Anthony's Cutting Board

This is what Anthony made in his wood shop class. I am very impressed. He was working on a baseball bat but had a few problems. Now he is making me a quilt holder.

One Year Ago

Today..... I started this blog. I didn't actually think I would keep it up but I have. It is so much easier to update then the webpage I had before. Thanks for reading, it has been a lot of fun to do.

The first picture I posted. Last Easter


My little gemstones today

Tired of the snow

I am truly tired of the snow. I am really ready to see some flowers and the trees to start blooming. I am ready for bbq's with friends and family. The big thing is, I want to watch soccer and baseball not wrapped up in a blankets. That being said, I am making a couple of fleece blankets in the school colors just to be sure we will be warm. No matter how warm the days are it is always chilly in the evening here in the spring.

It has been decided we will be making a quick trip to Sacramento. Even though it is not under the best of situations we are really looking forward to seeing everyone. We will be staying at Steve's parents and his sister and family will be there. Best of all, the temp. in Sac is in the 70's. A dream for us. Since Anthony has not been cold enough for a jacket all winter, he will be requiring shorts for the trip.

Love the Spring Weather

The weekend is over and I think I am glad about that. It has been long and a little emotional. After church today I decided we would break out the map and go on a hike. The weather here was sunny and nice. Anthony and I picked out a trail (still sunny) got something to drink (still sunny) put my shoes on (still sunny) opened the door to go to the car (raining) drove two blocks (snowing) decided we where going anyway, drove to the trail entrance (snowing really hard), after a heated discussion with the children decided to go back home (sunny again). I give up, gotta love spring weather.

Spring Cleaning

I have spent most of today doing some spring cleaning. I need to pull down blinds and wash them but I am just not that motivated. I did get the upper half of my closet organized. I need a bigger ladder to really get up in there. We have very high ceiling in this house which makes for great storage in the closets, but you do need to be able to get up in there.

Megan is at a play with her girl scout troop and the boys are getting ready to watch a movie. I am going to put some comfy jammies light a candle and watch a grown up movie. Or maybe I will try to beat Anthony's high score on Mario Party for the DS.

Enjoy your weekend!!!

Pictures from Anthonys Trip

I have finally finished processing Anthony's Philly pictures. I will post a couple of my favorites here but the rest (197 of them) are on a slide show on the right side. He did really good but some pictures had to be really worked over. Enjoy!!!


Metal from the World Trade Center







WWII Mem. On one side it says Alantic and the other says Pacific

Spring is here

With spring it always brings feeling of being over whelmed. It takes about a week until I get every ones schedules down and then we are good. This year is going to be a lot harder. This will be the first time all 3 kids are in sports at the same time. Plus, with a kid starting high school and one starting middle school, I have all those meetings to get them signed up and class schedules. I have known for a long time what the high school football program is like, but now that I have the schedule in my hand it crazier then I thought. It will only take a couple of weeks until I am doing this like an old pro. So it's time to dust off the crock pot because that will be the only way there will be home cooked meals in this house.


We also had some very bad news a couple of weeks ago. Steve's Dad was diagnosed with untreatable cancer. I haven't written about it here, because I just can't put into words what this family is feeling. Long absences away from this blog isn't because I have forgotten about it. It's just time researching flights (Steve is getting ready to go back to CA), researching pancreatic cancer (something I know nothing about) trying to be an emotional support to Steve and spending a lot of time just praying. Our friends and families have been an amazing support for us. Steve's family can use all the prayers and good thoughts you have.