Living Room redone....

A few months back, we had some water damage.  I woke up to find a lake in my family room.  Our floor was ruined!  When one thing needs to be replaced....you know what that means.... Let's completely change the room!!!!  Above is our green wall, below is the new wall color, PUMPKIN!

We changed our bar as well.  Painted it beige and put granite on top.

New shelving unit from our friends the Uttenreuthers!  They have great taste!!!!
Oh and notice the floor.  It's the same color as our original floor but it's new!  We love our new room and hope to spend some quality time in it! 

Pa's progress

My dad has completed his second treatment of chemo.  He is doing fantastic.  During the first phase, he was doing so well that the doctor said that he could take a trip to Reno.  He was thrilled.  He attended his teams softball games and couched for them.  He isn't able to play yet...but is looking forward to that in the future.  After ever treatment, he receives injections in his belly to bring up his white counts.  The only draw back is he gets the hiccups.  They last 24/7, but with medication, he is able to tolerate them.  He is looking forward to his last treatment which should be at the end of July.  Once treatment is complete, Mom and Dad will head to Denver for a much needed vacation.  We love you DAD!!!!!!

We are looking forward to spending father's day up in Rescue with my sister Amy and family.  Looking forward to celebrating all the great dad's in our family!!!!!

Last Day of 6th grade

 Gina has done it!  She has promoted to 7th grade.  I am so happy and sad that this week is almost over.  It has been a busy one!  Monday was the Glenmoor School 6th grade swim party.  What a great way to spend a hot day and celebrate the ending of Elementary School.  Gina had a blast!  Her relay team, Clarissa, Caitlyn and Kiki won first place....and yes against the boys!  They did awesome!  Gina won a prize for the noodle race, she was fast!  What a fun day!

Gina's twin...Cristal

 The relay..........

 Then came promotion day!  Getting up early to curl Gina's hair and getting on her dress and of course her shoes....CONVERSE!  That's Gina's style.....not too girly.

The ceremony was great!  Gina received the Principal award for being on honor roll 4th, 5th and 6th grade.  We are so proud of her!  It was a great day with friends and family.

 Graduation wouldn't be complete without SISSY there!!!!

Gina was excited that Aslaug, Casey, Maddie and Traden attended as well.  Thank you!!!!!

The day ended with a swim party at our house.  Complete with lots of food, balloons, beach balls and of course, FISH in the pool!!!!  The kid that caught the big black fish received a gift certificate to Sonic.  Clarissa won that.....but then again she is a fish!  She loves the water.  The kids had a great time and swam for about 5 hours. Can boys pass up the chance for a buck? Not Brett and Garrett.  Tony offered a buck to place a live fish in their mouth.  They took the bait!

The day wouldn't be complete without a visit from Aslaug, Bob and Tenley.  Spoiling and showering Gina with gifts!  Love the Uttenreuthers!

 The party came to an end around 8:30pm with a sunburn and sore feet from the bottom of the pool.

The week is half way over and we are exhausted!  We are so proud of our beautiful, young graduate.  Can't wait to see what 7th grade brings!

Memorial Day and The Girls

Another awesome weekend with great friends.  We had wonderful but odd weather at Casper Beach in Mendocino County.  The first day it was cold, second and third days were warm and on the fourth day, we had rain!!!  It was crazy.  We had fun at the beach playing baseball, flying kites and just relaxing.  The kids had a blast making sand castles.  We took a hike to a light house and visited the tide pools.  It was amazing!!!!  We even visited Glass Beach again.  We did this on a previous trip and it was worth a second trip. 

Summer has arrived!!!  We are looking forward to some great camping adventures ahead.


Alicia has started her new job at The Melt.  It's a new restruant that serves awesome soups and grilled  cheese sandwiches.  She is loving it!  She is getting used to working and not getting to sleep in as much!!!  It's good for her!!!!

Gina's swim season is in full swing!!!  She had her first meet this past Saturday,  June 2nd against the Barracuda's.  She has lots of friends on the other team (including our friends, The Jeffery's) and really enjoyed having them at our pool to compete against.  It was a very friendly meet.  We enjoyed Aslaug, Tenley and Bob coming by to cheer her on!!!!  Thanks Aslaug for this awesome picture of Gina!!!!

Gina will be promoting to 6th grade next week.  We are gearing up for Summer and can't wait!!!!