Super Stampin fun day with Sam!

Today Sammie and I went to a Stampin Up workshop and had a blast! It was so great to spend time doing a girly thing with each other! Sammie made these cards all by herself! Didn't she do great!! She also won her very own stamp set - hopefully she'll let me borrow it!! It was a great day just hangin out with my girl!!

Our weekend!

Robert played in a MLK Tournament this weekend and wow, was it awesome!! Robert had the most amazing weekend, he blew Ed and I out of the water with how incredible he played!! Even the manager from the other team came out to shake Robert's hand TWO times in the Championship game!! Robert made a terrific double play when he was at third base, the crowd went wild!! He pitched the last half of the game and did the best we'd ever seen him do!! Ed and I were so happy for him! His team came in second place, the boys all played their best and were really excited! Way to go Fury!! As for Sammie and Michael they had a fun time playing with their friends, poor Michael with all those dolls!! One cool thing after Saturday's game we went out to eat and saw the best basketball coach ever - John Wooden!!

Sam's California Mission

The last few weeks Samantha has been hard at work building the Santa Ines Mission. She did a terrific job and got it to school today with it still intact - Yeah!! By the way she has on her painting shirt in both pictures, different days same shirt. Why ruin more than one shirt on a project - Hee-Hee!!

Friendly Neighborhood Bobcat, Not so Friendly!

I just witnessed my sweet bunny that I had saved from our mean, ugly, rattlesnake taken by one of our "Friendly neighborhood Bobcats". I emotionally adopted this sweet brown bunny back in November 07, it was about 4 weeks old when I first found it. The cutest tiny little bunny I have ever seen. Everyday I look out my window to check if my bunny is okay, well, today was a different story. I was standing in my kitchen from just coming in from the backyard and saw "him" our over sized Bobcat. He's quite beautiful! As I watched him, he looked at me, then... he got into pouncing position, out of the side yard hops my bunny. My bunny made a run for it but the bobcat was much faster. My heart dropped into my stomach as I watched that mean bobcat carry away my bunny in his mouth. :( Boo-hoo, I'm sad!!

Bon Voyage!

Today Ed and I took my parents, Grandma and Aunt Bette to Union Station. They took the train to San Diego to board a cruise ship which they will be living on the next 33 days! They are going to Hawaii, Tahiti, Marquesas and many stops in between. We are so glad they are leaving on this trip for fun and relaxation!! I'm hoping one day that Ed and I could do this trip, it is so beautiful in pictures!! Have a great time you crazy cruisers!

Go USC!

Today is going to be a fun, relaxing day with snacks and USC football. Lois is coming over to hang out and celebrate the beginning of a New Year with us. We love watching the Rose Bowl each year escpecially when USC is playing. My sweet husband and Dad are USC Alumni's so SC football is a big deal around the house. Fight On USC!!

Christmas 2008

Christmas Day

We had a wonderful Christmas and hope you all did too!! We started off the morning opening presents with the kids. Roberts favorite gift was a David Ortiz Jersey. Samantha's was a Samantha American Girl Doll. Michael's was a Lego Indiana Jones PlayStation game that was suppose to be here by the 24th but has not arrived yet - bummer!! Later in the day we went to my parents house and had a blast! We went in with my brothers and had given my parents a Wii, something they really wanted! So you know what was happening the entire time - family competitions! Dean and Carrie brought over the American Idol game for the Wii which was really fun for everyone. Ed wants to go professional for sure - Ha!! It was really a great Christmas Day!!

My Sweet Husband!

Every Christmas Eve we spend at home and celebrate Christmas with Ed's mom, aka Granny. This year she is really sick and is not able to come over - we really miss her tonight. The tradition is that Ed cooks his World Famous Turkey Enchiladas. In keeping with tradition he is slaving away in the kitchen right now! No, they are not really world famous but they should be - they are soooo good!!! Thanks Ed for always working so hard at all you do to make life so nice for all of us!! Kisses!!

Hello Santa!

This morning I took the kids to see Santa, I know a little late!! Robert is such a trooper to still go so I can have my picture!! Today was so funny Michael asked Santa for "a small knife" the look on Santa's face was hilarious!! (Michael was asking for a pocket knife.) Do you see Robert cracking up!!

Christmas Baking

We love our family!

John, Sue, J.R., Annika and Sonnet came into town for a week and we had so much fun. We love them so much and are so thankful for anytime we get with them! We wish they were still here, miss you guys!!

10 squished in a car for 8 - Shhhh!

Christmas with Mark and Pam

Sunday night we had our annual Christmas at Mark and Pam's beautiful house. It is always one of the highlights of the year!! There house is amazingly decorated, I call it the Grizwold's, and Pam's terrific cooking - it's always a perfect night!

Winter Tournament

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Robert' travel ball team played in a tournament. They did really well and beat out one of the top teams around - Go Fury!! We were so proud of the boys but mostly Robert he really did great!


As for Ed and I - just keep the coffee coming!!

Playing catch up!

Life has been so busy since my last post here are a few highlights
Michael's second grade class put on a program called "Christmas at the O.K.'Corral." It was really great and Michael was terrific. It was so much fun watching him perform with his classmates! .
Here's a picture of him sitting at his desk - what a cute kid!!

Hawaii

Back to the Mainland

Well, can I say fun or what - I had a blast!! It was so good to see Jen and the boys! We even got to talk to Chris via skype! He looked really good and should be coming home from Iraq in February - Yeah! Jen took us all over the place we went snorkeling in Hahauma Bay and Cherie saw a 300 lb. turtle - picture to follow! We also went to this beach called Lani Kai it was the most beautiful beach the sand was as soft as baby powder! We kayaked in a hammerhead shark breeding ground - thanks Jen for not saying anything until we were out of the water! Went to Duke's in Waikiki - yummy! It was the best trip, never a dull moment! Seeing the base life was so amazing, I felt very patriotic, people just stopped their cars when they played colors. Some of my favorite times were when we just hung out talking and laughing. Kyle and Derek are just the cutest and I had sweet moments of cuddling with them. Thanks for the fun times girlfriends!!