2009 Summer to Fall in Pictures

Where did the summer go? Another birthday gone by, another winter approaches and another halloween is right around the corner. My 46th birthday cake is pictured at left with 3 little lambs atop riding bikes to commemorate my present. Mi & Chase bought me a new wonderful bicycle that hopefully we'll be able to ride more still before the snow flies.
The summer has been so busy with baseball then into football. Football practices twice weekly and games every Saturday keep a family hoppin. Chase ended up with a season of 3-3 which was pretty good for his first year playing tackle with the Packers. His coach Aiden was strong, direct, fair and supportive and I think all the boys learned a lot. I wish we could choose what coaches we wanted each year but unfortunately that's not possible so we can only hope from the best for next season.
Getting a new puppy this summer also took a lot of our time and energy. Raven joined our family in July. She's now 6 1/2 months old and growing like a weed. Below is when we first brought her home.














And now you can see she feels right at home! (See below) She weighs about 30lbs and hopefully isn't going to get much bigger then she is now. We'll see. We've not ruled out building the stable in the back if she gets to horse size!
I've also had some changes myself. I'm still working in the same situation as I was. Still in limbo but doing more of the adjudicators job on the new DEMDX system. 2 more technicians have been laid off as of Friday at the pharmacy and no one really knows what's in store for our future. Or if we even have one but we continue to just keep plugging away as long as they pay us! I did get my hair cut shorter and shorter the last few months too. It's the shortest I've had in I cannot remember how many years. Sometimes I feel it's a bit too boylike and other times I like it's funkiness. But as a whole the ease of the cut trumps it all so it's here to stay until my next whim!

This is the latest photo of me with the new 'doo'.












Shawn Liam also has a new 'look' so to speak too but that's a longer story. I won't post his mugshot for so many many reasons including the fact it's just not 'him'! Luckily his error has brought about some changes and he recently got a job at Wendy's so we're very hopeful and proud of his new beginning. We are hoping to see more as time goes by. We bought him a new phone so we can communicate more easily through texts, pics and emails too. So far he's been responsible in keeping within the guidelines we set down for his usage and we again are hopeful things will continue to stay positive. This is his most recent pic he sent me of himself. He isn't so good at sending pictures like I've asked but he is 20 after all and male! ;)

















Last but not least the three little Lambs at our house earlier this week when Mi & I were still on vacation and were happy as clams. Now that it's Sunday night we're dreading Monday morning so I won't share that 'look'! LOL