Mom's visit, part 1

(Me, Terri, Nancy, Mom, Bunnie, Tina, Patti)

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Patti, Terri, Me, Nancy

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Mom, Bunnie, Tina

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Katy, Isis, Aaliyah, Patti

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Mom, Katy, Isis, Aaliyah, Patti

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Isis, Aaliyah, Katy

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Summer Randomness

Jade held a very successful carwash for the Foundation Walk for Health.

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We celebrated Donna's 50th birthday!!

(Donna, Katy, Stacy)

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Austin and Brutus waiting for Mommy

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I took Katy and her friends to an Angels game.

(Kirsten, Andrea, Katy)

The Angels beat the Mariners, 7-4

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Katy rocks in her first volleyball game.

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2010 Harvest Crusade

This past weekend was the Harvest Crusade.

Austin stayed in Anaheim from Thurs through Sunday to hit the streets and invite and witness.

Katy and I went Sat and Sun.

So amazing seeing so many people show up to hear great music and hear such wonderful messages from Pastor Greg.

Sunday night it was over-packed, 48,000 people, they had to turn people away. MercyMe was there and they were incredible.

This is Katy's friend Victoria. She has gone with us for 3 years now.
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This is Austin with the S.W.A.T (Students with a Testimony) Team.
The girl he is standing with is Dayani.


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The S.W.A.T Team

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Dorks

The other day the kids spent the entire day cleaning out their rooms...going through old stuff.

This is what I cam home to........

(Austin had borrowed a hat and wig from his friend)

Things Katy found in her room.

They get so bored during the summer.

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HEAT

I bought a swamp cooler a few nights ago because the wall air conditioner died at the end of last summer. It will be installed on Saturday. In the meantime, I get home from work yesterday and it was 108 IN THE HOUSE! And then, I noticed that the heater was ON! I panicked and called Terry and called the guy in the office. He couldn't figure it out. The switch on the thermostat said it was off. So Terry and I are out back looking at the heater and there is a toggle switch when you take off the cover of the heater. I said, "what does that switch do?" He flipped it and the heater shut off. So I will get that checked out on Saturday also.
Thank God that the clouds started rolling in (although a thunder and lightening storm was definitely NOT what I needed). It cooled down to around 90 outside and about 95 inside by the time I finally fell asleep at 9. Lesson learned: don't panic, I'm the one that found the switch. If I had stayed calm I would have seen it sooner and not have to call anyone.
In other news, Katy is camping with a friend and her family down near San Diego until Sunday.
Austin is busy with church and hanging out with his friends. I'm trying to pin him down for a date tomorrow night to watch Blazing Saddles (his first time). I even bribed him with mini-meatball sandwiches. He hasn't decided if he wants to do that or hang out with his "amazing friends". (I told him I'm amazing, too).

Corona 4th of July Parade

These are from the 4th of July Parade in Corona:

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Looking up Main Street towards Ontario. The first signal is the new signal they put in at Citron and Old Mill.)
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This guy was funny. He was taking a picture of me taking a picture of him.

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Check out the faces on the 2 kids on the other side of the street.

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This is for mom.

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John and Nicole

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The kids from karate. Jade is doing flags.

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Always one of my favorite parts of a parade: The Shriners

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I don't know her but she was soooo beautiful!

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The original Barney Fife car.

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We had a wonderful time. The kids actually got along and did not complain once. They actually maybe enjoyed themselves. And as big as Corona has gotten, there is still a small town spirit there that I just love!