Family Time At Disneyland

Yesterday we went to Disneyland. Christina took Sam, Nolan, Brett and Vincent early in the morning when it opened. Then she stayed with them until lunch, then she went out and got them McDonald's for lunch and then went home with Ada for a nap. Mike and Aaron and I met up with the boys around 3:30, after Aaron got out of school. Kellie Girl and Rebecca and Amy met up with us too. We had soooo much fun. Here are some pics of us going on Splash Mountain. That is Nolan and Brett with their shirts over their heads...What nuts!









Later Christina and Ada came back and brought Taco Bell with them for the boys....Thank you Christina...You are such a good sister. We all ate our dinner at the pizza place in Tomorrow Land.



We ended the night watching the fireworks....Although it was pretty crowded, we had a wonderful time.

Busy Weekend

Boy! This is the first chance I have gotten to get on the computer since Friday night. Saturday we went to Scott's brother, Mark's wedding. He married Jennifer from Venezuela. They are such a cute couple. All of Scott's sibling are very good looking. (you too Scott) You could really feel the love there in the temple. It was awesome (actually a miracle) to see that Jon & Christina were able to be there. It's neat to see the family rally around them and support and love them. You can just feel the love and it is hard not to be overcome with tears.

Sunday we had a nice Father's Day. Joey, Christina and Ada met us at church and then we came home and met Rebecca and Kelly for lunch. We had our traditional grilled cheese sandwiches made on sour dough bread, smothered in butter with thick slices of cheddar cheese in the middle and grilled to a golden brown. It has such a wonderful crunch. MMMM. Then Ada, Rebecca and I took a fabulous nap in my bed, it was about two hours long....ZZZZZZ

Rebecca and Kelly had to leave to visit with Kelly's family. Mike and the boys and I went with Joey, Christina and Ada to visit with Grandpa Mark and Grandma Shirley. Kellie and Scott met us there. We had a nice barbecue and had lots of fun relaxing in the backyard and ended the night playing dominos and eating Brownie Sundays....MMMMM. Happy Father's Day Dad. I love you.

I Officially Got My Grades

I called to get my grades from last semester and it's official... I got a 4.o GPA. Now I'm afraid to take any more classes in case I mess it up....jk. I also dropped out of my summer online course that I was going to take....I just didn't think that I could do a good job with the kids home, the house torn up and all of the summer temptations... So I'll just start up again in the fall. Kellie said that she would take a class with me so we might take Biology. I know that's a pretty intense course but at least we'll have each other. If she decides not to, I might just take an algebra class, that is something that I feel pretty confident with.

Tonight we went out to dinner with the Edwards and ate at Ariba's in Fountain Valley. We had a nice dinner and then we went down to Seal Beach for a walk and Cold Stones. How am I ever going to lose weight if I keep this up. I was too tire to ride my bike this morning after all of that swimming that I did yesterday. I could hardly move when I woke up. Oh well... Maybe tomorrow.

Sam's Last Day As A Freshman

This morning was the last time for me to take Sam to school as a Freshman. He liked his first year of high school but is glad for summer to be here. It just floors me how fast the years have flown by, I remember bringing him home from the hospital. It was kind of bitter sweet. I remember holding him in my arms while they wheeled me out thinking how glad I was to be taking my baby home but how fresh was the memory of having to leave the hospital the previous year with empty arms. I have always called Samuel "my rainbow after the storm". He is a wonderful young man and I am happy to know him.

A Day At The Club

Boy! Am I exhausted! I rode my bike at the beach this morning with Janet and the wind was blowing pretty hard so that was quite a workout.

Then I met Kellie and Mom at the club. Kellie hit some balls with Grandma Shirley and then we all went for a swim. Kellie and I swam for about an hour then they started up with this aquacise class so we decided to give it a try. It was fun and I got quite a work out.

Aqua-Bully

We were having a good time until this old cranky guy decided to start yelling at all of the old folks who were chatting while they were taking the class. He just got all ugly and crazy and telling them how disrespectful they were for talking while exercising. What a jerk to bully those poor oldies just for visiting with each other. The funny thing is that I was taking a class like this there at the club about three or four years ago and I remember that same guy yelling and Janet and I for chatting while we were exercising... Boy, Janet just gave it to him. You don't mess with Janet...I wish she were there today.

Anyway....We met up with Grandpa Mark at the Golf Club for lunch...MMMM. We had a nice time.

Cashew Chicken Salad on a Croissant

I know....I'm obsessing... But this was a really good sandwich and I just had to take a picture.

After my bike ride with Janet, Grandma Shirley and I went to visit Joey and Ada and went swimming with them and Kellie.
It's so weird, I remember so vividly when Joey was Ada's age and I would take him swimming at the community pool in the Green Valley housing tract where we lived in Fountain Valley.
Look....Now he's the dad.
After we were swimming for a while, Rebecca came home for lunch and came out to the pool to say hi. Wow! I got to see all three kids in one afternoon......I love it.
What a smile...if you click on this picture, you will see that right lower eye tooth that is just trying to poke through. I just can't get enough of this sweet little angel.

After spending the afternoon swimming I dropped Aaron off at scouts, went grocery shopping, came home, put the groceries away, picked Aaron and Zack up from scouts, visited Grandma and Grandpa Wilson, came home and make dinner....steak, salad, beans, burnt garlic toast (oops, I did that two nights in a row, Aaron says I'm fired but then reinstated my position after I told him that he would now have to do my job.), cleaned up, took Paco for a walk, played on the computer (while eating Ben & Jerry's half baked ice cream, MMMM) and am now getting ready to go to bed.....Now there.....that was my day.

Ooh sooo sweet!

Boy, we live in paradise. What a wonderful day. It's so nice to ride down here everyday when others pay a lot of money to come visit and vacation. On days like this all I have to say is... Life's a Beach.

We made it down to the Pier and are now the new poster children for Jamba Juice's fresh squeezed orange juice....MMMM.....so sweet and cold and refreshing!!!!
I have to say that this is now my new favorite orange juice stop. I hate to say that I like it better that Cinnamon Productions, but I do.

Oh Kirby Baby!!

Poor Kirby ended up walking around the house this way for about 15 minutes before I could rescue him. Aaron put a pair of Rebecca's Jewish American Princess sunglasses on him and just let him walk around the house like that for a while. Actually, I think that Kirby liked it, it made him feel superior to Paco who only gets to parade around the house in a fez.

Yeah! Dad's Home

Yay! Mike's home from his two day SWAT training out at Camp Pendleton! I sure missed him. Here he is in his SWAT uniform standing next to his new baby.

I think that he is getting over the SWAT thing. He's feeling a little old for the job. We'll see how long he lasts. He's been on the team for over eight years now.

We Made It!!

Wahoo!! We left my house around 8:30am and made it to Seal Beach for orange juice at our favorite stop, Cinnamon Productions, soon after. I haven't been there in such a long time. I'm so glad that my back is finally feeling well enough to get on my bike. I'm still not up to par but I'm on my way! Eventually I would like to make our usual 18 mile Orange Juice Ride. (This one that we did today is about 12 miles).

I can't believe that I am actually posting these pictures. I'm hoping that it will be incentive to keep up the exercise and eat better to lose the weight that I gained these past few months. Janet's looking real good though!! Keep up the good work Girl!!!

Family Night

Last night the family got together for B-B-Q hamburgers thanks to dad. I just love it when we are all together. The weather was perfect. Later we had a FHE lesson given by Rebecca. She read a story to us about 9/11. It's amazing that it seems so long ago. Time goes by so fast.

Later we made Yummy Malts for dessert and watched videos from our trip to the river this last Memorial Day weekend.

Here is a picture of Aaron right after closing ceremonies on Saturday for this baseball season. In his hot little hands he is holding his second place trophy for the Minor A division. He had a fun time this season playing catcher and outfielder. He has also gotten real good at bunting. Tonight we had our last game. It was the Tournament of Champions. We got beat pretty bad by the Costa Mesa Pirates, but the boys did real well. Aaron made an amazing catch out in left field and scored one of the four points that we made. The final score....4 to 11.

Here is Aaron attempting to bunt.
Here is Aaron playing catcher.

All Baked Out!!!!

Wow! My feet are killing me!! We have been baking like crazy for two days now. Yesterday Janet and I baked about 28 cakes for one of the schools in our area. And today we made brownies, cookies and cupcakes for a bake sale that we are having tomorrow for the boy scouts. Of course we had to sample these tasty treats to make sure they were edible. MMMMM Yummy. We didn't have time to ride today so we'll have to push double hard tomorrow to make up for the extra calories......but it was worth it.



Ada and I spent the afternoon together. Here she is sitting in the back seat of my car. We are on our way to Michaels to get some bags for the brownies and sprinkles for the cupcakes. She was such a good girl. She kept trying to fall asleep in the cart. I had to sing to her to keep her awake. She is such a doll. It is amazing how you can love someone so much and I didn't even give birth to her. Of course, her father was enough for two. It is so cool to think that by the middle of January I will have three grandbabies. Wahoo!!! I can hardly wait!!

I was going to walk tonight, but now it is almost 9 o'clock and my body is just about ready to jump into bed. Tomorrow morning I'm supposed to be in two places at once. The first place is at the baseball field for closing ceremonies for Aaron's baseball season and then at the car wash/bake sale fundraiser for Sam. I don't know how I'm going to do it. Now would be a good time to have a double or a clone or something ;o)

Grandma's Little Sweetheart

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Thursdays are Grandma & Ada days. She just loves those puppies and they love her, mainly because she feeds them every chance she gets. They know that when Ada comes over that they are going to get treats.

Today I got together with some of the RS sisters to make 100 cakes for one of the local schools as a community service project. They needed them for the carnival that they are having tomorrow. I was amazed that we could make so many cakes so fast. Janet & I made 26 cakes in just a couple of hours. It was fun.

I rode my bike again today....about ten miles. The problem is that we stopped to go down main street to get orange juice and a donut. The orange juice was out of this world ....yummy....sweet....refreshing. I totally enjoyed the donut too but really didn't need it. I think that I am taking in more calories than I am burning on these bike rides. Oh well....you only live once.

Aaron Gets A New Look!

I got out on my bike again this morning and made it to the pier and back, it's getting a little easier.

Yesterday we went to Disneyland for Family Night. It was a good day to go, not too crowded, not too hot, not too cold, just right. And with Aaron's guest assistant pass that he gets for having TS made it real nice, we were able to just walk on all of the rides without waiting in line. NICE!!

Aaron was just dying for me to color his hair or should I say lighten it. So I had this box of blonde hair color stashed away in the garage and we used that. It kind of turned his hair orange. He likes it and the kids at school think it's cool. There is no way that coloring your hair would be a cool thing to do when I was in the forth grade!!!! It's hard to tell exactly what color his hair is here in this picture but he likes it.

Kellie Gets A New Look!

Okay, I didn't go bike riding this morning, I was tired and sore in it is too gloomy out there, even misty, maybe I'll walk later today. We are going to Disneyland today for FHE so I'll get my exercise there.

I cut Kellie's hair and it turned out real cute. I took an after picture of the cute but forgot to take a picture after I styled it. I think that she liked it, I did.

I signed up for summer school to take one class, sociology, but I am waffling whether or not to actually go through with it. It's a sixteen week course crammed into six weeks. It might be too intense for summer, we'll see. I have two weeks to think about it.

Whoops!!

Whoa! I woke up pretty sore this morning. The last two days have been pretty physical for me, I rode about 10 miles yesterday and the day before and went for a swim with Kellie and Ada yesterday. My body just isn't used to all of that moving around, my back is trying to tell me that I'm moving a little to fast. Who would have figured? I don't like getting older, I know that it beats the alternative, but it's hard to realize that time goes on and the wear and tear on the body is real. Maybe I won't feel so old when I get into better shape....if I can get there. Anyway...my goal for the end of next week is to make it down to seal beach to get orange juice.

Kellie had Scott cut off her hair last night and so they are here now so that I can fix for her. She was feeling sick (morning sickness) and just couldn't stand it (her hair) anymore. It's a little crooked as you can see in the picture.

Wednesday

I can't believe it's already Wednesday. I guess the holiday really messed me up. Today I was able to ride about 7.5 miles at the beach, it was beautiful, but it really kicked my butt. I can't believe how out of shape I have become. We saw Roger there riding his bike at the beach, he had already gone about 4o miles by the time we saw him, what a stud!

I got to visit with Beula for a few minutes today. I always love talking to her especially about our Sunday School lessons. She's so knowledgable about that kind of stuff. We talked about one of my favorite Bible stories, Ruth and Naomi, I have to say that I could relate to Ruth, I really love my mother-in-law too.

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where
thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall
be my people, and thy God my God:

Where thou diest, will I die, and there
will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. Ruth 1:16-17