Lacrosse

Alex had his first Lacrosse game today. It was so exciting! I've never seen the game played before and it is quite action packed and a lot of fun to watch. Out team did fantastic and we have a great coach. The kids are really enjoying themselves. Alex even got an assist! I'm really looking forward to the rest of their games! If you think your son or daughter might have an interest in playing, check out SKYLL. It's a brand new league formed by parents since the Boys & Girls Club couldn't continue funding a program. The parents have all worked really hard to get the league started so the kids would still be able to play. Hopefully, there will be enough interst and volunteers to keep it going.

Road Trip!

For Spring Break we drove down to Encinitas, CA to see my family. We decided to take a few days and make some stops along the coast. One place I have wanted to visit for a while is West Coast Game Park in Bandon, Oregon. They have all kinds of animals there but the best thing about it is that you can pet them! We got to pet a baby black leopard and a baby lynx. They were both quite spunky even for just being 3 months old. I also held a white skunk. The picture is pretty bad because of the horrible face I was making! They will have baby tigers later in the summer.....I may have to go back!

Beautiful! Can you see his spots?

A growing baby! Black panthers have always been one of my favorites.

Keesa, a Siberian Lynx. It was so cool to get to touch such a wild animal. Even though she was a baby who has been handled since birth you can still feel the wildness in her. She seemed to really want to go after one of the deer that were walking around!

This baby baboon was about the cutest thing I've ever seen! So tiny! Too bad they don't stay cute though!

This is on eof my most favorite places....Nepenthe in Big Sur, Ca. It's the most realxing place you can ever be. The sun warms you as you look out at the beautiful coast line while enjoying a delicious lunch and glass of wine. I didn't want to leave.

In the garden...
The view...just a couple miles from where Joe and I were married.

We did some fun stuff while in San Diego. This in an indoor go-cart track. They are electric cars that can go up to 45 mph. Alex had fun racing!

These are Alex's 2nd cousins (my cousin's kids), Django, Morgan & Teah. They had a great time hanging out together. Even though they only get to see each other every year or so they always jump right in where they left off. I guess cousins are like that!

Alex's 14th Birthday!

I took Alex and 4 of his friends to Florence to go sandboarding. We had so much fun! The weather couldn't have been any better. After a little bit of practice and experimenting with the wax...the boys got the hang of it. We rented our boards at Sand Master Sandboard Park.

They have sand in every place imaginable but it was worth it! If you haven't been to Honeyman State Park you should go check it out -beautiful! We are going to go back in the summer when the lake is warm and the sand is really dry.

We also took an exciting ride on this dunebuggy! A blast! Sandland Adventures does a great job!

American Idol....

I hope Alexis Grace wins American Idol this year! I love her voice and she is just so cute! Who's your favorite?

My Baby is Growing Up!

Alex had is first slow dance on Friday. No, I wasn't following him around with my camera all night! I ended up staying because no one signed up to chaperone. One of the teachers took this for me. Rachel is such a sweetie. She is the friend of one of his classmates so she doesn't go to his school. They've been texting each other for quite a while now. They only got one slow dance the whole night which was good because I think Alex enjoyed it too much!!! Ahh! I'm not ready for this!

Tracy's Birthday Night!

Erin, Heather, Tracy and Jaime

Erin and Heather
Tracy and Erin

Tracy's birthdays are always a fun night out with the girls and Friday was no exception! We had fantastic sushi in the Pearl at Sinju then more wine over at Paradiso Wine Bar. There were some unhappy people at Sinju...can we help it if the tables are so close and we are having too much fun??? SORRY!

Thanks for the fun night girls and Happy Birthday Tracy!

Back to the 80's!

Alex is going to be in a play called Back to the 80's. His drama teacher asked all the parents to send in our pictures from this glorious time so the kids could see what great style we had! It was fun going through my old pictures and reminiscing. How did we get our hair like that???

I loved this acid wash mini skirt! The scrunchy socks and Reeboks!

I wore those harem pants out! I wish they would come back in style - so comfy!

Ohhhh...my Guess Jeans! And shoulder pads were the best!

and we can't forget the Member's Only leather jacket!