Baby Addison Turns One

Addison had her first birthday party last Saturday, March 1st. She was a perfect 1 year old princess! There were no tears and a great time was had by all! Along with the cake, wonderful Italian food was enjoyed by everyone. Addison was a perfect honoree. Addison loves to play with her toys! She shared with the other 10-12 little friends that wandered throughout all the adults.
Sheryl and Danny glow with joy as they look at their beautiful little girl. You can tell, she is the joy of their life. When Danny prayed for her, he expressed his greatful heart to God for the tremendous blessing God had given them in Addison. (I loved his prayer!)
Addison enjoyed her own cake while people gathered around to look, laugh, and take pictures.

The house and back yard were full of friends and relatives. The bounce house was entertaining for young and old...(If you can call Geoff...old!)
Sheryl had to do most of the unwraps because Addison was busy with the toys and her friends. She received wonderful toys, books, and clothes.
It was a great day for the Little Princess!
Happy 1st Birthday Addison! We love you!

DARE Hockey with 6th Graders '08

For the several years, Officer Dillon has allowed me the pleasure of chaperoning the outstanding 6th grade students to the Fresno Falcon Hockey Game reward trip. This year, I had 9 students from Hamilton Elementary. They were a great group! Only one had ever been to a hockey game before. When we got to the Save Mart Center there were fun things to collect, prizes to win, food and souvenirs to buy. Little Ceaser had a good time posing with some of my girls.We were in Row S. We got free shopping bags and blow-up clappers. The game was fun to watch but Cincinnati Cyclones beat the Fresno Falcons 2 to 1. After the game, the gang gathered around the giant bulldog for some pictures. C

We had a great time on Leap Year Day. We got back to JFK to meet the parents at 11:15 pm. This was way past Ashley Brown's 8:30 bedtime...she announced! This was a very special trip because Officer Dillon will retire in about 90 days. He has been a great DARE Officer for our community. This blog's for you Officer Mark Dillon!

A Night at the Opera....er Theater!

We saw Gypsy last night. I thought the first act lurched around a little bit, but the second half came on strong and had some interesting twists. Kathy Halenda was Mama Rose and has a classic broadway voice, she was great. It's always a treat for us to go to see live theater and the Saroyan feels like home after 15 years of shows. Our front row, center seats make the experience all the better. They have recently remodeled the theater and it is beautiful.

Odds and ends......

For a few weeks most winters we own lakeside property. It's really nice, with the ducks and large birds that come in to wade in the water. Too bad it doesn't last longer.

Last weekend Nathan was home to deliver some birds they had raised. We went over to watch some of Marlene's kids play basketball.

Hamilton Elementary made the finals for both the girls and boys. Hamilton is in gold.

Domo Aregato Mr. Roboto.......

WHEW!!!!!

Reverse-generational influence.....

I guess there is a time when as a parent, you cross the line of influencing your kids and when your kids are influencing you more. I am probably there. Cory has brought me humus and a small window to current culture. Nathan, among other things, has brought me to the world of electronic convenience, as the pictures will show. I built this charging center because I knew it would be something that Nathan would do. While it doesn't work in my truck or light up or screen out computerized calls......it really is pretty cool. I have dedicated it to the oldest son with no slight to the younger, I'm planning a house built out of humus jars. I hope I made you proud.

Wella blessa my soul......

It's January 8th and we want to wish Elvis a very Happy Birthday over there on the other side.