My Dad!

My dad has been in the hospital since June 4. He retained to much water from his congestive heart failure. Since he has been in they have been able to get 25lbs off, but they are wanting to get about 10 more pounds off. I have come to the conclusion that this disease is nasty. It is so hard watching him go through this.  He wants to to so much, but he can't because his gets short of breath, to tired etc... the list goes on. I do have to say through all of this he never complains. Yesterday the doctors started him on a new medication hoping that it would bring his weight down, but this morning he was the same weight as yesterday morning. We are waiting for the doctor to come in to say what the next plan is going to be.
Dad has been in the hospital 6 times since March 30! That is the day my brother passed away.  This has been a hard couple of months! Please keep our family in your prayers!

Dinner

I think one of my favorite kitchen appliances is my crock pot! I love how I can throw whatever I want into and a push of a button dinner is ready in 8-12 hours! This morning I put some chicken breasts into ours and tonight we were able to have chicken tacos with ease! Love our crock pot!

Summer nights

Our kids love to hang out on the deck! It is that time of year again! Love spending time with them!

3rd night

Hannah looks so little in her bed!

Night two

Here is the second night

Night One

I am going to take a picture a night for a week to show all the crazy, sweet and funny positions that Hannah sleeps in!
Here is night one

Picnic bench

We are refinishing our picnic table!! David cut a hole in the center for us to put our umbrella!!

Field Trip

My nephew Cody and nieces Megan & Cassidy came to spend the night! On Friday our day program had a field trip to the bug museum in Shafter, so I thought I would take the kids along. That place is pretty fun. I think Cody enjoyed it more than the girls. After the museum we went to Hart Park for a picnic and to feed the ducks. I had a lot of fun watching them play and hanging out!!

Emily & Megan

Hannah being sassy!!

My mom with 5 of her 9 grandchildren

At the bug place

Cassidy playing at the park

Enjoying lunch

Cody!!

Hannah acting goofy

Feeding the geese

Goose

Megan!!

Cassidy & Cody

Cody!!!

Miss. Sassy Pants

Simple things

Today when I took the lid off my yogurt there was a heart on the lid!

Post op appointment

Emily had her post op appointment today with Dr. Tivnon. He removed her cast and staples. He said everything looked really good! Praise the Lord everything is healing great! They took another set of X-rays to see how things looked.....Emily has six screws and a plate attached to her leg! Emily asked doc if she could please have a walking boot even though she is not to put FULL pressure on her leg yet. He told her she could have one if she promised to follow strict orders!! Emily just wants to be able to get into the swimming pool this summer and with a boot she can!! Thank you everyone who has been praying for her the last few weeks!! God is good all the time!!!

Madison's Promotion

 Cliff reading the handout!

 Emily!!!

 Papa waiting for his 4th grandchild to move onto to highschool!

 Cody looking really bored with all this!

 Cassidy !!

Madison' s entire family!!! Congrats kido!!!

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day! Let us remember those who served our country to be free, but let's also remember our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who gave the ultimate price for our freedom! Thank you ALL!!!!

Nothing to something

I love when you can create something from nothing for dinner/ breakfast! I had leftover baked potatoes & peppers in the fridge! I chopped them up and fried them with olive oil. I also had leftover hamburger patties from lunch today. I fried an egg to put on top with a slice of cheese. Pop an eggo waffle in the toaster there go dinner/ breakfast!

Dinner and a Movie

Friday night I cooked dinner for my girlfriend and family. Nothing too fancy, just spaghetti. After dinner Jami and I went out in my dad's truck and watched a movie on the iPad. Total drive in movie remixed. She's never seen my Big Fat Greek Wedding, so we watched that and cuddled up against the wind. What's crazy is that usually this time of year we're usually sweating our faces off, but last night it was in the low 60's with a strong wind that made it feel in the low 50's. But we braved the wind and had a great time watching the film and talking. 

Steamy Noodahs!

My helper :)

For some reason, we have this thing to take photos of 

our shoes...

My girl :) 

Best part of the meal! 

Coke a cola cake!!

Hannah made her first cake with my mom! My parents live right next door to us! This spring Hannah has discovered the gated connecting our houses! The recipe my mom used is older than me! It was fun seeing those cards again!!

School books!

Hannah was so excited when her school books arrived yesterday afternoon! She wanted to drive into those books to see what books where in there. Her favorite book so far is the Curious George book!
Sometimes when I look at her it is so hard for me to realize that our baby is starting kindergarten. It seems like yesterday that we were walking off that plane in LAX to bring her home! Time flys by so fast.
Hannah is so eager to start. I think we are going to do year round school with her! School is going to start June 4!

The deck!!!

Our deck is being RESTORED!

Park fun

Hanging out at the park having fun with Jake & Jami while David coached football!!