Daddy Day

What our Daddy means to us by the Q-Crew:

• How old is Daddy? (LaLa) One!  Giggle Giggle; they all knew cuz he had the big 4-0 party this year!
• What makes Daddy happy?  (Fred) Playing the tickle game with his children.
• What is Daddy's favorite thing to do? (Bella) Watch NASCAR!
• What is Daddy really good at? (Rose) Playing Bass Guitar.
• What does Daddy do for work? (LaLa) go to work, fix "elicoptors" and airplanes.
• Where is Daddy's favorite place to eat? (Fred) McDonalds!  very funny, son - Daddy will eat anywhere but McD's!
• What does Daddy teach you? (Bella) Baseball!
• What makes Daddy sad? (Rose) When we are obnoxious.
• What do Daddy's do?  (LaLa) Do nice things for their children. (Bella) LaLa's a kiss-up!
• What does Daddy want for Father's Day? (Fred) A Motorcycle.....  (Momma) oh, sorry Pops! A new cross necklace is much safer than a bike!
• What is Daddy's favorite color? (Bella) Red!
• What does Daddy do for quiet time? (Rose) Read the Bible (!! love this !!)
• What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy? (LaLa) Hug him (Fred) Go to NASCAR (Bella) Book Club!  (They are reading / discussing the Lightening Thief series right now) (Rose) Watch NASCAR!

Hubby, you are the best Daddy our kids will ever have :) 

I love you, my whole world is with you and our Q-crew

Dolphins & Kisses!

Here are some pics of Daddy doing his ride-along for his 40th birthday that we finally did a couple of weeks ago:

Love you, Daddy!

Birthday Madness

Fred is six (6!) and Rose is fourteen (14!)..... wow how time goes by in the blink of an eye.  Seems like Rose was just turning six, and now she's getting ready to start high school. 

I decided to make our birthday celebrations a little less of a production this year (to save sweet moola and teach contentment) so our parties were low key and no-stress!  Fred hung out at his favorite park with his buddies, and Rose went to the movies with friends (sans parents or siblings, eeekkk) and then hung at her favorite park with her buddies (sans parents or siblings, eeekkk)..... I laugh at the differences AND the similarities in their choices of party venues!  giggle giggle

Enjoy the pics of days gone by!

Her love of reading begins...

Rose turning 1 and diggin in!

Halloween 1998 cheering on Momma's school!

Halloween 1999 - she wore that bunny costume every day for at least a year!

Jelly Belly 2001

Seaworld 2004

chilling with friends 2006

We met Josh Groban 2007 (He has pretty teeth!)

becoming a photographer 2008

......and now.....

a beautiful, smart, talented, crazy silly

wonderful daughter that I am blessed with.

I love you, little one
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Now Fred's pics of days gone by

our little man (aka squirt) arrives!

My 2 fav men! 

Yes, his thumb is always in his mouth!

It was in his mouth during ultra-sounds and

went back in right after birth! 

I'll be a sad momma when he stops....

2007 with his "Adventure hat" he wore everywhere

Halloween 2008 whudduya mean I can't eat it all now?

Summer 2009 

2010 Fred & his little dudes

Oh how I love you Little Man,

you are already reading and have your own little life.....

but you will always be your momma's boy!

summer Summer SUMMER!

School's out for SUMMER!  Three months of lazy, hot, sunny, slushie filled evenings by the pool! 

I think they are already bored.

I'm not!  The last week of May always finds me running ragged between:

• End of School Award Ceremonies
• End of Year Band Concerts
• Registration for the school year to come
• Baseball Games
• Baseball Playoffs & extra practices
• Fred's B-day
• Rose's B-day
• Memorial Day
• oh, yeah - I work full-time
• and - run a house full-time
• and hubby worked two extra 12 hour shifts this week
• AND we hauled 5 tons of rock around our back yard switching from grass to desert landscape....

Which means......

I can't WAIT for pool side rest & relaxation now that the kids are all old enough to play independently (in life-jackets, of course) to read a book and sip a slurpee......