Mom's Night Out

From the left: Me, Nancy, Michelle, Marjorie, Sheryl and Jennifer

My Pal Michelle

We laughed so hard I almost peed my pants.

That would be the big LOOOOOOOSER

For our October MNO we went to Harley's bowl. We had such a great time. We laughed so hard, acted like dorks and some of us drank a bit too much. After bowling we went to dinner at Yolanda's. I love the group of gals that are part of the MNO. I always look forward to the next month's activity.

Our Family Trip to Disneyland

The whole gang...Uncle Robbie, Auntie Sissy, Isabella, Gavin, Ken, Kasey, Kendyll, Kolby and Me.
Our family

Just the girls

The sad thing is that Kolby will be really driving in 12 years. Hold on Auntie Sissy.

We were waiting for the Autotopia ride

Bella loves her big cousin Kasey

We had fun being matchy-matchy!

IS it Chip or Dale?

My little Gavie is such a hunk!

Headed to the 3-D Zone

We met my sister and her family at Disneyland on Oct 2 and 3rd. We went to California Adventure on Thursday and Disneyland on Friday. It was so awesome to see the parks through the eyes of the kids. All of them really enjoyed being together.

Our dad gave us passes for Christmas and it was great to be able to use them together.

Mom's Trip to Washington (Alone)

Darlene took me to see Neil Diamond in concert. He's still got it!

This is the hotel we stayed at in downtown Seattle. We stayed on the top floor in a 2 bedroom suite. The view was spectacular. (see below)


The wonderful view of Seattle.

Thank goodness for timers on cameras. We had just returned from a massage and shopping.

Happy hour in our hotel room.

My visit with Cousin Michele

The last week of September I flew to Seattle for a few "days off". I landed on Monday and Dar met me at the airport. We ran a few errands and went home to see her family. She has a Kendyll too. That's where our sweetie got her name. That night we went to a great Washington restaurant, The Keg. We always try to eat there when we visit. The following day I got to ride along as she did the school drop off and went to lunch. That afternoon I drove to Snohomish to visit my cousin. She and her love Don have lived up there for a good while. My aunt Sandy (her Mom) lives there too. Aunt Sandy made me a great bowl of chili and we got to catch up for a few hours. On Wednesday we dropped off the kids and headed into Seattle. We went to a great spa and had massages, then did a bit of shopping. We went back to our hotel for Happy Hour and then rode the monorail to the Key Arena to see "the one and only" Neil Diamond. We had a blast...danced, sung off key and shed a few tears remembering my beautiful Mom. (she loved Neil). I flew home rejuvenated on Thursday and was so happy to see my kids and Ken.

The Day Before School

Kasey, Kendyll and Emily riding on California Screaming
The gang!

We were in line to ride on the new Toy Story Ride. It is so fun. Obviously, it is 3-D.

Caryn and I decided to take the kids on a surprise trip to Disneyland on the day before school started. We loaded up the car and headed to McDonald's to get a healthy breakfast for the ride to Anaheim. While we were in the drive thru Will threw up. (YUCK). So we took him and Caryn back home and the rest (Emily, Kate, Kasey, Kendyll, Kolby and I) continued to Disneyland. We actually went to California Adventure. Boy, did we have a great time. It was a nice way to end a fantastic summer.

Soccer Kids

Kendyll and Kolby are playing soccer this season. Kendyll is on the Dalmations. She is doing a great job. I love to see the improvement that she has made from last year. She has gotten more aggressive. She occationally plays goalie (not her favorite spot). Kolby is on the Sharks. It is darling to see him play. There are many smiles watching 8 4-year-olds run around the field chasing a soccer ball. There have been several goals made into the wrong goal. Kolby has made a few goals (into the right one)and I love seeing him raise his arms high to celebrate his score.

HUT, HUT, HIKE!

Kasey is playing football for the Camarillo Cougars. He is doing a great job. It is hard work both physically and emotionally. He has "manned-up" and is improving every day. He plays on the offensive line and is the team's punter. They are down to 3 practices a week (from 4). We love watching him play. Lately Ken has been watching from the annoncer's box as he had been the offical time/score keeper. Ken takes Kasey to most of the games as Kendyll and Kolby have soccer games.