What was lost is now found

While clearing pictures off of my camera, I found that I still had pictures of Alexxa before her homecoming dance. Not bad for playing in a soccer tournament all day and only having 45 minutes to take a shower and get ready. What a beauty she is!

Things I am thankful for today...

Vanilla ice cream - YUM!

Heating blankets

Beautiful sunsets

My family :)

No I didn't fall off the face of the earth....

but I have been super busy. With the new year came a new sport for Alexxa. We have been watching her play in the evenings after work for about the past two months. It is really quite entertaining. I think she happens to be on the shortest basketball team ever. The tallest girl on Lexxi's team is 5'7". Her coach has had Lexx doing jump balls, and Lexx is a whopping 5'6" on a good day. My favorite game so far was Golden Sierra vs. Lindhurst. Lindhurst has a girl on their team that is 6'5", and guess who had the honor of guarding that girl...YEP...Lexx. It made me giggle everytime Lexx tried to defend her because she came up to the girls armpit. Lexx looked like a little gnat buzzing around bugging a larger animal. They lost the game, but only by 1 point. Not bad. I think it is safe to say, however, that her team will not be going to the playoffs. No biggie, at least they are getting exercise and having fun.

The new year brought a new semester for both Austin and Alexxa. Alexxa's stayed the same, but Austin's changed. He is keeping quite busy between work and school. Aust now works at the Deli and pizza parlor and is taking 3 college courses. Keep up the good work Aust!

Todd and I keep plugging along. He has been working on the property while I am inside cleaning. I caught a glimpse of him working outside...what an awesome man! I am sooo lucky.

I thought I would start a new tradition with every post this year. I will be listing things that I am thankful for on that particular day.

1. TV series on dvd...currently watching Fringe
2. Vacuum cleaners to clean up garbage that Thor drug out...that was Awesome.
3. Doors to bedrooms...so I'm not tempted to threaten my children.
4. My wonderful children.
5. My hard working wonderful husband ;)

Hugs & kisses,
Brenda

Wow...

It's been a bit since I posted. I thought I would post something so people would know that I'm still alive. Life has been a little busy the past month, but I will be doing a better post here in the near future. Until then, hasta!

McComb Family Get Together

On Sunday, our family had the privilege of meeting Scott McComb's new wife and step-children. They had just flown in from Korea a day or two earlier and were making the rounds. Scott is Uncle Lynn's son who is in the military. He is now going to be stationed in Texas, and he, along with his family, are in the process of moving.

We all met at Dennis' house and Anne made tacos, deserts, salad...you name it...for dinner. After dinner we got to visit and went to see the progress on Lynn's house. When we returned from Lynn's, Jennie (Scott's wife) was gracious and gave everyone gifts from Korea. We had a nice time visiting and enjoyed getting to know Jennie, Jinyoung and Yeagi (I apologize for misspelled names!). We hope we get to see them again soon, and hope they enjoy their new home.

1st pic: Yeagi, Jennie and Dale

2nd pic: Group photo

3rd pic: Jinyoung and Connie

For some reason my last blog didn't attach pictures, so here you go!

Pictures 1, 2, 3, 4 are my parent's property and the lake

Pictures 5, 6 are Boiling Lake

Pictures 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12 are Bumpas Hell

Labor Day Weekend

So Todd, Lexx and I enjoyed a fun Labor Day weekend. We decided to go up and see my parent's property that they just bought in Oregon. We left after work on Friday and headed off to Klamath Falls, OR. We drove in about 1AM on Saturday, got up and ate breakfast at the Black Bear Diner then headed out to the property. The property is about an hour out of Klamath Falls, as you head towards Lakeview. When we arrived, Todd took off with my dad and they walked the property. I hung out with my mom and Lexx, and we took a couple pictures and then headed down to the lake. Eventually Todd and my dad made it to the lake and we just hung out and relaxed for a little while and then went and ate lunch in Bly. Bly is a tiny little town, but man did they have some good food. After lunch we left my parents and headed to Susanville.



We stayed the night in Susanville and then headed off to Lassen National Volcanic Park for the day. It was awesome! We only had about 9 hours total in the park, but we hit what we considered the high points. First stop was the Boiling Lake. It was about 1/2 mile up hill...and I pulled a muscle going up. Coming down was fine, but I decided I would let Todd and Lexx hike the 2 miles to Devil's Kitchen and I would go back to the car and read my magazine. We finished around 12:30, went to lunch in Chester (cute little town) and then headed out to Bumpass Hell. Bumpass Hell was a 3 mile hike. It was fairly easy except for the very last part, which was of course steep. Poor Lexx had a headache at this time, but still hiked the entire distance and smiled for some pictures...what a trooper. We finished at Bumpass Hell around 7:30 PM, and then headed home through Chico. We finally arrived home around 11:00 PM. Exhausted and satisfied that we had a very full week.

Just been busy

So I have been neglecting my blog, I know. Ever since we got back from vacation it seems like it has been go, go, go. Lexx is excited...she got her drivers license, went to soccer camp at CSU Sonoma and started back to high school. Austin has been working non-stop, Todd has been furloughed two days a month, and I am working as usual.

Lexx has had a couple of soccer tournaments, the first her team did really well, the second, her team did, let's just say, not very well.

Well I hope I remember to blog more than once next month...we'll see :)