Thanks little t and Anna

We got a surprise package in the mail today! Love that :) Good friends are the best!! Avery loves her moose pen and lollipop from Treyden, and I got huckleberry hot chocolate and huckleberry lip balm! Looks like the Stringhams had a great time in Yellowstone. Anna even sent some adorable cards she made--THANKS!! Love ya!

Story time and the splash park

Tuesday's are story time at the library--what fun! Avery calls it her class and can't wait to go each week. After the library today, Stephanie and I took the girls to the splash park in Patterson. Ruthie and Avery had a great time playing in the water and having lunch.

Our local little biker gang

Alyssa, Matteo and Avery have matching bikes that they ride (with help from Mommy and Daddy) around the neighborhood. Fun fun!! After we got home from our weekend trip, Avery got to hang out with her friends for a couple hours outside.

$2.05 and "Here's your sign"

You'll never guess what we did this weekend...went to Disneyland! We had so much fun and the weather was great. We met up with our friends Mike,Noelle and Mikey an enjoyed the evening at Disneyland with them. We used Johnny's company car,we had a free hotel night-with free breakfast-from our Marriott Rewards Visa card, and used points we had from our Disney Visa to buy dinner at the park,(we ate tortilla wraps I had made and brought with us for lunch) ...so, all in all...we spent $2.05 cash to get a breakfast sandwich(that we shared) and drink at McDonalds before we headed into the park Saturday. ..and now for the "Here's your sign" moment (I could share one of these everyday, but it might get kinda old) anyway, after getting up at 4am, leaving for Disneyland at 5am, arriving to the park at 10am, staying till 10pm--yes, on our feet for 12 hours, we decided it was time to head to the hotel. We get there, get showered, teeth brushed, Avery and I crawl into bed...a couple minutes later Johnny finishes up his bed time routine, walks into the dark, quiet bedroom at 11:50pm and says, "you guys ready for bed?!" I said to him, "Ummm,no Johnny, we're fine, did you want me to see if the fitness center is still open?!" Seriously--HERE'S YOUR SIGN!! Needless to say, we went to bed and slept till 9am. We had a fabulous weekend and will probably do it again in about a month--anyone else want to join us?!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

I must love you Cait...

So, my sweet,time-zone knowing deficient,sister, woke me up at 6am this morning to tell me she was going to be on the TODAY show today. I know, I used to get up daily at 4:30 to swim...but I'm a lazy butt now! Anyway--so, I went downstairs, recorded the TODAY show, watched the 1st 20 minutes and their she was! I'm still watching it and have seen her 2 more times--camera hog!! Cait and 2 of her friends have moved to New York--just for fun!!, for a couple months. This is their first week and it sounds like they are having a blast. Thanks to technology, I recorded the show, then recorded their "clip" on my camera,from the tv, and here it is! Cait and her friends are in about the middle of the screen

Labor Day Weekend Fun

"Tink" licking the cheeto's off her fingers. Our friends call Avery "Tink", short for Tinkerbell


Brandon and Avery


Part of the group


Ryan and Johnny


More of the group


J and J


Me and Lisa



We had a fabulous 3 day weekend! The weather cooled down to about mid 80's...perfect! Johnny got a lot of relaxing in...Saturday, he watched movies with Brandon, while Celeste I went shopping, Sunday, after church--he napped. Then, we got ready for a bbq we hosted for about 18 people. Monday, he golfed with his friend Matt, and then we had dinner with Jackie and Matt. Johnny has been working long hours lately and needed some R&R...hope he's ready for D-land next weekend :)...not so relaxing!

About our BBQ--we had so much fun. We've met some really great people in our neighborhood and love spending time with them. Our afternoon backyard bbq lasted well into the night. Can't wait for the next one. Thanks Bill,Cheryl,Brandon,Celeste,Ryan,Lisa,Renee,Christy,Mike,Susan,Gail,Carmen and Robert for joining us and making it such an enjoyable evening!

Camping in the backyard!

Johnny has been promising Avery that they could camp in the backyard, so, Saturday night, they spent the night in the tent, in the backyard. I got the bed to myself and slept like a baby!! Avery was so cute when she woke up in the morning, I went out there and crawled in next to her to wake her up and she was so excited to see the sun. She wanted me to snap pictures of her too...hence, the poses with the CRAZY hair.