My Life's Journey

Vegas recap

The main reason for going to Las Vegas was to attend the NHL awards. That was pretty cool. The after party was OK too. We didn't hang around too long. Got a picture of the Stanley Cup which was put out on plexi glass in the pool. Really cool.

Evgeni Malkin and his significant other. He was up for a few awards that evening.

The AWESOME STANLEY CUP!!!

Jeff with Evgeni Malkin at the Palms pool!

My first ever taxable jackpot. Jeff had already won an $8000.00 jackpot so I was stoked to win this. I had just sat down, put in one hundred dollars and my very first hand it dealt me four aces! So cool!

That's MR. CLEAN giving Jeff a tattoo. He has been wanting to get a dragon in memory of Dad for a while now. It turned out awesome!

Jeff and Mr. Clean. 

All in all, it was a great weekend. Now I'm looking forward to a relaxing, fun scrapbooking weekend with some girlfriends at the beach next weekend. 

In a funk

I'm in a total funk today. Actually, I think it's been coming on. Stress from the Vista house is mounting. We had one offer recently but when we countered closer to our asking price, we lost the buyer. I'm OK with that considering they offered a hundred and twenty thousand less than what we were asking. As it is, we will lose about four hundred thousand selling it for what we are asking. Ouch. A very sore subject with me. A word of advice.....don't do business transactions with people who have no idea of what they are doing. 

School is out for summer. Part of me wants to be happy and part of me will miss the quiet time. I can tell I'm in a funk when I am longing for quiet instead of listening to my kids' laughter while playing outside. I need to snap out of it. The list of to do's is long. Lot's I want to get going this summer. I have yet to make up their summer chore charts. They are off the hook right now and that's not a good thing. The most I can muster up is making sure they've made their beds before getting on with their day. Whatever. I still need to get their summer school work together. They all know they need to spend 45 minutes to an hour on reading, writing and math this summer. No arguments! We'll see how that goes. 

Looking forward to a break this weekend. Jeff and I leave on Thursday morning for our trip to Las Vegas to go see the NHL awards ceremony. Should be fun. There isn't a whole lot of funds lying around to play with so we will need to spend a lot of time at the pool! :) 

We've just passed all the kids birthday's. Kelsey and Wyatt both had parties this weekend and Riley will have his shortly. We still have not decided on a date and time. I just want nice weather. He of course wants a pool party. I wish I could order up sunshine. Would be nice. 

Took some pics of the kids on Kelsey's birthday which was also the last day of school. 

Kelsey and her bff, Makayla

Wyatt and his bff Austin

Kelsey at Juan's for her birthday dinner

Oh. And one from Riles birthday. He got a new bed. A bigger one. He loves it!

Our Beautiful Backyard Oasis!

Lovin' the new backyard. The kids played ALL DAY yesterday in the pool and had several friends over. So much fun. Glad to know where my kids will be this summer and who they will be hanging out with! Here are updated photos.

My crazy boy!

I dared Wyatt to jump into the pool. It just finished filling this morning and it is not heated yet. It's also super dirty. Wyatt is never one to shirk a dare! Crazy boy. 

The pool should be cleaned, heated and ready to go by the end of the week! YAY!

My new DO

I am loving it. Got about 7 inches cut off today and it feels SO GOOD! 

Loving the angle of the cut. Such a summer feel to it! I might have to keep it like this for a while! :)

Sugar love

Finally got a chance to scrapbook a page the other night. Found this picture of me and my good friend Sugar from high school. Jeff and I went to Seattle in December to watch a Seahawks game and we invited Sugar and her husband to go with. Dave ended up having to work so she brought her cute little man Nick with her. We got decals on our faces and had a great visit. 

Love the colors of the supplies in this layout!

Patio Progress

The patio is really coming along. I'm still bummed about the pool equipment room and having to re-do that whole part, but the stamped concrete is looking really good. They will be back to seal it today and then it will all be the darker color. So pretty. I remembered something from my childhood the other day. When Brian and I were kids, Dad did some concrete work in the backyard and we all put our hand prints in it. He then wrote our names and the year. I thought that was so cool so I pulled all my kids out from school yesterday for about 20 minutes and we all did our hand prints. When it's all sealed it will look great.

Off to Canada this weekend for another tournament. Glad spring season is getting ready to wind down cause I'm getting tired! Honestly, I LOVE ME SOME HOCKEY....so I can't complain. Pretty soon I won't be seeing any until September! Lot's to do this morning before we leave. 

Annoying beauty

For days now, I have been hearing a very annoying thud at my dining room window. Couldn't figure out what it was until yesterday. There are birds running into my window. I was convinced they were suicidal until an old friend posted on facebook she was having the same issue. She looked up the Audibon Society and found that it is mating season and the males are seeing their reflection in the window and thinking it is a female. So, I guess that means that these particular birds are not quite that smart. They are however, kinda pretty.

Stupid tired

That is how I feel. Traveling back and forth to Canada every weekend is wearing on me. Thank goodness Riley loves it. It makes it all worth it. The things we do for our kids.

Tonight we met Brian, Angie and the kids for dinner in Vancouver. Miss them. Miss the kids. I REALLY miss Riley and Jack's closeness. Those boys were so close before they moved out into the boonies. Damn Brian! Got a cute shot of the boys tonight on my blackberry. Red eye sucks.

They really are so cute. Two peas in a pod. 

Busy week ahead. Laundry, meetings, housework, backyard stuff and planning for another weekend in Canada. Tournament this weekend. Gonna be fun. Hopefully the boys can pull off more wins than losses. We'll see. More later.