Monday, October 25, 2010

Not much happening outside of Jared's WATER POLO
& Audra's DEMO TEAM, except SCHOOL!   
...but hey, that's pretty FUN too.





Jared made tiny teapot sugar cookies to take to his Literature class Party!  
   ...a nice finish to Pride and Prejudice!


Super Hero Dress day for Audra!  















Crazy Dress day for Jared...was school like this when I was a kid?

Monday, October 4, 2010

 Okay....here goes....
I've been helping my kids get from place to place & taking photos of their activities
but I've managed to come down with a nasty head cold
that has put be behind on doing anything with said photos, until today.
Elena has asked what's up?
...so I guess I'd better do a little catching up.

All this happened in September,
even though I'm posting it here in October.
Oh well, better late than never?


Dress up Day #1 from the Bible: Adam (with serpent) & Eve (pink wig)
 One of Jared's Senior Year Activities ~
Getting to DRESS UP 'his freshman' for Freshman Welcome Week!
    He has been looking forward to this for 3 years,
ever since he was the young'un getting decorated by 'his senior'.

Dress up Day #2 Cartoon Charaters: Sylvester & Tweetie
  
Dress up Day #3 Safari Day ( lion & snake....they both had tails, but the photo doesn't show it)

 
Dress up Day #4 Red & Blue Day



 Audra's Dance Demo Team performed at her school's carnival
where she danced the East Coast Swing & The Cumbia (a native folklorico partner dance).
She really did a wonderful job & her ballroom dancing was fun to watch!









Can you tell I enjoyed taking her picture? Surprise, Surprise.



A couple of weekend's ago we went to Anaheim for one of Jared's water polo tournaments
...it was a Great Excuse to visit with my Aunty Lynn & Cousin Kerri!

Collin, Gary, his folks: Bob & Fran, & my Uncle Richard!

They all came to watch Jared Play! (He felt SO joyful about that!)
...then we spent the last night of the weekend at Kerri & Gary's House
with all the nearby family joining in too!

COUSINS! (2nd or Once Removed...I can never remember which it is?!?)
Such Blessings!

SJM took 2nd (on a penatly shot in sudden death OT)

The youngest 1st cousins...Audra (mine), Ike (my sister Jenise's) & Morgan (my sister Erin's)

Me & My Family!

The very next weekend was more water polo out of town...
and this time my closest blood relatives all gathered to watch Jared play his game
(for which more happiness insued)
and then we had a little dinner gathering for my dad.

Celebrating my DAD'S 70th Birthday!
and my final item:
Today is my 24th Wedding Anniversary,
for which I am Truly Thankful....

To my sweetheart, Louis for tolerating me throughout these many years
 & I remain ever hopeful that he can indure the 'until death do us part' part.
XOXOXO

Thursday, September 16, 2010

It has taken the whole summer, 
but the END of the repairs is in site....
 Corner rounds were installed & painted 
once the floors were able to be walked on.
It's so nice to have them looking finished.
The new mantel arrived & was installed last week
 Then stained & finished.
This week I've finally gotten the last of the boxes unpacked
& even hung all our stuff back on the walls.
Summer has slipped away & Fall has arrived...
but at least we are re-settled in our home.

Not done yet though...
the final phase is still to come, with the replacement
of the cracked travertine flooring in our master bathroom. 

(the up-side is, that's confined to the back corner of the house-whew!)

Monday, August 30, 2010

This was the 1st Weekend of the Season
in Jared's Last Year of High School Water Polo
He scored the 1st goal of the day for his team 
...and won every one of his sprints though out the day too
He's one FAST kid...
& his team won 3 for 3 ~ Yippee!

& I just love taking photos of my little guy 
getting to play his favorite sport!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Jared is happy to be driving himself this year.
 There he goes, off to his 1st day as a SENIOR!

And speaking of 1sts...
Yesterday Audra started Junior High!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

House saga part 4 or 5, or is it....6?

I've lost count....
but we're onto the hard wood floors now!
So the refrigerator now resides in the sun room
....see it back there behind the rest of the mess?
The rest of the house is packed into this POD on our driveway 
(oh, but whatever didn't fit in here in the garage)
Flooring was ripped up, where it was not good to refinish...
and replaced with new wood....Yeah!
 and places where the finish was worn & ugly like this....
were sanded & made to look nice again.
old finish is off....
new finish going on...
SO MUCH NICER NOW!

But even though we had a week in a hotel 
while the dust & fumes invaded the house...
we still aren't moved back in! 
(actually, WE ARE...but our furniture is NOT)

Next up...
corner rounds & touch up paint on the floor trim 
& then a new mantel installation