Monday, August 25, 2008

Girls 1st Day of school




Yeah! Finally! The girls are back in school. If you've read Tim's blog, then you already know that I'm super excited. Bekah is also super excited, she loves school. Abby, not so enthused, but I think she'll like it more this year. So here's a few pics from this morning.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Happy Birthday Brandon




Today is our only son's 17th birthday. I am proud of him, he is a gifted, talented young man.

Not a person of many words, but always willing to help out. I love how artistic he is, his drawing ability amazes me. So here's to Brandon's 17th Birthday!!!!! I love you son!

Monday, August 18, 2008

Back to School

This is the last week of summer vacation for our girls. Next Monday they will return to school.

It's kind of a bittersweet thing. Gone are the lazy days of sleeping in, swimming, waterworks park...on the other end of the spectrum, the girls will be gone for 6 hours everyday. I will have a little more time to get caught up on housework, going to the gym, out to lunch with friends, whatever. I will also have those after school things, homework, class projects, dance, ect.

I love it all, every phase of the year. I will try to embrace these things the girls go through, as they do grow up fast. Wednesday Brandon will be 17. It's hard for me to believe how old he is getting. He has his driving permit now and will be able to get his liscense in Feburary. Soon he will want to move out and live his life on his own. I hope we have properly prepared him for that adventure.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Our Trip to Monterey Bay






Here are a few pictures of our quick trip to Monterey Bay Aquarium.

We left Friday at noon, it was so nice to get away for the weekend. One last trip before back to school. It was 112 in Redding, but when we arrived in Salinas around 5:00pm it was 65! We had to put our sweatshirts on! Saturday morning Tim took the girls to see the houses where he had lived as a young boy. The last house he lived before moving to Redding had a giant hill right behind it that he used to take card board and slide down, at the bottom of that hill was a giant tree, the kind that makes for great tree climbing. So we took the girls to see where daddy had a fort by the tree. Sure enough there was some card board right next to the tree. (We found out later that night at Tim's moms house that his sister and her kids were there the previous week and she had taken them "sledding" down the hill and left the card board there!) After that we went to the aquarium. The girls had a blast looking at everything there. Following the Aquarium we went to Fisherman's Warf, then the beach. Tim and I were pretty tired after the busy day we had, but not those girls!

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

The day after...



Bekah had a nice small simple birthday yesterday. She gets a big party at Waterworks Park on the 30th of this month as most of her friends and family are on vacation this week.


Her older sister took her and Abby to the movies to see Journey to the Center of the Earth for the second time while I did a little shopping and decorating. Then after having Pizza for dinner she got to open her presents and have some cake and ice cream. Overall it was a nice day.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY REBEKAH!




Today is our youngest daughter Rebekah's 8th birthday. Like all parents know, she is growing up so fast! Rebekah is an above average kid, ( well at least I like to think so ) she is very confident in most tasks she takes on. She was an early climber, fearless of most things, very self assured. She is also very headstrong, persistant, definately a leader, not a follower. She is our most challenging child, and her and I share a special bond. So today is her day. These pictures are from last year's Birthday party.