April & May in numbers.....

5 day Easter getaway at Campland by the Bay, San Diego
14 baseball practices
31 baseball games
20 basketball practices
12 basketball games (went undefeated & to semi-finals)
8 Roadshow practices
4 Roadshow performances (took 3rd place out of 9)
3 earned merit badges
1 fabulous Mother's Day
1 wedding
2 bunco girls night out
8 family birthdays
1 very special birthday.... DJay turned 14!!!
3 ortho appts
1 set of braces paid off!
1 very happy daughter with straight teeth (5 yrs & 3 surgeries later)
1 school sock hop
1 "meet your teacher" ice cream social
1 new nephew..... Danger!
20 registration forms filled out
2 kids registered for new Oak Hills High School
countless blessings.......

Observation through a child's eye!

I was going through Scotty's school papers and this one made me giggle. Do any of you mothers see what is relevant in Scottys observation?
Who's doing all the work? And who's having all the fun?
Ha, Ha

Doggie Tales and Wash-outs!

This is "Brucie"... a female stray that we saved!

This is "Hoss", an older full bred Bull Mastiff that our neighbor gave us after our German Shepard died. We ended up LOVING him (except all his slobber). It's a crazy tale.... but one night, a yellow lab, dug into our yard and "convinced" all of our dogs to go out for the night. (Brucie was in heat, but our other dogs are fixed....so we weren't concerned about her getting pregnant). They went swimming in the Aqua duct and ran wild! The only problem was that the two girl dogs came back......but no Hoss! Our fears were confirmed when we found him on the side of Main St.....passed away! Even worse, our neighbor saw him there before we got to him! UUgghhh !!! Now we have suffered a double whammy! Our German Shepard, now our Bull Mastiff! After fixing the hole, we found that dang yellow lab in our yard two more times the next day! Finally, Animal Control picked him up. Problem solved and an appt for Brucie to get fixed! But before we knew it.... we had an unexpected surprise! We were outside in the backyard and I heard DJay yell, "Ewwwe.... Why is there milk coming out of Brucie's nipples?" as he played with her. I thought, "that stupid yellow lab!!!! Not only did he get Hoss killed, he raped Brucie!!!! And NO, it wasn't consensual!" I was not happy! January 14th.... Brucie became the single mother of 4 baby puppies! They sure are cute, though! ;)

Puppy #1, (a keeper)

She is brindle and we are going to name her "Brindly". She reminds us of Hoss....too bad he wasn't the daddy! :(

Puppy #2- cute boy. The "fuzziest and biggest one".

Puppy #3- another cute boy.

And puppy #4- a sweet girl.

Looking toward Hesperia Lakes and Silverwood! This river is usually bone dry!

We got hit with another storm that brought tons of rain! This is Rock Springs Rd.....it was shut down for like a year while they "rebuilt and improved the road" to fix the "wash-out problems! Hummmm..... do you think it would have been wise to raise the road to what might be known as a "bridge"? Duhh... So how's it workin' for ya?

It was so cool! Can you say "wash-out" ! :)

Rain, Wind & Snow, Oh My!

This past week was full of suprises! First it rained and it rained. The winds blew with incredible power! As you can see, our trampoline (400 lbs) did a few flips of it's own and then we were blessed with the beautiful, white powder! Wow, what fun! ;)

Little Bit O' Christmas

Christmas was full of food, family and fun! I hosted Christmas Eve at our house this year, relieving my mom of her 25+ year tradition. We had dinner, a program, dessert & gift exchange! Since I was all "wrapped up", I don't have any photos of that evening, but I will "steal" some from others & post them soon! :)

All's quiet and clean....before the madness!

Scott with his favorite gift! He made several comments on how much he "Loves Santa" because he gave him the "best train ever!"

D.Jay with his best gift. A RipStick which is pretty cool!
And he already rides it like a pro!

Kyla with one of her favorites. The Police Station Lego City. It was actually a gift for Scotty, but she loves Legos and just had to put it all together!

Our family's BIG gift this year! We all put it together as a family with only a few squabbles! Finally something for them to do outside besides digging holes!

Feasts and Footballs!

~Thanksgiving Feast 2009~
All the family together (except Janelle's family....they will be here for Christmas)

Good food, family and fun! ;)

Darryl is healing nicely and doing much better!

Darryl went to his first NFL game with my brother, Ryan!

It was against the Chargers and Eagles. Ryan (Charger fan) and

Darryl (Eagles fan) had a blast! Darryl said it was totally awesome

except the Eagles loosing! Look Darryl....they want YOU!

This was DJay's (#22) last year with the Hesperia Trojans! He will be moving up to High School next year! Now if he can just gain the size of #72! :)

We had another successful season (despite some parent-coach drama)and made it to the Semi-Final Playoff game......but we lost! San Bernardino is the only team we have lost to in the last two years!

Our home games were at the new Oak Hills High School Stadium.....so nice!

My motto is, that in football "your either freezin' or fryin'!" In this picture, it's hailing! One game we played was 108 degrees! Crazy!

Next year we will be starting all over with Scott! He is soooo excited to play! Go Trojans...... Scotty too Hottie is comin'!

Baby Doll's 15th Birthday!

On November 22, 1994 ...... Kyla Nicole was born!

7lbs 11oz and 21 inches long.

She was such a content, mellow baby with the biggest blue eyes!

She definitely developed an independent attitude and gave looks that could kill..... but luckily, we don't see that much anymore! She was also shy, reserved and didn't talk much at all.

All of that has changed!

Kyla has broken out of her thick, hard shell and has really become an awesome young lady!

She keeps us laughing (and sometimes confused) with her unique silliness and who would have known what a non-stop talker she would be?

We are so grateful to have such an intelligent, beautiful daughter!

HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!

We love you!