Happy, Happy Birthday to two special guys!

Here is the first ever taken picture of today's birthday boys!

Don't they both look so thrilled to have their pictures taken? I think if we could take a picture of the two of them today they both would have similar expressions! Matt was 15 when Preston was born and now they are 28 and 13 years old! It is so hard for me to believe that my baby is now 28. Matt is such a wonderful guy, I always enjoy him. He has an extremely kind heart but he also has a wicked sense of humor! He loves to give me a hard time and he quite often calls me at M on Monday and pretends to be a salesman or a customer...he knows that we don't have caller i.d. there and so I won't know if it is him or not! He is a driver for UPS in Bullhead City Arizona. It is a long way from us and We miss him alot. He has a wonderful girlfriend, Janet. They are very cute together and seem to make each other happy. We really love her. I feel so fortunate to have had such a great son! Happy Birthday to my wonderful Son!

Preston is a kid that is always very entertaining to be with! He is very devoted to his brother and sister and they really love him right back! He is a great drummer and will only get better with time and experience. He likes Weird Al and has been to at least one of his concerts! Preston will always have a special place in our heart and family...I really hate that you are now a teenager! Happy Birthday Pres!!!

Home again...Home again...

Melissa and I got back into town about 8:30 tonight and I have tried to add photos to this post with out any luck for about an hour. Melissa will have to share the pics with you!
We had a great shopping day today! We had not held any hope for this to happen today because we went to the permanant show rooms and most of them have closed there. We went to a show room that we had been to in shows past and found some great new PURSES!!! Yeah for us!!!
It was a good day for the store. I think we found some new and fun items that hopefully every one will enjoy as much as we did buying them!
Our drive home was safe and basically uneventful, we stopped by IKEA and did a quick tour through and then ran into Granzella's to get Melissa a sandwich and see how it turned out! It looks almost like it never burnt down!!! It has the same floor plan (the bathrooms are much better) and everything is new and very clean and fresh! We are glad they are back in business!
It is always fun to travel. I always enjoy it! It is fun to spend time with my family even when it is working together!!!

How our day went...

Okay, so we had to get up really early to leave for S.F. and it was looking pretty clean aired in Shasta County. I was almost sad to be leaving! But anyway, we get to the other side of winter... I mean we get to San Francisco and it is like 56 degrees...Windy...and I am wearing a cute skirt that is very fluffy! I did my best not to show my undies! We got into the gift show and started walking up and down the aisles, not seeing one thing we want to buy! What a bummer!!!! We had a 1pm appointment with Lori and lucky for us we found many cute things in her booth!!! We spent an hour or so in the booth and then we went back out to hunt for other stuff. Had a little better luck the second time out and found some really cute socks...everyone of you will want at least one pair they are soooo cute! We will put pictures on in the coming days. You will have to look at Melissa's Blog to see the sock ones cause we took them with her camera!
We had a great dinner at Buca di Beppo, Chicken Marsala, Cheesy Garlic Bread, Macaroni alla Rosa or something like that!!! We were so full we didn't have dessert! I pigged out, it was soooo yummy! Les even ate the broccoli from the Pasta dish! He wanted me to tell you that he ate pork chops (but he didnt really!) We are going to go back to the show tomorrow for a short time at least and go to the permanent show rooms. Hopefully we can find something there!
Tonight we are staying at our regular place...Embassy Suiites - South San Francisco. Meli & I will head home probably fairly early in the day and Les will stay here for tear down. We are excited about what we did buy!

Off to SF

Melissa, Les and I are off to San Francisco to shop the gift show for the next few days! It will be fun to spend the time together plus breath some clean air and eat at Buca De Beppo on Monday night!! We are hoping to find some great new stuff for M.
I am sure you will all hear about the trip when we get back!!!
I am hoping to get the new phone I have on order this week...it has been difficult to text and read my e-mail on a cracked up screen. It is amazing how much we rely on these things after a while! Wednesday is Matt and Preston's birthdays. Matt will be 28 and Preston will be 13. It is so hard to believe. It seems like just a few days ago I was forcing a 15 year old Matt to hold a new born Preston for a picture! I will have to find that pic and put it here!
I will write more when we get home on Tuesday or Wednesday!

Nothing very profound!!!

Okay, so my life isn't very exciting at times!!! Actually most of the time it isn' very exciting!!!
Yesterday I didn't post anything because all I had done was go to the Chiropractor and clean my house...It was one of those days that has to happen every once in a while cause otherwise my house looks like a hurricane has hit!!!
I have a very annoying habit of filling up any flat surface with stuff....so I spent the whole day clearing flat surfaces and putting stuff away or throwing away!!! I even cleaned out the fridge and freezer. Took garbage out to the can several times, watered the yard (can't do this without getting soaked and dirty), did laundry and about 4pm I was pooped out!!!
Today was a more eventful day!!! I got to have lunch with Kim (Round Table Pizza all you can eat buffet for 6.99) She brought the cute little guy Zander!!! He looks like a little elf and was very well behaved for a 6 month old!!! We always have such a good time together and it doesn't happen often enough!!! I ran through J.C. Penneys and found some great bargains!!! I got a skirt for $2.97!!! I also got a pair of dress pants and a couple of sweaters and a shell all for $60
Yeah me!!! The thing that thrilled me the most about the pants was the size!!! It is a size smaller than what I bought before out vacation!!!! I will be very transparent here...I started out in size 18's in January and today I bought size 12's...I am kinda shocked that they fit!!! I only have worn size 12 for about a day in my whole adult life!!! I wore 14's in high school....those of you in 2's probably can't really relate to this!!! I have felt very supported and encouraged by all of my friends and family...you don't know how much this has meant to me!!!
Les will be home from SF tonight, he felt like the gift show set up went very well but is glad to be on his way home!!! Melissa, Les & I go back on Monday to shop for M. We will be there overnight and I am really looking forward to smoke-free air!!! Today was brutal in the air quality department. Pray for lightning free rain!!!

Smoke gets in our eyes...still....

I am not sure if it was cruel or kind to have clear skys on Sunday and Monday!!! Now that our air quality is back to dangerous levels I wish I would have been able to enjoy those days more!

The smoke is definately dictating our activities again. Riley and Drew had soccer camp today and Collin had swim lessons! I got to take Collin for lessons and afterward we went to the soccer camp to sit with the girls. When we arrived the whole group was having a break and both girls were not feeling well, so I took them out of camp (it was only 10:30 and camp goes till noon).
We went to Pet Smart and looked at the small animals and fish (& got Daisy some new & hopefully less itchy dog food) Then we went home for cocoa to soothe sore throats and upset tummies. We had a yummy lunch of chicken nuggets , french fries & tater tots...even Collin will eat this lunch! Then the girls did some scrapbooking while Collin clung to Grandma and wanted all attention on him!!! We decided to skip gymnastics cause they only have a swamp cooler and it was still very bad!!! I am praying that tomorrow is better but the news doesn't hold much hope for that...bummer.

Les is still in SF and says everything is going well...he took the guys to Buca De Beppo....lucky guys!!! Maybe we will get to go there next week. I will have to be very careful!!! You could gain 10 lbs just walking thru the door!!!!!

I am almost finished with my photo albums (all 3 of them) of our trip!!! If you find yourself with a couple of hours free let me know and you can look at them!!! Or you can see my readers digest condensed version which will only take about 10 minutes!!!

Well enough for now...

Mama Mia!!!

Just got home from the movies!!! It was sooooo fun!!! We went and saw Mamma Mia. It was sooo funny and a very happy movie!!! If you need to have a couple of hours of happy, this is the movie to go to!!!! There are a few things that are a bit more adult so not one for the kids (don't know the rating) but I will buy it when it comes out!!!! I might even go again!!! Probably not one for men either (no blood or guts,bullets or knives!)