Hatch Family Fun

Love my Fruit Trees and Garden!!!!!!

2011-07-10T19:18:00.000-07:00

you can't have land, and chickens with out fruit trees and a garden.

lets see we have a peach tree, apricot tree, apple tree, orange tree, pink grapefruit, and tangelos; and now we have a garden that's growing like crazy.

It's nice to be able to grow stuff and help cut of the expense of the store.

I've even learned how to make Jam. My mother-n-law taught me on the 4th. Mann it was hot in the kitchen, but fun and it is so yummy. i made apricot jam and apricot and pineapple. yummy.

so far only my cucumber and zucchini have been ready to pick and they are really good, big and fat. We have a ton and they are so yummy.

These are my tomato plants. (Theres only 3 bushes but they look like alot more)

Here is our corn crop thats just about ready, 2 more weeks.

then we have some raspberries and black berries but those plants aren't doing so well. hopefully they will start to take and grow, cause they are my favorite.

We also have bell peppers, Serrano peppers, onions, cucumber, zucchini, hook neck squash, cantaloupe, watermelon and honeydew.

Cucumber

the really good thing is our soil seams to have super miracle grow in it. our plants are growing huge and you can't even see that theres two feet in between each row.

Hook neck Squash

all the melons mixed together

Zucchini

baby watermelons

Chick adventures 3 - the coop

2011-07-10T18:52:00.000-07:00

So we have18 chickens, and they are kool looking. the kool thing is they are all different and don't look like the plain ones you always see. We have a great variety and they should start laying in the next month. yay!!!!!

Since the chicks have to grown into full chickens, we needed to have a chicken run for them to be able to have more space.

the Rubbermaid shed, had shelves and walks built in to make their coop and then the rest of the chicken coop with pvc, chicken wire and of course zip ties.

yep, poor mans coop. but it works really well.

We've already had the test of rain and it held, we've had the squirrels trying to get in and i just recently learned squirrels dig tunnels in the ground. who knew? high winds and rain and my coop is still standing. the best part is we can move it any where we want when we want.

Kaleb Catch Up

2011-07-10T18:44:00.000-07:00

okay, well unlike Sara his summer has very eventful.

He was kicked in the head by one of the horses and rushed to the ER. Lets just say as a mom when your spouse calls and tell you don't panic or worry; You Worry! That's how my wonderful husband started the conversation with me since i was in El Cajon at Sara's practice.

Now normally most parents wouldn't freak out as much as i do when one of their kids gets hurt, but with Kaleb anytime it involves his head i freak. Come on he's already had 2 severe concussions with skull fractures and several minor concussions; how could i not worry.

Mom will the blood come out

By the time i got to the hospital they had already taken him back for a CAT Scan, x-rays and had put fresh bandage over his head to try and stop the bleeding. It was really hard for me to sit there and look at him cause anytime i did he'd start tearing up and i felt horrible cause they wouldn't give him anything for the pain until the test results were back.

it was a long not fun night.

after we finally got it some what numb with a topical, we took the gauze off and it looked lovely! I will spare you all from what it looked like, believe me it's not something you really want to see.

By this time Matt could no longer be in the hospital, so he left me and Kaleb to get some food for himself.

Then the DR used the needle to numb the rest so they could clean it and see where we stood. It only took three people to hold him down to get it numb but once it was the Doc was good to clean and ended up having to stitch it. Again I'll save you from the actual image. This was great to see you could see the skin split the whole half horse shoe pattern and the meet that was messed up inside and you could see his skull.

Pain killers are good

In the end he ended up with 6 interior stitches and 12 exterior stitches. His CAT scan came back NEGATIVE and he had multiple fractures radiating off the wound all around his head and face.

you can see how goofy he was after the drugs kicked in and the stitching was done.

Poor Baby feels horrible

By the time we were released he was put on watch by his Dr and the Neurologist he's seen before. No sleep for a 8 days really sucked for me. Poor Kaleb wasn't aloud to sleep for more then 10 then 15 then 30 minutes at a time and had to be awake for 20 then 15 minutes before going back to sleep. You can see his face is all swollen and the pain is back. Nothing more then ibuprofen for the kid. So not as good as the hospital.

After a week Kaleb was aloud to sleep thru the night with out being woken up and i was able to get some sleep too. Not to mention his stitches came out and the hoof print still was very visible.

Stitches are out

He's still not 100% aloud to do alot of things and the really sad part is there are now more sports and recreational things he should stay away from. But being a boy what are you going to do?

At least now he is more or less back to normal. Although he has learned the hard way that he still has to be careful and watch how active he is; cause he's still getting light headed, killer headaches and his nose starts to bleed real easy.

So thankful it wasn't worse then it was and thankful that he's okay now. luv this kid but man he's gonna be the death of me.

Sara Catch Up

2011-07-10T15:12:00.000-07:00

So not a whole lot has been going on with Sara. She is well on her way in 9th grade. Yes, i did say 9th grade. she's officially a HS student at Charter and has already begun her work load for the year. it's cool, since technically she could graduate the summer into her Jr year. she does most her work at home and meets her teacher once a week. Right now she's working on Honors English, will start Geometry in a couple weeks at the school and Biology at Palomar College.

wow were does the time go?

She's still cheering for CheerForce and made Sr 4 this year which means harder tumbling and stunting. She's working her but off for her tumbling but it just doesn't come easy to her. Flying on the other hand is a no brain'er for her.

Museum of Tolerance

2011-05-11T09:21:00.000-07:00

Wow.........Incredible.............heartfelt....... are only a few of the words i could use.

Sara's 8th grade class took a field trip to the Museum of Tolerance in LA yesterday and it was amazing and i would love to go again and spend more time there. I wanted to look at everything, read and experience it but we didn't have the time.

I have to admit that the class didn't get what they should of out of the field trip. In my opinion they are still to young to fully grasp it all. I believe they understand the world is full of prejudice but they don't understand that they also in a small way are as well.

I can't tell you how exactly it made me feel listening and walking thru the Holocaust errea. Especially when we walked thru areas that looked ust as it did back then, like the bathing station / gas chamber. You have to go...
I highly suggest that all you older peps go check it out when you have a chance. just plan on spending a couple hours in there. The tour we took was only one part of the museum and it was 2.5 hours long. I know i will go again.

Chicky adventures 2

2011-05-11T08:59:00.000-07:00

Well, unfortunately only 6 of the baby chicks are still alive today.

As soon as the chicks turned 3 weeks old we had a little incident that resulted in a Chicky massacre.

Kaleb accidentally left the gate open to the back and my wimeraner Ave (Bird Dog) got out and into the coop that was supposed to be coyote proof.

Needless to say 11 baby chicks were killed.

Kaleb luckily didn't see inside the coop to see the damage and for that i am grateful. He did / does feel horrible that it was his fault. But I just kept telling him it's okay and at least now we know dad has work to do to make it predator proof.

So with all of this we went out looking or new chicks. Luckily, a couple Matt plays ball with on Monday nights had some 6 week old they wanted to get rid of. So we picked those 8 up and a 8 more three day old the that weekend..

We are a full chicken coop again and everything is working out well for them. Kaleb has a new favorite and all is good.

Chicky Adventures 1

2011-05-03T11:38:00.000-07:00

So we made the decision to raise chicks in order to have farm fresh eggs.. We currently can go through one 5 dozen pack from the store in a week. Yes, i know that's crazy; at least in a couple months i won't have to buy them any more. I'm gonna love walking outside to get my own eggs.

Our adventure began April 9th a little over three weeks ago when i took the kids and my mom to pick out our pullets baby chicks (female). We don't want any roosters. After two stops we came home with the feed, and 17, three day old chicks.

Aren't they supper cute.

Sara's teams end the season with a bang

2011-04-13T21:39:00.000-07:00

Okay, so Sara's last comp for the 2010-2011 season was this past weekend and they were fantastic.

Her primary team Sr Silver took 1st place in there division and took Grand Champion which is the highest score out of all level 3 teams (69 teams to be exact). This was a great way for the team to end the season.

Check out the video from there performace.

Her secondary team Sr Green took 3rd place. They did great and to tell you how close there division was there was less then .5 between 1st and third. They had one stunt fall day 2 which took them from 1st to 3rd. It's okay though cause that team has taken first at many other comps.

I don't have video of team 2 but will post as soon as i do.

Must be losing my mind!

2011-02-01T19:40:00.000-08:00

Yesterday i broke down and set my baby girl up with a Facebook page. I know right!
What was i thinking.

lets see -> my baby is no longer a baby she's going to be 14 in just two weeks, she's very smart and very responsible and trustworthy thus far. I know we've raised her to be a very independent, reliable with good judgement young lady and know she won't abuse our trust.

Good thing i can log on and shut it down if she proves me wrong. But i doubt she will. I must seriously be losing my mind for setting it up for her.

CheerForce Takes it all in Long Beach

2011-01-31T11:27:00.000-08:00

CheerForce is a Competitive Cheer Team with 5 gyms located throughout California. They have always had great teams and have been a force to be reckoned with.

This is Sara's first year with the gym and she is a little fish in a big pond. But what a pond it is!

Our San Diego Gym (where Sara's 2 teams practice) competed in Long Beach this weekend and the Cheer Pros California State Championships and they did incredible.

Eight teams competed and all eight teams took 1st place in their divisions, received state title jackets; with our Coed 5 team also taking the Grand Champion title and a check for $4000. How Awesome is that.

Here's how hard it was to win
Tiny Level 1 competed against 3 other teams
Mini Level 1 competed against 10 other teams
Junior Level 2 competed against 3 other teams
Junior Level 3 competed against 5 other teams
Junior Level 4 competed against 1 other team
Senior Level 2 competed against 6 other teams (Sara's 2nd team)
Senior Level 3 competed against 5 other teams (Sara's primary team)
Sr Coed Level 5 competed against 2 other teams

Can't wait till next till this weekend when all 5 CheerForce gyms will be competing in Palms Springs at the Spirit Sports Duel in the Desert.

Gymnastics Prelim #2

2011-01-31T11:13:00.000-08:00

Kaleb had his second prelim mid month and did fantastic. All the level 4 boys have improved so much and it's great to see them compete.

The only down fall to the meet was that our boys were being given a deduction for their uniforms. How LAME! Apparently our uniforms are to kool for level 4 and they are supposed to be wearing shorts and t-shirts to compete in. Shorts and a t-shirt yuck!! Our uniforms are very men's gymnastics and look awesome.

So with deductions Kaleb walked away with
Green - Vault
Purple - High Bar
Purple - Floor
Purple - Rings
Yellow - T-bars
Yellow - Pummel & mushroom

He improved on all his events and scored a higher color or the same color ribbon from the 1st prelim. Since he had scored a Green on Rings last meet his coach and him added some bonus's to this rings routine. He needs a little more work but he'll get a green again.

Job well done.

Sara's 1st Masquerade & Semi Formal

2011-01-17T12:48:00.000-08:00

Ahhhhh How cute!

Since she's not allowed to date, she is allowed to go to her school dances where they are heavily chaperoned. Usually more parents then kids; just the way we like it.

Well back in November Sara says the school is having either a semi-formal or a masquerade ball in January. Of course she's allowed to go since mom will be chaperoning. We found her dress at Macy's after trying a bunch of dress on and her telling me she didn't want to try this one on. She didn't like the dress on the hanger but after she put it on she agreed it looked good on her. Yeah the hard part was over at least that's what i thought.

Earlier this month, like a week before the dance she informs me that it is now a masquerade ball. Ugh! where are we going to get a mask and have it delivered in a couple of days with out spending alot of money. Well after looking all over the Internet we decided i'd give mask making a try.

We ventured out to several different craft stores and found the supplies we thought we'd need then went back home to try and figure it out. Well getting the main color on the mask was difficult. Matt and I played around with several options and after i left to take her to practice Matt got the right color combination and the mask was a perfect color match to her dress. YEAH!!!!!

Her Dance was funny. Don't you remember those Middle School Dances? Not everyone understood Semi-Formal and there weren't alot of kids there. They didn't dance and the decorations were sparse at least the DJ was good.

Okay so she's not allowed to date but one of the boys who happens to have great grades and be student body president did buy her ticket so i took a picture of just the two of them for memories sake. and of course i had to take one of the whole gang. I though there dance was lame but Sara and her friends had fun and that's all that matters.

After spending all this time on her mask, and making it match her dress; she didn't even wear it. But it still looks pretty. you can't really see the glitter around the black but in person it looks awesome if i do say so my self.

Even though she never wore it at the dance i did manage to have her put it on at home so i could take at least one picture with her wearing it. you can see how well it matches......

i can't believe next year we'll be buying formals for High School dances. where does the time go?

Sara Vegas Comp 12.2010

2011-01-17T11:39:00.000-08:00

So this time I'm not slacking i didn't take video at comp and was waiting on another parent to make me a DVD.

So, Sara had her first competition with her new Gym this season CheerForce in Vegas; FUN!!!!! The American Cheer & Dance Championships is a pretty large competition and gyms from all over the US come to compete.

All the CF teams did fantastic and were great to watch. You really don't realize how competitive cheer can be until you are apart of it. We had so much fun in Vegas!!!!

So here's the video, yes she's one of the girls in the air and she's even tumbling..

Her Primary Team Sr Silver took 1st Place and received a really cute National Champion jacket.

Her Second Team Sr Green took 2nd Place by .111 but was also awarded a judges choice award for best jump sequence.

All in all they did fantastic and we are looking forward to the rest of their competition season.

By the way we are in SD this weekend (1/22) Long Beach the 30th and Palm Springs the following weekend (2/5-2/6) if you wanna go watch.

Kaleb Gymnastics Prelim 1

2011-01-15T16:12:00.000-08:00

okay so yet again i am playing catch up. As you already know Kaleb has been doing gymnastics for 1 yr and 1 month now. His Coach Cody (who you won't see in the video) has been awesome. We were very lucky to have him while he was at our Y and wish him the best in college and his new job. You gotta love those coaches who are younger and really work with your kids. He's the only reason Kaleb started and we are sad he left but happy too.

Any way Kaleb had his first Meet in December and he did really well. Unfortunately i didn't get to attend because Sara had comp on the same day but Matt did go and video so sorry it's not the best video.

Just to give you a little info on the scoring best to worse goes:
Green
Purple
Yellow
White
Blue
Light Blue

Again Kaleb did awesome for his first Gymnastics Meet and has another one coming up next weekend Jan 23 here in SD. I'll post results of the January Meet the next day.

Bows bows bows

2011-01-15T14:45:00.000-08:00

okay so I've been making a lot of bows and even making some money off them. Who would of thought.

so I keep saying I'm going to get some pics up and so here they are finally

These are the 1st ones i ever made - they aren't to pretty but they worked.

Here are the ones i made for Xmas for my nieces and let me tell you, little people bows aren't as fun to make

And here are some of the ones I've made for Sara or other people.

Well there are a ton more that I've made but it would take up to much room to post them all at least this way you all get the idea of what I've been doing.

SO BORED!!!!!

2010-11-08T18:07:00.000-08:00

okay, i've been home a week and a half since my surgery and i'm so bored. My body is going thru withdraws from working out and now i can't sleep cause my legs are restless and want to be moving.

Can't wait for the dr to say i can at least go on a 3 mile walk, so i can at least sleep at night.

ugh!!!!!

Jess and Matt Update - -- OH WOW!!!!!

2010-11-04T22:48:00.000-07:00

okay, so not much is or has been up with Matt he had minor knee surgery over the summer for a minicus tear. So minor that the Dr told him it was full weight bearing after he woke up in recovery. HAHA. Only his knee is still super tight and weak. So he's trying to stretch more to try and help strengthen it.

As for me well all kinds of stuff has been going on.

I didn't get to run the Marathon since i couldn't raise enough funds but not to worry I'm still running and working out to start running marathons this fall (now).

Only i ended up tearing muscle, ligaments and tendons in my ankle in July and just barely got back to running full on last month (October) Which really sucked because i started doing Gymnastics again in May and was almost back to my round off back handsprings on the floor. BLAHHHH.

And know I'm out for another 8+ weeks due to surgery.

Yep, yuck..... Wed, 10/26, my wonderful Father-n-law took me to the hospital cause i was having some major pain (and when i say major i mean major since i have a pretty high tolerance). any who we got there about 815ish in the morning and it took lots of Morphine, and x-ray, 2 sonograms and a cat scan to figure out that i had cysts and an appendix issue. so at about 8pm i ended up having surgery to remove the appendix clean up the cyst that ruptured and biopsy the two other cysts i have. What they thought would be an easy fix turned out to be a little more then they planned for once they opened me up. So the normal 3 week time frame for the appendix surgery went out the door and I'm at 8+ weeks before i can resume my normal life again. The really sucky thing is I've been home ridden a week now and technically I'm supposed to be till the end of next week. No WAY!

the Plus i can't drive right now. since the issues are so close to the nerves that run thru the legs i can't move quick enough to stop my car. LAME..... But hey, i think I've watched all my movies for a second time since i bought them all and I have an excuse not to due house work not even light housework or lift anything 5 lbs or heavier. Hey Dr's orders!!!!!

So all in all I am now in better health and on my way to being fully healthy again which is wonderful.... Thank God for my family, who has been helping me get around the house, out of bed, up from the coach and picking my kids up and taking them to and from school and practices, if it weren't for them i'd be stressing big time.

I've also been making bows for people and I'll get some pics up this weekend so everyone can see what I've been up to beside chauffeuring kids around, moving and getting sick. The only reall plus has been Matt driving the kids around and realizing how much time i don't have in the day by doing it.

Family Update

2010-11-04T22:37:00.000-07:00

So we've moved.

We actually moved September 1st to a property where we are county instead of city. I have my vary own farmville. hahahah

The house is decent size, needs a little work (Matt's favorite) and is on a little over and acre lot. It's really nice to have so much land for the dogs to run and the kids to ride the quads in the back when ever they want. there are only 6 houses on our street and no room for more so it will always be nice and quite.

Thankfully my Father-n-law, and brother-n-law came over to help clean up the back with all the stumps and dead hay, it made such a difference when we got it half way cleaned up and can't wait till we get the rest done.

Then I'll have my own Garden (big one) and my stables and chickens. Oh yeah, our neighbor is a friend and is giving us horses once we get our yard done their stables / corrals are built. Yeah, we have so many trails to ride and horses are wonderful animals. they are calming and soothing and you enjoy life so much when your riding, it helps take away the stress of everyday life for at least a little while.

so that's about it for the family update no additional big news.

Kaleb Update

2010-11-04T22:31:00.000-07:00

let's see he's now 8 years old, doing okay in school but we are having some issues with math we are trying to work out.

you know of any great math techniques for multiplication, division and fractions let me know. We are trying everything.

he's still doing gymnastics and starts competing next month, and he is doing awesome. I'll post more details about his comp when i get them.

Kaleb as always is a wonderful help to me around the house and is doing great in life.

He has sign ups for basketball coming up and will begin playing baseball agian in february.

Sara Update

2010-11-04T22:28:00.000-07:00

This year has been pretty kool for Sara.

She tired out for a larger Cheer Gym, one that has 5 gyms in California and is the largest gym in California. She's currently on two teams and working her but off. Her tumbling is coming along and her stunting is becoming more fun to watch. Can't wait for their comp season to begin next month.

if your around and interested she has an exhibition in Santa Anna on December 4th. Then we are in Vegas the weekend of the 17th - 20th at the MGM.

The kool thing about this gym is there is a trainer for the parents to work out with while the kids are at practice and they do major fundraising like working charger games. yeah less money out of our pockets.

Sara is now 13, wow a teenager where does the time go. I look at her now and know my little girl is growing up and no longer the little girl that loves to play and laugh when you tickle her. except there are many times she still acts like she is my little angle who's maybe 5-8 years old and everyone knows she shorter then most 9 year olds.

School is going well for her and she is wizzing thru and expected to be in a mix traditional and independent study program next year (freshman year) so she'll have some classes at the HS and some at the Jr College.

my smart, beautiful little girl is growing up to become a wonderful young lady.

Rhinestone and Bows and more Rhinestones!!!!!!

2010-11-04T22:12:00.000-07:00

November 2009 - it's been a while THis was in my posts to be posted.

First off it's been awhile since i posted anything so i'm going to play catch up.

These last two weeks i've been Rhinestoning like crazy!!!! Since i'm the so helpful so crafty mom on Sara's All-Star team i took all the new uniforms shells, and skirts home to get them Rhinestoned.

Okay, so it's my second season and i've become a pro. It would take to long and i'm just anal about things like that so i did them all rather then explaining and having each parent do their kids.

Don't they look pretty!

Now before i even reached the uniforms i had to make 35 new bows for competition and then get them half way Rhinestoned for the parents to help finish them.

Yeah they turned out wonderful. I've actually been making money from bows, who would of thought.....

Kaleb is the Champinion

2010-11-04T22:11:00.000-07:00

So Kaleb's first year playing basketball was a success; they are undefeated and took the 1st place with a season on 10-0!

way to go KALEB!!!

CURES ROCK!!!!!!!

2010-02-08T15:33:00.000-08:00

RUNNING TO FIND CURES FOR BLOOD CANCER

Most of you will never believe this but it's true.

I'm currently training to run the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon (26.2 miles) in June. Yes you read it right, it's not a typo. I'm really doing it and here's why.

Each day we all pass by friends, family, teachers, adults, children and strangers. We don't know what their lives are like and at times we think our lives are worse off. I know there have been many times I've thought that, and even though my family has gone thru some pretty ruff times, nothing in our life compaires to the those individuals whom are diagnosed with or lose their lives to leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, myeloma and other blood related cancers each day. A lot of people don't know that even Breast Cancer is a form of Blood Cancers.

A good friend convinced me to join Team In Training to help find raise money to find Blood Cures, but it wasn't until the other night listening to different people speak about the cause and hearing that every 4 minutes someone is diagnosed and every 10 minutes a life is lost that I really understood and knew why. This cause may not affect me directly but it does affect me. You never know what can happen in your life time and one day I might be told someone I know has been diagnosed and I'll want to do everything in my power to help them overcome it. This is how i can do it!!!!

I've started training in order to participate in one of many to come, endurance events as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training.

I will be completing the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon (26.2 miles) and future events in honor of all those individuals who are battling blood cancers.

All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives.

These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!

Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission.

on the right of our blogg it shows my fund-raising progress and links you to my webpage where you can donate safely online any amount you want and are able too.

I'll be posting updates on this blogg and on my webpage to show my progress and the gruling training ahead of me. I know this will hurt, I'll be exhausted and at times I'll probably want to give up, but i won't. This grueling training will be nothing compared to what those diagnosed individuals go thru in their life and I'm glad to be apart of a much larger community trying to help find cures.

Thanks for your support!

Sara - Cheer Jamz 2010

2010-02-08T15:14:00.000-08:00

So here's the first video of Sara's partner stunting career this year.

Every January NCE competes at Cheer Jamz which is a local SD comp hosted by Cheer Force SD; only this year Sara got to show her stuff while partner stunting.

They did really good. They took 1st and the judges all said they were a strong partner stunt group and they enjoyed watching them.

The next comp they go to will have more difficulty in way of stunting so I'll be sure to post them as we go to them

catching up

2010-02-08T14:52:00.001-08:00

so it's been awhile and i thought I'd update on how things are going.

Christmas was a good, New years was good. We spent time in the desert and it was much needed.

I've spent a lot of time in Riverside dealing with all things my brother.

Kaleb has started Gymnastics and he's doing great. He's only been in 2 months and is moving up to PRE-TEAM next month. He's super strong and this gets him to use his energy. We also just signed him up to play baseball again. so he's going to be pretty busy soon.

Sara started competing her first comp we took 2nd and the last comp they took 1st and also took 1st in partner stunting. They did amazing and this is definitely going to be a good year for the team.

Matt and I are doing well, he's working hard am I'm still a stay at home mom and would love a housekeeper.

Kalebs Playing B-Ball!

2009-09-15T12:08:00.000-07:00

Kaleb's been wanting to play basketball since High School Musical first came out Up till now we couldn't sign him up cause practices were at 3pm and that's when he gets out of school.

Now that he's older we were able to sign him up. He's playing on a 7-8-9 age team and so far is having fun.

They had their first game this past Saturday and won 27-24. Pretty good considering the team didn't have any practices before the game.

Yesterday was his first practice and the coach worked them pretty hard. We'll see how Kaleb does in the season. I'll get pictures up after this weekends game.

ACDC !!!!

2009-09-07T11:34:00.000-07:00

Last night we went to the ACDC Black Ice Tour Concert at the Sports Arena for Matt's early b-day present. It was Awesome.

Matt, and I have been waiting for them to come back to SD after seeing them 7 years ago at the Sports Arena. Which I'm surprised they haven't torn down yet.

We hung out in before the concert with two friends and then went to see one of the worlds best Rock Bands ever. It doesn't' matter if you like country, jazz, hip hop or any thing else cause everyone loves ACDC.

while we were inside i saw the cutest kid, and wish I had my camera with me. He was dressed exactly like Angus (lead guitar, for those that don't know) from head to toe, the dark purple velvet school boy outfit, old school vans, with knee highs and the hat. This little boy had all the women coming up to him.

As always the band doesn't disappoint. They play loud, have lots of energy, great stage performance, awesome pyrotechnics, lighting, blow up dolls, and is the one band that has a great show every time.

Other then realizing they are getting up their in age, you'd never know it when watching a concert they put on.

Summer Haircut

2009-09-06T14:51:00.000-07:00

okay, so Kaleb wanted his hair cut to the normal summer buzz. I went out and bought new trimmers and Matt being Matt decided he was going to cut Kaleb's hair.

Only, while he was cutting his hair he threw the new trimmers on the floor and broke them!

So now Kaleb's hair is half way done and the trimmers are broken and Matt is trying hard to fix them. He thought he did good until he tried to cut Kaleb's hair again Can't you see Kaleb was happy when he wasn't cutting his hair and has a look of please stop when he starts back up. Kaleb told Matt to leave it alone and Mom will fix. Matt wasn't the happiest but eventually he just gave up and let me do it. Kaleb ended up with a completely shaved head since I had to use the old trimmers with no guard.

This is why dad's not aloud to cut hair.

Books to Movies

2009-09-06T14:39:00.000-07:00

Okay, i have to say this.

I been reading so many different books mainly to approve what Sara reads. A friend of mine told me to read The Time Traveler's Wife; i did and I loved it. so I convinced Matt to take me to see it last Sunday and i was so unimpressed and upset. The movie didn't do the book any justice.

If you haven't read the book read it you'll love it I guarantee.

The kids are back

2009-09-06T14:34:00.000-07:00

the kids are back, the kids are back, the kids are back in school!!!!!!

Can't tell you how nice it is to have the house to my self agian..

Can you believe it Kaleb's in 2nd grade and Sara's in 7th. Man, I miss the younger years.

so I went to drop the kids off last Monday (8/31) to their first day of shcool and they didn't even want me to hang around.

Sara is so middle school and mom's just not cool enough any more. But if you ask her friends I'm still the coolest mom. What ever my pre-teen.

Kaleb, now i honestly thought since he's my moma's boy he'd want me to stick around for alittle. Nope! he told me not to park to just drop him off so he could go play with his friends.

As much as I'm glad their back in school it sucks that I'm the most important thing in their lives anymore.

Summer Fun!!!!

2009-09-06T14:31:00.000-07:00

So while the kids were out of shcool we really didn't do a whole lot but rest and relax.

We went swimming a couple times, saw a couple movies, slept in till 10am - 12pm. it was totally fun.

Sara and I did alot of reading and kaleb just played outside.

fun summer huh!

Easter

2009-09-06T14:07:00.000-07:00

After Sara's last competition in LA we drove up to Mike and Deb's and had Easter with them.

We had a lot of fun. From shopping with Deb, to the kids decorating Eggs with Matt, Jordon and Mike. Let's just say Deb likes to shop and spoil kids.

Mike made pancakes and a very Yummy breakfast for all of us.

Sara and Kaleb were a little too short to reach a couple eggs but they still got them all.

They may have to climb, crawl, jump or ask for someone to hold them up but it all worked out.

Deb even went into find them more baskets since theirs filled up pretty quickly and needed more room for their loot

I think we got them all! Nope Jordan had to break the news they hadn't even looked in the back

The kids had a great time and Mike and Deb are the best. .

Catching up to do!!!

2009-09-06T14:05:00.000-07:00

As anyone can see I've been extremely busy the last 6 months and unable to spend anytime updating the blog. so here's a lot within a short time.

All Levels International Competition

2009-04-13T15:34:00.000-07:00

This weekend was Sara's last competition for Cheer up in LA. We drove up to LA Friday night and stayed at the Westin Bonaventure, it was a cool hotel. Only we were rudely awaken at 215am when a bunch of drunk people got to the room next door to us. I ended up calling down to the front desk and they sent security up to the room to tell them to be quite. some of them listened but one guy didn't care. The kids finally went back to bed and the neighbors passed out.

We got up early Saturday got Sara in her uniform and everything put back away. Matt dropped me and the kids off at the Sheridan so that we could go eat and go to comp with another family while he headed up to his aunt and uncles to finish setting tile in the bathroom. After the kids and i ate with another team mate and her family we headed to the LA Convention Center.

While we were waiting out front for the coaches and rest of the team to arrive the kids had fun stunting and climbing trees. We even got Kaleb to partner stunt one of the sisters to Sara's team mate. I wish i had the picture to post because it's way cute.

So we were all a little nervous for the kids. We were up against 10 teams from all over. I even made the comment to the parents that I think they (team) would surprise them selves. Sure enough they did. They had the best performance i have ever seen them pull out. They were perfect.

We even received an email from the coach late Sunday letting us know that the team that took 1st place at the event in our division thought that we out preformed them and we had them beat. But unfortunately the team took 8th out of 11th. Which was no biggy since the coaches and us parents could not be any prouder of them.

View the video...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbXQVUTcG3U

A Little Relaxation

2009-04-09T15:45:00.000-07:00

With Matt working so hard and Sara's non stop schedule we decided to take the weekend off and go to the desert. (Even though we were back in time on Sunday for Sara's practice)

I have to admit before the desert wasn't always the funnest thing to do, simply because I'd watch the kids and not really get to do much else. Every once in a while we'd go on a ride and I'd be driving the truck. It's fun but you can't beat up the vehicle you drive everyday out there. Now that we have a two seater buggy and the kids are older it's become more fun.

Kaleb rides from the moment we get there till the time we leave asking for dad to make jumps and little tracks. luckily we always park/camp in a spot with trails near by and areas to build up some jumps for the kid. What can I say he's a natural.

We even went on our first ever family ride. Matt was riding in front on the Honda with Sara driving Kaleb in the buggy and then me following them on the Yamaha. It was so much fun riding again.. Then Matt realized his chain was loose so we had to head back to camp. On the way back Sara thought she lost Matt and stopped in the middle of the road as I was coming up behind full speed around a turn to find her stopped. Luckily i stopped in time so that i didn't hit the buggy. She was told next time to pull off the road.

By the time Sara's 16 she'll be a pro driver. As long as she doesn't high center on anything and need Dad to get her out.

All in all it was a good trip, weather was perfect and the kids had a blast.

Little bit of everything

2009-03-25T14:45:00.001-07:00

lets, see I got bored today while cleaning the house and decided to write something.

Sara believe it or not is now 12 years old. She's 1 of 2 sixth graders who have been asked and meet the scholastic requirements to play softball for Light & Life's Middle School Team. The team is mainly 7th and 8th graders but their principal asked her to play because he knows she'd bee good for the team. she'll pitch and play 2nd or short, depending on how much she pitches. Her All-Star team is working hard and she's now in all the stunt sequences. I'll make sure to get a video posted after our April International comp coming up. so everyone can see what she's been up to.

Kaleb, not much to say at the moment. He's doing well in school and has started tumbling at the YMCA, right now he can do a kart-wheel, round-off and is working on a back-handspring. He wants to be like Mykeal one of the boys on Sara's team that does all the "kool flips and holds the girls up". (his words) so we started tumbling to see if he'll like how much work it is. We're also looking into karate. He'd like to play football again but right now he doesn't make the weight for Jr Mitey-Mite which is the first year tackle. (since it would be the last year he could play and only year he'd be able to play tackle with no risk of head trauma)

Matt, is busy working like crazy. if he's not at work then he's at his friends house helping them improve and older warn down home they bought, and if not there he's currently working for Mike and Deb remodeling their main bathroom. Matt, is also playing roller hockey with a bunch of buddies. It's fun to watch!!!!

Then there's me, not doing much work since I've gone to being a stay at home mom. Man you'd think my house would be cleaner though! I spend my time reading books, I've gone thru 5 books already this month. I forgot how much i enjoyed reading. I'm still involved with Pop Warner here and am the current season secretary so i do all the paperwork end and make sure we have what we need. I'm also studying to get my Real Estate License and eventually I'll just get my brokerage license so i can do everything. I figure if I'm going to be a stay at home mom I can still enjoy working on my terms and Real Estate even though not so hot right now would allow me to do so. I've also started going back to the gym (4 days a week) this way i can keep my sanity by staying busy and like any other mother to lose the xtra weight since i getting married and having kids.

We'll that's pretty much all we've been up to lately. I know were planning a trip to the desert 1 last trip before it gets to hot.

Kaleb's 7

2009-03-16T13:36:00.000-07:00

Wow..... where does the time go. Kaleb turned 7 this morning at 3:45am.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB !!!

Every Kid wants to eat junk food and play with friends or have there birthday some where cool. Poor Kaleb is spending his birthday ill and sleeping on the coach.

At least he's finally getting a skateboard, so once he's better we can add to the scars, scraps and bruises he already has.

COA Nationals (3/14 - 3/15)

2009-03-16T13:01:00.000-07:00

Cheerleading can be pretty brutal.... Sara's all star team competed in Irvine past weekend at COA Nationals which is a huge event held at the UC Irvine Bren Center. We all knew going into this weekend was going to be rough with so many of our team members being sick and a couple members being slightly injured prior to the event.

Sara sucked it up and so did the rest of the team, and even though Sara and so many other team members weren't in good health they did a wonderful job.

Carrissa, one of our injuried team mates (shoulder Injury) does a wonderful job holding Sara up with Joey's help. Two Man stunts with girls holding the girls in the air give us more points, then a boy holding the flyers.

The coaches even changed parts of the routine from Saturday's comp to Sunday's and they all did great. They even told the team after competing that no matter whats happens they are very proud of them all for competing when some were ready to pass out, some wanted to sleep, some throw-up and some were hurting do to injuries.

The coaches telling them they did a good job was nice to hear since they don't usually tell the kids that.

Unfortunately, the illness and injuries didn't play to our favor and they just weren't as clean as the other teams so we took 5th place out of 6. It's all good though, three weeks ago we placed 3rd out of 7 in Las Vegas; and we still have the Varsity All Levels International Competition Coming up in April.

Aspiring to be Great

2009-02-13T00:56:00.001-08:00

Okay, you know it's every parents wish for there child to want to be great at something and have a someone they can look up to. Well it's even better when your soon to be 12 year old looks up to someone who's only a couple (meaning two) years older and is awesome in every respect.

Kiara Nowlin is a world wide known gymnist, power tumbler, cheerleader, and has excellent academics. She was nice enough to take this picture with Sara and two of her NC Elite team mates at the Jamz Long Beach Xtreme Competition on January 18th and then signed the posters Sabrina's mom had made for them the following weekend at the Cheer Jamz 2009 Competition the following weekend.

This little girl is a sweat heart, gets great grades, is an awesome athlete, modest and humble and has an wonderful personallity, I couldn't ask for a better role model for Sara.

Left to right: Sabrina, Kiara, Savannah, Sara

Do You Believe This.....

2009-02-12T17:45:00.001-08:00

Says it all doesn't it.

I've always thought bloggs were a good way to keep families and friends updated with whats going on just never thought I'd be doing it.

What can I say, now that I'm a stay at home mom and have some free time I've decided to start blogging so that all our family and friends can keep updated with whats going on in our little family.

And to my sister-in-law Katie thanks for the inspiration..