Countdown to June 2010!!

This morning I went with Ashley and her Mom, Marcy, to a bridal show at Trilogy, located in the Vistancia community of Peoria. Our former neighbor Lorie, and her daughter Jamie both had a booth at the show. Lorie is a florist and Jamie does hair and make-up for weddings. After Ashley had her hair done, we watched the fashion show then enjoyed sampling food and wedding cake. We had a lot of laughs as the 3 of us got in a photo booth for a picture together. We still have a while before the big day but excitement is definately building as decisions are made.



I am so glad Ashley and Marcy let me be a part of this fun day!

Getting older...

but you wouldn't know it! How old is this guy? He is so good about exercising and eating right he is looking and feeling great these days!! A big HAPPY BIRTHDAY goes out to my wonderful husband!! Hope you have a great day!! Happy Birthday, Bobby!!

Countdown!!

Only 3 more days till the big Fall Festival that our church is hosting. This is the event that Bobby has been building all the games for. So tonight, myself and Teresa head to Sam's Club to start the shopping for our food areas. After 2 1/2 hours and 4 trips to the check out we were done! Bobby loaded up the Tahoe and the trailer with 1000 hamburgers, 600 hot dogs, all the buns, 1600 bags of chips, 1200 bottles of water, 32 cases of soda, nacho chips and cheese, 200 pounds of sugar, condiments and everything else we needed. We got a lot of stares and some asked us questions which allowed us to share about our church and the event.


Then it was off to the church to unload it all!! Thanks to our husbands and daughters for helping!!

Finally a grade!!

Bobby worked for a couple of weeks with Kyle and Ashley on a project for school. He has been very eager to get "his" grade and the news came in today! Check out Kyle and Ashley's blog to view the video and see the grade! Way to go!!

Update...

on my feet. Yesterday was the first day in about 2 years that I have not had any pain in my feet. In fact when I came home from work I actually wanted to get on the treadmill but Bobby helped me decide that it probably wouldn't be a good idea. I don't know how long it will last, but for now they're good!

Last Day

Ah, the last day of fall break! Started out early this morning planting flowers with the girls...
then after 1 1/2 hours in the doctors office and 3 cortisone shots later, ended up like this.

That is something I hope to never have to go through again. OUCH!!

Flower Street Car Wash

The neighbor kids started washing cars for a little extra money today.


I wonder what it is going to look like in the daylight???? Oh well, they had fun and it kept them busy!

Meeting Friends

This morning we went to the park to watch our neighbor, Nick, play t-ball. I remember those days with Kyle. Kids sitting down on the field, kids wanting to go home, balls going between legs, runners passing other runners to get to home plate, batting helments bobbling on their little heads and everyone getting to bat and play in the field. This is where it all begins. What a fun time!!!



Tiffany met up with some of her friends and Miley met a new friend. Coffee is a 4 month old Shih Tzu just like Miley.

Knock, Knock..Who's There??

Not very often do we have visitors to our house but look who showed up on our doorstep! Kenny and Susie left their home in Tucson a day early to spend the night at our house before heading to CA for the week. Now they are 2 hours closer to their destination! See how that works people? Come stay with us on your way to the beach!!
Even though it was a quick stay, we enjoyed our time with them. Bobby and Kenny played a round of golf on Friday afternoon while us girls went to visit Susie's daughter Kate. I woke up this morning realizing I didn't get pictures of the golfers so they had to pose in the backyard.

Thanks for the visit!

This afternoon Tiffany and Miley were playing in the backyard when the sprinklers came on and got her all wet. Brrr...Poor thing, she was shivering so we dried her off and put her sweater on her. She curled up on her bag and fell fast asleep, all toasty warm. She was exhausted after staying up till 11:30 with me and Susie. She is out!!

New tricks

Tiffany worked on her serves...
and Miley learned how to get down the stairs by herself instead of waiting to be carried down.

Nothing new for Bobby and I except sore arms from getting flu shots. Ouch!! Oh yeah, I got my results back from my blood work. Everything was good, even my cholesterol. Pretty good for a fast food lover!

Happy Birthday to me!!

As usual, on Monday, Kyle and Ashley came out to the house for dinner. However, since my birthday is tomorrow they said they would purchase the food, prepare the dinner and clean up the kitchen. Yippee!!We had sweet and sour chicken on top of white rice with green beans and a roll and dined out on the back patio. Delicious!!

Oh, and chocolate cake!
As promised, they cleaned up the kitchen.
Thanks for a nice birthday meal!

It's here!!

I returned from Tucson last night to a house with all the windows opened allowing the cool breeze to come in and woke up to a cool 73 degrees inside and have not had the a/c on for 48 hours! I think it's "fall"!! We are ready!

Fun, fall pictures from the past....

Nationals in Tucson

Yesterday morning I left for Oro Valley which is a on the outskirts of Tucson to watch my friend Susie play tennis at Nationals. Here is a picture of her team. They represented the southwest region. All but 2 of them are over 50 years old and one in her 70's, and they played matches against some teams in their 20's! They are amazing!!
Here are the famous Shipley sisters, ready to play or RUMBLE as Robin would say.




Woke up Saturday morning at Susie's house to this beautiful view right from her backyard, then off for another day of tennis.
I was glad to have the PT since it was great convertible weather!! Look at that temperature! Lovin' it!!


In between today's matches, we spent some time by the pool.
Great time playing but glad that it's over! Leaving the court with Coach Kenny!

I had a lot of fun watching them play! If I didn't have bad feet I would take up this sport! No, seriously. I would!! Thanks for a great weekend!! Way to go, ladies!!

"Queen of the Court"

Here's some pictures from tennis lessons tonight. They played a game and Tiffany won so she was queen of the court for the night. Way to go, Tiff!!

Birthday time!!

Today Kyle's fiance is turning 21!! I remember when we visited her and her parents in the hospital when she was born. Turned out that I was pregnant with Kyle and didn't know it yet. When they were over on Monday night we had pie and ice cream and sang happy birthday to her. Happy Birthday, Ashley!!