BAMMM! GRAND SLAM

Josh and Ryan's team is still in the playoffs. They had a game this morning in Camarillo against the Agoura Angels. They won 6-4 thanks to Josh's GRAND SLAM HOME RUN........( for my special friends who don't know how many people if any were on base, a grand slam is called when you hit a home run and bases are loaded, a runner on every base :)

He hit it over the centerfield fence approx. 315 feet!!!!!!!!!!

Our busy,but fun, life right now

Spring Fling Sock Hop Brian came to visit for 4 days and was able to go fly Uncle Mark's airplane....
Ryan is hitting and Josh below is catching, they are on the same team....


Mark Jr. above is hitting his triple and below is ready to throw someone out, he begs them to test his arm.

********Baseball, Baseball and more Baseball*******

Ryan has hit a home run, so far Josh has thrown out 15 people trying to steal bases. Mark has the highest batting average on his team and will always get the out if they try to steal or picking them off even if they don't. They are all doing great and having fun!

Brian came to visit

We are so happy every time we get to have Brian at our house!

Here are the most recent pics............

This is Mark Jr. trying to share Brian's bed....not going to happen.

Now he is sound asleep...with Elmo, of course...

But he really just wanted to sleep on Josh's bed.....................................OR JUST ON JOSH

He always has fun seeing "Julie, Bella, Analiese & Manny"

The funny things they (we) say

I was making a comment on my friends blog about how great it is to have a fun place to write down all those cute and funny things our kids say when they are little......For me if I remembered I would find somewhere to write it and some day I'll find them, I hope. But as I was thinking about it, I realized that I had one of those funny moments myself.......
So a month or so ago, Josh was in his drama class. Ryan, Mark Jr and I were waiting in the car (usually playing cribbage while we wait) we were talking about a recent punishment they were given and Ryan was arguing that it wasn't a 'just' situation. He was upset because he didn't feel as though he had done the same thing Josh did but yet he was being punished also............Well clever, smart, brilliant, Me pipes up.......I quickly rush to the mother mode and I am going to give a great example to explain this so he can understand.........So without much thought, these brilliant things just seem to come to me, I speak......"Ryan, let me give you an example.........let's say you kill someone but you don't do it intentionally and Josh also kills someone and does it on purpose....you both are going" ----------------Now midsentence, I look in the rearview mirror to see Ryan's jaw dropped open and his expression on his face is WHAT???? Well at that moment my brain starts to function again and I just crack up. The words just caught up to my brain and as I see the expression on his face I realize what I was just saying.............We laughed for quite a while, me longer than them, I still chuckle every time I think about it. Where in the world did I get that from??????????????
It wasn't even a good example, I explained to him, because in those situations the punishments would be different and I was trying to explain how sometimes our actions are different but punishment is the same. Why in the world would I go so far out to left field and use killing as any kind of example ever???????

These are a few minutes from one of Mark Jr's games this week. DON'T FORGET TO PAUSE RIGHT AWAY AND LET THE VIDEO LOAD.........
When he is up to bat if you look at what he does at the plate you will see him draw a cross, he does it every time he swings. He saw a friend do it years ago and has done it ever since.......

Happy Birthday MOM

Hmmmmm......Hmmmmm......There are so many things Josh wants to say, he just doesn't know where to begin......A couple minutes into it you see him panic that Ryan just let him know he has 3 more minutes. I love the pained looks on his face.

WHEN YOU START THE VIDEO QUICKLY CLICK PAUSE AND LET IT LOAD, THEN IT SHOULD WORK FINE.......

First day of school

Well this was it......our oldest sons first day of school.

Also a pose in his new baseball uniform......

Lunar Eclipse

Don't forget you can click on each image to enlarge

30 something

FEB 4th was my birthday! I have decided that you are not over the hill until you are over 40.......so since I am still in my 30's and next year when I celebrate my crazy I can't believe I am 40 birthday at least I wont be dealing with being over the hill. By the way not that there is ANYTHING bad about being over 40, I have many friends and a husband who is over 40 and I would NEVER say they were over the hill!!! :)
We got a free jacuzzi for my birthday, it is awesome!!! We use it all the time!!!
All my friends are welcome to come and have a dip anytime! It has been so great, relaxing in it with the boys and watching the stars out at night when it is clear!





Pauli took me to B.J.'s where they have the BEST avocado wraps....my new favorite bad for you food. I also killed her at cribbage, skunking her the first game.



The Ochoa's joined us for dinner at my favorite family restaurant.....Chili's



Last but not least, my best friend through thick and thin!

The Farm

Brian is scared and hiding from the
cows while Josh holds him. I can't see him, can you???? He is good at hiding!

Sorry for the back view
of the pig
...... you are just
supposed to look at
Brian and Ryan.


If you click on the pictures they will open full size. The two large pigs laying down are pregnant.

Bath Time for Brian