Video - Mt Charleston/Flinders Cousins

Mt Charleston w/Tory Flinders Family

With Tory's family (Scott's younger brother) coming for a visit, we enjoyed an evening out eatting Sushi, going to the pool, watching movies, attending parades, enjoyed a massive water balloon fight, watched fireworks, and went up to the mountains.

My parents love to dutch oven and get out of the heat (Vegas Valley/106 degrees, Mt Charleston/72 degrees) and that is exactly what we did. The kids had a blast being with one another. We are so blessed to have such terrific families! Love you guys . . .

Video - Water Fight @ Parade!

Watch as these Flinders brothers show their perfect aim! First Tory nails the poor kid, then Scott, only to be told that they, "SUCK!" Of course, it was all in good AMERICAN fun!

The 4th of July!!

I love the 4th of July; We have such fun traditions!! We spend our entire day with friends, family, fun, sun, and of course, FIREWORKS! This year, Tory's family (Scott's younger brother), the O'dell family and her sister's crew from Fresno, CA, and my parents joined us for the festivities.

We went to the Boulder City parade at 8:30 AM. We ate lunch at the park along with an amazing balloon/water fight amongst the Dads and kids. There are no words to describe how much fun our grown men had!! Lastly, we drove back out to Boulder City for fireworks.

We congregate with our dearest of friends at the same spot each year to light sparklers, throw poppers, and lay in the grass on top of our blankets. Then, at 9:00 PM sharp, you begin to hear the loud booms of one of the best shows in all of Las Vegas. It was a perfect day!

Chase's BIG Moments, Jun '08

Chase was asked to participate in the Las Vegas Special Olympics and ran in the 50/100 yard dash as well as the tug of war. He was terrific!

What an amazing awards assembly this was! Hats off to Newton Elementary for having the children nominate their Principal's Choice Award. Out of the five 4th grade classes, three of them had Resource children nominated as their Principal's Choice. WOW!

Chase's teacher showed me some of the comments that his fellow peers wrote. Needless to say, I was an absolute boob. One of the children wrote, "I sometimes get discouraged with my parents recent divorce, but I see how Chase never gives up and I know that I can do the same." Another one read, "He inspires me . . ." I'll concur with that! WAY TO GO CHASER!!

Video - Reagan's Goggles, May '08

I had just taken the swim bag out to find some goggles for the kids to wear at a Memorial Weekend Party. This is Reagan's reason for wearing goggles . . . "I don't want those stingy eyes!"