Do any of you use this web site? My nieces,sister, sister in laws, son, and nephew do. I have an account and am just starting to play around in it. I have found lots of friends from my old school in MN. Fun to see what they look like now. Let me know if you use Face Book and tell me how to have even more fun with it!
I thought I was going to be a good blogger and get a post done almost daily. I ended up not doing so well.
We had wonderful Thanksgiving day. My mom, in laws and a good friends shared the day with us. I couldn't have done it with out Toby and his mom. I was sick and not feeling very festive. They pulled it all together for me and for that I am very thankful.
I wanted to take pictures, but I forgot. I know my mom got some, so that will have to do.
Toby left in the middle of dinner to go hunting for 5 days. He hopefully will be back early with an elk, but if not I should see him around Tuesday. Just about when the Dr. said I would be feeling better.
I have to give Minute Clinic a shout out here. I was able to get in and out with in 15 minutes and she even faxed over my prescription to Costco so I just had to make one trip. For someone with a sinius infection and double ear infection that was awesome.
I am feeling a little better already.
I hope and trust you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and hopefully you did some shopping on Friday. I didn't, but I saw Twilight and loved the big chesse ball of a film it was.
Have a safe and happy weekend.
I just noticed that we have 26 days till Christmas???!!??...That means my sister will be here in 3 weeks with my nieces....Whooo Hooooo.
We had another fun filled weekend of baseball. The Vandals won both games on Saturday and was seeded # 2 for Sunday. We have never won both games on a Saturday before so that was very exciting. Toby was to sick to go to the games on Saturday but wanted to be there on Sunday. This is what he and Grace did in between games. If I had a dollar for every mother who walked by and asked if I had a picture of the two of them, Christmas would be paid for!!!
The Vandals made it to the Championship game and played a team that really should be moved up a league. We lose a lot of games due to errors we make...or in other words, we beat ourselves. We came in second this tournament and the boys should be proud of themselves. Mitchell was hurt sliding into 3rd base in the first game so he didn't play in the Championship game. Here are our boys with their "hardware".
Way to go Vandals...hope to see many more pictures like this in the future. 
This is Jack. Jack lives at the Phoenix Zoo. Grace likes to go visit Jack once a week or so. We really don't need to visit any other of the animals at the zoo. Only Jack.
Next time you are at the Phoenix Zoo, wander down into the Harmony Farm section and towards the back is the horse barn. Hopefully, Jack will come out and visit with you. Tell him Grace sent you.
I found this on another blog and had to share. Would you like to make snowflakes with out the paper mess? If so, click here and have some fun.
From an email I recieved today...enjoy.
TWENTY NINE LINES TO MAKE YOU SMILE
1.. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't.
2.. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
3.. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
4.. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
5.. Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.
6.. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
7.. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
8.. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
9.. I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are just missing.
10... Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
11.. NyQuil, the stuffy, sneezy, why-the-heck-is-the-room-spinning medicine.
12.. God must love stupid people; He made so many.
13.. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
14.. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
15.. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
16.. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it!
17.. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up.
18 . Procrastinate Now!
19.. I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?
20.. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
21.. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
22.. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
23..They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken.
24.. He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD.
25.. A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three
thousand times the memory.
26.. Ham and eggs...A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.
27.. The trouble with life is there's no background music.
28.. The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
29.. I smile because I don't know what the hell is going on.
I have another blog...it is called Scrapping With Jen
This weekend I created my first real digital scrapbook kit and posted it for free on that blog.
Digital scrap booking is a huge industry and lots of people like to create freebies to share. This is something I hope to do more of.
This is what my kit called Christmas Candy looks like and a page that I have created using it.
Grace and Uncle Chuck
Uncle Chuck giving us his Michael Jackson photo op.
Uncle Chuck, Grace and Aunt Jan
Never to old for a slide.
Despite the look of this picture, she loved the playground.
There are 10 gnomes hidden on the resort grounds. We found 1.
When we got back to the room, this is how we found Aunt Edna....ok, not really. She was sitting just like that, but Chuck thought she needed the gin bottle. Our weekend started on Thursday night at Justin's last football game. He started as center and played both offense and defense. Later in the game he just played offense. I'm ok with that. The more he is out on the field more of a chance he has of getting hurt. One player took a hit really hard and laid on the field without moving for more then 20 min. He was finally carted off in the ambulance. Justin said he was at school on Friday and was stiff and sore. Can't be to cautious with neck injuries. It was scary to see the player just lay there and then leave in that fashion . Here is Justin in his last game as a sophomore. Just think next year I will have two Padre Football players. 
Friday was Halloween. Mitchell came home from school feeling pretty punk. He had a fever and a headache with a sore throat. Motrin and a few hours of rest and he was a new kid. He didn't go trick or treating since I was the mean mom, but we saved him plenty of candy. He was to play in a dodge ball tournament at school on Saturday but we didn't make that or baseball practice. He is still in bed right now with the sore throat, but no fever so I hope we are making progress.
Grace was a unicorn for Halloween and tick or treated at a few houses. Grandma Jake stayed after chemo to take her out. We made it over to Grandma Fern's and then to a few houses in the neighborhood.
Saturday night was the last of the homecoming season. Justin and Kanani went together again and had a fun time. Here is the last homecoming picture of the season. They wore the same outfits (smart kids) so it isn't much different from last one except Kanani has make up on this time. She doesn't like the first one I posted so this is for you Nani.
Ok, now the next few posts will probably be of Chris. He had a birthday last week and I didn't even make a big deal about it. Shame on me.
This is a 20 sec. video of last weeks game. Justin was a super star and this was one of the last plays of the night. If the other team would have made this two point conversion they would have won by one point. Justin is #74 if you couldn't tell!!
I really have a strong desire to learn how to design digital scrapbook materials. I like to lay on my bed and doodle in photoshop. I like to do this more then doing dishes, laundry and making dinner. My family is starting to notice. Bummer. Oh, well. I sometimes have some thing to show for it. 
Here is Grace and her cousin Patrick Jr. This was taken about a month ago when Jr was here to celebrate Granny's birthday. We like it when Jr visits and hope to see him soon.
I did not create any of the supplies for this page. I would love to learn how.
A friend of mine called me today to tell me about her find. It was new to both her and me. I'm sure like always, I'm a day late and a dollar short. I wanted to direct you to here to read a portion of Midnight Sun that Stephanie was working on but somehow got leaked on the Internet. She didn't want her fans reading the unedited copy so she has posted a PDF file on her site. It is 200 + page read from Edward's point of view. I haven't been able to find the time to finish Breaking Dawn yet so it may be awhile before I get to this.
So how late am I on this find?
Ok, so after I bragged about how good Mitchell was on Wednesday at baseball, Justin had to go and shine at football on Thursday. He started at defensive end and played all of the defensive plays! He almost sacked the QB a few times and sure put a lot of pressure on him. He was so pumped up and was happy to take the victory.
I was approached by one of the moms from the team and asked if I would take pictures on the field last week and this coming up week. I agreed very quickly and now am a little nervous.
Saturday was Mt. Point's homecoming. Justin and Kanani looked good together! He had a blast and saw several friends from Jr. High there.
Now for a picture.
I took over 700 photos of the football game and have not gone through them to decide which ones I like yet.
