Merry Christmas

Wow, what a fun and busy week we are having. I love having my sister and her family here. Grace and Lizzie are like the sea gulls in Finding Nemo....Mine,Mine,Mine,Mine,Mine...you get the idea. They can also be very, very sweet to each other.

Gracie had a wonderful birthday. I can't believe she is already 3 years old. Where is the time going and why must it go so fast? We went to Costco to pick up a cake since it is the cheapest way to go for a premade cake. Grace didn't care that it said Happy Holidays instead of Happy Birthday. She wanted the teddy bear.


We went to the Zoo on Monday. It was not crowded at all and fun was had by all.




I want to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas. This year has been really tight financially, so we didn't send out Christmas cards. Oh, well maybe next year.

Big Girl

Thanks to Grandma Fern's early birthday and Christmas present, Grace is now sleeping in her own big girl bed.

She slept the whole night in her own bed. Yippiee!!!!! I sure enjoyed my night sleep too.

It's beginning to look like Christmas

We finally got our Christmas tree up Saturday afternoon. I love our tree. I love to just sit and stare at it. I was also able to decorate around the house too.

We had another loooonnnnggggg weekend of baseball and now we don't have another tournament till after Christmas. It's a good thing too, I need a break. It is very frustrating to know that your son is just as talented as others and yet he doesn't get to play. It gets a little old after awhile.

Granny was admitted to the hospital early this morning. The paramedics thought she was having a stroke since her blood pressure was 220/119. She had a few very adnormal EKG readings. After a cat scan showed no stroke, we are hoping that they will transfer her from Scottsdale/Osborn to Desert Banner since it is closer for us and they already have her records from a few weeks ago.

Can't wait till Saturday when my sister gets here with the girls. I need my family right about now.

Most Mornings with Grace

Good Morning, Miss Grace.


Can Daddy have a hug before he leaves for work?

Stretch!!!





Awww, Thanks Princess!


You're welcome Daddy, I'm going back to sleep now.

We Won!!!

We won this weekends tournament. We get to try and do it again next weekend too.

Photos from Tammi Haeberle.

Night out with my guy

Mitchell and I went out tonight. We went to the bookstore and listened to Joe Garagiola talk about his friendship with Yogi Berra and others. What a fun story teller. We were able to get a book signed for Grandpa Jake, which will be a Christmas gift.

Mitchell asked Mr. Garagiola what it was like to broadcast with Daren Sutton, the voice of the Diamondbacks and I asked him to give Mitchell some life long baseball advice. He told Mitch that he loved working with Daren and also told him he needed to be good in school and keep the grades up.


After the bookstore we went to Rubio's for dinner and enjoyed each other. I love having a one on one with my boys. Thanks Mitch for the fun night out!

Just like Momma

I took Grace into the doctors today since she has had a runny nose for about a month. He told me that kids don't usually get sinus infections so his guess is that she had colds back to back. He then started his examination and came to looking up her nose and stopped dead in his tracks. He was wrong this time. She has a sinus infection along with both ears infected. Just like me!

I love proving people wrong.

Know what is really annoying?

Driving with a newly licensed driver who tells you every mistake you make. Just saying.