OVER A MONTH'S WORTH

I know it has been awhile.  Just haven't felt up to any writing.  I even backed off of facebook a bit. My grandson asked if  I was still blogging and I said "No, only one friend, Theresa, reads it anyway."  I could just write her letters.  But then I could call her too. lol!  I also write this as a journal.  That is why I update it once in awhile.

I wrote last month and ended my life story with Mother's Day!
Andrew went to Italy on a mission trip with his college. He had a great time and loved Rome!  They flew straight to Heathrow in London and then headed down to Rome. He got to see so much history...including the Colosseum and the jail where Paul was kept. He was gone 2 weeks. After Rome he went across the country to Francavilla, which was on the water.

Kevon and Dylan went with my ex husband to Washington DC and NYC.  They had a great time!  Here are some photo's they took!

They moved on to New York by train...the pictures from their hotel were just amazing.

Kevon where John Lennon was murdered.

We went to the BBQ at Karla's and got to look at Dylan's slideshow of the trip. It was pretty awesome.  Joel made some great burgers (some were beef and some were elk). 

Our grandson Patrick turned 18 on June 4th.  Now we have 5 adult grandkids!  He is so handsome and kind and sensitive and loving. He got his first tatoo of his last name across his back.

Lauren sang on the worship team with her youth group and they sang both services at church.  We were really proud of her.  She did great with an amazing voice and songs!  

Not sure if these are going to download because it says they are too big.

Here is Lauren that afternoon. lol! 

Had visitors over... my oldest brother, Rick, brought our sister, Lois, over to meet up with our other sister, Libby.  They met at my house and visited for a bit. Lois stayed at Libby's for a week.  It was nice to see everyone! 

I lost 13 pounds so far.  We had a Family Mexican dinner on the 9th.  I love getting together with my family.  It was a small group this time. The food was really good!  Enchilada's, tacos, chips with salsa and cheese.  There was Papa and I, Joel, Karla and Madi, Lois and Libby and Lauren!  We played a game of Apple to Apples.  Lois doesn't like games but I think she had fun with it. 

Concerts happened before school ended.  Madi and Riley both had a choir concerts.  Lauren had a band one.

She also marched a lot. She was in Jazz Band and Marching Band.  In Marching Band she was chosen to become head Drum Majorette which she excelled at and was loving it.  There were two other girls too.

here she is a drum major....

Here she is doing her solo:

 

She had an amazing year and after all she did and how her teacher compared her with Alyssa (my niece) for the past couple years and talked about how amazing Lauren was and how he had her do solo's all the time she did not get the coveted end of middle school award.   Only one boy and one girl gets it.  Lauren cried and cried. She was so hurt and devastated.  I was recording. We all thought she was going to win since she was the best.  The girl who won took lessons and could play a few instruments, her mom works in the office and she volunteered with the band field trips etc...  Lauren didn't know she needed to take lessons or play several instruments to win. But she was the best and everyone was shocked she didn't get it.  Especially the kids in her class.  She was isn't being a sore loser, she just knows she deserved it.   Still brings tears to my eyes.  Her teacher was her favorite and was so unfair. I don't know if he realizes what he did to her. He is not her favorite anymore. oops. 

Riley got this at her concert! Very proud of her!!!

The end of the school year happened. 

Lauren and Madi both had dances to attend.

Lauren's dance wasn't a dress up (it was casual after school).  But Madi's dance was in the evening and fancy and she looked beautiful. 

I felt an earthquake.  3.5.  Papa was sitting right next to me and didn't feel a thing. lol

The Valverde's came over on a Friday and Don spent the whole day pressure washing our roof, deck and side of house!  It took such a burden off Papa who finally realizes it isn't safe for him to get up there anymore.  It is so hard to when it hits you as you get older that you have limitations.  Don also cleaned the gutters out.  We are pretty happy and we have an amazing son-in-law! And we got to see and visit with Heather, Parker , Josh and Jared!  They went with me to pick up Lauren after school so she got to visit with them, too. I didn't get any pictures of them together but I do have one taken at their house. lol 

I did take pictures of these two... Lauren and her Auntie Heather!  So much alike.  I couldn't get a good pic. smh

 

We made it through Father's Day and Papa's birthday.  It was interesting. Papa didn't want anything done. No dinner, no nothing.  So we just stayed home and did nothing.  His choice.  

Speaking of Lanny's birthday... Kapono was the first one to call Lanny on his birthday!  Speaking of Kapono (Makoa's dad) ...we had the greatest news about Makoa.  The test results came back and he is cancer free!  God is so good!  He is so amazing!  We give Him the praise!  We are so happy we cried!  They still have some things to go to but what a blessing this is!  

Lauren comes home on Sunday!  She has been down in Arizona visiting her dad. We sure miss her. She was the second person to call Papa to wish him happy birthday and we stayed on the phone with her for over an hour.  lol!  When she feels like talking you kind of hang on to it. But when she doesn't all you can do is say "Love you, bye!" 

We had a septic emergency the other day!  Freaked me out.  All our drains were backed up. Luckily it didn't back up everywhere!  We contacted our friend Ronnie Todd who is a poop pumper and came out on a Sunday with his wife to unblock our drain. Then we could at least use it! He is one of the greatest guys I know! Seriously. We will get the septic pumped on the 10th of July by him. The back of his septic truck says "Yesterday's meals on wheels".  Pretty funny, huh?

Scruffy went and got his haircut, nails trimmed, bathed, ears cleaned, etc the other day.  I went and got Madi so where I picked him up she was with me.  All he wanted to do was head out that door when the girl brought him out until he saw Madi and then he ran to her so happy!!!! He is obsessed with her and loves her so much.  Scruffy is a Border Terrier and this describes him: 

The Border Terrier is a small dog with an alert gaze and a good-natured personality. He's intelligent, loyal, fearless, loving, and determined, and about as aggravating as any dog can be. TheBorder Terrier is not for everyone,  you should be fully committed to taking his antics in stride with an amused shake of your head. Borders are happy dogs who generally get along well with everyone from children to strangers. They'll bark at noises, making them excellent watchdogs, but don't expect them to be fierce guard dogs if an intruder enters your home.  The Border Terrier can make you laugh and cry and laugh some more. He can be a handful, but he's always the apple of his owner's eye.  Border Terriers thrive when they're with their people and aren't meant to live outdoors with little human interaction.

• Border Terriers are active and bouncy. They love jumping up on people to greet them.

Before

After

Madi had fun spending the night. She got her favorite dinner (brinner... breakfast at dinner time).  

bacon, hashbrowns, fried eggs (over hard how madi likes them) and pancakes!

Then Madi and her family went camping.  From the pictures I am kind of jealous.  I miss camping.  

madi and her mama

cooking oysters from the beach

madi, joel and dylan

Kevon went crabbing the other day.  Here is a picture of the crab with his dad's dog.

Penny (Kevon's best friend) seems to like the boat!

kevon and second best friend.

That is a keeper!!!!  Kevon loves crabbing in his boat!

Well, I guess that is about it!  Took me all day to write. I keep feeling like it is Saturday but it is only Friday.  I will really try to write more often since I am not facebooking as much.  xoxo