Briant playing soccer

Here's some photos of Briant at a scrimage he had last night.

$2.71

I paid $2.71 for gas yesterday!!!!!!!
I can't remember when it has been so low. That's a $2 difference from this summer. WOW! $2.71 and it will likely go lower. What's the world coming too?

The Pug came home

He's here, Grace's pug.

kids week of oct 13th

Wilson's team won there 6th game, way to go!!!
Briant got his short story back (remember the 7pg one) with a 97 at the top, it even got read(partially) in class. GREAT JOB BRIANT oh hater of English class. :)
Audra worked on her Halloween costume this week, she's going to be a package of post a notes(really). I'll post a photo later.
Grace is still working on that pug, I hope we'll see it this week.

Flu shots

Today is flu shot day(and Hep A too). Audra already got hers so it shouldn't be so bad. Pray for me though just in case someone in the group decides that they aren't as brave as they think they are.

Grandma's embrace

We remodeled the house again starting this past spring.(again, I know) I'm still living with boxes in multiple rooms mostly because I have been wrestling with what to do with all of my grandmother(s)'s stuff that I have acquired. It's a love hate relationship with the stuff, I want it/love it because of the memories that I cherish when I use it. I hate it because some of it's not something that I would have chosen/purchased and the clutter is getting to me, there is just so much of it, but the idea of someone else(not in the family) having it kills me. Several of my family and friends have heard me debating what to do with the stuff over the past few months, its been driving me crazy. Today I was reading an article in "Real Simple" about this women and her Grandmothers stuff. In it she says "My Grandmother's dishes and silver provide at the very least a hint that the past is not a cold dead hand, but an affectionate embrace. Oh how I wish for an embrace, so I'll keep the stuff and embrace it with warm memories of my loving Grandmas. Hopefully that embrace will be passed on to some of my children too.

" When someone you loves becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure"

Kids week of Oct 5th

Wilson(66)& Greg(86)



Wilson had his first home game this week against Lompoc. The coaches had informed the team before the game that this would be their toughest game of the season. They won by a long shot, walking right over Lompoc. He's pictured hear with one of his buddies, Greg. It's Homecoming weekend and tonight's the dance, he's going with a big group of friends.

Briant's team won their soccer game this morning, he scored one of the 4 goals with a great left footed kick. Still no word on the short story, hopefully we'll hear back next week. Yesterday Kevin went to the middle school and pulled Kade, Briant, Peter and Matt out, it was Kades 13th birthday and they went home to play video games, east candy and go play laser tag with unlimited pizza. Teenage boy heaven!

Audra's class at school has asked the kids to preform 10 hrs of community service before they graduate. She is working really hard on this and I think will be one of the first ones done with her hours. Way to go Audra!

Grace's soccer game went good today and she's still working on her pug in art class, hopefully we'll see it next week.

Reagan and Zoey are in town so the girls are enjoying some cousin time.

The on shore breeze arrived

It's been dreadfully hot these past 2 days. Last night I think was the hottest I can ever remember it being in SLO. The house this morning was 76', UGH.
The most amazing thing is that moment when you can feel the wind shift to on shore again, that first breath of air that's cool, moist and refreshing. Its so sudden, distinct and feels so wonderful. Tonight it's cool and we'll all sleep much better. I can't wait.

tarantula

Briant, Grace and Harvey found a tarantula out at Grandpa last night. She sure is beautiful. She went with Briant to school today and is off to Pacheco with Grace tomorrow. We've learned a bit about tarantulas so I thought I'd share... they eat crickets and they don't drink water...they have a built in straw so they suck it out of something... in this case a wet piece of cotton... kind of cool. So far so good, she did catch a cricket and is making some kind of web/nest thing to eat it later I guess.

Why I started my blog

I've started this blog for multiple reasons.
First of all I was inspired by my niece Miriam who has this great blog about her young family that I really enjoy reading, I feel like I'm in touch with her when I can check it once a week and see them growing and living there daily lives. Thanks Miriam

I feel like life is zooming by too fast and I'm not going to remember all the wonderful little moments and I know I'm going to want to remember them. I've always enjoyed reading other peoples journals, but I've never been good at keeping journal because I hated that I was a poor speller(lets face it terrible speller) and that I had messy hand writing. So this solves both those problems. Plus I can add all my photos too. I'm very hopefully this will work for me and that I'll keep it up dated frequently. Pray for me!!! I'll need it.

First week of Oct for the kids

Wilson had a football game in Santa Barbara again... why they want these kids taking a day off school every week to play football is beyond me...its crazy but he enjoys it so that's what matters. This week is his first home game, yea! Go Wilson!

Briant had short a story due last week that he'd been working on for a week. It ended up being 7 pages long... he said it couldn't be trimmed anymore after I reminded him for the hundredth time that it was suppose to be a "short story"... this from a boy who "HATES" english. LOL. I hope his teacher doesn't knock his grade because its to long.

Audra started SLOYS this week and is so excited because they're playing music from Pirates of the Caribbean. She received a student of the month award for respect on fri... like that "I can't believe you're taking my picture mom I'm in 6th grade" look...

Grace started Art classes and is having a blast drawing a Pug... I promise photos to fallow.

a surprise day off, yea

Today soccer got rained out. Wow its so wonderful to have an unexpected day off. As the decisions is being made about calling the games off for the day, its such a tuff call, on one hand the kids have so much fun on the other to suddenly have a free day, I'm secretly hoping they will cancel games as the situation is debated.
I went down to the art center for the plein air festival, today was the quick draw with an auction to fallow. It was nice to be alone enjoying the enviorment and watching the auction. I wish I had the money to purchase one of the paintings, some of them were quite good, but I'm glad i restrained myself. The kids were suppose to do some chores and they seemed to happen while i was gone, even better.
The boys are off at priesthood meeting learning to be better men and husbands.