Ari's soccer pics

Here's some pictures from Ari's 1st game.

Here's Mike holding the "Go Purple Bashers!" sign that Manda made for Ari's team.

New pics of the girls

I had Tiff and Manda's hair cut today. Here's Tiff:

And here's Manda:

Ari and I will be getting our's cut next week.

Which sports car are you?

I got this from my friend, Kim's, blog: Creative Chaos.

I'm a Ford Mustang!

You're an American classic -- fast, strong, and bold. You're not snobby or pretentious, but you have what it takes to give anyone a run for their money.

"Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.

American Pride

I just got an email entitled: "I Love This Comeback" and the email subject was Proud to be an American. Usually, I just delete these types of emails. You know the ones... it's someone's "true" story or anecdote about something that happened to someone they know, and has been forwarded to everyone on the planet atleast twice. Any way, I'm starting to ramble. My point is, whether or not the above mentioned email is true, I liked it. So here you go:


One of my sons serves in the military. He is still stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me know how warm and welcoming people were to him, and his troops. Everywhere he goes, telling me how people shake their hands, and thank them for being willing to serve, and fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that others may have them also.

But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead of several people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a burkha. He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the U.S. flag lapel pin the cashier wore on her smock. The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly," Yes, I always wear it and probably always will."

The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going to stop bombing her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi. A gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle voice to the Iraqi woman:

"Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like this young man have fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is my belief that had you been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so loudly and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way back to Iraq so you can straighten
out the mess in YOUR country that you are obviously here in MY country to avoid"
Everyone within hearing distance cheered!

Some new Layouts

Here's some of the LOs I created while I was at SDV (Scrapper's Dream Vacation) this past weekend.

Time for an update

Soccer has taken over! Here's some pics of Ari at her first couple of practices.


Ari loves to pick up the ball and carry it to where she wants it before she kicks it. LOL!!

For those of you that asked for an update about "the date"... It was fine. Unfortunately, she is no longer dating the boy. She broke up with him because he was being a jerk to somebody (not to Amanda), and she didn't like that. The very next day, she was asked out by another boy. She's definitely popular. I'm going to have to keep an eye on her as she gets older. OY!