Carly's Knees Updated 4-30-09

So we just got back from seeing Dr. Nakano. It's good news. She does have a very mild case of Osgood-Schlatter Disease.

(Osgood Schlatters disease is a very common cause of knee pain in children and young athletes. It is a condition where the bony protrusion below the knee (called the tibial tuberosity or tubercle) becomes inflamed, painful and swollen.)




It should go away completely as soon as she finishes growing which should be about another year. So she will continue to have on and off pain throughout that time frame. He told her to continue what she is currently doing to manage the pain and that is pretty much all that she can do. So for now she is completely cleared and as long as she realizes when it hurts to come out of the game, then its all good. So now it's up to Carly. She has a year now to rest it. Until next soccer season!!!!

My New Car 4-24-09

I finally got my new car. It is a 2009 Acura MDX. It is so nice and clean and smells of new car. I love it. It is taking some getting used to driving a bigger car again.

Carly's soccer game vs Valley 4-20-09

Carly scored 3 goals (a hat trick) in this game. She was on fire. I have no idea where the energy came from but it was totally there in this game. we ended up winning 7-0.

Bella and Me tanning 4-19-2009

Kevin thought that Bella needed a little bit of a tan. So he lifted her onto My raft. She was really scared at first but the more that I petted her the better that she did. I did manage to get a few scratches on me from her though. I don't think she is the tanning kind of dog.

Another Tragedy 19 years later 4-18-09

Motorcyclist killed in crash

DUI suspect arrested
By Cameron Macdonald - Citizen Staff Writer
Published: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 2:05 PM PDT
A 33-year-old driver allegedly killed a motorcyclist in a collision in Elk Grove on April 18. Elk Grove police arrested Rebecca Armida Vela of Sacramento on suspicion of murder and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Sacramento County coroners identified the victim as 54-year-old Stanley Franklin Spaeth of Sacramento.
The crash occurred around 10:30 p.m. near the corner of East Stockton Boulevard and Teresa Way, which is a few blocks away from Elk Grove Regional Park. Police found Vela at the crash site and determined she was intoxicated. Investigators believe that she first sped her 1997 Acura TL car northbound in the southbound lane of East Stockton Boulevard. She then swerved back into the northbound lane where she allegedly rear-ended the motorcyclist who was driving northbound. The impact threw him off his motorcycle and fatally injured him, Elk Grove police spokesperson Christopher Trim reported. Officers later arrested and booked Vela into the Sacramento County Main Jail with no bail. Trim declined to release her photograph to the media since police investigation is ongoing. This is the second fatal auto crash to occur in Elk Grove this month. A 34-year-old driver was killed in a head-on collision outside Pleasant Grove High School on April 9. Elk Grove also experienced two homicide cases during the same night on April 18. A woman was shot to death a few hours later in Laguna during a party shooting incident. Those are the city’s first homicide cases in more than a year since no homicides were reported in Elk Grove last year. Readers with information about the incident can contact the Elk Grove police’s traffic bureau at (916) 478-8131.

This is a little freaky to me.... But 19 years ago today my brother was killed. The headlines read exactly the same as this one does. I had a pretty eerie feeling about this when I heard about this accident. A friend told me that over the weekend that someone had been killed on the frontage road not far from our houses. The more that I found out about it the more eerie of a feeling I got. I opened up the Elk Grove Citizen to read the article and that is when it became apparent of just how eerie it was and why.
Wow, you would think with all the senseless tragedies in this world that someone would think twice about driving drunk. That was not the case in my brothers accident but nonetheless it is still a very important thing to think about. Is it worth someone else's life? My heart goes out to his family. He was a hardworking man just trying to provide for his family. The same way that my brother was.

Rest in peace Joseph William Fischlin and Stanley Franklin Spaeth of Sacramento. Remember that you will never be forgotten!!!!!!

Golden Empire Choir Competition 4-18-09

Carly is the top row 2nd from the right!!!

Carly and the choir class went to Golden Empire Choir Competition. It was actually kind of neat. I sat through one performance before her school. It was neat because they actually critiqued them right then and there. Of course when Carly's school was getting critiqued, she checked out. I look over and she was yawning and looking totally the opposite direction of the critiquer and then she really just started zoning. I was really glad they didn't make them get off the stage right away for fear that Carly would totally fall since she wasn't paying attention. It was pretty funny to see her (the only one not listening) up on stage. I could tell she was mad that this comptetition cut into her Saturday sleep in time. The only good thing about it was that she was actually wearing shoes not slippers this time.

Jeff Dunham Concert 4-16-2009

Jeff and Walter

Ackmed "The Dead Terrorist"

Peanut

More Peanut

For the finale was Bubba J

I got tickets to go to Arco Arena and see Jeff Dunham (a comedian). He is absolutley hilarious. It was so much fun. We went out to dinner before the concert. The show opened with his guitarist (a.k.a. Guitar Guy), he talked and played his guitar for about 1/2 hour. He was hilarious and had so many funny jokes and songs. Then Jeff Dunham came on stage and it was non stop laughing for the rest of the show. 3 hours of nothing but laughing. It was so much fun. Nikki went to his concert in San Jose 2 days later and enjoyed it just as much as we did.

Carly's Soccer Game vs Davis 4-13-09

Easter 4-12-2009

Diane and her new puppy "lily" (sorry if I spelled her name wrong)

Nikki and her wonderful Mom (me)

Kevin "The Master Griller"

Grandma Joyce (who knows what I was doing in the background, whatever it was it wasn't flattering)

Carly and her new friend "Lily"

We had our family over for our traditional BBQ. We had Chicken and Tri Tip and then salads, fruit and then a ton of desserts. It was so very nice to spend time with family. Each year our family seems to grow more and more and I love all the additions to our family. I can't wait for all the summer BBQ's with family.

Elly 4-11-09

Elly.... still the cutest little hamster ever!!!!

The Dogs 4-11-09

Bella has a thing for sitting and staring at the neighbors fence. Either she hears something we don't or she has VIVID memories of when we were putting in the pool and our fence was down so our neighbors would feed her. Poor and Pathetic she really is, sitting and waiting so patiently for the snack to come flying over the fence. When it does SHE'LL be ready!!!!

My dorky daughter Carly 4-11-09

Carly is CONSTANTLY taking pictures of herself in her mirror. Like I don't have enough funny pictures of her!!!! What is she thinking????

Kevin's newest tattoo and the old ones updated 4-9-09

Kevin's newest tattoo. It is on the back of his calf.

He added words to this one.

This one he just had the skeleton bones colored in a little.

Kevin and His Girls 4-9-09

Kevin and his girls. He loves those girls so much. Every once in a while Mr. Tough Guy just has to show them how much they mean to him.

On the way home from San Jose 4-9-09

Nikki made sure that all the little kids were securely fastened into their seatbelts in the back seat. Including Doofus(her hamster). I thought this was the funniest picture ever.

What a College Student does when High Schoolers come to visit 4-8-09

Nikki took the girls shopping at the mall most of the day and then they got all dressed up and Nikki took them to Maggiano's. Of course Carly had so much fun that she keeps telling me that she just wants to skip high school and go straight to college. I am glad that they all had a really great time with each other.

Our New Puppy Kimber 4-8-09

Her very proud new daddy!!!!



She was just 2-1/2 weeks old in this picture. She is a chocolate lab. She was born on March 22nd. She is so cute. We have been trying to go out to see her every 10 days or so. She has blue eyes. We have already named her Kimber. We will get her right around Carly's 15th Birthday. Carly is really excited to have a puppy in the house. We will see what Delta and Bella think. They are the ones that will have to deal with her the most after the 1st month or so that she is in the house getting spoiled by all of us.

Carly's trip to San Jose 4-7-09