A new song

I just now finished writing a new song!.......it is the first song that I have written in almost 10 years, so I am pretty excited about it!.......I have been taking piano lessons for several months now, so I even was able to figure out the chords that go with the words.... that is a first!! It is very cool how this song just seemed to be given to me by the Holy Spirit, I can try to sit down at times and write something but nothing comes and then other times it just clicks,.....well, I feel very blessed to get to have such a thrill! God is so good! !! I will work on the recording and get it published and post it here soon!

Summer Spectacular 2008

Well, we were quite busy last week ......we went to Summer Spectacular at the Church. It is the Vacation Bible School to the MaX!! I was a teacher in Julias class, so it was great to spend the week there and get to be with Julia the whole time! There was over 1000 kids and it was really great! to view all the details and more photos of the week you can click here http://www.thehangar.org/

After the long fun spectacular week, we went to cool off at the boat for the weekend.......we went to the beach and got some time to just enjoy the waves the sun and the sand!

Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Fathers Day first and foremost to My Heavenly Father ! I Love YOU.

Today, after Church we went to my Mom and Dans for lunch to celebrate Fathers Day. It was nice to get together...... Robert , Brandon, Grandma, Eliu, Eliu's Mother ,Mercedes, and Doug's Mom and Dad , Gene and Jeanne were there. We had a nice time.

...............I can't help but pause today and acknowledge the absence of my Grandpa, this is the first Fathers day that he isn't with us .........and also My Dad who has been gone for eight years next month ........they are both very much missed ..........everyday.....

Here is a picture of my Dad and I at Lake Havasu many moons ago( I would say I was about 10 years old???).......my Dad loved the water.....as a family we spent a lot of our time at the Lake,fishing,skiing, boating or just playing on a sandbar being river rats! I remember one of his ideals was to have a pond at home.......and of course he built us a pond at the house he built on Jefferson street ......I think that he could make just anything he put his mind to.......once he made me a barbie house it was the coolest thing......and he made some of our furniture too.....he even made a fire wood rack for the fireplace that had R+V ( Ray plus Velvet).....and when my dog Muffin couldn't get up on the bed anymore he built her carpeted stairs...Just to name a few.......I was so blessed to have such a talented Dad....and one that showed us so much love and so much life adventure............and I cherish my memories.

Julia gave Doug a crown for Fathers Day! He is a great Daddy ! Happy Fathers Day! I Love you Doug!

Baby Shower !

Yesterday, we had a baby shower for My Brother Robert and his Wife Jessicas baby. I am getting a new nephew! He will be born in August and we all are very excited about this new member of our family! This is a picture of Me, Julia, my Mom ,Jessica, Jessicas Mom Shirley and Jessicas Sister Jamie at the baby shower. It was a lot of fun!

Last Day Of School

Today was the last day of school for Julia! Her class had a Hollywood party!! She has had a great year at pre school.....just three half days per week......next year she will be PRE -K!! Which will be five half days! She had great teachers and met lots of friends.

Weekend Reports are not Necessary!

I just wanted to make a note on the challenge.......I think that the weekends might be difficult to do daily reports ( due to going out of town and just the general different schedules that the weekends bring ) and so ........daily reports are not necessary for the weekends........we will still do our best during those times so that we will reach our goals....., but reporting a grade won't be required.................(unless you just can and want to check in) ......... ( we can report our Fridays grade on Monday ) and Mondays on Tuesdays.......and so on.

Here we go BABY !!!

We are back in the desert after being gone to Oceanside for the weekend. , Doug's parents went with us ,we got a room at the Marina Inn which is walking distance to our boat.....Doug, Matt, Clint ,Wally and Johnny went out fishing on Saturday so the room gave us a place to hang out while the boat was out.......Saturday I went to a baby shower for my friend Sheila's daughter, Mandy, in San Clemente.....it was a great time......she is going to have a girl, I am so happy for her.

Well, I am excited about the challenge starting tomorrow!!! I can't wait to reap the results!! I want to #1 continue to do my Quiet Time with God ( that has been so rewarding )..........#2 get in shape and lose 15 pounds (which will give me a whole wardrobe because then all my clothes in my closet will fit again!) .......# 3 organize a couple rooms in my house ( Laundry room and guest bedroom ).........and #4 get to bed by 10:30PM...wow now that I have published this I really have to get with it and do it!!!!! Like I said I am excited to reap the results.......but it won't be easy! My Dad always said, "don't set your goals too low"........ so......., I am aiming high! Sheila and her three daughters and two of her grand daughters . I used to work for Sheila, at the Erawan salon, she is such a special friend , very talented artist, photographer and cosmetologist (just to name a few) , ......I have known her my whole adult life and am very thankful to have her in my life......she has a beautiful family with one more on the way! Congratulations!

Get Ready Get Set GOAL !

OK, I gotta make this quick because we are leaving for the weekend and I am not quite ready and Doug is........so I just wanted to announce a six week challenge that my Mom has proposed.........we are going to set some personal goals and keep a daily checklist on how we are doing with each goal we are not going to keep the checklist online ( that will be for us individually ) but we need to have accountability to make us more successful in completing the challenge.........so we are going to start this coming Monday...June 9th 2008 and report on the comment section of this post as to how we rate our previous day.......example B+ on Exercise......A on eating right........C- on getting sleep........but we won't put the specifics just........for example, Loras report Goal # 1 B+ Goal # 2 A Goal #3 C- .............if anyone is wanting to start the challenge with us please do..... the more the merrier!!! and this is good motivator to have the accountability for daily reports. Just start thinking about what your personal goals are and the daily plan of action over the weekend and then we will start on Tuesday reporting for the Monday start day!!!! It will be great to see at the end of six weeks what the success stories will be!!

Lots of Fun!

This last weekend was full of fun. We went to a birthday party for Julias friend Ashley on Saturday morning. It was a princess party and was very fabulous ! Then Saturday evening we went to a graduation party for our niece Breanna, and three nephews Brad, Sean and Shey. It was a big party and lots of friends, family and fun. It is hard to believe that these "kids" are graduating!!! They have all grown up sooooo fast. We are very proud of them all. Congratulations and God Bless them !

Sunday after church we had a little party at our house.......Matt and Diane and the kids came to the desert from Oceanside......it was fun to have them here.....we are usually the ones visiting them at there house, so it was nice to be here with them.......also our friends Clint & Brenda , and Wally & Trena came over. We had a great day with our friends.

I have been busy these last two weeks doing lots of sewing.......I am making jean quilts......lots of time but I really enjoy it.

Monday evening Julias preschool had a program that we went to it was very fun . I can't believe that it is the last week of school next week.but I am looking forward to summer vacation!

Julia with Grandma Jeanne at her school classroom..........
Julia, Madison and Levi in the Pool