Good Morning!!

Here's how I got greeted this morning! My hubby is just the sweetest!! I love him!!


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Location:E Donner Ave,Fresno,United States

Grizzly Game Field Trip

We had such a fun day yesterday!



The private school that Nathan attends (as a sattelite student) did a field trip to our local baseball stadium, to watch a baseball game! Since Nathan LOVES baseball, we were very excited about this!

With thier ticket, the kids got to enjoy a yummy traditional stadium hotdog lunch in the awesome ambiance of the ballpark.. Gotta love stadium food!


These kids were enjoying thier day to the fullest! Every bit of it was exciting.. And Parker!! They screamed themselves hoarse trying to get his attention! And it worked! Parker came to visit them personally!! Made their day!!


I must say, though.. As much as Nathan loves baseball, his sole goal yesterday was to catch a foul ball!! He tried every tactic possible!! Saddly he didn't get one! What's even sadder is the reason why!!

Warning: ranting session starting......

These kids wanted a ball, really BAD! They did everything possible to get the attention of the players and get a ball thrown thier way! But there was this dad that came on the field trip.... SIGH! He was a bully! That's all I can say! These kids would scream their hearts out, successfully get a ball thrown to them, and this creep would use his size and stature to "steal" not 1, not 2, but 3 BALLS from these glove-in-hand, ready, and eager kids!! At one point the ball hit the ground, and all of the kids DOVE into a pile to get that ball.. And this man reached into that pile of kids and took thier ball! Who does that????? We as parents go on field trips to provide wheels, supervision, moral support, and endless trips to the bathroom.... NOT to make it about ourselves or our own GREED! I was fuming! How do you explain that to your son? After the third time, my heart almost broke as he came back to his seat fighting back tears of frustration and downright anger! I didn't blame him! I wanted to cry for him too! I was having to restrain myself from saying something to this guy.. But didn't want to embarrass my son by being "that" parent that caused a fight on the field trip! But he WAS a jerk, and I had to get it off my chest on here! It was just sad!

Needless to say though, it was still a fun day. It was supposed to pour and we prayed alot that the rain would hold off... And God heard our prayers through the 6th inning.. :-P We were grateful it held off that long.. And by that time the kids were wore out and frustrated!! Overall, memories made and life lessons learned! SIGH!

GO GRIZZLEYS!! :-) We look forward to going back, as a family of course.. Where life might be a little more fair!!! :-)


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I'm a blessed girl!!

Here's my man...

He plays guitar... Awesomely!!

(Note: "Awesomely" isn't a word, I know.. but it's the only thing that works in this situation) :-)



Is it wrong to be a little proud??
Hope not, cuz I am!

................................i love him


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Location:Gettysburg Ave,Clovis,United States

"Color Me Mine" - Homeschool Art Day

Have I mentioned that I love homeschooling? Nathan was completely stoked today when I told him in lieu of regular studies (booorrring), we would be having a special Art day (wayyyy fuuunnn!!)!!! We don't get the chance to do really creative art very much.. Just the random drawing project, decorating a cake or cookies, shading and color studies, etc... But not alot of REALLY fun stuff that I desire w/homeschooling! We do model cars.. forgot about that! I just try to use the things he enjoys and play on his creativity!

So I had been thinking that I wanted to do a fun day with art soon.. But wasn't sure what exactly! My answer came in my email this morning! I had my daily deal from Groupon, a coupon for $50 worth for $25 at "Color Me Mine"! A great deal!! We were both able to do a project, studio fee and all for the $25!! (I believe I'll be purchasing another one before the end of the day!! We have until October to use them.)

So overall, a great day, great experience!! Here are some pictures!

Nathan did a Hummer:



















And I did a coffee mug for Brian..


















Now we just have to wait for them to put them in the kiln and make them all bright and shiny! We get to pick them up next week! Yea!! We're pretty excited!

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Okay God...

... We could use a little "good faith" reminder of your promise not to flood the world again... Mad or not.. You promised!!!


When did April Showers become "Ugly April hailstorms"? Yuck!!!

...just sayin


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