More fun with my people

I didn't take enough pictures, but I'll share some of the ones I did take.

Krista and Rachel, her 5th child. Krista is such a cute mommy with 6 beautiful children and one great husband, so dang lucky/blessed! She's been such a wonderful blessing to the whole Haws family!

More of the gang in line for Indiana Jones. The Utahan's from the Haws/Pixton/Pope families had matching t-shirts. Kyle, Jim, Joseph, Louis, Connie and Dave, I think Denise is in the back too.

Cute Megan, Krista's #4 child, and Jacob Pixton, getting ready to go,

man Jacob was one CRAZY driver!!! We filled up two whole cars.

Here's my baby brother Jim and his recently returned missionary, Kyle. He served in Peru and is now trying really hard to get on with the next stage of life. School!!! It was so good to see him!

The Stockards are Moving

I decided to blog about this because it is what I am doing right now and what is occupying my attention. They are just way to busy and Jenny is going in so many directions she doesn't have time to sit and blog,

it isn't what she is concentrating on right now.

Anyone who knows me very well knows that I have a problem with change. Even as a very little girl, I hated the thought of moving, having new routines and making new friends. It was always very traumatic for me. Now as a mother my stress is magnified and knowing that they are grown adults doesn't help me much.

I guess I need to learn to let go and trust in their decisions and choices.

How can I worry when I see the place they are moving too? It's a beautiful home in Fountain Valley, and is only about 7 miles away. I won't be able to just walk over any more on my morning walks or pick the kids up at Eastwood with her, but hey don't they say that "change is good?" They're moving into a wonderful neighborhood, and their new ward, FV3 has at least 90 kids in their primary.

This is the entry way with the formal living room on the left side, and the formal dining room beyond that. They have a three car garage to the right. It has a lot of windows with a lot of natural sunlight.

When you walk straight in from the front door you go into the kitchen

and family room. See all of the sunlight coming in?

This is their georgous back yard, with a newly fenced pool, isn't it beautiful?

And here's the kitchen. She's going to have to get used to a little less space and less storage. The kitchen they are leaving was so big! But see, isn't this a beautiful house. They have four bedrooms up stairs and that's a change from only three. They even have 3 working fireplaces and even three bathrooms.

The Utah Wilsons

We miss Greg and Jess so much but stay up-dated with Jessica's cute blog. It sure seems like they have a sweet life in Utah, but that doesn't help the longing for their presence here with us. Today, B.Y.U. game day, they were brave enough to venture past "the point of the mountain" going north in true blue cougar attire. Man they must be crazy!
I helped myself to these pictures from their blog to share on mine too.

Aren't they a handsome bunch?

Number 62

Football is difficult for me to take pictures of, I haven't mastered my new camera yet and I only take my point and click one, so I stole this one from
Kevin and Brandi's blog.
Dane is growing up so nicely. Kevin and Brandi are raising fantastic kids.
He's smart, studious, polite, kind and tenderhearted.
Oh and least we forget, a terrific football player!

Another Soccer Saturday

We are so fortunate that two of our soccer players are on the same team. Ella and Payton are on the same team this year, and they are so cute to watch.

Payton has been watching soccer and going to soccer practices for as long as she has been walking, therefore she has somewhat the advantage, and she's 5. She knows what to do with the ball and when to do it. Ella on the other hand, who's only 4, just has to go on the natural born athletic characteristics that she got from her parents. Soccer for her this year is a whole new game, not much like the football practices she's spent her life watching. They are both so cute and even work together now and then. Ella is probably the smallest on the team, but in her mind she's as big as everyone else on the field.

Here are my Calif. babies. I love it when they fight over sitting on my lap. Wade and Abby are only 10 days apart in age, and I think friends from before this earth life. They are always so happy to see each other. (Check out the new hair cut)

Weston and this week's addition, his cast. Not much gets this boy down. He's as tough as they come. He broke his arm, both bones, at lunch recess, and wasn't given anything for pain until after 9 p.m. Everyone from the school nurse, to the ER techs and aids were truly amazed. He was a little teary when I picked him up at school and was sweating from being is shock, but no hysterics or even crying.
He faced surgery the following morning very bravely while requesting a
Priesthood blessing from his dad and his grandpa.

Cute Kylie is a terrific soccer player. She always says that she doesn't want to play each year but she is really good and enjoys it during the season.
The games usually over lap and are always at different fields.
Here she's waiting to go to her game at her park.

In a way, Weston did us all a favor by not being able to play for the rest of the season, because of his cast.

Next week I'll get pictures of Kylie at her game and of Dane at his football game.
Stay tuned.

Wade's Robot Leg

The other night when Wade and Wes were jumping on their trampoline in the back yard, Wade got hurt. It was unclear how it happened, everyone had their version of the story, but when the crying was over he wouldn't walk, he would only crawl around. He really didn't cry that much but did wake up after going to sleep and it was obvious that he was uncomfortable. Instead of taking him to the ER, they gave him some Ibuprofen and he went back to sleep. In the morning though, he still wouldn't walk, so they took him in for an x-ray. It was very hard to diagnose so they went to a orthopedist and togehter he and Steve decided to err on the side of caution and put him in a removable cast for a few weeks to stabalize it. So now they have him in a walking shoe. It's really tiny as you would expect since he's only 2 but who knew they made them so small. Even his podiatrist dad, had never seen one so small.

I get to spend some more one on one time with him today so I took some pictures. When I first heard it is removable I thought, "Oh great who's going to have to fight with him to keep that thing on, he won't even keep shoes on?" He is so cute with his new "Robot Leg" That's what they told him and for now it's working and he's cooperating and keeping it on.

So tiny

and cute!

I went to work with Gene today

This is one of the projects that Gene is currently working on. He has been working on this one for at least 18 months if not longer. Right now it requires that he drive to Malibu at least once each week. It's a long drive but great scenery once you get to the Santa Monica Pier. Then it's PCH the rest of the way. That's a fun part of our area that we don't get to otherwise.

It has been a really challenging job because it is on the Malibu pier which is a historical landmark owned by the state of California. These buildings have been remodeled and into beautiful establishments while maintaining their historical components.

The whole project consists of 4 seperate buildings.

The first two were worked on at the same time.

One is a nice restaurant and the other is a bar.

This is the Malibu Pier Club, building #1, it's the bar.

This is just one of the pictures that I took looking back on the shore from the pier.

He really does build Ruby's amoung many other talents!

This isn't the traditional Ruby's that is at the end of several piers, it's a smaller version with a limited menu. They serve breakfast and is called the Shake Shack.

This restaurant is called the Beachcomber Cafe it has a very nice menu and Malibu prices to remind you were you are. This is building #2.

Indoor and out door seating for your dining pleasure!

Here's the Ruby's menu

These are buildings #3 & #4

This is the view walking from the front to the end of the pier. Ruby's Shake Shack is on the right side. That was building number 3. That job was finished about 4 months ago, and when they had their grand opening even the Govenator came!

Every now and then you will see this pier in commercials, t.v. programs and movies, look at it here and then watch for it on T.V.

This is the bridge that connects the two buildings.

I am standing under that bridge/walkway looking back to the shore. Since we are looking back the other way, in this picture building #4 is on the right side. This is the job that is under construction right now.

This Is what he's working on right now

This is going to be a surf museum on the upper level with a retail shop in the lower level.

Here's another view of the museum, it's an old structure, a historical landmark,

they are just re-working the interior.

They have had to comply with different codes and rules

because of the historical issues.

A walkway connects two buildings at the end of the pier, this is Ruby's Shake Shack.

This makes my story authentic, this is what my man does for work!

I tried to get a picture of him but he was in a meeting taking way to long, so I went and sat in the car to read my book.