micheal jackson is gone, as you can tell from this picture which was taken in 1983 that i loved him. One of my girlfriends and i had a huge scrapbook and we would save anything that we found of him. He was a icon even though he was odd but most famous people are! He will be missed.

sat June 20Th Anna Bella birthday 2 years old her party was at a a local pizza parlor and Elmo was everywhere. the party was a blast. grandpa and papa played the accordion and box with a plate and forks and a friend of the family played the banjo. the picture up above is of sat morning when we made breakfast. it is funny we are both cooks so we end up cooking we don't mind we enjoy it!

this is miss, Anna Bella in a new birthday gift. Friday 19, June 2009

Monday and Tuesday i was off Monday i went to goodwill i hit it big i got about three bags of stuff i found a nice duvet cover from natuica i am not sure i spelled that right. the rest of the day i pretty much cleaned the house my in laws were in town Thursday. Thursday morning i cleaned the pool and as i was cleaning it i fell in with my work cloths and my towel on my head as i was cleaning i was thinking to my self if i get called off i am going to swim today well i didn't get called off but i did go swimming as my neighbor was yelling over the fence if i was OK i pulled my self out i was so embarrassed the damages were a bruised knee ,foot and a twisted back so i was hurting at work all night i did not have a very good day after that.when i got home my in laws were here they were stopping off back from Tahoe so i stayed up late and hung out then off to bed. Ronnie made bacon and eggs for breakfast we had a nice breakfast together then we headed off to Monterrey. the drive was nice not allot of traffic when we got there Anna Bella was running around what a year a difference makes she talking up a Storm and running around. she is so cute. Friday June 19, 2009 we hung out at nass's in laws and ate tacos watch some UFC then got back to nass house and started to watch gran tornio but we were so tired we went to bed. Sat June 20Th we got up Ronnie and i made breakfast for everyone Nass, Rachael, Anna Bella and family there was about 10 people he made his famous waffles, i made omelets cheese and veggie , potatoes, and i brought my strawberry and cherry jelly.

the boys barbecuing. they are too cute!

June 14Th ,2009 i got called off so i worked in the yard for the most of the day planting flowers eventually the yard will be done but i don't see it done anytime soon. then we went swimming at mikes this is bad usually i am swimming the last week of may and it felt so good i think mikes pool is a little warmer than ours. we had a good time the boys BBQ while i made scalloped potatoes then we watched the hangover not bad it was funny.

mikes worker and friend ho ho made the carna sada, Ronnie made grandmas Mexican rice everything was so good it was nice. the neighbors came out and hung out for the night. June 7Th Mia came back into town so i hurried over to my friends Lisa house to make my pasta salad for a bridal shower shes having , then came home Ronnie made breakfast his yummy waffles we had fresh strawberries and blackberries, cherry , strawberry jam , and bacon and eggs Mia stayed to about 3 then headed home we were SO tired from the night before i think we stayed up to late or too early! we watched the next food network star i am not sure who i like yet when it was guy we knew right away well see.

June 6, 2009 mike invited everyone over he is doing a lot of replanting so his theme is Mexican food i thought i would make tres leche cupcakes with strawberries from around one of the local Fields and they turned out yummy but i guess i am partial because i made them!

June 5Th Friday we made pizza with our garden veggies! Ronnie made the sauce from scratch and it was so good i made the pizza dough, Noah, mike and one of Noah's friend came over so every one made their own pizza it was fun. i love pizza night!!

our fence is done! if you look at earlier pictures the fence was faded grayish color our neighbor fixed and stained the fence i love this brown color it really brings out the color in the flowers now all i need is palm trees!

June 1st i was off and Ronnie made this pasta with our squash it turned out so good he made a white sauce with it then the next night he made a red sauce with it June 3rd Mia my sister in law came into town i tried to get it off but no luck she stayed the night then the next day headed to Reno to see her mom and brother. Ronnie made his red sauce pasta with veggies i think that this try was the best everything was fresh no canned sauce! wed night we has a huge thunder and lighting Storm weird weather for June i still haven't gone swimming the water isn't warm enough for me i hope our summer last longer because i love to swim. Thursday was a sick day for me i stayed in bed and watched Australia and the reader. the reader was really good but so was the book.

i worked sat, sun i got up today June 1 , 2009 and look at what i was greeted by looks like we are having squash tonight, i got to harvest 2 summer squash 1 zuc, and a cucumber that feels good i started this garden and now we can reap the rewards it also looks like i am picking cherries today.

may 28Th, 2009 i am off today it is a Thursday Ronnie made a Thai salad it turned out really good he grilled up steak for it we had a relaxing evening then we watched bolt it is really cute, Friday i got called off so he made the salad again but with chicken i think i like chicken better. we then watched 7 lbs Ronnie was told there is a twist but i don't think so i thought it was pretty predictable it was good but there was no twist.

may 25Th, 2009 it is memorial day i have to work but the rest of the world is off, Ronnie made his awesome waffles i am not sure where he got this recipe but they turned out yummy and we used the jams i made cherry and strawberry and cream cheese. mike and Noah came over we had a great breakfast in the backyard.

may 24th, 2009 we got up and headed to Lucille's for lunch so yummy we were going to try johnny garlics but we really had not heard any thing great, Lucille's never disappoints Ronnie had a hamburger it was the juiciest hamburger i have ever had sooo good we had deep fried pickles if you haven't had those you haven't lived and then i had my favorite BBQ chicken salad and a huge mason jar of sweet tea, i love this place i hope it doesn't get hit by the economy because this is the best BBQ this side of the Mississippi. we then headed to green tangerine Ronnie was so good they were having a sale so he just sat up front and read while i shopped i was so good i only left with about 30.00 worth that is really good. then we headed hope mike came over and we had tri tip sandwiches for dinner with au jus. val also came over and we scraped for a little bit she got 4 layouts done. i also made my strawberry jam today that turned out pretty well it set more i poured more pectin in it, i think this canning thing is just trial and error i will need more practice.

may 23,2009 i got up early and went to the flea market i got cherries, strawberries, avocados and cucumbers yummy everything is so much cheaper, and looks better than what you get from the store! then i headed out to walmart big mistake that place is crazy on Saturdays to get canning stuff i am going to try to make jelly! so got all my stuff and started to read up on canning, it is a little confusing then mike showed up he said him and Rene use to do canning all the time so Ronnie helped me prep and mike helped me do the canning. the cherry jam did not get as thick as i wanted but it turned out really good so i think i am going to call it a syrup it is perfect for pancakes. mike bbq'ed and mike stayed over for dinner. I had a great time this will be a day i remember. but i wish i had payed more attention to my grandmother when she was doing her canning, i also wish i had kept her canning stuff, during the summer she would can chow chow, cherries, tomatoes, pickled okra,blackberries, then in the fall apples, applesauce and apple butter boy i miss those times when we lived in Oregon we had a huge cellar and i would go get stuff so my mom (grandmother ) would cook with it !

May 22, 2009 we invited Lisa & Phil, Dave & val and mike and Noah .Ronnie just bbq'ed it was a good time we just hung out and talked. it looks like from this pic that the men are having a deep discussion!

may 21 i got called off, Noah got his moms car, mike had it detailed and told him he was going to sell it. he was upset it has not been that long since Rene has been gone, but when he got his whole face changed he was happy, boy i remember that time when i first got my car at 16 i was so excited i would go to the grocery store just to pick up stuff but it would take me a hour longer because i was out cruising around!