Apr 25,2009 Relay for Life

I participated in the Chandler Relay for Life

on Saturday night. It is a walk for the American

Cancer Society that goes from 6 pm to 6 am.

The idea is that someone from your team is always

walking. We had a team of PartyLite consultants

that walked. It was an event that is both fun

and inspirational. The last picture is candle

luminaries which spells out what we all have,

HOPE for a cure.

Apr 16, 2009 Sisters Weekend at Janet's

Since Diane was here from New Jersey we

decided to head up to Flagstaff to stay at Janet's

for the weekend. When we got there Thursday

night it was snowing but it was all gone by

Friday afternoon. We spent the weekend

enjoying each other's company. Although,

we were very busy playing baseball, boxing,

bowling, and of course cards. Great sisters weekend.

Apr 12, 2009 Easter at Nicole's

Easter was at my niece Nicole's. It turned

out to be such an awesome day. Nicole is

with her mom (sister Barbara) & dad in the

top photo. Then we had all the girls pose for

a picture cause that's what they all like to do.

And of course a picture of 1/2 the family.

Hunter was at his girlfriend's and Paul was

up in Flag hiking the Grand Canyon in the

snow!!!

Apr 11, 2009 Birthday Party for Hayden

My niece Maureen (the one pictured with me)

has a little girl Hayden who celebrated her 1st

birthday. She is pictured with my sister in law

Kerry, the baby's grandma. The other pics are

of some of my other nieces and nephews.

Chris & his wife Candice and their children

Holly & Brenden. Next is Pam, Richie

& Maureen with Hayden. The last pic is my

niece Stephanie who makes these super cute

head bands & clothing accessories. Stephanie,

Chris, Maureen, Richie & Pam are all my brother's

kids.

The Twilight Series

I just finished the reading the Twilight Series.

I didn't have any interest in them when they

first came out but people just kept telling me

to read them, so I did. They are awesome. I

couldn't stop reading them. I love to read and

when I was working it was hard to do, because

I would sit down to read and fall asleep. It took

me forever to get through a book. But not anymore,

another benefit of being retired!!!

Apr 9, 2009 Alicia gets her Wisdom Teeth pulled

Alicia had all four of her wisdom teeth pulled

this morning. The before picture shows her

being all cool while she checks in. Then when

she was in recovery she was so funny. She

would not stop talking and they kept telling

her not to talk so that the gauze could absorb

everything. Then she kept saying things that

were just cracking me up. "They had to give

me the good stuff cause I wasn't out of it"

"They wouldn't let me count backwards, I never

got to say 10, 9, 8" "They promised me ice

chips, I never got ice chips, they lied"

The doctor came in and she told him I was

crazy. I just couldn't stop laughing.

Now she is resting with the remote watching

movies. So far so good, but she's still numb!!!

Apr 8, 2009 Happy Hour

A small group of us met at Aunt Chilada's at the

Pointe at Squaw Peak for happy hour.

It was Shelly, Rebecca, Mary, Nicole, Barbara

and myself. Evosh ( a friend of Nicole's) came

for a while and was feeling pretty special

being a part of an all girl happy hour.

Apr 6, 2009 Lunch with Paul & Alicia

Somehow it worked out that both Paul & Alicia

could go to lunch together with me. It doesn't

happen too often but it did today. Then after

lunch Paul had to go back to work, but Alicia

and I headed off to Nordstrom's for some

personal shopping!! A recommendation that

my friend Holly says every woman should

take the time to do.

Daily Hike

So one of the things I have been doing since

I retired is going hiking every morning. I go

out to Ussery Park and hike the same trail

every day. These are pictures of the trail

from bottom, 1/2 way up and then the top.

It's a 3 mile trail with the first 1 1/2 miles

being all up hill. I love it, it's a great start

to my day & an awesome workout.

Kevin's New Toy

Kevin has a new toy. He's always wanted a toyhauler
so we bought one from a guy on his route and we love it.
We took it out this past weekend and it was great. I did
have a small problem with sleeping, not because it's not
comfortable, cause it is really comfortable. But it was super
windy and I thought we were going to blow over and
I was so worried about it I couldn't sleep. Kevin was so
comforting, he laughed at me when I woke him up and asked
him if we were going to blow over and then went right back to
snoring loudly and sleeping like a baby.

Mar 12, 2009 Queen Valley

Kevin had the day off so we took the quads out

just past Queen Valley. We rode all the way to

the top of the mountain and then around it and

down the other side. It was a long ride but

awesome views.

Mar 8, 2009 Bahama Mama Outing

The four of us call ourselves the Bahama Mamas

because we first started hanging out together

when we went on a trip to the Bahamas.

We try to meet every couple of months to do

something. This was our last outing to Lucille's

at Tempe Market Place. Super Yummy!!!

Feb 28, 2009 Climb to Conquer Cancer, South Mountain

We did the Climb to Conquer Cancer in February.
It was a great 5.5 mile walk, all up hill!!!

Here are some photos of all of us.
My daughter Alicia, sister Janet, niece Lizzy and

real good friends, Madeline, Veronica, Jesenia & Lianna.