PRE FOURTH OF JULY

HI ALL,

Just wondering what everyone is doing on the Fourth of July??

U. S. OPEN SUPER STARS

You probably think I am referring to the golfers, but no, I'm referring to JR and JJ.  Yes, JR recorded the U. S. Open, and managed to find himself on TV. Here are a couple of pics.  JJ (red bandana) and JR (Stanford hat) are in the bottom right hand corner, you will need to click on the pic and enlarge it.  I'm wondering where Tim and Trav are?  Did they scalp their tickets????

NOW FOR THE REAL PRO.........

Until later,

Ciao Baby!

WEEKEND HIGHLIGHT

One highlight of the weekend was getting to see my grand-nephews.  I haven't seen Caleb and Ryan in a long while, except on iChat, and I got to see the newest addition to the family, Noah! He is a very good baby, no trouble at all, YET!  

Caleb and Ryan had a ball running around Grandma's house.  At one point they collided....Caleb cried (he did get a knot on his head), and Ryan laughed.  It was great seeing Megan, Rachel (the Moms) and Glenda, (Rachel's Mom).  My sis put together a nice lasagne dinner for all of us.  Thanks everyone.

Until later,

Ciao Baby!

P.S.  Sorry this was late Megan, but I didn't feel like downloading pictures when I did my original post.....you are NEVER forgotten!!  Love ya, but cut me some slack, would ya!!!

SAN DIEGO

Just got home from our trip to San Diego.  It was fun, but I'm burned out.  The guys really enjoyed the U. S. Open, and John said it was so neat to be able to go with JJ and Travis (and you too, Tim).  Thanks to all the wives for sharing their husbands, and the kids too, since it was Father's Day.  My hubby had a memorable Father's Day with both his sons!!!  My sis and I took Trav to the airport on Monday, but beforehand we enjoyed a delicious lunch at Filippi's .  It is mine and Trav's favorite place to get pizza.  We made sure to send some home for Traci......hope you enjoyed it!!!  Tuesday, JR, Donna and I went to lunch at Lowes Resort in Coronado.....it was fabulous.  Ours was compliments of Linda and Larry with our birthday gift cards, and Donna's was compliments of JR and I with her Christmas gift card (all received two years ago!). Wednesday we went to dinner with Linda and Larry.  We started off with drinks at their house were we toasted our anniversary with a bottle of champagne.  They then presented us with a bottle of Mumm's champagne from their winery trip last month, and a beautiful professional picture of our granddaughter, Taylor.  She is turning into such a young lady!! Where did our little girl go? We went to dinner at Romesco's and it was very good......JR, Donna, and I split a salad, paella, and a delicious penn pasta dish.  The menu was loaded with other items that I would love to try. Maybe next time.  And, before we knew it, it was Thursday morning and time to head home.  I'm always glad to get back to my house, but I miss San Diego too!!!  We will be going back to my sister's condo at Lawrence Welk soon and will get to see everyone again. Already looking forward to it.  Hope it gets here before gas reaches $5 a gallon!!!  Highest we paid was $4.79, yup, you guessed it, San Diego!  Premium!!!  

Until Later,

Ciao Baby!

REALLY QUICK UPDATE

Zach spent Friday night with us.  We had pizza at his house, then took him to Target to pick out a toy.  Saturday Traci and Zoey met us at the house and we went to my County picnic.  We had a fun time, and we were all exhausted, except Zach and Zoey. Here's some pics.

Zoey is getting soooo big

and she is always happy

Zach doing the hula hoop

His lightening bolt......Go Chargers

Until later,

Ciao Baby!!!

ARUBA......I WANT TO GO BACK!!!

It was great!!!  My sis has been bugging me to put some pics of our trip to Aruba on my blog, so here they are.  Briefly, about our trip, it was fantabulous!!!  I loved Aruba.....you feel very safe.....no one on the beaches trying to sell you stuff....you can actually leave your stuff on your beach chair and do whatever you want, and it is there when you get back. The hotel was great, would definitely stay there again! Highlights.....kayaking.....JR and I were the first ones to tip over.......why?  Because they made JR the captain.....I should have gone solo!!! Embarrassing!!!  Then, try to haul your big butt back on that kayak when you can't touch ground......who has that much upper body strength.....NOT ME!!!  Thank goodness the guide was strong, and could haul me back on my kayak with one hand.....hey, I guess people do have upper body strength!!!  On our anniversary we decided to lay out on the beach all day.....when we arrived the hotel had a bottle of champagne, gouda cheese, and crackers for us in our room, which we decided to save for our anniversary.....around noon we brought the bottle of champagne and cheese and crackers to our palapa and indulged.......dinner.......can't even describe it! They seated us and brought us a glass of champagne on the house.....best of all, it was a sugar rimmed champagne glass!!!! The dinner.....the best steak I have ever eaten.......really....and the presentation was beautiful!!! Snorkeling......the fish sucked, no pretty colors, but the trip was great!!!  They dropped us at three snorkeling places, one was a sunken ship.  I enjoyed that day very much; poor JR didn't feel so great, but improved as the day went on.  No, he didn't drink too much the night before!  I am going to post a few pics from the trip.......one of the best trips I have ever been on......I will remember my 25th anniversary forever!!! Nothing went wrong........everything was absolutely perfect!!! Met some great people!  We could not have asked for more!!!  Would love to do it again, and I hope someday we do!  I picked a keeper when I picked JR!

View from our room, we walked right out to the beach!

Happy hour at the bar on the beach....we never missed one!

My own happy hour...you guessed it.....a lemon drop martini

Chill'in on the beach.....it's a rough life!

Our kayaking adventure.....we made it to the island!!!

Morning coffee on the beach!!

Our 25th anniversary dinner!

JR loves his desserts......rum soaked pineapples w/ice cream

Snorkeling, look at how beautiful the water is

After snorkeling

Our friendly gecko (or as Tim pointed out....our friendly IGUANA).  He visited everyday!!

Until later.

Ciao, Baby!

ARUBA.....HERE WE COME!!

OK, Today's the day.  We finally leave for Aruba.  Don't leave until 11 tonight, so we are leisurely finishing up our packing. The excitement hasn't hit yet, I am actually very calm, and no xanax, YET!  Might need that little goodie for the plane trip, as flying is not my favorite thing to do!!  But, it's all for a good cause.....our relaxation!!!  I have been a bit nervous actually.....I always worry about leaving family behind when I leave the country.  

Haven't been blogging much lately, I know.  Been kind of ho hum, which interprets to lazy.  All the family is doing pretty good.....I need a Zach and Zoey fix, as I haven't seen them for about three weeks, so they are top priority on my list upon my return!!!

Well, I have to go take a nap, since we are leaving so late.  I will post some pics when we get back.

Until later,

Ciao, Baby!

Hey for a neat video go to my nephew's wife site, he shot footage of her lasik surgery.