HAPPY 65th ANNIVERSARY!

Aunt Mary and Uncle Louie celebrate 65 years of marriage.



Scott's cousin Lanis and her husband Bob hosted the Anniversary celebration at their home on Saturday. Lanis and Bob always put together a goodtime.

Aunt Mary looked stunning (as she always does) and Uncle Louie looked quite handsome too.

We were so happy to share in this celebration of marriage. Seeing family we don't get to see often enough, meeting family we may have never met and meeting friends that Aunt Mary and Uncle Louie have known as long as they have been married. How blessed we are...

A Great Soccer Game

and a much needed win for the Lake Forest BU13 Plus team.

We knew going into this weeks game against Corona Del Mar that it would be tough. The Corona Del Mar team were in 2nd place going into this weekend (to our 3rd place position), so a win was vital for us. Both teams played a fantastic game of soccer. On both sides the defense worked hard to keep goals at a minimum. We had several lucky breaks and scored more than CDM. Indy made 1 assist! Victory was ours this game!

4 games left in season play. We face Costa Mesa in two weeks. They will be the team to beat.

What a great season. We're a newly formed team this season, with only 3 out of 15 returning Plus players. Exciting!!!!!

I Love The Pumpkin Store

A friend emailed me the above picture last season. I could look at this picture all year long. I do actually. LOL!!!! I really need to have it printed out and framed so I can hang on my wall.

It's only been 7 weeks...

since I last blogged! Better than my last hiatus of 15 weeks :) Here's what we were up to...

* Indy's AYSO Plus Soccer team begins practicing

* Scott becomes the "official" assistant soccer coach. By default, since Scott took the required training course. What a trooper!

* Indy, Scott and I took a rather quick driving trip to the Sacramento Delta to visit my dad on his boat. We had no idea that the Delta was so large. HUGE. While we were there we went for a day trip out on the boat. It was relaxing. Indy did a little troll fishing toward the end of our day.

We also went to the California State Fair. As you may know...we LOVE the Fair! There weren't any hula hoop contests :( But there was a special feeling after all this was the State Fair and not a County Fair. I think my Dad even had a good time. He's not really a big fan of fairs or amusement types of places. But there was a racetrack with opportunities to bet and even harness racing in the evening.

But the best part of the day was getting together with Scott's brother, Steven! We were beyond excited. We hadn't seen Steven for about 7 years. Way too long. It really was a GREAT day at the State Fair.










We also went to an orchard where you could pick your own fruit and veggies. It was fun! Indy was really liking it. Scott got into it too and is looking for corn here.

Since we had driven straight up on the 5 we decided to come back a more scenic drive and took the 101. We stayed overnight in Paso Robles at the Paso Robles Inn. The town square, library and city hall were right across the street from the hotel. A fabulous small town feeling. We'll most likely make another trip back.

On our final leg of the trip we stopped off at Pismo Beach. We couldn't have time it better. There were whales and dolphins feeding quite close to the beach. We must have stayed at least 1/2 hour watching. Beautiful animals.

Back home from our quick trip we had another great surprise. Scott's sister Sherry called and said she was coming out to Orange County for work but would have time to get together with us. Aunt Sherry lives in Indiana. We were lucky enough to get to visit with Aunt Sherry 2 nights that she was here. What a blessing. We were only sad that Uncle Scott and cousins Tay and Wes didn't come out too.

* Esprit starts Fall semester at Saddleback Community College

* Labor Day Weekend soccer tournament in Costa Mesa. The boys lost 2 games and won 1. These were the first games they played together as a team. Many of the other teams have been together for 2 or more years. They looked good.

* Indy starts school at Serrano Intermediate! 7th grade this year. They grow up way too fast.

* Soccer season officially begins with first game on 9/8.

* Scott starts Thursday night tennis league. Go Scott!!!!