back to the beach

odog is all about the sand and digging holes

me scottie and amy playing at the beach

ian is all about kiaking now. he doenst really like hanging out with us anymore because he is 13 so he can escape on his own private boat

the j man gearing up for his spin on the kiack. cool beans!

ontario

owen is 10

owen making his wish. he loved his cold stone ice cream cake.

owen thanked me for the best birthday ever when we were leaving wal-mart.

owen in heaven deciding what to buy with his birthday money and what he wanted from mike and i. he was set on legos. he wound up with the new atlantis set from us and he bought a star wars set, razor scooter and machete with his birthday money from his grandparents. he was thrilled to the brim.

weekend

owen and jule at delbert days petting the goats

ians 13th birthday present. he wanted to have tepanayki- he had lobster, scallops and shrimp.

ian and i dressed for dinner for his birthday.

the jule bug on his special mom-time date.

jules new pet mouse. his name is trevor or "little t". he brought him home saturday night.

a day at the park

jule doulgas is having a great time riding his bike and fishing with inez. he loves to be outside and active.

ian nesby had a great time fishing under the bridge, but was leary to play at the skatepark until he finally got bored enough to just do it. then he had fun also.

owen is happy to be anywhere and always has to come get some snuggle time in with mom.

collections

so one of my customers (the resturant) bounced a substantial check on us in november which we have given her ample oppurtunity to clear up with us and have gone out of our way to accomadate her. BUT, after the third lie and coming up with nothing but empty promises, i took mario and we went to parker to handle this in person yesterday. i thought it ended up to be nothing but a great lunch (we had hamburgers at the roadrunner on the river) since she was hiding from us, but turns out we made a ripple because there was money under the door when i came in this morning. i am feeling pretty good about it this morning.

i do not like men with clean, soft hands. i think men should be rugged and handy.