Birthday's, Visits and "Is this my retirement?"

Flowers from Mel for my birthday

A wonderful cake from my visiting teacher Sis. Cawley

Julie was surprised when Marissa, Jenn and Wendy

came to take her out for breakfast.

The Mad Hatter

Pedicure for the birthday girl

Eating at BJ's for dinner

On her way to Katie's party which was on

Julie's birthday

Makenzie singing to Julie

Julie, Makenzie, Marissa, Jenn, Wendy

Getting ready for the jet ski's

Wendy, Julie and Makenzie on the tube

Julie, Jenn and Marissa going for a ride

After the "incident"

Trying the tube with all 5 girls

Time for the Jet Ski's

Perfect way to end the day, Cafe' Rio YAH!!

Visiting Sam and Grace

Grace eating the watermelon from the garden

Sam with yummy watermelon

Fun times

Julie with her niece and nephew

Wendy, Jenn, Marissa, Julie and Katie starting their

photo shoot at the Hangar at Chino Airport

More poses

Fun Pose

Good times

What a cutie

Woo Hoo

Woo Hoo # 2

Friends

Well, with Julie heading off to college, and no more children at home,

am I considered retired? It's a different phase of my life I'm about

to embark on, and it feels a little weird. I'm afraid of leaving her
in Idaho. I don't want to get all sad. I've never done that before,
dropping off a child at college. I'm usually so excited for them.
And I am for Julie too. Idaho just feels a little further away, AND

she's my baby. As soon as I hear that she is having a good time,
I'll feel much better. Basically, as long as my kids are happy,

I'm happy.
On another note, here are some pictures from My birthday and
Julie's 18th birthday party, and a last photo shoot with friends.

The birthday party was quite a blast. Such a good group of

friends Julie has. And who wouldn't like jet skiing and tubing?
We went to Carlsbad Lagoon, where they rented us a boat with

a driver and the tube, and then an hour or so later, they got the

Jet Ski. We had one incident where one of the girls, Makenzie

Curtis, got hurt when she was whipped off the tube and

Julie's shin hit her eye. But that was it.

Anyway, it's late and we are leaving in the morning for Utah.

LONG LIVE MOTHERHOOD!!!