Fall is Here!!

Happy Monday!! Yes, Fall is here for the rest of the country, not so much here. It was 101 yesterday. At least the nights are getting colder. The pool has definitely cooled down enough for me not to get it in any more. The kids are still jumping right in...when the water gets under 85 forget it for me. Yes, I am the big wimp.

Goldie has gone under the knife today... the spaying has commenced. I felt like I was betraying her today, I know she is just a dog, but she had such a sad face when I left her. Oh, well, I'll get over it.

Christian had his fifth flag football game this weekend. They are still undefeated. He scored his first touchdown, he was so excited. I think tackle is in his future, as long as he plays defense I will be okay with it. I can't believe I am actually watching football now. We are planning on going to the UofA/ASU game in December. Thankfully it is in Tucson so we don't have to worry about all those lunatic ASU fans beating us up for wearing our Uof A garb. They are much more civilized down in Tucson!! We are actually going to tailgate with some of our ASU friends so it will be fun. Anything is fun with Corona!!

Myka is starting softball this week. She is very excited. I will keep you posted on her progress. She is not on a competitive league yet, so there is no way to know if she is winning or not.(Like we don't keep score!) Stay tuned for updates.

Hope you all have a wonderful week... I will get better at this blog thing.
Alex

TGI Thursday

These berries are my absolute favorite thing in summer

Well, it is finally Thursday!! Survived another week of karate, football, chess club, dogs barking, and thunder storms. It is always nice to get a nice desert storm since we hardly ever see them. I watched a great movie yesterday "The Bucket List" and heard an amazing line... The Ancient Egyptians thought that when they died and met the gods they were to answer two guestions in order to pass through heaven. Those guestions were : 1. Have you ever truly had joy in your life? 2. Have you ever brought joy to someone else in your life? Very deep. Makes you look at your own life. If you do anything this fall, read a book called "The Shack". It will really make you think about life, your life, differently. I don't have the authors name in front of me.. you won't find it hard to locate, it has been on the top ten list for weeks.

The elections are fast approaching... please, whatever your political background, get out and vote. I can't stand debating with a person over politics who didn't even have the time to vote. Yes, for those of you who really know me... I tend to debate anyways, especially after a few Coronas. Seriously, we are talking very little effort to make your opinion matter. VOTE! As my husband always says to me, "be a part of the solution, not the problem". This is usually said to me in a very lovingly manor when I freak out just about anything. Got to love his coaching:)

Have a wonderful weekend...

God Bless,

Alex

Goldie's Graduation

Wow, Goldie Graduated, and I use that term loosely, from Puppy Class on 9/8! She even won a "major award".... "Most likely to work for food!" We are so proud of our little cattle dog.

Christi and Me

Brad Paisley (yes he is little!)

Amy, Adam Gregory, Christi and Me
Christi, Sue, Jen, Leslie, and Me at Bon Jovi.
No need to name....
Lance Miller
One Flew South

This is my friend Christi...she is one of those people who win everything!! We have met Brad Paisley, been on stage with Bon Jovi, and the latest is having lunch with an up and coming new country artist Adam Gregory. We also met One Flew South, and Lance Miller. Lance Miller won season 2 of Nashville Star.(like American Idol only country) Wish she would win some $$!

LOL

Alex

One More Day In Paradise...

Natural Bridge, Payson AZ

Well, here I go.... Christi you will be proud of me, I am finally blogging! I feel so hip and young now. I want to say thank you to my dear friend, and partner in crime, Christi for making this blog possible. It helps to keep those young friends around!!

Summer is coming to an end, in theory that is. (Still 104 today) The kids have started school. Christian in 4th grade and Myka in 3rd. We have started a new school this year, and with much angst the first week, the kids are settled in nicely. Christian is a second degree brown belt in karate, two more tests and he is a junior black belt. Watch out! Myka is one test away from brown belt and Jeff is also a brown belt...you can say that "Every body is kung fu fighting" in our house.

Christian is also playing flag football this season, they have won their first game. Woot! Woo! Myka will be starting softball the end of this month. She is a hitting machine, now if we can just get her to stop catching like a girl!

We had an addition to our family earlier this summer. In May we adopted our little puppy "Goldie". No she is not a Golden, she is a mut. She is half Queensland Heeler and half Border Collie, yes she is a cattle dog. Guess we thought we might need one of those someday?? She has since turned white except for her ears, they are still gold. She has been quite the handful. Daisy our German Shepherd tolerates her to say the least. I don't think I have slept a whole night through since May!!

For those of you who know my parents, they have moved back to Arizona. They couldn't stand the winters there in Upstate New York any longer. Good for us, yah... free babysitting for me. They are living with my brother, Peter, in Tucson right now until Jeff and I can find them a home up here in the Phoenix area. It is nice to have them around.

I will try and make it a habit to blog more often. I know you are all dying to know what is going on in my life.... Yes... I am going to be 40 this year, so you can keep all your comments to yourselves!!! Thank you very much.

I love you all and hope you are doing well.

God Bless,

Alex