Jeff

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday to a very special man in my life! Happy Birthday Jeff! I love you and miss you soooooooooo much! I honor you today and just want you to know that you have been the best dad to Zack and I, the best Father in law to Mike and definitely the BEST Grandpa to Alex!! I have no words to really explain the love I have for you! Just know that today you are being thought of. And I so wish we could all be together today to celebrate YOUR day! We love you so much and Happy Birthday! Oh ya, and P.S. did I mention how COOL we all think you are?!!!!

(I have to add pics in a little while, for some reason I've had some difficulties this morning!) But the song is just for YOU! :-)

Happy Birthday Sheri!

Happy Birthday Sheri! I have no idea how to even put all the things I want to say, but just know this, you are truly truly honored today! You are such a great sister-in-law, friend, mentor, leader, pastor, auntie, sister! You are like Wonder Woman to me! You can do it all! You have showed me what kind of a woman I strive to be. I am just amazed by you, the kind of mother you are to Ashley, the kind of wife you are to Rick, the kind of sister you are to Mike and Kristi, the kind of Auntie you are to Alex, Shine, Brooklin and Kameron, the kind of daughter you are to Evelyn, the kind of Pastor you are to so many, the kind of leader you are to your followers, the kind of teacher you are to us ALL! You are definitely one of a kind and I am so blessed to be your sister in law! I love you so much and I hope you have the greatest day ever today! Happy Birthday!!!

We're Taking Orders!

So, Alex has been bugging me to sign a piece of paper that his teacher and everybody else at his school is all pumped up about, so I caved, and I signed it.....

Yep...It's his first Fundraiser!

Of course it's Chocolate Candy Bars!

I'm taking orders! :-) There's 4 decadent flavors to choose from: Milk Chocolate, Chocolate Crisp, Chocolate w/Caramel, and Chocolate w/Almonds.

Plus, you get a bonus when you buy one! You get a $2.00 off coupon to Pizza Hut! WhooHoo! He has 48 left, they are $1.00 a piece and he has to sell all of them..(the school doesn't take back unsold chocolate, what's up with that!??) So, place your orders now! He wants to win a prize, come on guys, don't smash the kids dream of winning a Dippin Dots Ice Cream Party! LOL.
**Candy Bars are sold "as is" and are not subject to refunds**

Happy Anniversary!!

Ok, so their anniversary was yesterday, and I'm barely posting it today...Better late than never right? Anyways, Happy Anniversary Rick and Sheri!!!! Sorry it's late. No excuses. You guys are truly the best and I thank God that we have you as our role models. We know no marriage is perfect, but your guys' is pretty darn close! We love you and we hope that you guys had a great day! We know you both were pretty busy yesterday, so hopefully you can take an evening together because you so deserve it! Love you!!!

Bowling Nite and Alex's Video...

Hey ya'll! Yeah, here's another multi-subject post! :-)
We had a Family Bowling Night with the church, it was so much fun! I didn't get too many shots because well, I was too busy chatting and bowling! Afterwards was fun too, us and another couple were the last ones there, the guys were playing video games and us "moms" were watching the kids play on all the stuff! It was a lot of fun.

Uh-Oh, Mahala's got some competition! :-)

Today (Friday) Alex came home and put a hat on, and had a little medallion that had some stuff on it and he wanted me to video it while he said what was on it. (of course, I had to tell him what it said and he just repeated after me) It's kinda a long video, but it's still cute. :-) He obviously likes Transformers too if you can't tell.

Love ya'll! :-)

Guess What???

I found my cord!!!!!! Well, Mike found my cord!! Yay!!!! So, I had a TON of pictures that I had to download onto my computer, so I only chose a few. A lot has happened since I was last able to post posts with my pictures. So here's a quick re-cap:

Evelyn, Kristi, and Brooklin all came for a visit. This was after Me-Ma left tho.
We went to a Bridal Show...

Alex got to spend time with Brooklin...Saw some baby deer outside my back door...
I received my first permission slip to sign for Alex! :-(Alex found a girlfriend at school (not really, he already has an arranged marriage lol) Isn't she cute?
Missy got a bone. Found out this is what Mike and Alex do when they go out to storage!
Mike and Alex started a band.

Oh yeah, and Alex grew A LOT!

Lots going on...Gateway Life has entered a whole new realm! Exciting things are happening! We continue to see the church and the people grow..Although we have been faced with some unexpected changes God is continuing to bless this house. We are so excited with everything God is doing! Anyway, I'm back! So, you'll be hearing from me more often! Check back soon, we have a fun event Sunday evening! Love ya'll!

Still no pictures.

So, I still haven't found my cord to connect my camera to my computer. But if you really want something to look at, you can go to my other blog and check out the scrapbook pages I've done. No big deal, just some stuff I enjoy doing. :-) Click here to go to my other blog! Have fun ya'll! LOL.

Finally...An Update!

So, I know it's been 2 weeks since our last post, but for some reason I can't seem to find my connector to connect my camera to the computer (what's it called? I forget) LOL. So, for one thing, on the 11th of this month (August) we moved from the G-H-E-T-T-O to Bellevue. Finally! For those who might not know why we were in the Ghetto, it was becuase we found it online and considering we were not able to go look at it from California, the place looked really nice. Ya right! No, really, it wasn't all that bad. Anyways, now we are in Bellevue, and we moved into a much bigger place! Actually, it's bigger than any other place we've lived in. We actually really love it here! It's really nice. So, here are some pictures that I got from Sheri.

We are on the right.

Welcoming our first guests to our new home.

Our house is 3 stories, on the bottom level we have a deck outside, and it backs up to the woods.

This is standing on our deck looking to the right.

So, there's just a little glimpse of our new place. It actually feels more like home here than in any other home we've lived in. It's great. Just wait till I'm able to upload my pictures, I'll show you what I saw right outside my window. It's amazing! :-) To me anyways! So, that's all for now. I'll post more as soon as I can....I have some videos to share too! (*hint hint* You're just a bitty) lol. Just kidding Sheri, I won't. :-) Or will I? LOL.

First Day of School!

Well, that dreaded day arrived.....Alex's first day of Kindergarten! What a day! He did so good! I actually did very very well, I'm pretty pleased with myself! :-) I got teary eyed when he was putting his backpack on the little hook. I still really can't believe that my baby is a Kindergartener!

His School...Thank God he got into this one, we are actually zoned for a different school which is a very run down school. I had to put in a special transfer for him to go to this one! We had favor!

Ok...Here we go!
Daddy had to tighten his backpack.
We are so proud of our big boy!This kid loves computers! He asked the teacher if they could play PBSkids dot ordHis little cubbyHe's such a big boy! Showing his dad their computers
This is where I teared up. :*(His name card at his desk.
All the kids had Play-Doh, and he wanted some...Give that baby some Play-Doh teacher!

His teacher Ms. GilliardHis class...And the back of Alex's headBye! Don't worry mom, I'll be ok, now get that stupid camera outta here! :-)
Yes...We are the proud owners of that little boy!

Ooops, how did that get here! Guess I had a little too much "fun" on the 1st day of school!

Here's when we went to pick him UP from school!

We waited 45 minutes! School traffic sucks!Here he comes!
YAY! We made it thru his first day!!

What an event! Now, let me just tell you, NO it is not normal for 4 people to go with one student all the way to class and stay there forever taking pictures! But we had to cuz well, it's our little Alca Buns! I didn't see any other parents taking pictures of their kids! Thanks Re-Re and Ashley for coming with us and taking the pictures!

Well, that's it for now! I have some other stuff that I have to post so check back soon!