OUR LUCKY DAY?

The heat is on!

Other than the birth of my nephew and going to see "Truce", this is what we've been up to...

More more more park time!

Swimming lessons for both kids. Poor Juliana is exhausted so much these days, so sitting up for 30 minutes to watch her brother in the pool isn't really her cup o' tea.

This was taken yesterday at my dad's house. My step-brother graduated from Univ. CA Davis, so we had a party for him. Jason and my kids stayed home. I wish they could have made it. In the pic is my sister Stephanie, my nephew Trace, niece Taylore, quasi-niece Chandler, and her new baby sister Hunter.

More kiddos. In the pic are a couple more in the grandkids mix... Kelsey and Logan, with Trace and Kamryn smooshed in the pic too.

Logan is playing with his hopefully-soon-to-be little brother. Little "D" was just placed in hopes of adoption. He's a cutie pie! Also in the pic is the back of Karsyn's head. All of the kiddos, plus my two, equals 12 grandchildren for my dad and Dorene... 3 of them in just in the last 6 weeks.

Let me tell ya, yesterday was over 100 degrees in Sacramento. It was soooooooooooo hot! I was so happy to come home to the cool Pacific breeze.

Ohhhh, we also saw Toy Story 3. It was really cute! I am not in love with the new characters though, but the story line and the old characters were absolutely adorable!

Truce

Today was one of those days. I'll tell you more about my day another time, although I wanted to share with you a play that I saw. It is written by a family friend, Marilee Talkington. The show is called, "TRUCE" and is her experience with going blind. I have known Marliee for as long as I can remember, so for 30 years or so. She is a few years older than I am. Her parents threw my only bridal shower on the west coast, and her mother taught me how to drive (even though she's blind too). Yes, that is kind of a joke, but she did ride in the passenger seat many times when I only had my permit and she'd say, "Nobody knows I'm blind." She'd also say, "Is the light red? JUST GO THROUGH IT!" Haaaaa! I digress...

Marliee has performed her show in New York, San Francisco, and today was in our hometown of Woodland. The show is amazing, especially since most of it were memories I had of her family as well. If you EVER have the chance to see her show, please please do. Here is the link to her production company, http://www.vanguardianproductions.com/

You can google her name and see many fascinating articles and acclaim for her show. She is only one of a few professional legally blind actresses in the country. If I understand correctly, she is one of two in the country. She is fabulous!!!! There are also videos on youtube that you can watch. AMAZING!

Just the 3 of us

Loving their new baby cousin. I absolutely adore this picture!

Precious Boy

Cristian Richard

June 23, 2010

3:10pm

7 lbs, 1 oz, 19 3/4 in.

My brother and sis-in-law are absolutely elated with their baby boy! I was able to hold my nephew and enjoy watching my brother's first few moments with his son. Something we all look forward to in our lives. Pictures will come soon.

Cristian... the Spanish spelling of the traditional name.

Richard... tradition in our family for the first born son to take the father's father's name. Richard is my dad's name.

Waiting for baby

Soooo, yesterday WAS a huge changing day in my life for two reasons. One, well ummm, is really not something for a blog post, and the other is that I got a phone call from my brother that the baby is coming! He called about 8pm to tell me that Laura's water broke at home. I was up all night wondering if I'd get a text that the baby was born. Nope, not yet. The latest news is that Laura is feeling good, but not much is going on. The kids and I are going to spend the night at my mom's tonight hoping that he will be born while we are there. More news as I know what is going on...

A changing day

If you've ever seen the Dr. Phil Show, perhaps the opening statement during the oh-so fabulous entrance music will ring a bell...

"Today could be a changing day in your life." Maybe that is not an exact quote, but I'll pretend it is for now.