Hello!

Things have been hoppin' around here lately. I had a get-together with friends from the past (and present) this week. That was great fun and very encouraging.

Last week was the drama/music camp at NW Church. Zakary Shae participated in the music camp and had a great time - as long as he didn't have to go on stage for the performance. He's a pretty talented kid, but is going through some stage-fright issues. So instead of performing, he passed out flyers to those attending and ran the power-point screens for the drama camp. He did a great job, too!

Zak - I mean, Shae- started swimming lessons on Monday. That's going pretty well. He's doing the M-F thing. It really helps him to go everyday. He is enjoying the lessons and really likes his teacher. There are three other kids in the class (all girls!) so it's very manageable. He can back float now, without the teacher holding him up. Yay!

Today, Kent took Shae to the eye doctor for his first official exam. Turns out he's just slightly near-sighted (go figure!) They went ahead and ordered glasses for him (back to school specials!) and they should be in in about a week. I'll post a pic. I'm sure he'll look very smart. :)

Well, that's about it for now. Not much else going on at the moment. Hope y'all are doing well.

The One That Didn't Get Away!

We went fishing the other day, for the first time this season. I finally got to break in my new pole! 'Course I didn't catch anything but seaweed, although I did feel a nibble once. Kent didn't catch anything either (except more seaweed). Shae, on the other hand, put the net down and pulled up a crab! He was very excited...till we measured it and discovered it was half an inch too small. Back he went.

Now desperate to catch a keeper, he lowered the net and let it soak longer. When we pulled it up, there was another crab - bigger! This one was about 6 inches - well within keeping range. Oh the joy!

We talked about how it was not going to be a pet. It was going to be dinner (at least for Shae - not much meat on it). It would be his first taste of crab meat (and he caught it himself!). So excited!

I felt so bad tho, when it came time to do the deed. He understood the crab would die to become his dinner and he was okay with that, but still a little sad. He said his goodbyes and told the crab "I'll see you in Heaven. Maybe you can live in my room."

If that doesn't just bring tears to your eyes!

We're keeping the shell as a token of his first catch.

Hi Everybody!

We're back!

It's been a busy month! We spent a day in San Diego before joining other ClubRust organizers for shopping and heading down to Mexico. We were in Tecate for about a week - the building went very well. There were lots of new people this year (again!) When we returned to the states, we traded the cargo van for a Kia and headed up to Anaheim (sp?). You guessed it! Disneyland! We spent three days hopping between Disney and California Adventure. We had lots of fun - just ask Shae (most of you know him as Zak - he has decided to go by his middle name. After all, Daddy does!) One of those days, we were joined by NW/ClubRust friends, the Owens. That was very fun!

Now we're back home and still recovering from vacation and possibly mild salmonella poisoning. Kent was sick while we were in CA. So was I, but not as bad. Poor guy did Disneyland anyway. What a trooper! Anyway, when we got back we looked up the symptoms of Salmonella just for kicks and he had nearly every one of them! I had a few. I am still feeling run-down, but okay. Shae never was sick.

Oh, BTW, it's my birthday! Another year gone by. Wow. They really do go fast anymore!

I'm hoping to get some photos of the trip up soon. They're all on the computer, I just have to get them onto the page.

Hope y'all are having a great day! What gorgeous weather we're having (especially after 95+ down south)! Enjoy it!