Carly's knees 3-12-09

Well we got a little bad news today from Carly's Athletic Trainer. Carly has complained about her knees hurting for years. I would take her to the doctor and she would miraculously be fine. So after a while we just thought she was the little girl who cried wolf. So I always just blew her off. Told her to ice them and get over it. What any good mom would have done. hehehe. Anyway so I was talking to the Athletic Trainer and she told me that her knee caps were not where they are supossed to be which is putting pressure on her tendons below the knee. So I gave her the option of going to see Dr. Nakano (her normal peditrician) or Dr. Ferguson (chiropractor). She chose Dr. Ferguson (we call him Fergie). So we went in and had him take X-rays and they showed that her growth plate is actually moving away from her bone. Which as you have probably guess is NOT good. So then as her examined her more he found out that her hips are out of alignment and that she is taller on one side than the other. So he is taking care of that problem for her. As for the knees, unless we want to take her out of high school soccer which only consists of about 8 weeks total anyway, she just has to wear some knee sleeves that fit tightly over her knee and keep it in place. After soccer is over this year we will take new X-Rays and decide if it has gotten better or worse and then decide to take her to Dr. Nakano and find out if she will actually need surgery. Hopefully that is the very worst case scenario. So now we wait..........

Carly Jv Soccer Game vs. Cosumnes Oaks 3-12-09

Carly Academic Awards 3-10-2009

Carly had her first ever Academic Awards night. It was in honor of all the students that have really great grades. Carly was one of them. We are so proud of her for taking her studies so seriously (most of the time). She is doing great and we hope that she continues it throughout the rest of her 4 years of high school.


Carly receiving her Award

The Freshman Group

Yes, I had to go up and embarass her
(Kevin said he would have been pissed if HIS mom would have done that)
haha....Thank GOD I'm not his mom, hah?

Kevin's Tournament 3-8-09

Kevin was fishing at the Delta for a Angler's Choice (West) tournament.
He ended up getting the BIG FISH of the tournament.

I had to order this picture for him since his partner would not take a picture of him for me...... He says I ask for too many pictures..... Does he know who I am?????? whatever....

Carly Choral Festival 3-4-09

So Carly had a Choral Festival at Cosumnes Oaks High School. I had no idea what to expect and since I think that her teacher is an idiot, I figured that if he was involved that nothing would go as planned. Well he didn't have his fingers in this one because it was absolutley amazing. 6 different schools sang in this festival. It was neat to see how the other schools do it as well. It actually started on time and ended relatively early from what Carly's teacher had told them to expect. Go figure. Anyway Carly's school was the first to perform. I was all excited I was sitting 3rd row center and could see everything so well. So I watched them walk on stage and was admiring all the cute shoes the girls were wearing (since that's all that you can see under there long dresses). That's when I noticed MY daughter's choice of shoes (slippers). I wanted to start laughing out loud, but unfortunately it wasn't the forum for that. So I had to control myself and just giggle very quietly to myself. Well at least she wasn't in the front row. Sorry the pictures are a lot blurry(no flash photgraphy for the safety of the performers). Whatever!!!!!

3rd from the(left)director and one up is Carly!

Group Shot

Sorry it's really blurry she was moving.... But the sliipers!!!!

Made her pose so that you could see the whole outfit with slippers!!! That's my daughter!!

A Very Special Rainbow 3-4-09

We have had so much rain in our area as of late that apparently rainbow are in abundance. This rainbow meant a lot more to me than the previous few that I have seen. It came to me on the day of my Father's Birthday. I just felt that I must have needed the little pick me up of seeing the rainbow that day. It was beautiful and the area(by the Elk Grove Automall) I was in had some very nice trees that I took the pictures with. I love these pictures.

I may enter the first one into some kid of contest. I love it!

Ok!! What is she wearing here???? 3-3-09

Cooking with Kevin and Susan February 09 (3-1-09)

So for our recipe choice this month we chose Loin Chops with Garlic & Herb Butter. It was pretty good, the garlic butter had mint n it and it seemed to overwhelm my dinner but Kevin seemed to like it. If I was asked would I make it again i would probably say yes but a lot less mint in the recipe. We also had Green Beans, it is a recipe that I created myself and my family can't seem to get enough of. Even Carly can't wait until I make them. (I know shocking!!!)


The Finished Product

What is she doing 2-28-09

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Another Rainbow 2-25-09

So I was on my way to Carly's JV Soccer game at St. Francis High School. I was driving on the freeway and saw a rainbow. I do believe that they are searching me out now..... I love them and they are so beautiful and bright. So I decided to take pictures of it while I was driving (DO NOT TRY THIS) It is much harder than you think. Especially in the middle of rush hour traffic.

Our Beautiful Flowers Out Front 2-23-09

Today we had some pretty hard downpours. It is nice out right now and as I was walking to the mailbox,I saw how beautiful our flowers were. Rain dampened, so I ran back into the house to grab my camera. I used some of the techniques that I was taught in one of my photography classes that I had taken a few years back. They are absolutely gorgeous (so I think highly of my photography and the beauty of the flowers).....

Someday

Someday, I would love to drive (yes, drive) to Ocean City, Maryland. I love this sign. The only time that I get to see it is when we come into West Sacramento on 80. I have told the kids for a number of years that someday I am going to take a trip and drive all the way to Ocean City, Maryland (3073 miles to go). Coast to Coast!!!!

Anyone up for the trip with me???????

Scrapbooking In San Jose 2-21-09

Kris and I signed up for a all day scrap at a Scrapbook Store not far from Nikki's house. I love this store(Scrapbook Island. It is such a cool store and has a ton of stuff the stores in our area don't have. So we got up early (6:00 a.m.) left at 7:00 a.m. and drove down to San Jose, we dropped Carly off at Nikki's apartment on the way and then headed for the Scrapbook Store. We got there a little early but that was totally ok because there is a Michaels Craft Store right next door. The day was so great and relaxed. I got so much done. Dinner was awesome, they have it catered by a little deli from across the street. It was fantastic food and we were so full. We ended up leaving about a hour early because we were so tired. We headed back to Nikki's to spend the night with her at her apartment. Her and Carly had spent the day shopping, going to the movies and hanging out. It was a very nice weekend for all of us.

The Beach 2-16-09

So today was a school holiday (President's Day). So Carly and I decided that we wanted to go to the beach. So Carly asked her friend Jessica to go with us. We got up early and drove down to Dillon Beach. Rained the whole way down there, I was thinking that we were going to be in for a very wet beach trip. We can over the last hill before you can see the ocean and it miracously cleared up. The sun started to shine and it was beautiful. We got to the beach and started walking toward the tide pools. The tide was out but not far enough that we could see a lot of sea life (bummer). But we had a lot of fun.



We talked the lady at the gate to let us into the campground to see the trailer that we once owned. It has changed a lot. I am glad that we don't have it anymore, only because of the changes that we would have had to make to it. I am still very sad that we don't have a place by the ocean to go to when we want to get a way.

On the way home we got to see the brightest rainbow that I have ever seen. It was so amazing. All in all the day was a total blast. It was a nice day trip getaway.

Valentine' Day Dinner 2-14-09

For Valentine's Day I made reservation at McCormick and Schmicks (downtown). So some friends of ours and us drove down for a very early seating (4:45 p.m.) We got a table that had a curtain to close off the rest of the restuarant if we wanted. The food was amazing. The desserts were even more amazing. We ended up spending about 4 hours there. Oops, sorry for the people that had reservations after us. If was a very fun evening out.

Kevin Fishing 2-13-09

Kevin was fishing on the Delta today. This is what he saw.... It's pretty cool. Apparently these sea lions have been seen "sunning" themselves on this bouy before.

Friday the 13th

I thought that it was only appropriate to let you all know today that I have officially sold my (possessed)Escalade. Can you believe I didn't even cry!!!! HAHA

An unusual email 2-10-09

This is from Nikki......

Some comments on the blog..

- ewww on the lobster dinner. Yuckkkkk. :]
- carly and elly are cute.
- Dads tattoo is cool
- The boys at the PBR that carly took pics with are really cute! She should have got some numbers! Duhhh
- I am nowhere in the recents blogs. Uhh I have a life too. Haha im going to make my own blog so that I can share what I do since I don’t get to be in yours. Hahaha :]

Love youuuuuu!
<3. (that’s a heart in case you didn’t know)

Apparently she thinks that I dont have enough about her on my blog(since she doesn't live here) so she created a blog for herself....... Check it out at Nicholestewart.blogspot.com
Way to go Nikki!!!! I am very proud of you!!!

Birds at the Post Office 2-6-09

So I had to go to the Post Office for something. So as I parked the car startled a few of these little birds. So I sat and watched them for a few moments. They were so cute, like little kids playing in the bushes with no parents around. I just had to take pictures of them. The poor little birdies are so confused since the weather has been so nice.....

Kevin in the boat on the water 2-1-09

Brian and Kevin took pictures of each other as they were "running" the boats. These are actually really neat pictures of Kevin and his boat.