2 Day trip.

We are headed to San Diego tomorrow for 2 days, got alot to do in those two days... gonna see the kids' cousins one day see a college friend of Duane's, and Duane is going to the dentist and I am getting my hair done, Yeehaw!!! Hopefully we will get to see my sister on Saturday too before we drive back up to Hanford, she is visiting from Albania with her Husband and son...I am crossing my fingers! Ha ha, well if not we will see them shortly in a few days at our family reunion in the Bay Area next week, Can't wait!!!

A work in progress...

Well here are the pics we took of our patio evolving...these are of the cement work, we went with the "Stamped" look as opposed to the "Swept Look" simply cause we thot it made it look nicer and like Slate as opposed to cement...it took a week for them to frame it, get the ground ready, pour and stamp it. Next week they start on the Pergala which I will be sure to take pictures of to show you the "Finished Product!!!"
Getting the ground ready...




Stamping the cement...notice the walkway to what will soon be a play place for the kids.


FINISHED CEMENT WORK PICS.
Left side.


Right side of house....

The patio minus the Pergala which they will start working on next Monday.


Stamped look...kinda makes it look like slate...

We had some good friends over this past weekend for a BBQ, They have two kids that are around the same ages as ours so Trei had ALOT OF fun as did Desiree, although she had to check out Kalea a bit before she started playing with her. I didn't manage to get any pics of the boys as they were running everywhere but here are some of the girls!

Kalea and Desiree

Daddy is home!!!

We are SO happy to have Daddy home, we have been spending some good time together as a family which is why as you noticed I haven't been posting much! One day we went out to Mcdonalds so Trei could play at the play place and I just happend to remember my camera and took some pics, so here they are...Enjoy!!!

Random Pics

Grandpa with Desiree... Trei sporting the Georgia Tech Hat...

Sooo I apologize for the lack of posts recently but Duane came home a week ago and we have been spending time together as a family, I also have been at the dentist 5 mornings in the last week and a half getting the usual exams and some work done on them as well..couldn't do it when I was pregnant so now that things are somewhat back to "Normal" and I have Duane home for a few weeks I figured I would take care of that...Don't like visiting the dentist chair much, but ya do what ya gotta do...We also have Contractors working on a Patio and Pergala (as they call them now) out back, and we are planning on putting up a swingset out back since they have very few parks here and nothing much to do with kids... that way Trei has his own park set up in the back.Very convenient for all of us! I have taken some pics of "Before" and "In the process" of the patio that I will post soon, it won't be completly done for another week but here is stage one and two....thot it may interest you a bit to see us shaping out our back lot.

My Sister Feli along with her Hubby Marco and son Dean are here in the good ol' USA visiting for a month or so, they arrived last nite at LAX all the way from Albania...Can't wait to see them at our family reunion at the beginning of October!!! Welcome Back, for a little while at least!

Not feeling too well, went to the Doc a few days ago as my ear was killing me, I have been having a constant pain for the last three days and its kept me up at nite....anyhoo the Doc said I have a pretty bad ear infection and put me on some antibiotics for 10 days, they aren't working so far, but since she said my ear was pretty bad I figured I should at least give them a shot, we'll see I guess...

I HAVE THE CUTEST KID!!!

Today Trei won the "Cutest Kid" Contest at Walmart, they called me to tell me the news and I said "I KNEW IT!!!" They gave him a goodie bag and a frame with the picture in it...They said he got 80 votes....wow!!! Here is the picture I submitted....I just love the look he has in it...

Duane is coming Home!!!

My Honey is coming home tomorrow, a few days earlier then we expected YEEHAW!!! We are headed to pick him up at the airport tomorrow afternoon...Can't wait~~!!

5 Months Old

Desiree is 5 months today, Time sure flies, just seems like yesterday we brought her home from the Hospital. I took some pictures of her in a Beautiful pink dress.