Thirty Something

It's beginning to look a lot like Springtime!

2009-03-13T20:29:00.000-07:00

Family days are very full bringing laughter, memories, and grey hair =)

Is Christmas really 13 days away?

2008-12-12T12:43:00.001-08:00

We went to Sequia National Forest to sketch the big trees and called it art class....gotta love home school!

My amazing husband

2008-10-03T19:46:00.001-07:00

He became an engineer this week! Go Shawn!

A little time with my old roomie and her boys!

2008-09-01T14:18:00.000-07:00

Portland greeted me with a lot of rain for a late August trip, but it was all worth it as I spotted Holly at the airport. We had a wonderful time looking through her garden, catching up over coffee, watching the boys "tend" to their chicken coup, and discussing possible names for baby # 3. Holly and I also talked about the book "Animal, Vegetable, Miricle" and I was inspired by their own little mircle they've got growing in their backyard! They are already home schooling and they don't even know it!

Go Shawn!

2008-08-27T15:46:00.000-07:00

THE RUN

Shawn did a triatlon last weekend in beautiful Santa Barbara! The whole family came out to cheer him on. We also got a chance to really envy everyone that gets to live in beautiful places. As we drove back to Hanford we mourned our residence =(

THE BIKE

THE SWIM

Gotta love phelps!

2008-08-16T15:00:00.000-07:00

Who else is getting into this? My whole family loves this guy. We all scream and yell at the T.V.

I love summer!

2008-08-11T20:28:00.001-07:00

Josiah just bought his first dog....a 3 month old aussie/german shepard mix. He named her Clarin and we have all enjoyed her thus far

Summer is coming to a close for us. First Grade has begun at our kitchen table and soccer practice starts tommorrow, but here's a few pictures from the last month! We went to Crystal Cave in Sequoia National Park. The kids loved all the stalagmites and stalactities (sp?)...do you see them in the picture? Also, my own little Micheal Phelps got 17th place at the valley finals in freestyle...5th place in backstroke...and his stud relay team got 2nd place.

We are really becoming "valley folk" these days. This is a typical summer activity here in Hanford...rafting down the local river =)

2008-07-14T00:00:00.000-07:00

Ok I'm bragging....but I'm so proud of my own little "Micheal Phelps". Josiah has qualified for the semi final meet this Saturday!

Event 28 Boys 6 & Under 25 Yard Backstroke
Name Age Team Seed Time Finals Time Points

1 Josiah Glynn 6 Lemoore Aquajets NT 31.11 6
2 Riley Gibson 6 Lemoore Aquajets NT 33.09 4
3 Steven Gomez 6 Sanger Seals NT 33.59 3
4 Ethan Reis 6 Lemoore Aquajets NT 34.93 2
5 Grant Addington 6 Sanger Seals NT 37.26 1
6 Daniel Rodriguez 6 Sanger Seals NT 40.00
7 Ian Healy 6 Lemoore Aquajets NT 41.56
8 Eric Briltz 6 Lemoore Aquajets NT 45.92
9 Dakota Ontiveros 6 Sanger Seals NT 49.30
10 Mitchell Bonham 6 Lemoore Aquajets NT 53.54

Summer fun at family camp with the Poore family!

2008-07-07T12:19:00.001-07:00

You gotta love vacation...there is something special about changing your routine and having fun with the family all week!

This was our home for a week during our vacation to the Santa Cruz Mountains...good old Hemlock Cabin...the same cabin from last year was waiting when we arrived!

The Poore Kids and our kids had a great time together...away from our 100 degree home and enjoying chilly weather!

We had great food all week and we didn't even have to buss our dishes. This is what a Mom calls a real vacation.

Mud Run 2008

2008-06-10T00:14:00.000-07:00

This race officially ended our season of running. We have done 7 races total since January, but this race was the best. How could 3 boys turn down an opportunity to be covered in mud? Shawn surprised us all by getting 3rd place out of 400 people!

berries

2008-06-07T21:54:00.001-07:00

All the kids were really into this field trip. We have Black berries, rasberries, bluberries, ollaliberries (sp?)
and stained hands for days. Bebe did not have a single berry in her bag that day. She just kept eating off the vines!
Silas on the other hand picked everything that day...his bag was filled with unripe, green berries! My favorite were the blue berries. We've put them in muffins, frozen a few and eaten more than enough this week.

Church BBQ

2008-06-01T21:57:00.000-07:00

Shawn and I had a BBQ for our church family today! I was to busy to take any pictures so I put a picture of our website logo. I love these people and truly feel like many of them are family. It was a very informal gathering lasting only 5 hours, but I was so encouraged by many of the conversations I had. The pool was a high light for my kids. I wonder when they will realize how blessed we are to have such wonderful friends. The biggest highlight for me was talking to a couple I've known for a long time. They've been at Calvary for 19 years. He struggled with alcohol for a long time and told us his story of God healing him from this 17 years ago. His healing started with a man from church consistently calling him. He felt loved and cared for by someone at church and this started the events that led to him giving his addiction over to God. Shawn and I both were moved by this man's story and the challenge to "help" people in their journey by a simple phone call to check in.

A trip down to Southern California

2008-05-24T15:37:00.000-07:00

Tira and Nixon came to see my family on Monday after we said goodbye to Legoland !

Gotta love your old buddies

2008-05-24T15:05:00.000-07:00

Ok here I go...I've been encouaged by some old friends to join the present decade and create a blog. I'm not sure where I'm headed with this but if Caz, Beth, and Tira can do it then so can I!

Shout out to Beth and Caz and our great reunion! Love you girls!