Simply Scotty....

Scotty is enjoy his summer days swimming, eating ice cream, and more swimming!

DJay....the long & short of it!

DJay has had his long locks for 5 years & voted "Best Hair" for the last 2 years! He was ready for a change and he looks great! He also got his braces off!

He has also learned the pain of motorcycle burns and bug-bites! Ouch!

Kyla's Korner.....

Girls camp.... friends, pranks, no sleep, lots of treats!

EFY.... Kyla with Josh! Kyla with girls!

Kyla with boys!

Kyla with her "company".

Kyla visiting Janelle and family!

Kyla going to "Stadium of Fire" for July 4th! Kyla in summer school (P.E. & Criminal Justice).

Kyla is a busy, busy girl! ;)

Baby Blessing!

We had the privilege of attending the blessing of baby Lucas, Jeff & Kim's latest addition.

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" ! :)