Could this be why?

This is what my life has become and why I'm not blogging as much. The PTO is collecting these.....

and they are recycled into these....

which then turns into this!

So far our school has collected 2942 of these and I'm the one that brings them home, empties all the juice, washes off the "sticky" and dries them so we can send them in to be recycled. All the ones in the top picture, I brought home just from today!

We also have the penny war going on so I've been counting pennies also! It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it!!

Night Out

I guess we don't take Tiff out enough. We got off the freeway in downtown Phoenix, and her first comment was "Are these houses?" Then, she noticed the skyscrapers and told us that she learned about these at school, but has never seen any. We then realized she has never been to a professional ball game of any kind. How sad is that? Here are some pictures from last night when our Sunday School class went to the Diamondback game.

Our friends, the Hood's joined us.

Tiffany has been talking about this for days! She had to have a foam finger. Here she comes with her big purchase, and proudly waving it.

This is what it looks like from the cheap seats!

Here comes the "wave"!

7th inning stretch

It turned out to be a good game and we came away with a win!!
We did have the best seats in the house for the fireworks!

After the game, we enjoyed the Mercy Me concert till 11:00. This was WAY passed our bedtime, but we were glad we stayed for it all.

What a fun night!!

HUH??

All these years I have jokingly said that Tiffany has "selective" hearing. Well this afternoon, we took her to an ENT doctor and it was confirmed that she actually has hearing loss in her right ear. The doctor found some inflammation behind her eardrum and so we will be scheduling a CAT scan, MRI and some blood work for her. Please pray that this isn't anything too serious. I'll keep you posted!

Family Fun Day

Last night we went over to Kyle's apartment complex where he and Ashley hosted our family fun day.

Swimming,

eating,

and a lot of catching up since Stephanie has moved back here from Flagstaff and Baca & Padaddy just returned from their summer trip.


We never made it over to the sand volleyball courts. Maybe next time!

Thanks Kyle & Ashley!

Labor Day...

BBQ at the Bible's house.

Making a Joyful NOISE!!

This year at the school, they are offering band to the 4th -6th graders. Tiffany had first said that she didn't want to be in the band and then last night changed her mind. Then, she said she would like to play the bongos. Oh my!

She made her decision. It's the flute. Whew!!