Happy New Year 2014

Can you believe that it is actually 2014? i cant and i cant believe that already.....yes already i am behind here again. I was going to try to keep up,once or twice a month get in here and update life as it moves along so darn quickly.
Christmas was wonderful as usual. All were happy and healthy and here together so Christmas was wonderful.
Stans daughter Deirdre and her husband Matt and their daughter (almost 3yrs old) welcomed a new baby boy into their family Christmas evening. Stan and laurel leave next week to go to visit and meet him for the first time.
School is going very well for both kids,TaeKwonDo and gymnastics as well.
We had a meeting with the school a couple weeks ago and Zak is so far ahead that they will put him in 5th grade along with Laurel in the fall and totally skip by 4th grade. He is already going to the 5th grade math class and the 8th grade science class where he is able to do science experiments. We are all very proud of him. He is now a Red belt in TaeKwonDO and still really loves it. WE do give alot of credit to that for his progress in all of his areas of life.
Laurel is still loving and living for gymnastics,She had a meet at her own gym today and did VERY well. She had had a tough season and had lost alot of confidence although she had qualified and competed in the Northern Calif state meet, her confidence had slipped away. Today she did so well.....we are so proud of her and hope that this will bring some of that lost confidence back to where it needs to be and where it was her first season. Today she got 2nd in the Vault and the floor routine and 3rd on the bars and 2nd all around. Very proud of her.
Zakary turned 9 yrs old on Feb 3, he wanted a very small party,his closest two friends from school, Camilla and Hekena(yes both girls) and then of course his sister Laurel. He wanted to come to the house,now that there is room,watch a movie,have snacks and then make your own ice cream sundaes. The weekend was rainy so it worked out perfectly and we all had a great time.
Valentines day at school is always fun. Laurels class had a valentines box contest. Laurel didnt win,she did hers with little help(since thats what your supposed to do),it turned out VERY cute but the winners had boxes that were battery operated and did light up things(pretty sure that the 4th grader didnt do that on their own). All in all.....Very cute and alot of fun.
Ok,so im going to attach a lot of pictures and try to get you all caught up here. Hope all of you are doing well and staying healthy

Christmas 2013

Here we are again at the end of another year! it is New years eve as I type. We had an awesome Christmas...Everyone was well and happy. All got what they had asked Santa to bring. Chris wife Destiny was not able to be with us, she had been sick for a week with fever and so on se she stayed at home, we missed her but she certainly didn't feel like travelling and we didn't want what she had. We had a real treat this year.....First grandchild,Sierra,who just turned 17 was able for the first time ever to spend Christmas with us and we sure loved it! She is such a beautiful young lady and we have missed having her all her life and now she was able to be with us and I was even able to get her to stand tall at the measuring door, she is one tall girl. We did our annual Christmas eve dinner at China Wok where we love the family who owns it and the food is delicious. We looked at lights and went home to bed. Christmas morning we all got up and everyone trickled in for presents and coffee cake. Everyone then as they needed to went on their ways and the rest of the day was spent quietly around the house,relaxing,kids playing with new toys and continuing to put things away in the new addition. Grandma Priscilla came over to visit and stayed for a couple hours, she loved to see all the kids together and of course to see was Sierra was a super treat. Enjoy the pictures and Happy New year to you all. I will try (as I say each year to do better with keeping up with pics and blog in the coming year)

lets back track..Laurels 9th birthday, halloween and Laurels state gym competition Oct 2013

Things go so fast around here that it seems I forgot a few major events to cover. I will do that now. Laurel turned 9 on October 7 2013,we finally had a belated birthday party at Silveyville pumpkin patch with all her gym team and a couple friends from school. They played games, decorated pumpkins and had a picnic lunch. It was a lot of fun and a beautiful sunny blue day. I cant believe that she is 9 already!! Halloween has come and gone yet again, the usual party at school with way too much junk food and a fun parade. laurel was a gymnast at school, and a zombie doctor for the evening trick or treating. Zak was a "rich guy" most of us thought he resembled a pimp,but either way, he got the look he wanted and had a lot of fun. Laurels competitive gym season this year was not so great BUT..she did make it to the California state championship meet, this is the goal she had for her year, so she did make that. It was tough, she did fine, she did well. She was up against tough competition. We were proud of her for sure.

Here we are agan! itsw almost the holidays!

Zakarys orthodontics is coming along,its slow and painful. We are having a really hard time getting his teeth clean with all the metal but we take turns scrubbing,we are determined. The house is about 8/10's done! what a fiasco??? ohhh yes!!! Zaks rs done,our room is done for the most part,we are actually sleeping in it temporarily while they now work on Laurels room. We are in DUST and DIRT and we are sick of it. We are amazed at the amount of work entailed and just how hard it is to get good help. Once laurels room is done,then the carpets go in and then we are about done. Then I suppose all the little odds and ends that either got over looked or wernt done right the first,second third or however many times it wasn't done right to get it all corrected. I am loving my new bathroom and soaking tub. I climb in and turn on the bubbles and let um go. We had Thanksgiving yesterday with Chris and Destiny at their house. We all took a piece of the meal and it was awesome. Katy and the grandkids were there as well as Destinys mom,Teresa. Joe had to work so we sent home left overs for him. The Raiders and the Cowboys played football,Chris and Destiny season ticket holders and avid Raiders fans made a Raiders theme Thanksgiving so we all went sporting our Raiders gear. The Raiders lost the game,but played well and it sure made for a fun day! Enjoy the pics...and I will post more along the way.