RAK winner..........

Well, our little ploy to try and get some comments worked "a little" but that's OK.........it was fun. The winner from my comments was........SHERI!!!!! I will send your address to Michelle. Thanks to all that played!!!!!!!!!!

Friday night scrappin............

Fun Friday........

Had a full day today. Worked for a bit, then had an appt. with the eye dr. After that raced over to Brooke's Basketball camp awards. So glad i was able to make it.......she won two things....one was for a contest and the other was an award given out the for the best hustle, one that really gave it their all out on the court.........i think i have a little "sports" girl on my hands; but i love the fact that she still takes dance........well rounded. These camps at Lu High are so great - they don't just teach the sport but teach a message along with it.......praying before and after practice, i love it!!!!!

Brooke went off to a sleep over, the boys left for the night and i had the house to my scrappy little self.........Yippee! Got a few pages done while listening to the Fray (i love them), made a salad, read some of my new book "The Choice"......... very relaxing night!!!!

Hope you had a Fun Friday too...............oh, side note, just got back from picking Brooke up....i guess that was an almost sleep over..........i was wondering how she would do with her first sleepover..............we'll try again.

What matters most............

OK.......so my dear friend Michelle has a challenge for us. In trying to get some of our visitors to comment she wants us to blog "What Matters Most"..........It is true, us bloggers love to see who has visited us, who spends the time to get to know us through our blogs, who likes to see what scrappy stuff we have been creating..........but, most of the time our visitors just look but never comment. I'm guilty of that at times too. But hey, leave a comment here and you just may be the lucky winner of some great RAK! Yesterday we got report cards in the mail.....(a little background first)..........my little princess has been struggling in reading. This really came to a shock to us - we had no idea when she started 2nd grade that she was a behind. She took it well and worked hard!!!! Well, can i just tell you when she saw her grades - the happiness on her face the feeling of accomplishment that i could see in my 7 year old...........it was so awesome. To see how much she cared that her hard work paid off. I just had so much emotion looking at her as she ran to me with her report card. So proud of course, but it was just the fact that she was so proud of herself. That was just so awesome. My son............yesterday was closing ceremonies for baseball. He had a blast this year - this was his last season for little league. Every year they give out a special award to ONE 12 year old.........just one player that showed the best sportsmanship, leadership and fair play...........yep you guessed it.....My son was the recipient. I cried............i was so proud. He works so hard at everything he does..........school -A's and one B+ even with 2 honor classes..........his sports so important to him........I just watch him with such pride..........i can't even explain it.

So........if you have stuck with me through this longer than usual post what i am trying to get at is What Matters Most is that my children are becoming strong, confident and compassionate people. What Matters Most is that when I made that decision to leave my career of 10 years to stay home with my kids and trusted that my husband was right when he said we can do it ......It was all for the what i am seeing now in my children.

So proud...........

If you remember not too long ago my hubby was awarded the medal of lifesaving from his department.....yes, i am bragging again so bare with me.....Tonight we were invited to the same type of awards ceremony but this time given by Anaheim PD. Again another memorable night. We are always proud of him as a husband, a father and a law enforcement officer everyday but it sure is nice to see when others recognize that as well

......see now that wasn't so bad. I didn't brag too much.........if you really want to hear it go to my old blog...........yikes i had way more to say that day!!!!!

Courtside seats..............

Check out who my dad hung out with at the Laker game - Will Smith. So Cool...... That's what happens when you get to sit courtside!!!! LUCKY!!!!! My dad said he was a really nice guy. I was happy to here that.....he always seemed like he would be a nice guy.

School's out for SUMMER........

Wow........it's that time again - end of the school year crazy time. Fun but crazy. Yesterday my friend and I went and spent some time HERE in preparation for Summer ..... you know kiddos 24/7. The massage was awesome and I am sure i will need another one once the summer is over!

Last day for Ty was yesterday and Brooke was today. Not exactly sure why but, as i was reading a note Brooke's teacher sent home to all the parents i just started to cry. She was truly praising all of us about our children - that is how much she enjoyed teaching our kids this year! I am always bragging about her and rightfully so.........she is just the BEST there is!!!!!!!!!! I told her i am so sad that i don't have anymore kiddos for her to teach. My little one is going to be a 3rd grader next year. That is just so unbelievable..........and my son going to 8th grade. It's all going way to fast!!!!

i've been a busy scrapper.............

Just wanted to give you a preview of what i have coming up at The Scrappin' Table using the very cool "Zach's Life" line from Little Yellow Bicycle (remember that bike i could have had :(.........date and time are yet to be confirmed but watch TST blog and calendar ~ they should be up soon.

Oh, and working on another too with these fun papers..............hope you can join me.

Saturday for the girls.........

Well me and little "P" (princess) headed out to fashion island with her bestest friend ........the moms and girls had a visit to build-a-bear and then a yummy lunch at CPK. We celebrated birthday number 8 for Car..........wow if she is 8 that just means my little one will be 8 before i know it............where has the time gone - just take a look at them then and now. Makes me all emotional. I must be getting old.

Saturday for the boys..............

Saturday was a fun filled day. First hubby and my son headed to UCLA for a day of football basic training @ UCLA. It was so awesome - my son was getting tips from the UCLA coaches. This was a great opportunity and UCLA was very generous giving their time!!! Just look at my son doing a drill with head coach Neuheisel even gave him a little fake out on that play.... and there with offensive coach Chow. I know my son will appreciate this even more years down the line - so, yes you may see a page or two scrapped of this day.

Scrappin @ TST.....................

So after the Carnival I ran home threw together a scrappy bag full of goodies and headed over to TST for some Birthday scrappin..........We had a full house which was perfect cuz we were celebrating my dear friend Michelle's Birthday. Cindy made a cake and brownies that were so yummy and we got most of our TST crew there too. (Sorry Anne, we missed you!) Happy Birthday again Michelle and i have another little surprise for you (hee hee).
This is what i got done...........a LO of my daughter and her two little friends last year in 1st grade. This was the last day of school...........now that 2nd grade is coming to an end i can really see how these girls are growing - those crazy little Chicks!!!

School carnival.............

Wow.........what a weekend. Friday started with getting the finishing touches done on our classroom basket for the school carnival - it SO ROCKED!!! Got that done and then headed to the school to help set up. Wow........putting on a carnival is a huge job and we have the best gal in charge. Her and all that had a part in putting this on did a GREAT job............Thank you!!!! My hubby is always in charge of the "speed pitch" booth.........brings his radar gun and the kids love to see how fast they can throw the baseball. I helped out a little in the ticket booth and then chatted with some friends.............but then most important of all made my way to the basket raffle table............i bought lots of raffle tickets and checked out the ones that we gonna be a hit with the whole family. Ended up putting most of ours in the ROCKIN' basket and an awesome Angle Baseball basket and then a few random others..............i was so happy when i got the phone call from my friend that we had won the Guitar Hero........you know the basket that i helped put together........YIPPEE!!! Plus i won school portraits for Brooke next year..........a $60 value!!!! We definitely made out great. Brooke had so much fun............this was one of the first years that i didn't worry too much and let her run around with her friends and do her own thing - as long as she was checking in...........worked out great and i think they all had a blast. Even the jr high kids came for some fun and of course a impromptu football game in the field.