First of all, my not so favorite.
My mom is back from Africa now and we went down to Gilroy to visit with her yesterday. She treated Avery and I to pedicures...so wonderful! Avery was on cloud 9 because she got to sit in her own chair and have her toes painted. She chose purple, her favorite color, and had flowers painted on the big toes as well. What fun!
Cassie Burrows
Diane Leininger
Julie Schaffer -
Kailee Wetzel
The corn is getting really tall. Jaron took an ear of corn we bought from the store and tried to pass it off to Avery as one that came from the garden. She, of course, is too intelligent to be fooled by such silliness.
The tomatoes need to be weeded and thinned out as they are spreading too much and since I am the only one who will eat them we really do not need 5 plants.
A couple weeks ago I went to Modesto for the day to work at the California Relays as an athletic trainer. The event is held at Modesto Junior College where I first went to college and got my start in athletic training. I was glad to be able to help out and assist Bobby who is the first Certified Athletic Trainer I worked under as a student and who helped me get my start in a career I enjoy. After working with high school athletes, it is nice to go see world class athletes and olympians in action...a nice change of pace.
Two of my interns from SJSU came with me
Jenn Stuczynski - US record holder in pole vault
Happy Mothers Day!
My dad has, as long as I can remember, had facial hair. Since my mom is in Africa and not here to protest, he decided to shave it all off! He showed up at the house today and scared Avery half to death. It was so sad!! She went out to greet him and ran away. She never once would look at him and cried that she wanted to go to her room. It was so bizarre as Grandpa is probably her favorite person in the world. Riley had no reaction and snuggled up to his soft face without a tear in sight.
Grandpa is supposed to baby sit next Sunday so hopefully Avery will adjust by then. :)
What do you think, Mom??
I have a friend at MOPS that is due to have a baby in 2-3 weeks so it was cause to get out the ol' sewing machine and get to work. I have had this chain monkey and banana fabric for a while, but did not have a reason to use it so I put it together with some cordouroy for a cute bag. She is having a baby boy so there are no pink and purples here!
The hemangioma was only about the size of a pin head. The doc first had to stick her with a needle to numb the area, which was the hardest part. I talked to her and held her down while Jaron held her legs and tried to keep her as still as possible. She cried and screamed for just a bit, but then was very brave for the cutting out and suturing. I think the whole ordeal was much harder for me as I had trouble sleeping last night and was teary eyed while the doctor worked. The whole procedure was only about 5 minutes long. The staff was great and gave her 3 stickers, making her very happy. She has been perfectly happy since we left and has not complained once.
1. He is devoted to his family.
2. He is an excellent father.
3. He loves off roading and his ultimate goal is to race the Baja 1000.
4. He is a superb husband.
5. He loves Jesus.
6. He works incredibly hard without ever taking a day off unless he is so sick he cannot get out of bed.
7. When he laughs out loud it is hilarious and always makes me laugh.
8. He craves caffeine and loves mountain dew, though he switched to diet a few years back.
9. He grew up in Southern Cal and I don't think he will ever feel perfectly at home in Nor Cal (even though its better up here!)
10. He loves his friends and is a great friend in return.
11. He loves hardcore music.
12. He plays and goofs off with the girls and they love it, giving mommy a nice break.
13. He always says I love you after every phone call with me.
14. He loves cereal.
15. We love to camp and be outdoors and hope to establish a yearly tradition of summer camping trips.
16. He can surf on the computer for hours without moving out of his recliner.
17. He watches reality tv.
18. He has recently taken up mountain biking.
19. He is an athletic trainer, not a personal trainer and hates when he is referred to as such.
20. His one life regret is never buying a scooter when we lived in Sac since parking was awful at Sac State.
21. When he puts his mind to something, he is a fanatic about it and always completes it.
22. He met his beautiful wife at Frontier Ranch where he was a mini bikes instructor for 2 summers.
23. He is super easy going and mellow. Riley has the same personality.
24. He has blue eyes and passed them on to our beautiful girls.
25. Three of his favorite movies are North Shore, High Strung, and Goonies.
26. He can quote movie lines after watching a move only once and probably can quote the above three by heart.
27. He has his Masters Degree and earned it while working full time.
28. His favorite color is blue.
29. He is not really a dessert lover. He'd rather have more of the main meal.
30. He's not afraid to try new stuff...always willing to try something at least once!
