fun times with the girls

Some pictures from when my mom was here over the summer.

Family Photo Shoot!

In hopes of getting a family picture for the Christmas card..... here are some of the results. 

Sassy little girls :)

Notice the train in his hand. He was in heaven!

Yikes...are we really that old... Thanks Niki for taking all the picts...you are awesome! 

80's Party!

NEED I SAY MORE??

Storrs Family Reunion Aug 2008

The sisters... The Grandkids The Family

Franklin Falls

All I can say is thank goodness for friends (cousins) that get us out of the house to see something so beautiful. What an amazing, peaceful feeling there is being out in nature.

First Day of School

Carrin's first day of First grade! Clarissa's first day of Fourth grade! With both the girls at school all day, Chase and I are going to miss them like crazy. When is the next holiday??

Stitches

Yesterday was the first time we took Chase to the Emergency Room. We were walking out the back door to go to the bank when he tripped and fell head first onto the girls metal scooter. He split his head open and being a head wound there was a large amount of blood! After a couple quick phone calls, to Joe, and then to Niki who took the girls, we were off to the ER. The PA observed Chase and told us the cut was almost to the bone and stitches were required...the fun begins... strapping a little boy down, screaming, tears, mom getting light headed, three stitches, and 3 hours later we were on our way home. Little man was trooper through it all!

Cali Vacation

Story time with Grandma Storrs, how I wish we could have that every night. Thanks for taking the time to read to the kids mom, they loved it! My baby sister Briette, not so afraid of the camera. :) We spent some time with our friend the Estrada's and had a few minutes to see my B.F.F Afton (long funny story behind that one) She taught us a few new dog tricks to try on dad! We stayed at my sister Tiffani's house swam in her cool rock pool, played with Flappy, and had story time with Uncle Brent. We also stayed with the Dyer's and the Peterson's gotta love having so much family in So. Cal there is always a place to stay, and the kids love the time with the cousins. We were able to spend a few hours with the Woolf's, yummy pizza and fun swimming. We had a great time visiting Grandpa Nelson, we ate a Lucille's our favorite southern style BBQ restaurant, we also ate at Jim's a staple restaurant in the Nelson family, and a BBQ at grandpa nelsons. Our friends the Goldsberry's,and the Bishops and also my sisters Cherisse and Briette came over and we played "corn hole" and broke a couple of grandpa pots....sorry! All in all it was a great time.

TILLY

After much debate on getting a new dog, the kids finally won and we have a new dog. She seems to be fitting right in with the kids and they are enjoying every minute they get to play with her. I found her listed on craigs list, her previous owner was not home during the day and her homeowners association would not let her keep Tilly. It was a hard separation for the previous owner, but we a glad that she is a part of the family now. She is an eight month old Chinese Crested dog with apricot coloring and white feet. She is full grown at 7lbs. She not been house trained so I have some work to do there. Other than that she is very calm and quiet as long as other dogs are not around :) Going on walks should be a joy.

Happy Birthday to you

Yesterday was Clarissa's 9th birthday! I thought I would update the blog with some random picture of Rissa. We had her party at "The Bouncy Place" with friends...pictures of that will have to come later... When I have a chance to download the pictures. Happy Birthday Rissa, We love YOU!