Fun in the Sun

We took the kids down to the new "water" park in Kent....they have fun getting wet. we ran into some friends while we were there so if was fun to be able to hang out and enjoy a nice sunny day.

Wow what a week...

First things first I have such an awesome wife and family, I have no idea what I did to have God bless me in such a beautiful way. Monday no big deal not much really happened out of norm. Tuesday. Well started off fine went thru my routine got downtown to my union hall to get (attempt) work. Slow morning, my inside voice said go home at about 6:20 and my stubborn voice said hang out till 7 or so see if anything comes up. Ha nothing came up so at 715ish I decide time to go. Key words in last 2 sentences are stubborn and I. I get to my car reach to unlock and see glass. . . Hmmm I'm looking at my window, so I bend over and look at other side and


SHATTERED. As my heart sinks I realize that my AMP energy drink is gone. I look for my GPS----- still there,ok. Wait what about my power pack Oh still there too. Hmmm...Someone stole my Bible now I'm offended I would have given one if just asked, I've had that for 15+ years and it was a gift that had my notes and sentiment.

I call police, file a report. I have to wait couple hours till office open to call insurance and make sure that contents of car and window are covered. Answer is NO. Somewhere in transferring vehicles for coverage it was missed and not caught till something goes wrong.So Now I have to find out how much its gonna cost to replace that. ($240) If your curious
But wait theres more I have had to replace my med kit twice now this makes three. I so do not like having to replace my meds and supplies. I got one more thing I had a green back pack made for camera gear....... Yes that too is gone. Yes it was full of all my gear and lenses. Value of these things are .... alot more than we have.


Due to things scheduled and plans already made, a way was made to replace camera and 2 lenses. Love Julia so much she gave me the go ahead to purchase and I get them on wenesday.





A day out with kids and wife we had a good day and Julia got more sun than she thought. She has a little extra color now.



They couldn't decide if they were cold or it was the wind.




Nice day for a walk.




Oh one more things. Kids got to see someone catch a shark too.

LOVE,CHAOS AND DINNER!!

If you have not been to Teatro Zinzanni I would highly recommend it! The only thing I can say bad about it is that it ended. They serve a 5 course dinner and the show is amazing.

Me, Melissa, Renee, Julie and Karen




Sean, Mike, Leonard, Chip and Rich


The Group

Melissa and I

Leonard and I. What a beautiful night in Seattle!

Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day! Today, I will say this is one of the most memorable days in my life... I walk/ran my first 5K in Kirkland!



Emily, You are the ultimate rock star......13.1 miles in 2 hours 46 min.... I love you and and so glad I could share in this with you! I wanna grow up to be just like you!!!!


Emily and I post race!!


Raise the Hope team!!!! My inspirational Divas..... Thank you for your support... I could not do this without you!



Thank you, Mom and Dad for always supporting me! to my kids for being the best(and loudest) cheering section! And a huge thank you to my husband who could not be in the picture(he was taking pictures of my team coming in to the finish line) but was in my heart the whole race! I love you!

My Journey

I have started another blog...... This one is on my journey to good health and fitness! I will be posting stuff about my journey only! You can link to this by clicking on the link below or on the right hand side of this blog on Julia's Journey!

http://juliaonajourney.blogspot.com/

I just wanted to post a picture of my BEAUTIFUL wife. I Hope you enjoy a little less than I do. Lovin my wife bye.

Are you ready for some Football!!!

So its been about a month since We have posted anything new.... We have been so busy with football and cheer that we have not had much time for anything else lately..


Here are a few pictures of Darian in action! He's number "68"....



He is having a great time.....He loves to knock em down!


Ayanna is cheering for Darian's team and she absolutely loves it.. I will post pictures of her soon!

Kendra Turns 12!!!!

Today is Kendra's 12th birthday! Oh my gosh I can believe how quickly time flies.... Kendra has been such a blessing in our lives.....I have thoroughly enjoyed watching her grow these last twelve years! To be on the "mother" end of excitement, disappointment, let down and joy has been a emotional roller coaster..... but so far I have enjoyed the ride! I love you baby..... I can wait to see whats in store for the next 12 years So the start of the party! Friends from every milestone in her life came to celebrate..... The introductions started.... "Hi I'm so & so and I have know Kendra for this long" It was quite interesting to hear the different ways the girls have all meet. So after introductions we started with Dinner! A Taco bar with Strawberry slushies.....


Next was presents and cake! Then the real excitement starts..... Kendra received a High School Musical Cd.... We had 9 screaming, dancing, and laughing girls going crazy..........
As I watched these girls dance and sing with tunes from a silly movie... I prayed that Kendra with be this free when she is praising God..... She is a faithful and mighty servant.... If only we could all be this free!


I love you Kendra Jenee!!

Gone Fishin'

We went to a birthday party this weekend. There was swimming and games and FISHING!!! Here is Kendra trying her hand at it! This is the first time our kids have ever fished.

She caught one but it was little so she sent it back into the water.

On the other hand Ayanna took to fishing like a fish does to water! She caught her first one and she was hooked! She caught 5 fish within a half hour! Her expression each time was like it was the first time she caught one!


We could barley get her off the dock when it was time to leave! She caught about 7 fish in all.... One was thrown back and the other one got away!





So labor day we had my parents over for barbecued trout dinner! Ayanna like to catch em better than she liked eating them! But I think she has a new passion! She already asking to go out on a boat with her Grandpa Keith! ( I don't think Momma is ready for that yet!)

The Seattle Seahawks

On August 4, 2007 we took the kids to the Seahawk scrimmage at Seattle Memorial Stadium.

Ayanna had a great time meeting the Seagals and getting signatures..



They even got to try on uniforms! They had so much fun making "mean" faces.. they had to growl will doing this!

These guys and gals really got the crowd moving with alot of fun drummin! The four with the symbolls were a crack up! They really got into it!

The scrimmage was fun.... it was some nice family time! Even though Kendra was not with us!


At the end of the scrimmage the players hung around to sign autographs.... Leonard, Ayanna and Darian were the last ones allowed on the field! It was so great to see Ayanna very excited about getting her hat signed.... Darian's hat was to dark but he had autograph paper.... Daddy liked it because they got Lofa Tatupu's #51 autograph!

We also took the kids to the Seattle Center to play in the fountain for a little bit.
I love this picture of Ayanna!

she is so little compared to that thing!

The fountain is incedible- especially when you have the Space Needle in the background!


The kids had a great time! God provided the most beautiful day for our adventure!