The Ball is Starting to Roll!!!

Woohoo!!! Things are finally starting to change around here. Yesterday I took these pictures after the installers left early because of rain...but so far, so good. I love the wood floor, it makes such a huge difference. As you can see...the Kitchen is totally gutted but the cabinets are being delivered today and the appliances on Friday.......There really is a light at the end of this LONG tunnel!!!

New Pictures

Here Kellie and Scott are taking Little Esther out for her first walk in the beautiful sun shiny Day. Needless to say, she just loved it....well, okay....she slept through it...but I think that sleeping through it translates into loving it in baby.

This picture totally reminds me of Kellie when she was a new baby...same coloring...same eyes...and just so absolutely adorable.... Notice the little pink sweater outfit that she is wearing...complements of yours truly...I just love it. Really...grandchildren are my reward for letting my teenagers live.

Welcome Esther Maria

I am so happy to announce the birth of our little Esther Maria, born January 12, 2007! She came after three hours of pushing, weighing in at a whopping 7lbs. 11oz and 19 1/2 inches long. As you can see she has tons of beautiful black hair and at first she looked exactly like her mother did when she was born but as time goes on, she looks a lot like her daddy. Kellie and Scott are so cute. They are totally in love with this angel and are in heaven. They are such a cute family. It was sooo cool being there in the delivery room to witness such a miracle. We are truly blessed.

Kellie's Baby Shower

Kellie had her baby shower this last weekend, given by Grandma Shirley and Christina. We had a very nice time and she got some real cute outfits(for the baby that is). We can hardly wait for her arrival. Then we can play dress-up.

We Are Multiplying and Replenishing the Earth

Well...we will be the grandparents of 4 by this September. I just can't believe how fast this has all come about. I had 3 babies in four and a half years and my grandbabies are coming at the rate of 4 babies in 3 years...does that make sense? It's way late at night and I am real tired.

Rebecca and Kelly are so excited for their new addition to come. The way they are planning things, they will be in their brand new house in May or June and ready to fill up the four bedrooms out there in Arizona.

Kellie went to the doctor today and says she is getting close. I am just so excited for her and Scott. They still have not decided on a name yet but they still have a couple of weeks.

I babysat Calvin and Ada tonight....What a treat! I am exhausted though so I had better head off to bed.

G'nite.

Do You Get the Internet in Heaven?

One of the saddest days in my life happened last week when our baby sister Patty passed away all of a sudden. It was totally unexpected and quite a shock. She was my blogging partner and my inspiration in going back to school. I bet that if there is internet access in heaven, she is right now sitting at her heavenly computer (one that never breaks down and always has enough memory and is never gets bogged down with unwanted spyware) with a Snickers and a Diet Coke, blogging her little heart out and sending pictures of Stella to all of our departed ancestors. I will really miss her and her fantastic sense of humor, but I know that she is home at last with her beloved sweetheart Joe.....And Patty, if you are able to access my blog...know that I love you and miss you.

Patty's Place click here to read Patty's last posting and please leave a comment if you feel so inclined.

What a Doll Baby!!!

Yesterday was laundry day and Christina and I took the babies to the mall to get their pictures taken. Ada didn't want to cooperate so they just took pictures of Calvin. They were all so cute and I was bummed that we couldn't get them all so we came home and set up our own little studio (a white sheet draped over the stroller) and we got this cute little picture on our own....Isn't he sweet!?!

Happy Birthday Grandma Sherri (boy that sounds weird)

Okay...I know that this isn't the greatest picture of Ada & me but look how good Great Grandma Shirley looks! And look how chubby my sweet angel-boy is. This was a great birthday for me. I got to see Becca in the morning and Kellie came over with Scott and made me a fantastic Birthday dinner. Joey, Christina and the babies came too bringing a yummy cake. Great-grandma Shirley and Great-grandpa Mark came by later for dessert.

Football Season is Almost Over!!

This Saturday was Aaron's last game. It was a play off game but they lost. It is kind of bitter sweet. He cried when it was over but we look forward to the banquet in a couple of weeks. I am very proud of Aaron. He did not miss a single practice, which I don't think that any other player on the team can claim that. He worked very, very hard and didn't complain (pretty shocking I know). The first year of football is hard because you have to learn so much and work so hard but yet you don't get much play time during the games.....GOOD JOB AARON!!! (He is #58 in the black)

Sam's last game of the season is this Thursday against the first place team, Esparanza. It would take a miracle I know, but GOOD LUCK SAM!!!

Congratulations Janet On Your New Ride!!!

So it's eleven o'clock at night and I am up doing my homework....all of a sudden the telephone rings. I'm thinking "who would be calling me this late at night?" The voice on the other end says "Are you up?"
"Yes...."
"Are you dressed?"
"Yes..."
"Walk out to the front of your house."
"Okay....."
This is what I see...out there in the dark.

I walk up a little closer and am blinded by this HUGE smile.


A picture tells a thousand words...

Yep...that's Janet with her Brand Spankin New, Electric Blue PT Cruiser!

Woohoo! We have places to go...people to see...things do to....and Janet's driving!!

Happy Halloween!!

Kellie and baby LuLu dressed up as a basketball player for Halloween...What a cute costume...if she were any further along she would have had to make it a beach ball...jk ;o)

I hope that you all had a safe and sane Halloween!

A Drive-By Visit

We were very luck to have a "Drive-By" visit from Grandma Virginia on laundry day. I know I call it laundry day but really it should be called "Grandma's day of lovin'" since I get to hug and squeeze and kiss and rock and dote on my babies. Anyway... as I was saying, my mom and Aunt Maddy stopped by with Great-Great-Grandma Virginia. She was too weak to get out of the car but we still had a nice visit from the car. She got to meet her latest great-great grandson, Calvin.
What a blessing it is to have our Grandma so near to us. We need to keep her in our prayers these days as she is in the hospital right now due to difficulty eating. They just put a feeding tube in her stomach so maybe she will start to improve soon.

Deep into Football Season

We are still head deep into football. This is a picture of Sam playing in last weeks game against Fountain Valley High School (JV). Although we haven't won too many games, it is sure fun to watch Sam play as though he is Reggie Bush ;o) Don't you just love that stiff arm? He even did the "Bush Push" in that game. Tonight he will be dressing out for Varsity against Los Alamitos and Friday he will be playing against their JV team.

An important New Study ;o)

Men With Cramps: Dr. Gerhardt Fardel's Study

An Important Study

Soooo Cute!

Christina and the Babies came over to visit Grandma a couple of weeks ago and we took this video of Calvin's bath....ahh....Good times!

OOPS! DO-OVER!





Baby Bath I on Vimeo

There...That's better

Here You Go Becca

Rebecca has been begging me to post some pictures of Calvin so here they are. These were taken on laundry day...I love laundry day....laundry day is when Christina and the babies come over to do laundry...it's usually on Thursdays...which makes for a happy grandma.. :o)

What a Nice Little Get-A-Way

Here is the view that we had from our "condo" that we stayed in last week. It was sooooo beautiful!! The condo and the view. Michael won a three day, two night stay at the Newport Coast Marriott resorts. It was a two bedroom, two bathroom full on condo. We had such a nice time. I really needed the break. It just so happened that we were celebrating our 30 year anniversary of our first date (October 8th).


We brought in yummy food from the Cheesecake Factory the first night and ate it in our little dining room.



The next morning we took off for the coast. We drove down to Cresent Bay and parked and took a nice walk on the beach...the weather was so perfect....they said it was supposed to rain but instead we had the most gorgeous weather. We even saw a seal out by the rocks.
(if you click on this picture, you can see his little head poking up)

After the beach we went shopping at the Crystal Cove Prominade and had lunch. We then had to jump back into reality for a while to see Sam play football out in Paramount. (they tied 21-21) But since we were still on vacation, we just said good-bye to everyone when it was over and went back out to our little adventure. We stopped off at the boat show in Long Beach on our way back to Newport...then had dinner at El Torito...mmmm

We had such a nice time, it was hard to come back to my real life in Huntington Beach...I'm not complaining, I have a wonderful life...it was just nice not having to worry about doing the things that need to be done and just doing what we wanted to...anyway, I would just like to thank my Mom and Dad for taking over with the boys and the dogs and the football practices and the driving them here and there and all of that stuff. Thanks for all you do... I love you!

Update

Finally we have had a winning weekend...whahoo!! Sam's JV team finally had their first win...it was against Colton...you may be asking "where the heck is Colton?"....well...I don't know for sure. I just know that it took the bus over three hours to get there through all of the afternoon traffic. The game was originally supposed to be a home game on Thursday, then they changed it to Saturday...Then at the last minute they changed it to Friday night out in Colton. Mike and I weren't very happy because we weren't able to go with such short notice. The sad thing was that Samuel was the star of the game. He scored the touchdown and tackled their quarterback for a two point safety. The final score was 9-8. I'm trying to find someone who video-taped the game so we can see Sam's plays.

Aaron's team also won their first game this Saturday. They played the Garden Grove team and won 13-0. Since this is Aaron's first year playing football, he doesn't get to play the whole game...just one quarter....but he is learning a lot and having fun being a part of the team.

Things are so Crazy!!!

I hardly have any time to post, I had back to school nite at Sam's school. It's so wierd to be back on the Marina campus...some of the teachers that I had are still there.



I had a surprise visit from Christina and the babies last week...it was so nice. That little Calvin is soooo cute. I can hardly stand it. I just can't get enough grandma kisses in.

Missing my Kids :o(

Rebecca and Kelly packed up this weekend and left early this morning with all of their belongings and headed out to Arizona... they are planning to start a life out there with Kelly applying to the police departments and both wanting to continue their educations. If things work out...they will buy a house out there and start their family...all while I am here in California...I am happy for them but my heart still hurts...I miss them already.