4th of July Fishing Derby

Our 4th of July started off bright and EARLY. They were having a kids fishing derby and of course Weston had to be there and hour early "so we could get a good spot". So there we were at 7:00 AM ready to fish. Although Sage didn't have any luck catching a fish she did win a tackle box in the drawing which she is very proud of.
Chantz is with his gramps doing horsemanship clinics. I am missing him like CRAZY! He has been gone since the 18th of June since I had to got to Chicago for work him and Sage flew to Utah to visit Kelli and her kids before they moved to Wyoming. They also got to celebrate Dayna's Bday with her. They got to stay with Misty and went on a tour of the Dinosaur tracks. I think they practically lived in their swimsuits at the Veyo Pool and the new water park. Sage came home on the 26th when I came home from Chicago (thank goodness I was having kid withdrawls). Pretty funny when she had to go to Utah to get her California Girl Tan. So anyway Chantz went to work on the ranch and help his Uncle Giggle (Owen) move cows for a week, then his Gramps picked him up to take him to some of his clinics and they are going to visit the cousins and aunts in West Jordan and they will FINALLY be home on the 13th. That day will not come soon enough. Since he has been gone I appreciate him and every thing he does for me more and realize just how much he does for me. Not to mention I don't like doing his chores! Ha Ha! He is the kind of kid that leaves and impression where ever he goes. I am so proud of him, and I don't know what I would do with out him! Ok- now that I am in tears.....I don't think I will ever let him leave his mom again.......yes I do mean EVER! I hear people talk about how they can't wait for their kids to grow up and leave home and have a family of their own. Bull.....not me I don't want my kids to EVER leave. It will be the worst day of my life!






We ended the night with a few fireworks.....the picture below is Weston and Sage being the geeks that they are doing the chicken dance during the fireworks.

Puppies & Kitties

Maddie had 3 puppies on June 6th. Although we had some bad luck 2 of the puppies didn't make it and so we are left with this cute little feller. I am trying really hard not to get attached.....he is so cute and has such personality. Our cat that Sage calls Wendy had 5 kittens on June 15th. 4 white ones and one tiger striped one. Now what do you suppose I am going to do with them!

Daren & Megans Wedding

At the end of May we went to Bremerton Washington for Daren and Megans Wedding. The wedding was beautiful! We had a blast. Sage danced and danced and danced. We all had a great time and it was a beautiful day. Welcome to the family Megan. We love you and Daren and are happy to have you in the family.

Vacation in Reno

So.. here is the story behind this beautiful wig. Toree has this pink blanket that she puts on her head and calls it her pink hair (I think she really thinks it is her hair). She wants long hair so bad. She struts around like a princess and wants everyone to tell her how pretty her hair is. Now -the problem that Kelli has with it is that she wants to wear the blanket on her head ALL the time even to the store. Grandma Colleen lets her of course so that makes it even better. When we were shoppin in Reno I found this Hannah Montana wig on clearance............so being the great friend I am I thought oh Toree will love this and her mom will be sooooo proud of me. Kelli was not impressed she now has to convince Toree she doesn't need to wear her "long hair" every where they go. It was seriously one of the funniest things I have ever seen. She was spinning around and tossing her head and flipping it over her shoulder as I was encouraging her and telling her how beautiful her long hair was to make matters even better. Kelli and I laughev sooo hard. Hey what are best friends for right!! I know Kelli wouldn't expect any less from me. Love ya Kel!

We met Kelli and her kids Cole, Lainee, and Toree in Reno over Memorial Day Weekend. We had a blast. Although the weather was not great and spoiled our water park plans we still did lots of other things bowling, movies, circus circus, and much more.

Awana Grand Prix Derby

This is the Grand Prix Derby that the kids make cars for and participate in. It is put on by thier Awana Club. The have a blast.

Sage...she is just growing up too fast!

Sage loves to help in the kitchen. I have to amit I am not in the kitchen much and when I am cooking I am not real patient. So she cooks with my mom all the time. She has a little apron she wears when she is over there, and she loves it. I bought her these litttle easy bake dessert and told her she could make them all by herself (you would have thought I told her we were going to Disneyland) she was very excited. She was so cute she let Chantz help her, but he quickly got very bored! Weston snuck in to take a picture of her, but you know her when she discovers there is a camera around......CHEESE! She is so funny. Weston ate one of her desserts and evidently didn't pay attention to which one he was TOLD to eat (didn't know there was a difference). Well he ate the WRONG one! Now you would have thought you took her best friend away. He ate hers because it had more pink! He was suppose to eat the one with the BIG spoon in it, because dad always uses a big spoon. There was tears, hugs, and apologies and everything was all better. Maybe dad will pay more attention to his dessert instructions in the future...Ha Ha! Needless to say there is never a dull moment with children!

Well, what can I say about little Miss Sage. Really not much has to be said about her usually the picture says it all. People are constantly coming up to me at the games and telling me how cute she is.....not something you normally hear at a baseball game, huh! So at least she has cute going for her if she hasn't quite found her athletic side.

Update

So it has been awhile since I have posted.....so I thought I would let you know what been going on in not so sunny California. The weather has been miserably cold, wet, and windy. Of course this would all be while we are starting baseball and freezing our you know what's off.

We went to the Harlem Crowns (wanna be Harlem Globetrotters) basketball game here at the first of the month. It was ok.

Little League started on the 19th and my co-worker convinced me to be on the Little League Board (I don't know what I was thinking) just what I needed one more thing to do!

This past weekend we spent in Red Bluff at the Californios Ranch Roping. Chantz did pretty good he had a little bad luck in the roping....but won the horsemanship and ended up 4th overall. He had such a great time....he always does. He said he wishes it could be Californios everyday. All the kids are such great friends.....and he has friends that actually like to do what he likes to do there. Sage the poor little thing was sick pretty much the whole time we were there and spent most of her time in the camper.....she never gets sick so I felt so bad that she had to get sick while we were there. The weather there was great 80-85 degrees, then I come home to Alturas and have to turn on the heater. I have been a slacker on the picture taking lately so I will get some pics of baseball and Californios and post them later.

We are looking forward to Memorial Day Weekend, my friend Kelli and her kids are meeting us in Reno for the weekend so we can have some fun before she moves to Wyoming. We are also looking forward to Daren and Megans wedding to see everyone and visit (what I do best as we all know).