Happy Birthday to Matt!!!

My son Matt is such a special guy! Let me tell you about him...he is fun to be around and has a great sense of humor. He also is good at his job (he drives for UPS), the people he delivers to like him and the company is lucky to have him cause he does his best to get his deliveries done in a timely manner. If they asked me I would tell them so! He enjoys learning about stuff and is GREAT when it comes to computers. He is always willing to help me when I have a problem with mine! He has a wonderful girlfriend Janet and they are crazy about each other! I hope and pray that they will get married soon! He has a great heart and is a good friend...I have really enjoyed meeting his friends when we have visited with him! He is very generous and thoughtful, remembering birthdays of his nieces and nephews and sending them gifts plus a phone call. We are so proud that he is our son and wish that we lived closer together so that we could spend more time with him!
Happy Birthday Matt, I love you very much!

Taking the time to blog...

I seem to never have the energy when I have the time to blog! Summer is supposed to be a time to slow down and smell the roses,(right???) but this summer has been the time to work really hard in the jungle (aka our yard) and make sure to get everyone to the correct places at the correct times!!! It has been an emotional season, very busy and draining in every way!!! Here are a few pics of some of the events of the summer!
Unfortunately I don't know how to label each pic individually so here is a clue to what is going on!
To make it more interesting, they aren't in correct order either! Oh well...Lydia had a ballet recital in Sacramento and Riley & Drew traveled with me to see her dance! She did a beautiful job!
Riley Drew and Collin all had swimming at Sun Oaks...Riley was in a 4 day program and Drew and Collin each had lessons!
Our church was blessed to buy 61/2 acres with a great building so we bid our cute little building on East Center St good bye.
Dan Tim and I went to Nevada City to visit our Aunt Marie, It was a great time for the three of us and she was glad` to see us.
Collin got a big boy hair cut last week and Katie put gel in it and spiked it up! He looks very 2 now!
You can see the difference from the pics from his birthday! Which was a fun time...all of the cousins together and many friends at the party too!
Riley got to go to Horseback Riding Camp for a week and she loved it!
We held our regular 3rd of July Party and had about 60 people in our front yard for fireworks!
Les & Kim Faires joined us for the McConnell Party that was held in the Paul Bunyon Camp at Turtle Bay for the 4th of July Fireworks in Redding! Ice Cream was provided!!!
A couple of pics of what the front yard looked like when I first got started on the clean up!
AND...we still have about 3 weeks before school starts!!! Fun Fun!!
We are also working to close M before the end of August! Stay tuned..I promise I will try to blog more often!!