Friday, November 13, 2009

I had a bunch of random pics from the last few months so I threw them together in a montage. Little bit of soccer with Jayne, Uncle Bill's cowboy birthday bash, pics of Nelda, Dad, Eddie Fae and Suzy, Emily's first sleep-over (girls friend), Jay training with Lenny, Kalet and baby Addy, Diamondbacks game - free tickets!!!, Ishikawa school carnival (my school) - I was in the dunk tank, pics of Josh as "Mario", swimming at the Kelly's and finally Jayne and Rachel playing with Jay's childhood toys.
Enjoy!


We went over to the Budges for a game night on Friday. We brought Quelf... the MOST random game ever. So fun!
Brad trying to get us to follow directions and pick our noses. That is a picture of dental floss stuck to his forehead, in case you were wondering...
A little blurry, but Damien was bowing down to Wayne.

Kalet had to wrap her hand in aluminum foil

Claire running in slow-mo while singing "Chariots of Fire"



We wondered why the boys were being so good and not picking on the girls...
They were scorpion hunting in the back yard!
They had a great time.






The girls at the neighborhood Chili Dinner on Halloween
Rachel (Cinderella), Summer (a friend), Jayne (Snow Princess)

Willie was a "retired Nasa employee", Katie used a marker to draw stubble on his chin...
He wanted to be a Hobo, but they just couldn't make it work.

Katie was a housekeeper with her trusty mop, Bella

Trick or Treat...
The Clifford Gang



Jayne and Rachel got to choose which houses we went to...
Charisse (the witch) is the nurse at my school
Jayne, Charisse, Rachel, Meg, "Dad" and two adorable pups







Jayne has been playing soccer this fall and Jason is the coach.
Jayne and some of her teammates on the sidelines during a game.
Coach Bowman pumping up the team at half-time

Jessie came to cheer Jayne on...
Rachel wasn't feeling well and found a comfy seat on Jessie's lap.


Jayne's turn to be goalie. Yes, she is dancing and not paying any attention to the game.
Go Diamondbacks!




The girls and I crashed Dyan and Josh's neighborhood Halloween party the night before Halloween. Jay was at a Scout Camporee so we spent the night at Josh and Dyans.
My princesses!

Running the carnival game in the yard...
Josh... the candy man.


The girls working together to get the job done...






Five pics of us and I didn't get one with all of us looking the same direction...
Westwood 10 year Reunion! Go Warriors!
Chris Clifford, me, Eden Rolland
The cousins... they didn't even plan on wearing matching clothes. Aren't they adorable?
Jason & Chris




Meg & Chris Clifford,
Jay & Meg Bowman
Dave and Busters


Jay and Meg,
Kaylani & Jake Mavity

Rachel lookin' good!

And a little crazy...

The Treasure!!!
Papa had a treasure hunt in SLO with a real map and clues and a pirate chest with coins at the end! Thanks Papa... it's "awesome!"

Putting the clues together...




Giving Jon the photo frame with Rachel's picture in it (and Sara and Jon too)






Tuesday, November 10, 2009

I have been fighting an asthma flare up companied with viral infections for a month now. It's been so fun... yeah right. :-) I missed two weeks of work only to be told that I don't qualify for FMLA because I didn't work enough hours last year. I don't qualify for short term-disability because asthma is a pre-existing condition. I was able to get six days of work in before it all caught up to me again.

I haven't been to church in a month. The weekends at home are getting old. This weekend turned into a very long one for me. By Sunday night I was having the worst asthma attack I have had since high school. Jay kept asking me at what point he should call the paramedics. I would give him guidelines, in brokem sentences and he would say, "So, now." I would convince him it wasn't "that" bad yet.
My pulmo ordered prednisone last night and I finally get to see him this afternoon. I took a pretty high dose last night and I haven't slept since I took it at 7pm. I was shaking and giddy until 2am. Good news is that my airway is finally opening up!

So the moral of the story is .... "Don't smoke crack!" (Adam Sandler, Waterboy)

Have a great day!