Spring Cleaning Bug.....

Well I have been busy these past few weeks the spring cleaning bug bit me I guess. I cleaned all our closets. I took 4 big bags of clothes out of my closet of things I cannot wear anymore since losing 75 pounds. Some I kept are a bit big on me too but I had to keep some needed something to wear. (smile) cannot go around naked! What a site that would be NOT!!!!!! Ha ha ha....

So today I cleaned out around my computer desk what a mess. I really need to buy a paper shredder too. Something else on my list I need to put down to buy....

Where do all these papers come from do they grow in the middle of night??? Unreal... how much garbage mail we get too. Ergh!!!!!

Yesterday we cleaned the front yard up and made it look pretty again.
Here are some pictures. And look at the adorable Bear Welcome Michael bought me. He said it is Me, Aaron and Him.. so cute huh? It is by our front door....
YES I LOVE BEARS...

Aaron and Baseball

Here is Aaron's Baseball picture this year and here is a picture of his trophy he won too. It is really cool. Tomorrow night he is playing in the Memorial Baseball Tournament.

Happy Birthday Amanda

Today is my oldest daughter Amanda's 28th Birthday. Hard to believe it was 28 years ago I gave birth to her. She was a miracle child. After having many miscarriages it was a true miracle when we were blessed with her birth. I was in labor for 3 days with her. She was not ready to come out. She weighed 6 pounds and 3 ounces so I guess she was comfortable inside still. Now she is married and has a little girl of her own. My how the years pass and things change. But I shall never forget her birth and how blessed I felt to have her for my daughter. Happy Birthday Sweetie. I will love you forever.
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Our Family

When we were at Pat and Bobs a couple of weeks ago Bob snapped this photo of us in his backyard I thought it was kind of cute considering we were not prepared to take a picture that day really.

Speed Racer

Since Michael has been off work (he got hurt at work about 10 days ago) Anyway he hurt his wrist and has been having to have physical therapy everyday. So we picked up Aaron at school yesterday and took him to see Speed Racer. He had been asking to see it ever since he saw the trailer for it a few months ago at the movies. I have to admit it was kind of a cute movie. Michael and Aaron loved it. So that is all that matters. Now me I would have liked to have seen Prom Night. Ha!

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian begins today that is another one Aaron wants to see so I am sure we will have to go and see that also very soon.

Dottie Rambo Dies on Mother's Day.......

Another Gospel Legend has gone home. On Sunday morning May 11, 2008 at approximately 2:19 AM, the bus Dottie Rambo was traveling in was hit by high, gusty winds and pushed down an embankment into a median on I-44 near Mt. Vernon, MO. Dottie was on her way to meet Lulu Roman and Naomi Sego at a Golden Girls of Gospel Concert in North Richland Hills, TX at the Fountain of Life Church. Traveling with Dottie were her manager Larry Ferguson, his wife Judy and their two sons Pierce and Christian, the bus drive Ronnie Meadows and Chris Barnes, Larry's assistant. The survivors have sustained multiple injuries and are receiving care. Doctors say they will recover, but it may be a long process.

Dottie Rambo was the most respected and loved gospel songwriter in he world. She had written over 2500 songs, many of which have been recorded by Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Whitney Houston, and Porter Wagoner as well as nearly every other gospel singer. Her music crossed all genres of music.

Dottie Rambo's Home-going celebration service will be held on Monday, May 19, 2008.

WOO HOO......

Well I see my surgeon tomorrow. It has been 3 months since my surgery. I am feeling so much better. And officially total weight loss as of today is 70 pounds. I have been FAT FAT FAT the majority of my life. It is so cool to be able to go shopping and find something cute to put on. Yesterday when arriving at church our Assistant Pastor said Brother Mike what does your wife think about you hanging around with this skinny woman. I laughed and said his wife loves it. (smile) It is nice to know that it is showing finally some of my weight loss. I am FAR FAR far from skinny and I shall never be skinny I just wanted to be more healthy and be able to walk better for my bad knee. We went shopping on Saturday for hours in the mall and I did not get tired nor did I have to sit down and rest. After church one our Deacons whispered in my ear. Sister Judy how much have you lost now? I told him and he said awesome... he said he knew it was not polite to ask about a womans weight but he really wanted to know because I looked so good. I told him no it is not nice to say wow how much weight have you gained... ha ha ha... So I was pretty jazzed that 2 of the men of our church had noticed. That is a WOO HOO moment for me. (SMILE)

Anyway Michael took a picture of me and Aaron and one of me yesterday here they are. I love my baby boy who is my sweet Giant...





So this was taken yesterday




and this one was 3 months ago..

Another Moms Day Present

When we went to Pat and Bobs yesterday to drop off Aaron, Pat handed me this big pretty pink bag and said Happy Mothers Day. She and Bob had made this for me and I LOVE IT. I love them too. (SMILE)..... I am so blessed to have them in my life or should I say we are blessed to have them in our lives. I am so happy they have adopted us. Ha!
She is truly a sister to me. Thanks again Pat and Bob... don't know what I would do without you in my life..I also got the most adorable card that said Happy Mothers Day Grandma from Nathan. He is such a doll... I love him to death...

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all you Moms who read my blog...
I have had a wonderful day. Aaron got me a Photo Frame that is Digital I have wanted one for quite some time and the guys went shopping last week and got it for me. I love it....

I needed a new soft blanket to cuddle with on the bed while we watch tv at night. It has Tinkerbell on it. I have never seen one this big. It is so nice and soft. I love it.



All my adopted Sisters, Pat, Penny and Pam have called to wish me a Happy Mothers Day and Patrice my adopted daughter I call her hers was the first this morning. I love you Patrice. (smile) Hugs! You are a great Mommy too.

So my day has been blessed. I will post the pictures we took outside today later. I have to run because Pat is having a dinner for Evelyn at her house and we are going by there. Aaron is going to stay with them for the dinner. Tonight is Business Meeting at our church and we needed to be there for that. So we will meet up with them all later.

Hope you all had a wonderful day.. I will post more tomorrow and the pictures off the camera from today..

Aaron's 15th Birthday Photos

I finally got around to getting Aaron to Sears for his Birthday Pictures. Since his school does not do school pictures I try and make sure I get him in each year. And since I have the photo membership card at Sears there is no sitting fee and I always wait till have the coupon for inexpensive package too. Right now having Mother's Day Specials so it was good.
Here are the proofs..

Airshow this past weekend

We took Aaron to see the Airshow this past weekend it was really neat. The Thunderbirds were there. They are awesome.
Here is one of their planes.


They do awesome things in the sky.. scary but awesome..

Ironman the movie

Last night after Aaron's Baseball game (which he hit a homerun in I might add) we took him to see Ironman. Yesterday was opening day of the movie. We were going to see the 8:00 o'clock show but the line was all around the mall. So we opted for the 8:45 show and we were first in line for that one.
Aaron has been watching the trailers for this movie for quite sometime and he always knows when it is being released just like with video games he always does the count down on. (um yes it does sound like an Autism child doesn't it) Ha!

Anyway Dad and I really enjoyed the movie as well. And all I will say as to not to ruin anything just as with the Pirates movies you must sit through all the credits and not miss the ending that is all I will say. (wink)....

Hope you have a nice weekend. Have to run to get Aaron to guitar lessons. Also today is the Air Show and the Thunderbirds are here. They have been practicing all week coming right over our house. Been really cool.. We live really close to March Air Base.

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Arlene and Nolan

I had Arlene and Nolan in my daycare for many years. Arlene came to my daycare at just a few months old. Nolan came when he was a few weeks old. Dawn their mom keeps in touch with me still. She brought the kids by the other night to see us. Wow they have grown. It was great seeing them. I took a picture of Arlene and Nolan while they were here. I made this scrapbook page of that picture and it has a picture of Nolan and Arlene when younger too.

Happy Birthday Evelyn

Tomorrow is Evelyn's Birthday but the family could not all get together tomorrow because of work etc. so we celebrated her Birthday this afternoon and evening. We had a lot of fun and as usual Bob and Pat out did themselves with yummy food. (boy I wanted some of that corn Bob grilled on the Bar B Q) darn... Cannot have it since my surgery. Oh well they made some awfully yummy chicken. They had chicken and beef fajitas and beans. I made my Mexican dip (Patrice would not let me in the door without it) Ha! It was a lot of fun. Nathan put on his skates he was so cute. Only 2 years old and on skates. He and Uncle Aaron had a lot of fun. They are so cute together. Aaron loves little kids. Then after dinner Evelyn opened her gifts from everyone and her cards. It was really nice. PLEASE CONTINUE to keep her in your PRAYERS.. She is still undergoing Chemo and Radiation each week at Loma Linda for her Lung Cancer. She is very very special to our family. We have become family. So please pray for a miracle. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dearest Evelyn. WE ALL LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!
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Closing Day of RMBI for 2007-2008 school year

Yesterday were the services at our church for the closing of RMBI. A great day was had by all who love the Lord. Our Pastor, Bro. Lonnie Wiggins brought a wonderful sermon. Higher Calling sang 2 awesome specials. (Thank You)
The certificates were handed out and Joe Erwin received his degree. (Great job Joe)
Michael had taken the Church Bible History Course with Bro. Wiggins for the both semesters and really enjoyed it. He loves history of ANY KIND.. we call him MR. HISTORY. The students of RMBI served us lunch which was very nice and a lot of fun. All in all as I said the day was a really good one and another year gone for RMBI. Soon the 2008-2009 will begin. GOD IS GOOD.....
Here are some photos of the day and a video too of Higher Calling. Remember to hear the video of Higher Calling you will need to turn the player I have on my page at the bottom just click on pause to stop that player so you can hear the video.

Baseball BSK "2008"

Aaron's Baseball Team is called the Stallions he plays with a Special Needs Sports Group called Bill's Special Kids. Here are some pictures I have taken this year so far.

BSK and Storm Baseball Game

Every year the Moreno Valley Youth Federation has a night along with many other schools and groups at the Lake Elsinore Baseball Game. We went again this year. It was a lot of fun and the kids all seemed to really enjoy themselves. After the game was over they put on a really cool fireworks show too. I love fireworks! Here are a few pictures of the night. Also Bill (from Bill's Special Kids) was one of the ones to pitch the first Baseball of the evening I took a video of it will see if I can post it on here too.You can hear Aaron screaming yeah when it was Bill on the mound pitching. (smile) Also they took a really cool picture of Bill pitching too I will post it as soon as Pat gets it scanned it.

Here is the video

Uncle Aaron and Nathan

I took care of Nathan today for Patrice because Evelyn had to go to Loma Linda for more radiation and chemo treatments. We had so much fun we played, played, played and made a mess with all the toys. He is at such a cutie age. I took a bunch of pictures and made 3 videos of him too. I told you he was "My Boy" I love the way he says Gramma Judy it just warms my heart. I took some pictures of him and Uncle Aaron before Aaron went to school. He kept saying Uncle Aaron go to school? And would go to the door. Was so cute. He loves his Uncle Aaron.
Nathan also had fun playing with Corey today. So here are a few pictures

Birthday keeps on......

Aaron received more cards today. Pat came by with a card from her, Bob, Patrice and Nathan and also another card from Grandpa Bill, Grandma Evelyn, Aunt Penny, Aunt Pam and William...inside the cards were Gift Cards to GameStop. Aaron's favorite place. (smile) he got a total of $100.00 from them all. He said woo hoo. He wants to pre-order a couple of games that are coming out soon. We are so blessed to have these people in our lives and for them to adopt us ALL.....It is wonderful for them to accept and LOVE Aaron for who he is despite his disabilities. They have the biggest hearts of any family I ever met. They had called and text messaged Aaron on his actual Birthday on Sunday but we were in Redlands all day so we could not see them that day. Evelyn has started her more extensive chemo treatments and her radiation for her lung cancer. PLEASE continue to keep her in your prayers that God will allow us to have a lot more time with her.

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Aaron's Birthday

Basically today his Birthday was spent in church we got out of church about 12:45 went to lunch with Pastor and Wife, John and Michelle and the Minton Family. Then Michael had to be back at the church by 3 for a Teachers Meeting. So we dropped Dad off and I took Aaron to GameStop for him to spend his Gift Cards and Money. He did buy the PSP he bought the new Bundle Package which came with a Game and also it is the Silver Edition. I cannot believe how much thinner and lighter this one is from the original one he got a few birthdays ago. He gave his old one to his Dad to use on the Metrolink everyday. Now Dad can watch movies etc while he rides to and from work. Might miss his stop ya think? Ha ha...

These pictures were this afternoon at church he was pretty tired since we had such a long day yesterday and late night so did not smile much for the pictures but anyway this is me and Aaron and Dad and Aaron on his 15th Birthday.

Aaron's 15th Birthday

Aaron had asked his Case Worker from Regional Center for some money from his Trust Fund so he could invite some people to go with him to John's Incredible Pizza place. They always ask what he wants for his Birthday and this year he wished to treat some people to some fun with him. (what a sweetie) It is an awesome place to eat and to play they have rides, games etc plus it is a Buffet kind of place so pizza.. pasta.. potatoes..salads.. soups etc. . The check came on Friday so yesterday at the rally Aaron asked Angie Baxter and her family and DJ Kyle and his family if they could come with us last night to John's. They said sure (they really like Aaron and have a lot of patience with him too) Thanks guys. (WINK) So we all went and had a ball. A good friend of mine Jeannie who lives in Arizona had sent Aaron a card with money it. And she sent me a card with money in it and told me to buy Aaron's BD cake with it. Wasn't that sweet? So Auntie Jeannie paid for his cake this year. THANKS! He got money in the mail too from Connie, Deannie and got money from Angie and Family and DJ and Family last night too. He still has his gift cards from Christmas he has been saving them so he could buy something big at Gamestop. (I think the new PSP that came out last year) not sure though. He also while watching the television show Idol Gives Back this past week asked me to send some of his Birthday money to them. He was watching it and got very sad seeing all the children sick and hungry. (He has such a big heart)

Amanda and Family (Aaron's oldest sister) had sent Aaron a Wii game earlier in the week they have already played it together because it is Wifi. (Thanks Manda he loves it....

We all had fun at the Pizza Place then they all followed us home so they could see where we lived. DJ and Karen could not stay because they needed to get kids home and in bed for church today. But Angie, Donald, Ashley and Britney stayed. The girls loved Aaron's puppy Bella. The kids played Mario on Aaron's Wii for awhile. And Ashley informed me she is coming to spend some time with us this summer. (smile) what a cutie!

Today is Aaron's actual Birthday but we knew it would be hard to do much today with church. So we actually celebrated it a day early. Hard to believe my baby is 15.

Happy Birthday Bubba....

Also here is a little video of the kids on the ride last night. They loved this ride..