Daniel's bday day but, Auston's Party!

The Nerf Gun Capture the Flag Boys!  They had so much fun playing the *95 degree weather.  Auston told us at the end of the night that "this was the best birthday ever" it made me feel so good for him.  Daniel had a great time running around with the boys, Kolby too!  Daniel fell and scraped up his knee, poor guy.  he is my BIG kid a heart!  I love my Boys!  The boys played Nerf for almost 5 hours straight, stopping for pizza, cake and water.  At the end of the party they were playing legos and still having a "Blast" hehehee!  

Auston

How time has flown by.  Auston was a little boy not too long ago.  And here he is in his 6th Grade Promotion picture.  Two more years and he will be in High School.  Oh My!  Being a parent is so wonderful.  Auston and I have had our struggles, like every parent does.  I am a little scared of what is to come with adolescence!!!!!!  I am so lucky to be going through all of this with my Hubby and GOD!  I feel so blessed.  GOD has truly blessed me with two wonderful boys and a fabulous husband.  I am scared, but also looking forward to this middle school chapter in our lives.  I pray that Auston will grow in CHRIST and be a GODLY Man.  I want him to be involved with the Youth Group at our church, our youth Pastor is a Great Man.  I want the very best for him and Kolby, just like all mother's want the best for their son's or daughter's.

Thank You LORD for Auston!

Now, what is up with the new format???? i can't move my pics around.... 

In a while

I haven't written in a while and I am not writing often either. For the last few days I have been sick. Thank goodness it was only me and my kids and hubby show no signs of it. I missed out on walking with my lady friends and going to the gym. Well, back to normal next week. My son Auston is leaving with my Father to embark on a family tradition of Ice Fishing opening day at Virginia Lakes here in California. It is outside of Bridgeport. My dad has been going there for years and my Uncle Paul from Idaho joins them, my Papa Bo will not be going them this year. My hubby will drive up on Sunday to spend time with the boys. Kolby will have a hard time with this but, he will survive.

The next few months are going to be busy ones for us. It is my hubby's 34th birthday and Auston's 12th birthday in May, besides Mother's Day, my mother's birthday and a brother's birthday. In June, Auston graduates from the 6th grade. Daniel and I will celebrate our 10th anniversary. I still can't believe it has been 10 years. 10 more here we come! Then Daniel will go off to college for 3 weeks, he will be gone for the 4th of July. Next year will will travel to Oregon to watch him graduate with his Master's. When Daniel returns in July he will have a weeks rest and then off to Durango, Colorado we go. We are having a family reunion there with family from Idaho, Texas and Tennessee. We are going to be traveling with my brother Jimmy, his girlfriend Anjeanette and their two dogs Bailey and Cali. It is sure to be a lot of fun. When we return home, my mother-in-law wants to return for a visit. THEN BAND CAMP WILL START, bye bye Daniel!

Spring Break

My cute boys acting silly in the front yard to start off our spring break Thursday night. We also went to Daniel's High School performance. It was some great music, Delfina went with us to see Daniel in "teacher mode".

We started our spring break a little early with my mother-in-law, Delfina, coming into town for two weeks. We haven't seen her for almost a year. It was so great to see her. On Good Friday Daniel and I took the boys to the Wild Animal Park while Delfina went down the hill for some shopping. The butterflies were there and one decided to land on Auston and stay there for a long time, we finally had to ask someone who worked there to remove the butterfly so we could leave the enclosure. A butterfly landed on Kolby's hand but flew away as soon as I tried to take a picture, bummer.

Here is a pic of Kolby feeding a Lorekeet bird.

We also went to our annual Strawberry and Lasagna Party at our dear friend Claudia's house. You bring a dish to share and it needs to be a strawberry dish or a lasagna dish. We also bring eggs and have a huge egg hunt. There were a lot of lady bugs in the grass that kept Kolby busy for a while. He would pick one up and show me and it would fly away, he would try and try again to get them to stay but they wanted to catch the wind. That night we relaxed and watched "Premonition" at Nana's request.

This is a pic of Daniel, Delfina and the boys in the water friendly garden.

Here is a pic of my boys with my mom.

Wednesday we went to the Wild Animal Park a second time with Delfina, AKA Nana, and were able to see the butterflies again, none landed on us this time but, we still had a nice time.

Daniel, Nana, and Kolby on the train.

My silly kids cracking out of the egg, who doesn't have this picture?

Thursday night we stayed home and watched "Michael Clayton" at Nana's request as well. To say the least it was and interesting movie, I don't know if I liked it or not. Friday morning Daniel took Nana to the airport. We were sad to see her go and Kolby threw a fit at her departure. When Daniel returned we packed up and went to the beach to end our Spring Break. My kids love the beach. It was cold but that didn't stop us from having a great time. We ran from the waves, Auston made a shell necklace, Daniel and the boys made a sand castle and we made hot dogs on the beach for dinner. I will look forward to spending many more days at the beach with my kids this summer.

6th Grade Musical

I know that this picture is a little fuzzy but, it's the best one I have of my son Auston playing a solo on his clarinet in his 6th Grade Musical. We are so proud of him. He was so good. His friend played a solo on the piano right before him. I can't believe how grown up he is. Next year he will be a teenager. Oh, My!








This is a picture of Auston playing an instrument in the percussion for another part in the musical. His friend is also playing in this picture. They really seem to get along great. I am so glad he is making good friends.

I am so proud to be Auston's mom. I pray for him everyday, that he will grow up to be a great man of GOD and keep his family close. I want the best for both my boys. Being a mom is the best gift GOD has given me.

Proud Mommy

I am so proud of my son Auston. He was in the awana games for our church and the boys got 3rd place. They didn't make it to the finals but, they tried really hard. Auston was disappointed but, he was happy to be a part of the games this year. Our girls team won 1st place over all. Good job girls.

My mother, one of my brothers and Anjeanette all came up the hill for this event. We had a great time watching the kids race around the track and throw bean bags. It is a lot of fun watching kids compete. They were all having so much fun.

I am so proud to be a mommy. I love my boys so much. It is so great to see them grow and experience life. Auston has really seemed to blossom this year. He has some close friends and loves playing the clarinet. He loves awanas and the LORD! He will be graduating from elementary to the middle school this summer, scary. I know that GOD will HAVE to be a big part of his life to get him through the tough teenage years. I am so excited about him being in the jr. high youth group this summer, I pray that he continues to grow in CHRIST.

The Reese Family

My Prayers and Love go out to my friends, the Reese family. My friends Yvonne (aka Essie) and Dewy tragically lost their nine month old baby girl, Hailey, on thursday January 10th. Both parents are in the Marines. Dewy took Hailey to the day care thursday morning. Her day care provider put Hailey down for nap around noon and checked on her around 2 pm. She found Hailey blue and unresponsive, the police were called and another father started CPR on little Hailey. Her brain was so swollen that you could not recognize it in the head scan. Essie and Dewy had to make the agonizing decision to allow their baby girl to live the rest of her life on life support or turn the machine off and let her go and be with our LORD. They bought her a pretty dress and held her in their arms until she died, at 7:25 pm thursday night. Her death is under investigation, the autopsy showed no signs of abuse, but Hailey was a healthy baby and the police had a toxicology test performed on Hailey. This test takes 2-3 months to get results.

I will update this story when the family finds out more.

When I think about the Reese family, I just cry. I can ONLY imagine what they are going through. Until you loose a child yourself, you can not put yourself in their place. It is to painful to imagine the hurt. I pray that GOD gives them peace in knowing that their little girl is safe with GOD in Heaven now and that she will have saved other children from her tragic end.

GOD please wrap YOUR loving arms around Essie and Dewy.