This is me and my best friend Rae with her new grandson Marcus. He is so handsome. His mom Ashla is doing great.

My boys are goofy. my kids and i went to the wild animal park. we go there a lot. i just watch them play and take their pictures. they make me laugh all the time. my little one gets really excited when new kids come to play at the playground. If we go on the weekend, he must play with at least 50-60 different kids. Most people go to the park to watch the shows and see the animals. we have been so many times that I just let the kids play and walk where they want. so while we play the new kids come and play and leave within 10 minutes or so. its a lot of fun for them. I have met a lot of other people that do the same thing or are from out of town and ask about the shows and places outside the park to see. I try and go at least once a week. when school starts they have little activities for my young one in the mornings.

On saturday me and my hubby got some time alone. we went to the rose bowl in pasadena for the DCI World Championships. for you who do not know what i am talking about it is Marching Bands from all over competing in this competition for best over all. my hubby is a band director with his own marching band, but these are kids from 16-21 in a private organization just for performing. they do not belong to a school. it was a lot of fun. the kids spent the night at grandmas and my hubby and i were able to sleep in and go out to lunch after church. it was GREAT! I love my kids, don't get me wrong, it is just nice to be alone once in a while.

We need to all make sure that we are Thanking GOD Everyday for the blessings he has given and will give to us.

Its been a while

Well, I haven't blogged for a while so I think its time. I have been a little busy with my kids. Over the weekend I was a witness to a birth. My friend was in labor from early friday morning until sunday at 10:11 am. She was so tired, poor thing. It was her first baby and she did great. With my first child I was in labor for 21 hours and with my second it was half that. She had a baby boy, Marcus Ray, and he is so handsome. She was telling her doctor how she was ready to have this baby because she wanted to finally get some sleep, WHAT, she was in for a treat then. Its hard waking up every 2-4 hours to feed a baby. She is adjusting well. I am going to see them on friday.

My friend who had the baby is my best friends daughter. I feel sad knowing that in a short time, before the end of this year, that they will be moving. My best friend is moving to arizona and her daughter to LA. Not seeing them all the time is going to be hard. They have been my great friends for almost 7 years. I know that I will not get the chance to see them very often. I also know that this is what they need. It will be the best for them to get out of this town. Issues I don't dare discuss.

On another note, my hubby and oldest son are getting ready to go back to school. It will just be me and Kolby again. We are planning a family trip to sea world before school starts. After school starts we don't get to spend a lot of time with my hubby. He is a band director and it is marching season. he works monday through saturday and has 2 night rehearsals during the week. Its hard on my kids but we have been doing this for 11 years. My husband has a passion for teaching music. He has also been able to offer the strength of GOD to several of his students. This is his missions.

Thanks for reading.....

One Week

i purchased a trampoline for my boys on fathers day. it took me 4 hours and 10 bruises later to get it up on my own. i don't think i will do that again. the kids love it. i would put a pic of it up but my computer wont let me today.
Well my hubby has been gone for one week now. 2 more to go. I have struggled a little but all in all i am doing fine. we have gone to the beach and had dinner with friends and family. I think the hardest part is not having a break. my hubby would come home at night and i would go and do the shopping alone. having to cart them around is stressful. they don't like it. but we are making do. my 2 year old asks for his daddy everyday. my hubby calls us every night, that seems to help my son. my 11 year old is fine, i am sure he misses his daddy but is not showing it yet.

God will provide and keep us safe while we are apart from one another.

My Auntie Fern

I just got some sad news. My aunt Fern went home with the Lord on my anniversary, june 12th. She was 102, lived a long life. She was my great-grandpa's baby sister. We all have to go HOME sometime. Just wanted to share that with you all. God Bless!

Gone

Well my husband left this morning. I dropped him and my son Auston off in the mall parking lot where my dad was waiting with his trailer. Kolby and I were so sad to see them go. Since we had to leave the house at 5:30am, Kolby fell to sleep at 8:30am for his nap. We are going to go down to the Wild Animal Park after nap time so we can keep our minds off Daddy and brother leaving. I will pick up Auston on wednsday after he get to my dad's house. Before Kolby went down for his nap he kept going outside and saying "Papa, Daddy come home now" how sad! I think that daddy being gone will be really hard on him. 3 weeks. I am also going to go and buy a trampoline maybe later tonight or tomorrow. That will keep the kids occupied too! My boys are attached to their daddy, that's a good thing. Well that is all for now, talk to you girls soon. bye bye!

Wedding Anniversary

Daniel and I got married in 1998, June 12th. We went to Las Vegas and got married at "The Little Chapel of Flowers". My parents and brother drove out, my other brother drove out from Denver, Daniel's dave drove out from New Mexico and Daniel's grandma and aunt lived just outside of Vegas. It was a nice wedding.

June 12th 1999, Daniel and I renewed our vows in front of all our family and friends. The Pastor I had growing up did the ceremony, Pastor Andy. We had a good time. Daniel's African Drum Ensamble did all our music. It was BEAUTIFUL!

Last night Daniel and I went out for our 9th Anniversary. Next year I get my 10 year anniversary band, can't wait ;) We went out to dinner, at the Outback Steakhouse in poway. We were sat next to the KUSI newscaster "BILL" (can't remember his last name), boy is he short. He was there eating dinner with his wife and two little girls. That was cool! After dinner we went to Home Depot, we had gotten the worse service ever there. I think they cut back on staff or something. We had to get a new screen door, our two year old ripped the last one of the hinges. Our final destination was the bowling alley. Daniel and I played 2 games, he beat me at both. Isn't there a rule that I have to win one of the games???? It was a lot of fun none the less. I love having date night.

Well, I have got a lot to do, Daniel is leaving on Saturday and I have to get things together for him. I have to pack Auston too! God Bless you weekend!

Family Caravan

My dad was very gracious in giving us a wonderful gift. For Mother's day and my boys birthdays we received a trip on the family caravan at the wild animal park. We had a great time. We had an up close an personal look at a strange looking animal that was part rabbit, squirrel and kangaroo. It was cool. Here is a picture:


We got to feed the giraffes. They are a lot taller than you think. It was really awesome to see how long there tongues are. You can see this in the picture with me. I can't thank my dad enough for giving us this experience. While we were on the caravan my dad was walking around with Kolby at the park. Kolby loves to feed the ducks, go to the petting zoo and ride the carousel.
Thanks Papa/Dad and Mary/Grandma Mary!



I am currently doing a project at home. Finally painting my bedroom furniture. It is that old school off white with gold. Every little girl had a piece of this furniture. I am painting it black and the handles gray. It looks sooooo much better. I should be done this weekend. I always procrastinate on projects, why? It doesn't take very long once you get started. Its just getting started to begin with. I have a lot of projects lined up to do while Daniel is in Oregon. I will need to keep busy so I don't worry so much about him being gone.

Everyone have a wonderful weekend!