First Day!!!

9 years ago I took Nicole to her first day of kindergarden .. she was so little, so cute

and so so excited to be starting school...

then fast forward to today ..

my sweet still cute but not so little Coley went off for her first day off high school...

If time continues at this speed her 4 years at La Serna will be gone in a flash...

With a tear in my eye and many kisses to her cheek she walked down the drive way to

begin her next amazing journey ...

La Serna has a new Lancer ....

I love you Coley and am very proud of you and can't wait to see what the future has for you!!

Today though .. have fun !!!!

Then a few minutes later it was Ryan's turn ... a big day for him too (and me )

no longer a first day where I walk him to his classroom at Scott ave and take a cute

picture in front of his door ... no he is off to

be a BIG MIDDLE SCHOOLER at Granada ...

How and where did the time go??? My kids are growing up and seem so different...

all a good thing, I am looking forward to this new phase..

With confidence and excitement Ryan and his friends took off down the street to walk

to school and start his new school experience as a jr. higher ..

watch out world Ryan is moving up!!!

Granada's new student

off they go with smiles on their faces!!!
Bring it on 2011-2012 school year!!!



Our Last week of summer !!!!

I feel like summer flew bye ...  but we also enjoyed so many moments of this great summer ...

and our last week had lots of fun highlights too !!!

Dinner out with ry's team .. pizza and ry the italian

A day of Knotts Berry farm with Nicole Ryan and his team mates

We had a great day ... ( though I do believe we picked the hottest day of the summer 110)
We loved getting wet ... big foot rapids was our favorite ride

Throw in a 2 day soccer tournament in Irvine ... only 105 ... so between
games we found a/c in REI

Off to day 2 ... at least it's 7:20am and only 80

Lots of time spent at IKEA ... the kids bedrooms are almost done ...

Also spent lots of time trying to find just the right accessories

Nicole and her buddies spent the day seeing Winnie the Pooh (ahh my high schoolers) and hanging out

Ryan and Cade spent one last morning at Creek Park

Ryan just loves his bike .... high flying dare devil ...
OK  fall here we come !!!



Nicole loves music ....

Nicole, Gillian and Big wave Dave !!!

What an amazing week of music for nicole ... music feeds her soul and this week she

has been blessed ...

Saturday ... she got to see Mercy Me live at Angel Stadium

and now Wednesday she is off to see

Taylor Swift...

when she was invited to see Taylor by her sweet friend Bridgette

I thought she was going to pass out as she was hyper venalating ..

Love the end of summer crazy while have the best times of your life...

schedule in hand ...

Ryan's new chapter is official ...

Today after receiving his middle school schedule ... Ryan officially became a matador...

He has a good schedule .. including steel drums (Which we are both excited about)

honors math, language arts, science, social studies and his favorite PE ...

Today's orientation day was full...

ice-breaker games... check

ID picture and ID ... check

PE clothes purchased .. check

toured to school .... check

.... ready or not it's here ....

2011-2012 school year .. here we come



Last Bon Fire !!!

Summer is coming to an end (quickly)

but for today one last evening of

bon fire, boogie boarding, burnt hot dogs, s'mores and friends....

I Love the beach ... it's one of the happiest places for me .. I'm so relaxed when I

am sitting at the beach listening to the waves and enjoying my kids...





Time to move out ....

of Ryan's closet ...

I have always shared 1/2 of Ryan's closet to go along with 3/4 of mine ...

well I guess he's growing up and want his own space ...

so i have to move out

first everything in my room .. where did my bed go???

11 hours later, a great excuse to clean out my clothes and condence ...
ryan's room clear of my stuff
8 trash bags full for the thrift shop ..
and i feel a bit accomplished...

Dare i say "High School"

Reality has hit and the time has come ... Yes .. La Serna High ..

Here comes Nicole..

Back to school shopping ..... check

school schedule ...... check

lockers and locks .... check

all honors classes .... .check

Less then 2 weeks for school to start .... check

Our June Lake .... vacay ...

We just spent an amazing 2 weeks in June Lake (again)

full of family time ..

Thanks Pagenkopps, Kilblos's & Mr. Rivera

fishing, resting, reading, kayaking, paddle boarding, lots of camp fires ....

and much more ...

Wonderful ... week