Roy the Chihuaha

I still miss my Champers...a lot...he was my buddy for more than 12 years....but I am getting attached to my little Roy.  He is a lover and a cuddly doggie.  His bark can be annoying, but he is such a good friend to everyone, especially to me and Ben!  He is sitting on my lap as I write this post!  Roy is so cute!!

Tom and Gladys

My Mom's cousin Gladys, and her husband Tom live in Northern California.  They usually come to Arizona once a year and stop by for a visit.  This year, my mom happened to be in town so she was there for the visit.  It's fun to catch up and update them on the kids' happenings.  They are really neat people and we always enjoy seeing them.

Baby Michael

Baby Michael is 8 months old now.  He is cute and loves to laugh.  Michael is almost in crawl mode...he's like, right there.  He's very cute in his bouncy activity seat!  I haven't hung around him as much as I would like, so I'm not sure what he is "in to"..besides his siblings and eating cheerios!  He seemed to get a kick out of Alex though.

Scrapbooking

I really enjoy scrapbooking and have been involved with the hobby on and off for many years, even before I was married and had children.  Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of spare time for it.  For the past couple years, my mom and I have been going to an event called "Celebrate", held in the Phoenix Civic Center.  It's an all day scrapbooking event - with hours and hours to work on your projects, hourly prize giveaways and general fun and bonding with hundreds of women who also enjoy to scrap.  My mom and I had a great time and we love the feeling at the end of the day - hungry (we are working furiously - barely stopping to have a quick lunch!), exhausted, and an awesome feeling of accomplishment that we worked on our albums!  It's fun to look at the books and see what each other did, at the end of the day.  Good times - hope a whole year doesn't go by before I get my scapbooking out again! 

SuperBowl Gathering

Lynn's house was the venue for this year's SuperBowl party/gathering.  The Kash family was there, along with the usual suspects.  The Packers won this year, but there weren't any die hard fans on hand.  Most of us were rooting for the Packers and were happy they won.  We had lots of great food there though!  Dips and chips and crackers and a delicious pork for sandwiches that Lynn made in her crock pot - - yum!!

My Alex

Isn't this picture funny of Alex?  He has a sweet, yet mischevious look about him - which is pretty much Alex through and through.  I can't believe how fast he is growing up!  Alex is more that half done with first grade and turns 7 years old next month.  Alex is a very sweet person - he calls me sweetheart and says I'm beautiful - gosh what more can a mom ask for? He loves to tell me, Bill and Ben that we are "his family" and he talks about Bella and Zachary all the time.  Alex has had the same Habilitation provider, Kate, come for the past over one year.  They get along so well and she has been so helpful in teaching Alex to be more independent and not be "crazy Alex", but a calmer Alex who listens pretty well most of the time.   He really is an awesome boy and I'm very proud of him . . and yes, his bright orange hair remains!