Maui - Spring Break 2010!

Maui...need I say more! Here are just a few of my photos...the girls have many more. Fresh pineapple, "Cool Cats Diner", "Burgers in Paradise", Sun, Sand, Snorkeling, Whale Watching Excursion, Swimming, laying in the sun, shopping, lei making & hula dancing classes, fresh farmers markets, pearls...all this plus much more equals so much fun. I was extremely lucky to be able to take my two daughters away for 6 days to Maui. We had a fabulous time together. Laughing, talking, "bonding"! It was an absolutely priceless moment I will never forget!

Amanda Turns 15!

My baby girl turned 15 on March 15th! There was a lot of 15 things... We had several celebrations. We had dinner with Grandma & Grandpa & Aunt Kelli, Uncle Gary & Aunt Sharon and Amy came. We had the usual embarrassment at Red Robin as a family. We also had dinner with Rob's family at his sister's house. Amanda got a lap top from Grandma & Grandpa...you should have seen the excitement there! Of course we had to show off our fabulous toes in our new Nike sandals.

Probably Amanda's happiest moment was when she got her permit! On her FIRST (1st) try! She had to rub that into her sister a little!

We love you Fritze and are so proud of you. You are beautiful on the inside and the outside!

Vegas Baby!

A lot has happened since my last post...so there will be much to come! The first thing was Rob & I celebrated my birthday in Vegas! Rob met Elvis, I "saw" Donny & Marie, the lions at the MGM were beautiful, The Bellagio was breath taking, The Venetian was gorgeous, wonderful food...and some great shows! We had a marvelous time. Thanks to Nicole for being the "mother" while we were gone. <3

The Other thing that has kept us so busy...Ricky!

Many of you have been asking about Ricky also, Here is what we know for sure.
Ricky's birth mom received her rights back in late November.
Therefore he is no longer able to be adopted.
Ricky's mom is having some testing done in the coming months, as well as Ricky. The court will meet again at the end of April to decide where Ricky should live.
The good news thus far is that Ricky is with us until the end of April. The judge did not allow any additional visitation or anything until we have some sort of a plan.
So, now we wait until at least the end of April to see what the next step of the plan is.
Meanwhile, we are signed up for after school basketball and science club and he has tryouts for baseball in a couple of weeks.

What has been keeping us sooooo busy????

As many of you know, my mom had a stroke on our trip home from Disney. In actuality, she probably suffered one while we were at Disneyland, but we didn't know. She spent a week at Mt Hood Hospital, and then almost a month at Good Samaritan at the Rehabilitation Institute of Oregon. While at RIO she received intense therapy.
She came home at the first of 2010 and has been re cooperating at home. My dad has been her primary care giver, and he has us to help him as well as home health.
Now that she is able to move both legs they are hoping to transport her to out - patient therapy very soon.
Our hope is that mom will recover totally and be able to return to her normal lifestyle. Only time will tell. We are really proud of her and the hard work she has put in thus far.

Playing Catch Up!

Thanksgiving at Disneyland seems like such a long time ago...but we had a wonderful time together!

There was a fun snow day for Ricky, Amanda and Rob. Some how this photo was the only one that turned out...the rest is video. Ricky had never been to the mountian to play and ski & snow baord before.

There was Christmas and some of the fun activities we dd. Like helping Ricky make this gingerbread train for his birth mom.

Amanda made the Freshman Basketball team! Yeah #54! She is learning tons and becoming quite buff!

Visit with Mickey~ 2009!