Here are some pictures from the show "Walking with the Dinosaurs." It was really hard to get shots with out using a flash. The show was really good, but I felt at the end it was over priced. It started late, took a 25 minute break and we were out of there by 6:45 when it was to start at 5pm. Oh well....live and learn as I say!
when life gets crazy. We've had lots of football practice, a funeral, a final soccer game, out of town guests, a carnival to go to, and a trip to Palm Desert. Zach & I spent 4 days at my Grandmas this week. I needed that break from all the hustling around. Though I was very stressed leaving because a lot is coming up in the next two weeks. So anyways.....back to my Grandma. I swear not within the first few hours we were there that she got some disturbing news. "Hi, I'm a letter from the County of Riverside telling you that one of the healthcare facilities you recently visited had a patient that has tuberculosis and you've possibly been exposed. Here's an 800 # to call to schedule a test." Aaaaaccccck! Guess what kept her very upset for the next 20hrs? Yes only 20 because then she had a PETscan (checks her organs and tumors) and they tell her that her tumor is pressing up against her kidney and could make it die. Therefore she needs a stint to block the tumor. She'll be having that procedure in about a week. My poor grandma has endured so much. I tried to keep positive for her, though inside I'm asking "how much more can she take?" 
Oh to a happier moment....Ryan's work had their company picnic last Saturday. It was a carnival and my boys had the best time. Austin was on the bumper cars for 2 1/2 hrs straight. He was in heaven. Zach went up and down this slide for about an hour. We just found a spot to sit and enjoy all the food.
On Thursday night my great aunt passed away. She was 91. I saw her often, in fact just 2 weeks ago. That's when this pic was taken. She's my Grandmother's sister. It's really sad, because we feel as though her doctors and medical care wasn't as good as it could have been. Services will be next week. 
good. Like so good she's being scouted for college and she hasn't even started her Sophomore year in HS yet. We had a baby shower on Sunday for my cousin, then went out to dinner to celebrate my dad and aunt's birthdays. Tuesday we hung out at the pool all day with a neighbor and her two friends and come to find out, the friends actually have kids that go to school with Austin! The kids played all day and didn't want to go in, but I think 4 hrs in the pool was long enough. Wednesday I went to the first SoCal Vendor Fair. That was a lot of fun. Candice & I got to order some great new things for the store. She has a really good eye for 
combining product and has 
such a great vintage flair to her style. I can't wait for the new stuff to arrive. Thursday we spent the day at the OC Fair. It was me, my boys, my mom & brother and his girlfriend Evan. I got to really play with my camera a lot. I think I took some good photos, and then some not so great ones. I have to remember to change the settings! We had such a great time in the County Building with all these cutouts. We laughed our butts off. On Friday Austin had his physical for football and then we visited the new Target. Oooooh.......it was so beautiful. A fresh new Target with the shelves lined and stocked full of goodies and new fancy carts, I felt like this was Target heaven. My friends always show me these great finds from the dollar spot or from the scrapbooking dept. I'm bewildered because my old funky Target was just so sad with nothing. 
Well, not any more! I spent waaaaaay too much and I'll leave it at that. ;) After Target we headed to my mom's to swim. Yesterday we all cleaned house and headed to Zachary's soccer game. My poor baby runs his little heart out, but it is hard for him to keep up with this one player that is super aggressive on our team that always has the ball. Then it was time to play goalie. Well, he took it upon himself to let out these loud yelling growls to scare the other team. All the parents in the stands were laughing, because it was cute, not so scary. Later I stopped by here and chatted with Michelle. I picked up this, SEE-EZ 
which I've been wanting since I saw it at CHA-W. After all my running around we took Zachary to my mother-in-laws to spend the night and then the 3 of us went to dinner at the Elephant Bar. The food there is pretty good. I haven't been in about 4 years. After that we finally went to Circuit City and bought a new printer, the Canon PixmaMP610. Ryan is going to hook it up today while I'm at work, I can't wait to try it out. It got really great reviews. Not to mention, if you visit the newly remolded Circuit City in Brea this weekend, you get 10% off your purchase. Not bad.
