After the Rain

We had lots of rainbows, when it finally stopped raining. We even saw a very vivid full rainbow, and the rare double rainbow. (Noah was finding all these for me, but unfortunately it was while driving, and I couldn't take pictures) We did get this picture of one in our backyard, Thursday morning before school. Everything is turning SO green, which is also a rare, but beautiful occurrence on the Central Coast. We are now feeling the spring cleaning bug. And so it is time to organize for some yard sales! Kaitlynn is now well enough to go back to karate tomorrow. And she is currently practicing daily for her upcoming talent show. Her and her friend Jessica are doing a routine to 'Cotton Eyed Joe'. Yes, I now hate the song...LOL It has been banned from the house. Noah got tired of waiting for his Nintendo DS to arrive at Toys R Us, and so decided to use his gift card to buy a Mega Blocks version of the Black Pearl. It is REALLY cool, I will post a picture of if in the next post. Shianne is working to improve her grades, since they took a little dip on the last progress report.

Kaitlynn, Jessica, and Noah have started preparing the backyard for their turkeys, yes the live, feathered kind. And now Shianne has decided she wants to raise one this year also. Nothing like deciding at the last minute. I now have to whip up a letter of intent for her to show the turkey at the fair as an Independent. And take it downtown to the fair office, to be date stamped. Deadline- Jan. 31st! Thanks! Ugh, kids. Here is a picture of Kaitlynn's turkey hen last year at the fair.

Yea, today is my Friday at work, so we are looking ahead to the weekend. We are really hoping to head south to my dad's house. Then it is Super Bowl Sunday at the Turners! Whoo Hoo! Go Patriots! Hopefully everyone continues to get healthy, at both of our houses.

It's Raining, It's Pouring

Well, for the last week, the only healthy one has been Shianne. Noah is almost over his stuffy nose, and Kaitlynn is now on antibiotics for her sore throat. I am still running a fever off and on...so this last week has been real fun with all the rain. We are about ready to have Noah build us an ark!

We are hoping after everyone is better, and the storms are over, we can make a trip to the snow.

Santa Barbara Zoo

Well, Shianne decided to take a two day trip with her friend Ashlee, to a show in Santa Rosa. So Kaitlynn, Noah, and I decided to head the other direction...LOL We went to Santa Barbara to visit with our good friends the Turners. (Rachel, Bill, Joseph, Hannah, and Rebekah) We met through our mutual hobby...RABBITS!

We took the kids to the Santa Barbara Zoo. The weather couldn't have been better, until the sun was going down.

Poor Kate was not feeling very well, and ended up resting on a bench while we went to check out the African animals. We then went back to Rachel's, and had dinner and a fun couple rounds of 'Catch Phrase', before heading back home.

Shianne's 15th Birthday~September 2, 2007

I will start with a few updates of some special or fun events over the last couple of months

Shianne's 15th Birthday~
Sept 2, 2007

It was a VERY hot day (for us that is), of 102. So the kids were having a fun time with water balloons and getting soaked with the hose.

We then went inside and had BBQ'ed, and her cake and icecream.

The Beginning

Ok, I have succumbed... Here we go with our family's blog. I came to this decision for many reasons. 1. My family and friends are spread all over the country, and so it is really hard to stay in contact with everyone, on even a weekly basis. 2. I love reading other families blogs, and hope our family will feel the same about reading ours. Also, it will give them a chance to see what is going on with us, through pictures and posts. 3. My kids and I are involved with so many things, that is only makes sense to put it all together in one online journal. 4. After reading my Great-Grandpa's journal, which I thoroughly enjoyed, I decided I would also like to write one...and this seemed to be the easiest way.