Time to meet the fam...with a blended family of 5 kids, this is gonna be fun! I'm gonna do one at a time over the next few weeks...there's Kevin 17, Blayne 15, Dylan 14, Matt 13 and Lily 8. Yes, Lily is big-time outnumbered but there are perks associated with that (right Lil?), mainly my unshakable need to shop incessantly for girl's clothes (and shoes)! Kevin (biologically mine, cuz I know you really want to know) is a kid full of life, adventure and true-grit character. Part, only part of him, embraces the CHOKA lifestyle, not to mention he seriously choked twice in his life and I had to give him the heimlich both times (I know totally unrelated but the name made me think about it), thank G-d I was there!!! Although this is clearly not funny, he and I die laughing about it now, like tears laughing, Kev also has an amazing sense of humor)...so here goes...

Chris Brown, creative director of Refueled Mag, created CHOKA, this cool blog...

Sneak peak at Chris Brown's new line of boards...

Here's Kev, my CHOKA, he's an in-line skater...

Kevin started his own biz, RHYTHM WAX CO., a skate wax co., when he was 14 (with his buddy Jason Benrubi)...so proud of them...gotta love his entrepreneurialism...chip off the 'ole block (hee hee)...

awww...here's a sweet shot of Kev with his pretty (and smart) gf Cam...like my mom always sighs..."juventud, divino tesoro"  (translation: youth, divine treasure)...yep...on second thought, I gotta make sure Cam knows the heimlich!!

I love you, Kev!! Next up is Blayne...