{2 days...}

Wow! I've worked for 2 days now! After working for 3 years, then taking a year off...it's weird to have that responsibility again. However, it feels kinda "normal" since I'm working with my old boss, Linda! So I immediately had that connection. And only working for 3 hours a day, 3 days a week...my "work week" is almost over! :-D It's like having a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday...but the actual days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...I just get to experience all of the feelings that M, W, F bring. M="Bummer...weekend's over", W="Halfway there...", F="WooHoo! It's the weekend!". So far, the job has been good. It's a fast growing company that has been around for 7 years. There are a lot of growth changes right now...company expanding, aquiring other properties, etc. So there is a HUGE move this weekend, with a lot of people moving to another building on the property. That will be great for them...more room! It'll be weird to come in on Monday and see all the changes, but not actually have had to do the work involved with them! :-D It's a great thing for me to get out of the house again...I forget how much I enjoy being around a lot of different people! And I still have 4 days a week to play with my family and friends...it's ALL good! Happy "Wednesday" on Tuesday! :-D

{Michelle is a Working Gal Again!!}

Lucky, lucky Michelle! Jobs just seem to fall into my lap! I'll be working with my old boss from Dream Dinners @ a t-shirt design company in Cypress, right by the house. (And on Walker Street...funny, huh?) Hybrid Tees It's the perfect job for me...3 days a week, 3 hours a day! Enough to get me out of the house and making a little $$$, but not too much to drive me NUTS! Nice supplement to the transcribing I'm doing for a couple of HIGH PROFILE attorneys. I start on Monday...WooHoo! Oh...and I don't have to wear anything but jeans and t-shirts! Hee, hee! PERFECT!

{HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!}

WooHoo! It's your birthday...it's your birthday! Party like a rock star! FINALLY! Welcome to "Club 14" Kendall! :-D We've been waiting and waiting for you to join Megs! We TRIED to get you Nick Jonas for your special day, but...he ran screaming! Ha, ha, ha! :-D We love you Killer Kendall!

MMML

{A Little Living History & an Old Friend}

{The North with a Vintage & Color Spot feel added}
{Former GySgt Ken Serfass - Sergeant Major/Drum Major of the Band}
{Erin Serfass...Dad has her "banging plates" in the band}
{Uh...he DOES know what the South was fighting to KEEP, right?}
{SgtMaj Serfass}
{Took a large field shot of the "dead" & "wounded"...got home, cropped in and saw this dude taking pictures!}
{Ladies and Gentlemen...the Oscar goes to: THIS DUDE!}
{The Southern Line of Fire}

{Ahhh...the 69th! We head over @ night when the activities are over for the day and listen to the live music this group has...and partake of the FINE whiskey from the open bar! Gets better each year!}

{The band members participate in the battles too...as stretcher bearers}{Kelsey, Bethany, Abe Lincoln & Meghann}

{The President & The Sergeant Major - The Lincoln Reenactor is also a former Marine!! OohRah!}

Each year we enjoy going to the Civil War Days @ the Huntington Beach Park. It's entertaining and educational...and a beautiful setting! After last year's trip, we were looking up other ones and stumbled across the website for the one in Moorpark, CA. As we were looking @ the pictures, I recognized someone! What? Could it be? A former Marine Corps Bandsman that was leading a Civil War Era band and doing reenactments! How FUN! We found each other on Facebook and on Saturday had a reunion 14 years in the making! It was GREAT! We look forward to heading down to San Diego @ the end of October to go camping with the Hernandez family as well as going on the "Ghost Tour" that our friend is also a part of...he's a ghost that got hanged! Oooooh.....creepy! :-) Should be a LOT of fun! Here are some fun shots from the CWD @ HB!

{The Beginning of the End}

And so it begins...

Wasn't it just yesterday that she was starting Kindergarten?

Wasn't it just yesterday that she was a "big kid" starting Middle School?

Wasn't it just....oh, CRAP! It's TODAY! She's registering for HIGH SCHOOL!

Time flies...the beginning of the end of her "childhood"!

I'm so grateful for every moment I have with her. Every time she kisses me goodnight. Every time she asks me for a SUPER BIG hug. Every time she yells. Every time she's obstinate. Every time she is.

We're so proud of how you're growing up, dear Meghann! We love you...Freshman!

Love,
Mom & Dad

{2½ years of Braces for Megs....DONE!}

{Only a few more minutes looking like this!}

{One last close up!}

{Waiting, waiting, waiting...}

{Wow! How easily they come off!}

{There they go!!}

{All that's left for the scrapbook...}

{Happy Camper Girl!}

{BEAUTIFUL!}

{Thanks to Daddy for working hard and paying for this beautiful smile!!}

Well....after 2½ years of braces, it's all over! Meghann got her braces off today and looks as beautiful as can be! (She did before too...) What loving parents to dump all that $$$ into her mouth! :-D

{The Big 'Ol Ficus...Gotta Go Bye-Bye!!}

This tree had been "trimmed" before we moved in. It didn't look this unruly. We've only lived here for 3 months. This thing is OUT of control! A ficus will "grow to it's environment". Well...it's only 14 years old and just keeps on growing. I don't want to pay $900 to get it trimmed down to nubbins every year, so we're going to have it removed. It's not like we sit under it and enjoy a nice mojito...it's in that far back corner. Our neighbors hate it and will think we're the best thing since sliced bread when it's GONE! No more leaves in their yard blowing into their pool! WooHoo! Bye, bye Ficus! I hate to kill ya, but you're killing our block wall!

{Fun with Friends!}

Yesterday the Walkers and the Markers went up to LA and checked out the California ScienCenter and the Natural History Museum. We had a great day of fun! Lots of fun looking @ all the different colored gems and all the cool animals. We really enjoyed ourselves! We always enjoy our time with Ted, Steph, Colin & Kenzie! We're blessed with wonderful friends!

{Awwww....look @ that fox giving the squirrel a back massage!}

{I thought this was a SUPER cool shot of the Carnator}
{I wanna baby coyote!}{Meghann and her rock from outer space!!}

{YIKES! The dinos are gonna eat us!}

Enjoy those pictures of Meghann with her braces! In 5 days...they come OFF! Beautiful, sweet girlie will have a gorgeously straight smile! It's a nice thing for parents to do for their kids to give them self confidence (not like Meghann was lacking in THAT!) and it makes them look nice for the rest of their lives! $$$ well spent!

{The Walker Party Train....Choo-Choo!!}

Wow! It feels non-stop around here! Mike took off for Colorado early Tuesday morning with the band to do a gig there and was gone until Friday night. Michelle & Meghann went out to Redlands on Tuesday to visit the cousins and had a WONDERFUL time! I'm glad they live back down in SoCal! Then they headed out to Hemet for a few days with the family...nice and relaxing time of playing games and socializing! Mike working Saturday while Michelle and Megs went to celebrate Summer's 5th birthday party @ Josh's parent's house...fun pool with a rock waterslide and everything! Home for an hour, and now we're waiting for Mike to come home from work so we can all go over to the neighbor's house and watch the UFC fight. What FUN! We live a blessed life...we're lucky, lucky people!

{Finished the Website...Now I Can Relax!}

RIGHT during the whole house buying/moving process, my cousin, Suzanne, asked me if I could do a website for my Uncle & Aunt's business. They've owned their own business for over 20 years, but only recently decided that they needed to get up to speed with the idea of having a web presence. I agreed to do it, though it has been awhile since I've built one from scratch and only the 2nd time that I've done a web form. I also learned how to make a "Favicon" which is the little icon you see in the URL window and if you "favorite" a site and you can see it on the "tab" if you have multiples tabs opened in a window. I'm gonna do one for the blog! I started work a few months ago and just got the "rough design" idea approved...but then things kicked into high gear with the house/move so it had to get put on hold. I picked it back up on Friday and busted most of it out then, and did the finishing stuff yesterday (including the web form which involved MUCH trial & error!) and now the site is "live"! So....check it out and let me know what ya think!

www.tri-cityacoustics.com