Going,Going, GONE!!!

Our livingroom was done in a very beautiful & classy chocolate brown. Everyone was very complimentary of the color when they saw it! The problem was that it was too dark for me...I need light & bright. All of the wood & wainscoting was painted white and it helped a lot to lighten up the room along with white sheer curtains!  Well, Les suddenly decided that he was going to paint the room and after several discussions we went and chose Antique White to cover the brown!  I LOVE IT!!! The room feels so light & airy & larger!

Our 5 days with Desmond!

So many fun things these last 5 days! We went swimming at Karen's house. Played with the cousins,Riley Drew & Collin.  Went to Collin's 5th birthday party. Swam in the hot pool with Papa. Took baths in Grandma's big bathtub with & without toys! Helped Grandma buy groceries, choosing the important things like cereal, cookies, granola bars & spiderman gummys! We ate lots of watermelon & hotdogs.

He went to the garden with Papa & picked a yellow crookneck squash, which he brought home to Grandma. We cut it up together & after Grandma cooked it in the microwave with a little butter & salt, Desmond ate every bite ! He loved picking and eating the tomatoes in the front yard! He helped Papa water the yard many times by pulling the hose! Grandpa Floyd gave him a tractor ride on Saturday morning! More pictures later!!!

Heres the pic!

The Sleep of the Innocent

This sweet (most of the time!) little guy had a busy day today! We went to Grandma Judy's & Grandpa Floyd's house at 9am for a tractor ride! It was on the request list! Then we came home & had lunch, watched a movie. At about 2pm Melissa brought Riley Drew & Collin over for a few hours of fun! Then after they left, Papa had to run some errands & Daisy went to keep him company! Desmond decided to go out to the backyard to play some more...in the mud!!!!! He was a muddy mess when he came in! I dropped him in the tub (after taking some pics of course!) He ate a bowl of watermelon & crawled up next to me in the chair...& promptly went to sleep! When I tried to wake him up to feed him dinner he wasn't happy at all & he had a bit of a melt down...got into his bed & went back to sleep! The wedding we had planned on going to had to go on without us. Oh well, you only have them at 3 years old for a very short time! He will be sad to miss the punch & dessert!

It's official !!!

I went to the Shasta County Clerks office & took out my campaign papers!
I'm excited & a bit nervous about what will be happening in the next few months!
I'm gonna have to work hard & I'll need a lot of help, but I feel like I can make a difference in my community. I really care about the City of Anderson. We have a city that has potential. So, I'm going for it... Stay tuned. I'll be starting a new blog & will be posting on facebook!!!

San. Francisco... Open your golden gate!!!

Today Kim & I went with Susan Nishazaki & her best friend Kim into San Francisco to see the Walt Disney Family Museum. It was very cool to see & it took us over 4 hours to go through it. It was all about Walt himself from his birth thorough his death. He had an amazing life & he was a driving force in the world of animation & movies. He was behind the inventing of many cameras & his team developing of story boarding. He had two daughters one biological & one adopted. His daughter Diane the one who has developed this museum which holds his many awards & family history. It is located in the Presidio
If you are interested in Walt & family & have a few hours you should drop by & enjoy!!! We did... Susie & Kim with Susan & Kim !!!!

Have you ever been licked by a bird?

We went to the private 4th of July that the McConnell Foundation throws each year in the Paul Bunyon camp. There is a lorikeets cage that was near where we sat. Kim & I wandered around & ended up near them. They thought we had food so many came right to where we stood on the outside of the cage! They are so beautiful. I really wanted to touch them & when I put my fingersup against the wire they started to stick their tongues out & taste me I guess! Their tongues are not what you would expect!!! They were kind of bulbous on the end but forked too. They were very gentle. It was very cool! My nails wer painted a pale green so maybe they thought they were leaves!!!
The fireworks were amazing as usual & the ice cream sundaes were yummy! We had a great time! Kim & Les came with us! That made it even better!

3rd of July Anderson CA

We enjoy the fireworks display that is put on by a group called Anderson Explodes! An amazing group of people who work very hard to raise the money to allow our city to have a spectacular patriotic display of fireworks. It is held on the 3rd so that it doesn't clash with Reddings fireworks.
For years we have invited friends & family to join us in our front yard. Originally we did dinner, but as the years have gone by we started only doing rootbeer floats. It is the perfect combination. This year was no exception we had almost 40 people join us & the fireworks went off without a hitch!!! We had rootbeer floats with chocolate chip ice cream!!! The weather was perfect too!!! Wish you could have been there if you weren't !!
Tomorrow we go to the Reddijng fireworks & the McConnnell foundation party!!