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Jumbo Rock, Joshua Tree Nat'l Park<\/p><\/div>\n

At the start of every new year, me, Maria and Dylan sit down in the living room and reflect upon the year that just passed. \u00a0We write down our highlights and then we plan out what we each want to accomplish in the new year.<\/p>\n

Below are my highlights of 2011:<\/p>\n

THE START OF 2011 – we were nervous & worried about the future and the economy. \u00a0But we decided to make The Paint Shop TV show <\/a>a focus for the year. \u00a0We received the good news early in the year that our show was going to air on local So. California tv, and so we gave it our all.<\/p>\n

TURNED 40: \u00a0I turned 40 in March. \u00a0Sold a lot of my old surfboards and took my family to Hawaii. \u00a0Surfed Pipeline on my birthday – \u00a0the waves were great!<\/p>\n

TV SHOOTS: \u00a0Took a road trip to Santa Cruz in spring – filmed The Paint Shop there. \u00a0It was awesome. \u00a0Made good on my promise to Escape Campervans and put them on one of my episodes. \u00a0It’s funny – I promised them a spot on my tv show in 2009, two years before we got the show on the air!<\/p>\n

Paddled 225 MILES OF COLORADO RIVER: \u00a0Over 16 days in May, I lived in the wild and stand-up paddled the rapids<\/a> of the Colorado River with whitewater expert Seth Warren. \u00a0It was the trip of lifetime! \u00a0(The Orange County Register<\/a> wrote about it and put a picture of me on the cover of the front page!) \u00a0The trip was also written about in Stand Up Journal’s March 2012 issue and the current issue of Stand Up Paddle Magazine. \u00a0Haven’t seen the copies yet…..<\/p>\n

MT. WHITNEY: \u00a0Maria <\/a>hiked mountains all over Southern California and I was so proud of her when she hiked Mt. Whitney in August, the highest mountain in the lower 48 states.<\/p>\n

DYLAN TURNED 10: \u00a0And we transformed our house into a Star Wars scene for his party!<\/p>\n

MYRTLE BEACH\u00a0& HURRICANE IRENE: \u00a0Threes weeks this summer was spent with family in Myrtle Beach. \u00a0Maria and Dylan had a blast playing in the ocean and the swash at the Dunes Club. \u00a0I caught great waves courtesy of Hurricane Irene!<\/p>\n

PUERTO ESCONDIDO SURF TRIP: \u00a0Right after Myrtle Beach I flew to Puerto Escondido<\/a>, Mexico, where I surfed in a Stand Up Paddle contest at the Mexican Pipeline. \u00a0Maria helped make the trip possible by lining up sponsors Hinano Tahiti and MegaFood. \u00a0The waves were so powerful I broke two paddleboards and got many tubes.<\/p>\n

MARIA WROTE A BOOK: \u00a0It’s called HOW TO UNDERSTAND ART LICENSING CONTRACTS<\/a> – she co-wrote it \u00a0with art expert Tara Reed. \u00a0I am stoked for her – she worked hard on it.<\/p>\n

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Maria & Dylan Arches Nat'l Park, UT<\/p><\/div>\n

COLORADO ROAD TRIP: \u00a0In early November we drove to Boulder, CO for a film festival. \u00a0Dylan and I were in Seth Warren’s film called Playgrounds Re-imagined.<\/p>\n

Dylan narrated the film, as you can hear on the movie’s trailer here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the drive out, we camped at Virgin River, we drove Southern Utah to Moab, went to Arches National Park and followed the Colorado River into Colorado.<\/p>\n

While at the film festival, Dylan was given the first ever award given to a child at the Boulder Film Festival.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>He was named “Most Likely to Save the World.”<\/em> \u00a0He gave a hilarious acceptance speech – you can watch it HERE<\/a>!<\/p>\n

NEW GREETING CARD LICENSE: \u00a0While in Boulder, we met with Leanin Tree<\/a> greeting card company and toured their sculpture gardens and their printing facility. \u00a0 A few weeks later, we signed a licensing deal for my art in their greeting card line! \u00a0(My greeting cards will hit the market in summer 2012.)<\/p>\n

OPEN HOUSE\u00a0ART SALES: \u00a0We tried something new this year to sell more art at Christmas time – we had 4 open houses in the studio in Nov\/Dec and we sold dozens of original paintings and sketches and met a lot of new fans that came in to meet me. \u00a0It was very rewarding in many ways.<\/p>\n

CHRISTMAS: \u00a0In December we had our niece Mia come visit for Christmas and New Years. \u00a0We had to get bunk beds for her to sleep in Dylan’s room. \u00a0We set up the Christmas tree, and I surfed great waves on Christmas eve. \u00a0Having Mia with us during the holidays was a definite plus – it was fun watching two happy kids tear open presents on Christmas morning!<\/p>\n

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She's Got Hollywood in her Hands<\/p><\/div>\n

Mia wanted to see Hollywood, so we took a 3 mile hike up to the Hollywood sign – packed a lunch and ate out there on the trail. \u00a0Oh, and we saw Lenny Kravitz while driving up the Hollywood Hills – he flashed us the peace sign as he passed our Dream Machine on his motorcycle.<\/p>\n

JOSHUA TREE: \u00a0We spent the last few days of 2011 camping at Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree. \u00a0The kids said it was like being on the moon. \u00a0We went rock climbing and found some cool caves.<\/p>\n

Driving \u00a0home from Joshua Tree on New Years Eve, we had no plans for that night, until we got a text from our good friends the Whelans to stop by at their house. \u00a0 We spent the last hours of 2011 with good friends, wine and food!<\/p>\n

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Dylan and the Dream Machine along Colorado River<\/p><\/div>\n

I hope you’ll look back on 2011 and remember all your highlights, too.<\/p>\n

Write them down, make a list, you’ll be surprised at all that you did in a year!<\/p>\n

Life is Good – Drew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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