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Friday, July 4, 2008

Cousins in town...

My husbands cousin Troy is in town from Ohio with his wife Connie and their two dogs, Captain and Rufus!

We got to go by Aunt Fays and visit them for just a short time on Tuesday night, they had just driven in from Montana.

Aunt Fay has two dogs, Harley, and Precious... so with all four it was a dogapalousa!

But really fun to see them... Troy is a big fisherman, so I am sure there will be another big catch to report over the next few days while they are in town.

Happy 16th Birthday...

June 30th 2008
Happy Birthday to the Teenager... Sweet 16!
Since the teenager already got his golf club and lessons for his early birthday (remember I was pouting), I had to really work and try to make it feel like his special day without just spending money on him.
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So I had come up with a few solutions, but he still ended up with two meals eating out! Quite spoiled!!! But we had a fun day.
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As it started out, I had to go into the city and pick up a new motor for our irrigation pump for our neighborhood. Yes, the fun never ends.
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So we were trying to figure out what else we wanted to do since we were in town.
I still LOVE going into the city!

So I let the teenager pick... and no big surprise he wanted to go out to eat lunch!

So we ended up here at PF Changs!

He got the cutest waitress, Jessica, that was all into the excitement of him turning 16.
She was a golfer too, so they had lots to chat about!
His Papa is always asking him to send a picture with a cute girl... so here you go Papa!
It was fun to have this time alone with him to talk and let him know how much I enjoy being with him. I know these times are definitly far and few between as he grows into a man, so it was precious to me.
His cute waitress kept telling him he would get to pick out a dessert on the house for his birthday, so to save room for it.

Obviously, being the growing boy he is... wasn't too impressed when the double fudge chocolate cake he was craving and saving up for... came in a shot glass.

Cute but not very practical! I was laughing when I saw the look on his face when it arrived. Priceless!!

Then we went to the dollar movie and saw "Horton Hears a Who", some parts were really funny, very Jim Carrey, we were totally cracking up, some parts were just too cute, very Dr. Suess, and some parts were so dumb, we almost got up and walked out.... it was going so well. They really should have gone back to the editing room one more time.

When we got home and Dad came home from work, we had a scavenger hunt for him. The point was to give sentiments with candy and a few small presents to let him know how much he is loved and give him some insight into his value and worth in our family, and then to give him a clue to the next prize... leading him to end up in his bathroom which I had gotten a new shower curtain and towels in some more manly colors, since he had been living in pink and girly colors for litterally 16 years.

... in the beginning we almost had to give him every single clue, and he wasn't even reading the sentiments!!! uggg teenagers!!! he was really spoiling it... like he was only in it for the presents....

And then I had to put up with all the riffing between the boys... sorry about the rude comments on the video, one of these days I will learn how to edit them out. Boys!

Of course the birthday picture... with both of my boys and the traditional chins in the air shot trying to be the tallest...

And here they are with their feet actually on the floor... yes Dad I think he finally passed you up!

He makes me look like I am sitting down....

That evening Dad wanted to take him out to dinner, so he chose the Japanese Steak house... and his favorite chef didn't dissapoint. The egg spin, the flaming onion volcano and the shrimp toss! It was really fun and super good food too!

And a Happy Birthday Cookie... (it was hard to top the double fudge chocolate cake in a shot glass, so I went with the giant cookie).

HAPPY SWEET 16!

WE LOVE THIS KID!!!

#33 in your program, #1 in your hearts...

Saturday June 28th 2008




Tri-Cities Fever comes to Boise!


Our nephew, Tali Ena plays for the Tri-Cities Fever, and Saturday they played against the Boise Burn. So my husbands sister called to invite us to go with them to the game. We were so excited!!!


She has been trying to get us to come visit them for family get togethers, and go to games... but we have yet to even meet her husbands kids. We love him and know all about him through Debbie and Pat, they are so proud of their kids. And the teenager has followed him as he has played college and professional football, he even has him set up as a player on his playstation game. So we have fondly claimed him as "our nephew", or the teenagers "cousin"... but hadn't actually met him in person until Saturday. When they arrived into town, we went out to dinner at our favorite bbq rib joint.
Pat, Athey(sp? Tali's wife), and Debbie (I promised I wouldn't paste a bunch of pictures all over the Internet of my sis n law... sorry!... she hates getting her picture taken, but she was such a good sport... and this one turned out really cute.... so sorry, I am not to be trusted with pictures).

The ribs were so good... even Pat the rib King liked them.... and he was eating really good until we started talking about the game, then he couldn't eat anymore. Proud nervous Dad, it was really super neat to see him in this way. I had always picked up that he loved his kids and was really close with them, but to see it in action, was cool!

I think part of it is their culture, but part of it, is just who he is.... what a good example, my boys can hang out with him anytime!

Here we are... one happy family!

And here is the teenager looking on at the game...

Even more thrilling... he wears the same number as the teenager #33!

(the teenager picked it early in his baseball playing days because his Dad's number was always #3, and 33 was the number of days Jesus walked on the earth, so it was something very meaningful to him). We didn't get a chance to ask Tali why he wears the number #33 if it was chance or chosen?

He is 6'5" and I had to giggle everytime the coach leaned over to give him a new play, he was standing on his tippy toes and still only made it up to his shoulder pad with his mouth.

Here is Jacob with Tali's wife watching on....

My strong silent mysterious man and his sister!

He caught a t-shirt thrown up by a cute half dressed sexy cheerleader... I was teasing him, that he must have been flirting with her during the game to get it thrown right to him. But it doesn't matter, we can't wear it anyway, it's a Boise Burn shirt, and duh... Tri-Cities Fever Rules!!!

The Teenager and his cousin, his hero... finally together for an official picture!

I asked the teenager what he thought about the experience afterwards, and he said he was most impressed by how Tali conducted himself on the field. No bad language, he didn't get angry or throw a fit at a bad play, or a bad call. He was calm cool, collected, and composed. The other really impressive act was after the game when some of the players from both teams came together in a circle in the middle of the field and took one knee and had a prayer together. That was cool!

He was truly a good guy and a good example and role model for the teenager.

It was such a fun night, we were so grateful to be with our family and had such a fun time at the game. It was definitely a night to remember.

The teenager and his bff...

The teenager had some fun with his bff (best friend forever... this is just a joke at our house from the commercial about text messaging on tv... I guess boys don't really have best friends... dudes just hang out).
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But these two are pretty good friends, their birthdays are just 7 days apart, so they have been able to stay together in their sunday school classes as they advance.

Of course their favorite past time... video games! These two have spent countless hours doing this together... but this is their first time on the new futon... looks like it fits well.

I think I really want a Wii, so they will get up and get moving while they play video games.

... a game of golf!

They both played their best games ever!!

While my strong silent mysterious man caught up on his sleep for the week... and Morgan stayed watch so no kitty cats would get him in his sleep!

Fish On!

At the end of my husbands work-a-thon last week, with many many hours on end working, even a few all nighters... he gets invitied to go fishing.

He asks me if he can go (I should be really really grateful for just the request alone... after talking to the captains wife, he just said Im going... and didn't even ask her opinion or get permission at all)... I have been on this side of this question before.

I am the bad guy if I don't let him go... so of course, what am I going to say!!!

(I hate being pointed out as the bad selfish wife who won't let her husband go have fun) Go... go fishing with your buddy, have a great time!!

I tried not to have an attitude, or murmer that I had not seen him much all week!!!

But I pretty much wear my feelings out there on my shirt sleeve, and I am the QUEEN... well the princess of guilt (my mom is the queen... sorry mom! one of those goliaths we live to overcome right? it's hard when it comes down generations and generations and generations).

It took some working through before he left. I tried to be more understanding that he really wanted to go, even though he was really tired.

And he tried to be more understanding that I had not seen him much, and really missed him and wanted him to be home.

So when I shouldn't be taking it personally that he wasn't leaving because he didn't want to be with me.... (yes, sometimes a girl just wants to hear it, as silly as it sounds when you say it outloud).

Then I had calmed down and come to some terms that I could be happy for him to go have a good time on a boys night out!
I am sure he was thinking, "why does it take her so long, couldn't she just feel this way from the beginning?", sorry but this girl just has to work through the process sometimes.
So here are some pictures from the big catch!
(and the captain and my strong silent mysterious man)
He was a 7 foot stergeon and in our state you can't take them out of the water, it's just catch and release! So if you want pictures of them, you have to get in the water with them.







Back to Blogging...

Today I am going to attempt to catch up on my blogging... at first, life was just spinning out of control, and I was sooooo busy, I just was too tired at the end of the day to blog, and up early hitting the ground running the next day and not taking time to blog before each day began.

Then... I got sick. Sicker than I have been in a very long time.

Oh, I am not a good patient when I am sick... the moaning and groaning, the short temper, the snapping at anyone and everyone I love. It's not a pretty sight.

Today I am at least able to get out of bed, but still pretty sickly.
It just stinks to be sick on the 4th of July!!

We have had some amazing fun memorable times this past week and I want to blog about them so those wonderful memories don't fade away, and I can keep a precious part of them with me forever.

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