Summer - update

Well I am not sure where to start. We never finished the pictures and found more papers to shred......But oh well - July is not my month to stress.

After we took Devin to the amusement park the next day we had Adrianna and Mackenzie over for swimming and BBQ. Michael is living with us - so he was already here and Regina has Dom again so we didn't get to see him. But all in all it was a good day. We had fun in the pool and Marc made the biggest hamburgers ever. We prefer to eat our burgers on tortilla's - and the meat was about the same size.....they were good - and filling.

On Sunday we took off for NM. Michael stayed behind and took care of the house, plants and Pepper. This was huge - we have never left our children alone - BUT he did a wonderful job - we got home the house was still standing, the plants were alive, the pool was clear and the dog was happy - so I would say that is a success..

While in NM we stayed with my Dad and Beth. We had a nice time. Devin went fishing with is Papa - and now he loves it. He caught 2 fish and they even dug up their own worms. One day we took off to Carlsbad Caverns - Devin had never been - didn't really want to go - but ended up really enjoying it and decided he would like to do a presentation to his class when school starts. We also took some photos in the mountains. We hope to get some more with all our kids..but it is nearly impossible to get them all together.

It was a good time relaxing and spending time with family. We even got to see Peg and Jim - and that is always a treat.

We got home Friday and Marc and I went to dinner with some friends. It was a great meal and great conversation. A good way to spend our first evening back.

Saturday we took the boys to see Harry Potter - we have all been waiting anxiously for it - and we were disappointed :(:(. If you are a fan of the books - then I suggest you wait for the DVD - if you just like the movies then you can probably just skip it.....

Next up California.........and fishing - somewhere......I think he is HOOKED.

The Golden Birthday!!!! July 10

Well my youngest turns "10" today...... **WOW** He told me this morning that he doesn't feel older but he does feel more mature.

Since you only turn 10 on the 10th once in your life - we are taking him and some friends to the amusement park Castles and Coasters. It is only supposed to be 107 today - It ended up being 111. Hot Hot hot

This year he wanted personalized sports jerseys - so we got him a Dodgers jersey and a University of Texas jersey - HOOK EM HORNS. He has decided this is where he wants to go to college - and if he stays true to himself - I am sure this is where he will end up....

His friends Antonio, Andrew and Alex arrived and we left the house by 9:30. the first thing we did was play a round of golf. Then we left the park and ate lunch at the mall across the street. I was surprised they all wanted to eat at the same place - Subway. After they all got ice cream we headed back to the park - for the rides. The park was pretty empty (did I mention it was 111) so the boys got to ride a lot.

When we got back to the house we opened presents and had cupcakes. All in all it was a great day and Devin had a good Golden birthday

Shredding and Pictures

Hmmm....Well we got the shredding completed (13 bags) and the office cleaned out. It wasn't as difficult as I thought going through all of those "important" papers. The pictures on the other hand are proving to be not so easy. I am just about ready to throw them back in the bag and put them back in the closet :):):) We will see how far we get today. If we don't get at least one album complete - they are all going back in the closet .......

**JULY**

Well, it is finally here...July...the month I have my month off. Starting at noon on July 3rd I am off for the rest of the month. I am soooo excited just to spend time with my family..... Marc surprised us Friday afternoon with a trip to Sedona :) . He is awesome like that!!!!! I think he knew if he didn't get me away from home I would work......So I logged off at noon and we were on the road by 1:30. We had a great time. It is beautiful up there...The first time we had been and we are already planning to go back.

We have some other exciting things planned for July. First we are celebrating Devin's 10th birthday. It is his GOLDEN on turning 10 on the 10th. We are taking some of his friends to Castles and Coasters on Friday and then on Saturday he wants a family party - so we will BBQ and swim. On the 12th we head out for NM. We are going to spend some time with my Dad and Beth. Then we will leave Devin and Marc and I will do something. Also Devin really wants to go to RED RIVER - so I am pretty sure we will get that in while we are in NM. Then we come back to AZ for a few days before we head out to California. Oh and did I mention we want to paint and build a deck also.......oh and shred over 12 years of "important" papers we have kept.....and try and get about 10 years of photos in albums..... :):):)

See you soon!