose alter pic of the back of Erin's hair and Dave's khaki tux.

Our good pals Nicole and Brian Kelly were in attendance. BK (Brian) was a groomsman. Being a wedding in Mexico, Dave (the Groom)'s parents had to invite the entire wedding guestlist. This made the rehearsal dinner one heck of a party! This is probably the only 11 seconds that Cam didn't have a drink in his hand that night.

The post-wedding cocktail hour on the grounds made for some great picture opportunities. After a few Sol's, Dos Equis, Tecates, Negro Modelos, and Coronas we snapped a good one all snazzied up on the cliffs of Rosarito.

Nicole Kelly, Liz Seymore, Catrina Hyland and Leslie Pappin pose for a "Hotties ONLY" picture.

And here's Cam with his old Theta Chi Boyz from back in the dia. We had a fantastic time drinking too many pina coladas and cervezas with our friends while celebrating the marriage of Dave & Erin.

Darkon

2008-08-21T12:17:00.000-07:00

Does anyone want to play Darkon with Cam this weekend? Leave a comment if you're in:

NEW Frankie Pictures!

2008-08-19T16:30:00.000-07:00

Here are some new pictures of our favorite mutt Frankie Binsen Hyland. He likes lounging in the sun and eating toys.

Lowering of Drinking Age

2008-08-19T16:28:00.000-07:00

Here's a video and quick article about Private Colleges considering the lowering of the drinking age.

Interesting arguement here. Of course, we are for the lowering of the drinking age.......until our kids enter high school.

Did you know that Atari 2600 is for the Children?

2008-08-12T11:08:00.000-07:00

Dirk REALLY loves the Olympics

2008-08-06T15:24:00.001-07:00

Dirk Nowitzki, part time member of the Dallas Mavericks and the German National Basketball Team, is really getting into the upcoming Olympic Tournament (even though Germany has no chance of medaling this year).

Makes you wonder why he didn't shave an outline of the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship trophy in his head when they played the Miami Heat in the finals in 2006?

I guess Dirka Dirka cares more about the German National Team than he does about the Team who pays him 20 million dollars every year. But for that price, one thing you can do is be talked into taking lame pictures with your point guard and team owner.

Frank and Beans

2008-08-02T20:50:00.000-07:00

Please enjoy the video of our new dog Franklyn Binsen Hyland with his cousin Beanie Binsen Hyland. Something about them both being chihuahua (Frankie is part Chi) makes them go nuts when they hang out with each other.

Seattle '08!

2008-08-01T19:35:00.000-07:00

Cat, Katie, Megs, and Amber headed to Seattle to help Anne celebrate the big 3-0 and meet her new baby boy named Grant. Dave threw a great party on Friday night when he rented out the back patio of a super spicy Sushi Restaurant. Grant had a puzzled look on his face watching mommy knock back more than one saki bomb throughout the night.

Introducing Grant Theodore Masin! This was one of the rare pictures where Lil' G was actually awake. All he does is eat and sleep so when he wakes up you have to make the most of it.

Happy Birthday Mommy! Thanks for hosting the girlies in Seattle! We'll be sure to visit again soon.

Boom & Steve

2008-07-31T11:54:00.001-07:00

Not sure what to think of this. Kinda glad we let Boom Dizzle go after seeing this pile of crap:

More Pics from the 4th! (of July weekend)

2008-07-23T10:10:00.000-07:00

We wanted to throw up some other cool pictures we snapped up in the Donner/Tahoe area over the 4th of July weekend. This pic was taken of us at our 9 person table at Sunnyside. Beers n' brunch, scrumptious.

This picture of Greg and Erica Hyland is radi-cool. Greg's reppin' the Fosters Premium Lager on the chairlift and Erica is showing her pearly whites.

We thought this snap was funny as heck. This is the Hyland family Chihuahua named Beanie wearing a beanie. And Erica never misses an opportunity to throw out peace to all her peeps.

After revisiting these pictures, we're looking forward to the next family vacation!

The Man Region

2008-07-22T11:48:00.000-07:00

Cam says this is the reason why he doesn't ski (listen with sound):

"Oh the boys took a beating on that one."

Ninja Dance Party

2008-07-22T11:42:00.000-07:00

Cam used to want to be a ninja when he grew up. Hence his infatuation with the Karate Kid I. So he was really happy to spot a video of ninjas out having a good time. Here is how ninjas dance when they go out to party.

Booty Slap Pie Face

2008-07-19T11:17:00.000-07:00

We found this move to be simultaneously hilarious and mean. The angel and devil on our shoulders are both responding. Too bad the guy doing the smacking looks like a total douche.

This movie looks INCREDIBLE *

2008-07-18T15:24:00.000-07:00

No, not the new Batman. But Step Brothers with Will Farrell and John C. Reilly. Check out the trailer:

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

And now check out a funky fresh deleted scene! Gosh, I love deleted scenes!

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* Please note that if this movie actually sucks, we reserve the right to delete this post. Thank you for your time.

Snoop Gone Country

2008-07-18T14:31:00.000-07:00

We've been fans of Snoop Dogg since day one when he burst onto the scene as Dr. Dre's sidekick on the "Deep Cover" soundtrack. Cat still listens to "187um" in the morning to get fired up for work. She thoroughly enjoys keeping it gangster.

But after I accepted the fact that Snoop's best album was Doggystyle, Calvin Broadus resurrected his career with this VH1 reality show "Fatherhood" about life with his family. The show's hilar, btw. Not only has the former University of Michigan basketball recruit nailed the reality TV show thing, he now has ventured into new genre's of music. We're talking crazier than Andre 3000 of Outkast. Snoop is going nuts! You hip hop heads may have been mythed by "Sensual Seduction" on his latest album "Ego Trippin" but this one takes the cake. Snoop wrote a tribute to Johnny Cash in a song called "My Medicine". Yup, you heard me right. Mr. Folsom County Blues himself:

Frankie The Dog

2008-07-14T10:22:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone. Say "hi" to our new dog Frankie! We got the Frankster yesterday (Sunday, 7/13) from the San Francisco SPCA. We have been talking about getting a furry friend for some time and have found the perfect fuzzy fellow to teach not to poop on our hardwood floors. Woohooo!

Frankie is a 6 month old Terrier/Chihuahua mix who came from Salinas to the SFSPCA on July 9th. We had to jump on him quick since there was a lot of interest in Frank-Dog. We met him on Saturday afternoon and decided that we really wanted to get him. So we filled out the application, studied up on questions they might grill us on, and made it to the SFSPCA when it opened on Sunday morning. After a painless interview from a trainer, an instructional DVD and some paperwork we were off to PetCo to blow our first $200 on our new mutt.

As you can see, Frankie is pretty cute. He likes all people, rarely barks, and likes to play fetch. We hope you can meet him soon!

Now tell me. Why is She allowed to be on TV?

2008-07-11T14:27:00.000-07:00

A few times a week I am caught brainlessly watching that E! Show with Ryan Seacrest and some insanely skinny woman with highlighted hair talking about BS celebritard stuff. I know Cat enjoys getting the scoop and I must admit it is actually pretty enjoyable making fun of Victoria Beckham (aka Sporty Spice). The show ends at around 11 or 11:30 and I'm usually sitting there on the laptop managing my fantasy baseball team when I have unfortunately (or fortunately?) caught one of the stupidest shows I have ever seen.

Can I tell you about Chelsea Handler? I only ask your permission because you may want to stop reading this post right now before wasting your valuable which could be better used cleaning the toilet or emailing your clients. Maybe you've heard of her show as "The Chelsea Handler Show" or "Chelsea Lately". Apparently it has gone through changes over the years in desperate attempts for terrible ratings. It first started out as a sketch comedy show with bad acting. It then morphed into a sit down on the couch interview type show. Now it includes three other "comedians" who sit at a table with Chels and comment on all things US Weekly.

Well, I gotta say that THIS SHOW IS TERRIBLE. The one I saw last night was 100% rehearsed with deadpan jokes chased with disingenuous fake crowd laugh. Every single line one of these idiots spoke was straight off of a cue card and in no way organic. "Jokes" flew at me at an alarming speed as if everyone on the show was hyped on red bull or 5 hour energy shots. One lame joke every 5 seconds? You got it. Make fun of the Latino Midget (Chelsea's sidekick) at least once a minute? Done. Chelsea makes a joke about being drunk? 15 times a show. Comedian guests plugging their DVD or future Standup Gig at Bob Levy's Comedy Club at the Ramada Inn in Levittown, PA at the end of the show? Absolutely!

I guess that this show does have an audience even though the ratings for it seem to have been erased from the Internet. But when you dig a little further you can easily find that Chelsea Handler has been "dating" E! Channel President, Ed Harbert. Nice work tearing apart Ted's 30 year marriage, Chelsea. And congrats on your crappy show.

Jesus Christo.

4, July, 2008 (weekend)

2008-07-11T10:04:00.000-07:00

Like the rest of the Bay Area, we made our way up to the Donner/Tahoe region for the extended 4th of July weekend. Cam's family has a place on Donner Lake so of course we weren't the only ones there. Cam's Parents, 2 sets of Aunts & Unlces, and sister/sister-in-law Erica with dog Beanie were all celebrating our nation's independence from those gosh darn redcoats. After surviving the 5 hour trip up the hill (usually takes 3 hours), the whole posse dealt with more traffic on Friday morning to make it to Sunnyside on Westshore Tahoe for Brunch. The picture above was snapped on the beach while waiting 45 minutes for our drink order to be filled.

On Saturday we decided to check out Northstar to see what our favorite happy funtime snow hill was like in the summer. We must say, it was totally radical. Northstar has a serious mountain biking set up with great downhill trails all over the place. The nice thing is that if you don't have a bike, you can ride the lifts for free (well, as long as you buy a beer).

Greg and Erica made the trek with us to enjoy a great view at the lodge area top of Arrow Chair. What a view! We recommend hanging out at Northstar during the summer for anyone in the area. We'll definitely be back.

Satuday night involved a family game of flip cup. Here's a pic of the overall champions

We then went on a hike and after about an hour we found some snow. Cat snapped this photo of Cam making a cheese wedge kicker as he vowed to go back later in the day and shred the slush.

Why Can't I Eat This in California?

2008-07-10T12:33:00.001-07:00

Cam here. I just got a huge craving for Marshmallow Fluff! No, I'm not pregnant (I'm male!) but I am known to go on sugar binges every now and then. Now tell me, how yummers is Fluff?!

After thinking about the delish that is Marshmallow Fluff I realized that I once had a Fluffernutter Sandwich as a kid and dang, was it good!

Now I'm on a mission. I am obsessed and spending time on the internets trying to find Marshmallow Fluff at a friendly, neighborhood grocery/convenience store. I may even move to calling stores up to see if they have it. What I am trying to avoid is ordering this stuff online for $15 + shipping.

My take is that Fluff and Fluffernutters are a regional delicacy not meant for Californey-ans. Kinda like Sonic (seriously, why are their commercials shown in CA?), Cookiepuss, and Devil Dogs. I also remember going on a Goo Goo Clusters binge while out in Tennesse a few years ago. We Californies are deprived.

Can anyone help me in my quest? Have you seen Fluff anywhere in the stores? Are there any other regional delicacies that you wish were stocked at the Safeway right by your house?

Cam's Berfday in Chicago

2008-06-29T22:31:00.000-07:00

Cat and Cam had some Rapid Rewards cupons on Southwest that were expiring and decided to blow them on flights out to Chicago! This trip just so happened to coincide with Cam's 24th berfday so it was a perfect timing. Luckily for the Hylands, Cam's buddy Tim-may lives out in Chicago and was happy to host the newlyweds (yes, we haven't been married a year yet so we can still call ourselves that). Tim-Tim and his GF Kellie were great hosts and gave us more than your average "Taste of Chicago". Props to our hosts!

The first night in Chitown involved going out to dinner to eat some of the best BBQ we've ever had. Smokeys has it going on, dawgs! Tim and Kellie were awesome enough to get Cam a velvet cake after the consuming of various meats was completed. Wait a second, that last sentence sounds really, really bad. Oh well, why start editing at this point in my life.

Did we mention that our friends Megs and Krissy live like 5 blocks away from Tim and Kellie? Well, they do and seeing them was totally awesome. On our last day in Chicago, we hung out with the girlies and went to a neighborhood swimming pool. Cam was sad he didn't get any pictures of the hotties in their swim suits to post on the blog.

On Friday we headed to US Cellular Field to watch the epic White Sox vs. Cubs game. After trying to Craigslist tickets we decided to just go to a bar by the stadium in Southside Chicago. And what a classy bar it was. Seriously, the place was filled with nothing but scalpers drinking MGD out of cans. After negotiating with a few of these scuzzy dudes we ended up getting tickets in center field. The game was pretty awesome with the Chicago vs. Chicago matchup. We saw three fights and people so drunk that they fell asleep in their seats. Classic.

The next day we checked out downtown and then took a few trains to get to the Lincoln Park area and hang out by Wrigley Field. The game was obviously across town at the White Sox stadium so we conceded by taking the Cousin Larry & Balki Bartokomous Perfect Strangers picture infront of the sign. I'm guessing the Blue Man group is coming to Wrigley soon? But I could be wrong.

That same day we went up to the top of some super tall building we can't remember the name of. After braving the super sketchy elevator, we made it to the 96th floor to drink some $13 cocktails and snap pictures of the city on Lake Michigan. Can you spot the Oprah Building? Or is it the Harpo Building?

We also went to Second City to see some comedy and drank some terrible midwest beer at a kegger. But we forgot to take pictures of these events. Chitown rules!

Hike In Marin Headlands

2008-06-21T22:47:00.000-07:00

Cat had a great idea to go on a hike this weekend. After using the internets to figure out the top ten trails in Marin, Cat and Cam printed out directions to the number one trail on the list and set out to explore!

Getting to Point Bonita beach takes some effort. There is a one way tunnel that cuts through the hillside for about a quarter mile underneath highway 101. But the crazy tunnel is well worth it when you get to the beach and hike up to the top of the hill. As you can see by the view of the GGB, this is a sweet hike.

Cat and Cam wear their specially made hiking sunglasses which combine 100% polarization and blueblocking technology to make hiking 13% more efficient.

Part of our hike lead to a great beach. Lots of rock formations create some picturesque scenes as you can see in the picturesque picture. But the rocks also created seclusion and with Cam being lazy and not wanting to hike all the way back up the hill to the trail, he decided to wade around the rocks to Point Bonita Beach. The only problem was that Cam still had his phone and camera in his pocket. The cellie cell survived but the camera was fried. Luckily enough the memory card survived to put these picturees on this blog. But does anyone know where to get a cheap 10 megapixel camera? Thanks friends.

Face. Another Awesome Sunset

2008-06-11T11:31:00.000-07:00

Hahaha! Rub it in your collective Faces! Because Cat and Cam enjoyed yet another totally awesome and/or radical sunset in June. It seems to us like we get one a month? We wish they happened every night but this ain't no Santorini.

Can anyone guess how we celebrated another awesome SF Apartment View sunset? A packet of Now-And-Laters will be rewarded to the first one who responds in the comment section correctly (by the way, Cam says his money is on Heather Romios).

As day melted away like a molten lava volcano (cocktail) into night, the temperature dropped into the low fifties. Cat and Cam then played a game of "how much warmer is it in Menlo Park and Napa?" and quickly retreated to weather.com to see who had the closest guess. You see, all is not perfect in SF. It just sometimes looks that way.

Tis' June, The Month of Birthdays!

2008-06-06T18:59:00.000-07:00

And the first up was Cam's sister Erica. Her June 5th cumpleaños was her cumpleaños más importantes de su vida.........so far. That's because little baby Boocheeeka Erica Hyland celebrated her big Two-One! That's right, her 21st birthday, la gente!

OK, sorry for getting carried away with the spanglish but Cam did complete Intermediate Espanol at UC Davis (many, many years ago) en route to his International Relations Degree (which he doesn't use). But we digress......... Erica started off the night with floral abundance and champagne (actually, it is sparkling wine but whatevs).

The crew then headed to Suppenküche German Bierstein Restaurant in San Francisco. If this boot of beer looks familiar Suppenküche is the same restaurant that Cam took his brother Matt to on his birthday in January. See, this is what happens when you find a good restaurant that Matt likes. He just keeps wanting going back. Has Suppenküche become the new Hyland Family Obligatory Birthday Celebration dinner spot? Well, you'll have to wait until the post about Cam's 27th(!) birthday taking place on 6/26 (presents/gifts/candy greatly appreciated) to find out.

Now here's a cutie patootie picture of the newly crowned sisters (in-law) on Erica's birthday. Needless to say, Boocheeeka was enjoying her celebration.

Open your eyes, Greg! Clan Hyland (yes, the name is Scottish) enjoyed the German food/bier and Napa Valley sparkling wine of the evening. But most importantly, Erica enjoyed her 21st. We didn't make her take 21 (jello) shots but we did take her to a bar down the street and made her drink a post das-boot beer. The birthday buzz caused Lil' Sis to plead with Cam to take her out to a bar on Union Street for her birthday while they were back chilling at Cat & Cam's. Cam promptly agreed, got fired up for 2 minutes, and then proceeded to pass out in his chair while watching TV. Cam's happy to report that he did make it to 11:00pm. Happy Birthday Erica!

Union Street Fair/Catherine's Birthday Celebration/Welcome Back Kellys/..........

2008-05-31T22:27:00.000-07:00

This last Saturday many momentous events converged to produce an Uber Party that had to start at 10:30 am just to properly celebrate everything. First of all, we live two blocks up from Union Street and the Union Street Fair was going on all weekend. B., Cat wanted to celebrate her berfday by having all of her friends over for mimosas and french toast. And III., our great friends Nicole and Brian Kelly just moved back to the Bay Area after living in Cork, Ireland for 3 years. Yeah!

After about an hour of refilling mimosa glasses and eating 11 different types of brunch food, the gathering shifted from coed commingling to girls chatting in the kitchen (above) and guys playing drinking games in the living room (below). Thankfully, our kitchen and living room are only about 6 feet apart.

The crew got mad at Pappin for handing out too many drinks during 3 Man. What a jerk!

After a few hours of making morning party, the crew eventually made it to the overly crowded Union Street Fair. Nothing was interesting enough to report. So Cat and Cam wish you a good day from Cresta Bar on Polk Street.

Our Trip To San Diego

2008-05-27T20:44:00.000-07:00

Cat and Cam ventured down south to San Diego over the Memorial Day Weekend to visit their friends Sean and Liz O'Brien. The O'Briens have a fantastic place in La Costa and proved to be lovely hosts. But the star of the O'Brien household is most definitely Lulu The Pug. Here's a shot of Lulu doing some strange puppy dance:

Night one involved a trip to Fidels. All of our San Diego friends love this place and we loved it too. Cam couldn't even put down his fajita long enough to take a picture with Jon Pappin:

Our crew headed to downtown Encinitas after dinner and enjoyed a few beverages. Here's a picture of Cam with pals Jonny P and Seany OB enjoying various forms of lager:

Saturday involved your classic Southern California pool party. You know, sunny weather, a pool, chips, BBQ, games of flip cup. Cat and Leslie Pappin enjoyed the party with their sunny g's on:

As the games of flip cup wore on the noise pollution frustrated the surrounding neighbors. Here's Cam posing with apartment security as the police are apparently being texted:

Sunday involved taking a drive to downtown San Diego to catch the Reds vs. Padres game. Pre game fun included visiting a fascinating Irish Bar. Gametime fun involved sitting in center field and eating ice cream. Here's Liz and Sean OB rooting for the Pads with their Giants hats on:

Goodbye from SD! If you haven't been, we highly recommend it. Maybe next time we'll spend more time at the beach.

Bay to Breakers 2008

2008-05-20T15:17:00.001-07:00

After being out of town the last few years, Cat and Cam were really excited to partake once again in The Bay to Breakers. This San Francisco tradition has only gotten more fun over the years as the costumes get better and friends get more fired up to participate. Cam remembers actually running the 12K when he first moved to the city. This is laughable today as mobile discos and beer bongs surrounded our "Olympic Torch Relay" crew in B2B 2008.

Cat was on the Torch Runner team while Cam was apart of the Security Crew. With coffee moustache and ear piece communication in tow, Cam did his best to protect the "Torch".

Here's a picture of our friend Taylor with the "Torch". You first have to remove the "flame" and then it can be used for other purposes. The guys who designed the torch were geniuses.

The view from Hayes Hill is about as classic a people watching spot as there is. Folks camp out there all morning on the grass to get a look at the crazy costumes. If you aren't there when the Kenyans roll through then you're standing the rest of the morning. But if that happens you can probably just join up with the people "racing" and get a few free drinks.

We leave you with a picture of the Security team protecting the torch and mobile disco from some hippy protester. What a thankless job it was.

Enjoy These Sunset Pictures. We Enjoyed Taking Them.

2008-05-14T21:00:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday May 14th, 2008 the combination of a rare 85 degree San Francisco heatwave and clouds created an incredible sunset which we had the pleasure of enjoying from our deck.

Sunsets like this are few and far between. So we decided to celebrate with a few Hyland Cocktails (which if you don't know are the perfect combination of lemonade and vodka.........actually, I'm not too sure how anyone would know that).

The great thing about this susnet is that it seemed to change every couple of minutes. Rad? Totally.

Views like this make you wish you didn't have to go to work the next day.

Giants Game with the Champies

2008-05-10T15:28:00.000-07:00

Another weekend and another Giants game for Cat and Cam. We were able to score the same awesome 8th row seats across from 3rd base that we had a few weeks back and enjoyed a great game with our friends Jim and Nikki Champie.

Giants Ace Tim Lincecum went 8 innings to beat those dreaded Philadelphia Phillies 8-2. His 97 mph fastball was tough for left handed hitters to get around on and a few foul balls made it in our general direction. Sadly, two games across from 3rd base produced Zero foul ball retrieval opportunities for us this season. Cam is now 0/57 at PacBell-AT&T Park in getting a ball. Time for him to start getting to games 3 hours early for batting practice.

The weather was awesome as Cam yet again forgot to wear sunscreen. This prompted our crew to refresh with Coors Lights at a rapid pace. We also blamed our drinking on how awesome the game was. Both reasons were valid.

On the way back to the car we noticed this sweet pimped out minivan:

Jim and Cam had to pose infront of this orange beast. Cam really enjoyed the rims on this g-ride. He is currently trying to find these things online so that he can slap them on his Audi.

Wine Tasting Birthday Party

2008-05-03T22:41:00.000-07:00

The Hylands were lucky enough to celebrate their friend Joy's birthday.........Wine Country style! The limbusine was rented and the crew made the 9:00am departure from SF with bagels for the base and mimosas served by Graham to welcome the morning.

The first winery visited was Pellegrini Family Vineyards in Sonoma. We all made sure to purchase a Pellegrini bottle of wine as we were "hooked up" by knowing a member of the family. Here's Cat and Cam posing with their friend Brad at the tasting of some of the most delicious wine ever known to man (shameless plug).

Mimosas chased with Pinot Noir got everyone comfortable with each other as the limbusine ventured a half mile down the road to Harvest Moon Winery. The Winery had set up a nice outside tasting area hosted by an interesting Harvest Moon employee who had very suggestive nicknames for the wines. Cam remembers liking the "Nooner" the best which we think was a Zinfandel. After our second tasting, the group photo was inevitable.

We then had Jeeves drive us to beautiful downtown Healdsburg for lunch at Bear Republic Brewery. Although Cam didn't particularly enjoy his chicken sandwich describing it as "overly microwaved" to the waiter, the beer was fantastic. Especially after drinking foo-foo wine all day. Needless to say, the limbusine drive home was rather eventful. Here's Cat and Cam playing their favorite game called "Swap your Sunglasses & Take a Picture":

Gary flashed Natasha his best Blue Steel as the party bus rolled on home to the Biggity Bay.

More Weekend Funness

2008-04-27T22:54:00.000-07:00

We continued our San Francisco-centric weekend by hitting up our friend RG's birthday BBQ bash. Our couple-friends Shirley and Anthony were there helping us rock the party. Ant was trying to be all cool Japanese party style by drinking his Suntori and smoking a cuban. Bill Murray wannabe?

Cat and Shirls couldn't get enough of the delicious Bud Light (just kidding, all 4 cans were empties)

Cat and Cam then headed to the Giants game with friends Tommy and Juli.........

.........The Giants starting pitcher (Kevin Correia) got hurt after pitching to just two batters. This led to an absolute slugfest with 19 runs being scored. The scoring was entertaining but unfortunately, the Giants only were able to grab 9 of those runs eventually losing the close game. We all enjoyed our seats from Cat's Dad's work sitting just 8 rows back behind 3rd base! The beers always seem tastier in the 100 level.

Cam and Tommy were representin' tha Bay wearing their orange and black. Get Hyphy! These diehard fans just wish that Barry Zito and his $126 million contract would represent them a little better (he's 0-5 so far this year). Worst contract ever?

Weekend Golfing

2008-04-26T15:47:00.001-07:00

Cat and Cam hit the Olympic Club Driving Range on a beautiful Saturday Afternoon to shake the winter rust off their powerful golf swings. Cat was excited to break in her new Cleveland irons which she received for Christmas from her generous husband. As you can see below, her 7 iron flew roughly 140 yards and then fell to within feet of the flagstick:

Cat got some pictures of Cameron blasting perfect 5 irons about 190 yards right down the middle. Then again, the O-Club range is pretty wide open so finding the middle isn't that challenging.

Cat was ready to play 18 on the Lake Course but Cam reminded her that they had an afternoon BBQ and The Giants Game to attend later that night. Cam promised her that they'd tee it up soon enough.

Kris & Liz's 30th Birthday Celebration!

2008-04-20T18:21:00.000-07:00

This weekend Cat ventured to the Cotati-Healdsburg region to celebrate the 30th birthday's of our friends Kris and Liz. Johannah made some sweet t-shirts for the birthday girlies to wear at the dive bar they hit up on Saturday around noon. Alkies?

The local drunkards at the bar actually started cheering when the group rolled into their establishment!

The crew of hotties then made their way to Clos Du Bois for winetasting and more general imbibement. After sampling the delicious Cabernet Franc, the girls then went to the hotel for some hot tubbing. Sadly, there were no pictures from this portion of the weekend. Dinner followed at Barn Diva which was delish. The restaurant serves "homestyle" food at $25 per plate in a trendy atmosphere. The ladies then sniffed out a local bar to cap off the dual birthday celebrations.

Eat Here Now

2008-04-16T11:13:00.000-07:00

A quick shout out to Burma Superstar on Clement Street. Cat and Cam had an excellent Tuesday Night dinner with their pals the Haro-Conners-Copelands (we're not yet sure what to call their tandem). We know, we know. Everyone and their mom has already been to this restaurant and we're totally late to the yuppie hipster scene. But it's still really good and you should know how we feel!

Here's a picture of Jen and Ryan in the finals of the World Ballroom Dancing Championships.....or is it the first dance from their wedding? Our bad, we jumbled up a few of our pictures. But props to Jen & Ryan for just being totally awesome.

Spring Snow Holiday

2008-04-11T21:37:00.000-07:00

After working way too hard for way too long, Cat and Cam decided to head up to Donner/Tahoe for a few days off to shred the spring slush. Springtime snowfun calls for fun fashion. Cat sported the Hyper-Pink beanie while cam rocked the Airblaster White Jacket all weekend.

Cat totally tore up the slopes this winter. She honestly progressed from an "intermediate" skier to an "upper intermediate" slasher who handled all of the (groomed) backside Black Diamond Northstar runs with ease.

Our friends Josh & Elise made it up the hill for a few days. Josh is a pow-hunter but we were impressed that he had fun on the slush and park features. Elise ripped down the mountains in her new skis and had no problem keeping up with guys who wore helmets.

On Sunday, Cam decided to make Cat take pictures of his amazing freestyle skillz. Cam pleaded with Cat to frame this picture of him throwing a Method over the "huge" hip but Cat said he needed a bit more air.

Since this blog is the only place that anyone will ever see Cam snowboard, he made Cat put in this picture of him on the flat-down log in the Stash park at Northstar.

See you next winter! Hopefully we'll have something cool to blog about now that we won't be going to Donner until the Summer.

Snow is Cold yet Fun

2008-04-01T23:13:00.000-07:00

Hello from Northstar Mountain Ski and Snowboarding Funtime Resort! Cat and Cam added to their annual ski/ride totals with another great weekend in the Tahoe region. Cat doned the safety orange beanie and tore up another day of groomers.

Here's a picture of Cat jamming down the infamous "Cat's Face" run off the Vista Chair at Northstar. It was really tough for Cam to click this photo as Cat was rolling by at about 60 to 70 miles per hour!

Here's Cam keepin' it real on the chairlift. It looks like he was wearing a lot of black this day (isn't black the new pink or something?). Unfortunately, Cat couldn't get any action shots of Cam spinning 720's over the 50 foot table tops since she had a race to qualify for at the slalom course and didn't have time to mess around in the silly terrain park.

Easter 2008

2008-03-25T12:46:00.000-07:00

Cat & Cam headed over to Catherine's Parents place for a wonderful Easter Celebration. Catherine's Aunt Carol, Uncle Earl, Cousin Kris, and Cousin Eric with his wife Deena and two little girls Abby and Paige battled I580 accidents, speeding tickets, and Giants Spring Training to make it to the Copeland's Peninsula home in the afternoon. After fueling up on the family's famous artichoke dip and the delicious bite sized "Crabbies", the Easter Egg Hunt was ON.

Paige's basket was overflowing with plastic eggs that contain jelly beans and stickers but she's still on the prowl for more.

Cam and older sister Abby are enjoying the toy car prize in the "Big" egg. I didn't know that Dora The Explorer drove such a sweet dune buggy.

Abby tests the waters by putting jelly beans in Cam's hair and seeing if he takes the punishment. This quickly translated into games of child spinning, dog tackling, Cat & Cam tackling, and Pony/Cam rides. Needless to say, Cam woke up sore on Monday morning. Happy Easter!

Kevin Hicks' 27th Berfday

2008-03-24T20:42:00.000-07:00

Cam's brother Matt is apart of what best can be described as a beer brewing Co-op named "Presidio Brewing Company". They don't make any money or sell their brews but they do throw one heck of a fiesta. The months were passing since the December Festivus Celebration and the crew decided to use Kevin's Birthday on Saturday as an excuse to rent out the Fort Point Outdoor Auditorium near Crissy Field and throw another bash.

This is a pretty sweet picture. Cameron's brother Matt is playing an intense game of mini table pong as Jeff Brand and his GF are in the background with the GGB in the distance. I love acronyms.

The guerilla marketing of Presidio is witty and weird at the same time. Randy's head (when he had hair) is photoshopped on a buff body and slapped on the back of a matchbook. Sam, any way to get this in a poster size so Cat & Cam can put it on the ceiling above their bed? Thanks.

This is proof that Cat and Cam were at Kevin's B-Day. An excellent picture of the bloggers with Matt's handsome roommate Matty. Matty, now you're famous. So, what's the next excuse for Presidio Brew Co to throw a bash? Pourin' out a little bit of Pale Ale on Memorial Day? Be sure to check out these guys' website in our brand new "Cool" links section.

Warriors Playoff Push

2008-03-22T12:21:00.000-07:00

Cam's buddy Eric Balzer scored some sweet tickets to the Warriors vs. Rockets Game on Friday. Balz works very hard for a company and instead of paying him more money, they give him 2 occasional seats to a Golden State Warriors game. Cam has been such a good buddy over the years that he was honored with an invite.

Cam and Balz were sitting behind two kids in Tracy McGrady Rockets jerseys. During the 3rd Quarter, Thunder the Warriors Mascot went behind these particular Rockets fans and sprayed them with silly string. Cam and Balz stood up and started dancing around like idiots laughing and pointing at the silly stringed fans. Their antics made it up on the Jumbo Tron. Nice! Balz then decided to be a genius and took a piece of silly string from the ground, put it in his half drunk beer and asked the security guard if he could get a free beer because Thunder shot his string in his drink. The plan worked with Balz being escorted to the front of the beer line for a free refill.

You see this beer? Eric drank it down half way and then got a free refill. That's at least a $4 value since beers are $8 at Warrior Games.

Even though the Dubs lost the game, it certainly was a "Great Time Out". Cam & Balz were confident that thier cheering and booing of referrees helped the Warriors lose by less than they would of if they weren't there.

St. Paddys Day: We are OLD

2008-03-21T12:14:00.001-07:00

Back in the day, The Celebration of St. Patrick involved some serious partying. Green dye in Coors Light, The Great Stout Taste Test (Guinness vs. Beamish vs. Murphys) and maybe even a few Irish Car bombs.

This year's celebration for Cat & Cam started off by visiting three different markets on the way home from work at 8:00pm trying to find Guinness. After some legwork we made it happen only to enjoy the delicious taste of Guinness Draft (out of the bottle).

Do you know that one pint of Guinness is only 90 calories? Do you think that widget-thingie in the bottle does anything but allow Mayflower Market on Fillmore and Jackson to charge $9.99 per sixer?

So no crazy bar hopping this year. A night on the couch with some left over pot roast and a few stouts was all we needed to "celebrate". Although we did make a resolution to make corned beef and cabbage for 3/17/2009. Delish!

Sunday Cocktails

2008-03-18T21:22:00.000-07:00

After enduring a clean-a-thon Sunday we decided to venture out to our deck for the sunset. Now in case you haven't heard, we have a pretty good view. We can't tell you how many of this exact same picture we've taken over the last few years since Cam first moved in and made his Dad Greg a landlord, but the view always comes out a little different with each snap.

Feel free to bring some drinks a check out a sunset with The Hylands! (shameless request for friends to bring us booze)

Spring in SF is a bit chilly so Cat went and got Cam's beanie. Don't you just love the "Where's Waldo" stripes? Can you believe that Cam actually wears this thing on the slopes? At least it makes him easier to spot in the crowds at Northstar.

Every deck sitting session must involve a beverage. If it's in the A.M. the mugs of coffee are in full effect. But sunsets usually involve an adult beverage or three. As you can see in the above picture, the Absolut Vodka with Lemonade was the drink of choice. Ummm, refreshing!

Our First Post

2008-03-15T12:25:00.000-07:00

We thought it would be a good idea to start the C&C Hyland Family Factory Blog with our favorite pics of ourselves from the 9/8/07 Wedding and Honeymoon. We just celebrated our 6 month anniversary by having a nice Cat-made seasfood dinner and watching an episode of Friday Night Lights with a glass of $8/bottle Syrah. After discussing Lyla Garrity and Jason Street's crumbling engagement, we then said, "hey, it's our 6 month anniversary!"