I'm Back!

Wow, it has been awhile since I have been here, and so much has happened!
First, my computer crashed! The hard drive went to the big drive in the sky! Lucky for me, I have some incredible computer geeks that were able to save all my pictures and music. Now I just have to back everything up so I don't have this scare again....
How to tell everything that has happened in the past few weeks will take till June!!!! So I will just break it down into small bits and pieces...

This is Jeff's shirt. Jeff is learning to be a pilot. He had his first solo flight on March 16. It is a tradition at the hanger that on your first solo they cut the back of your shirt (Lost your shirt on first solo on...) and sign it and put it up in the shop. Very big deal. There is so much to learn to be a pilot! He could be a weather man now with all he knows about conditions for flying. He will never look at a plane coming in for a landing the same again. It is fun when he comes home and shares all his adventures of the day. He had a big flight the other day where he had to plot stops and air speed and fuel...big time stuff. He is also able to work on the planes to learn them inside out. Best ever!
Next...
I have had fun being a chaperon for Klaira's Drama and Choir the past month.
The first adventure was the drama kids took a train from Fresno to Bakersfield, in Bakersfield we took a bus to Los Angeles and then we got on another train to Anaheim where we got on a VERY small bus (packed to the max!) to get to the hotel.

Most of these kids have never been on a train. It was so fun! (Well, except for lugging all our stuff up and down the stairs to get on and off...that was difficult..)
Our hotel was just within walking distance to Disney Land.

The kids were GREAT! They had a workshop at Disney Land that was a great opportunity. All I will say about it is that even if the kids never pursue drama, everything they learned there they can use in daily life. Way cool!

I had a fun group of girls that I was over! It was really hard to go back to work on Monday and not see them all day.

Then two weeks later....Klaira's choir went to San Diego! (Lucky for me, we got on a bus and stayed on the bus all the way down. )

We started out trip at Mission Beach. I found my happy place!

Again, I had a great group of girls! So much fun!

Later that night we went on a dinner cruise. I know that I had never been on one and none of the kids had ever been on one. It was kind of funny to see how the girls dressed. You would have thought they were going to the prom.

The next morning the kids got up early to go to their competition. After the competition we went to Sea World. That was a fun day.

The next day we packed up and headed home, but on the way....stopped at Six Flags! YES WE DID!

The sad story to this day is that I had one of my girls get the stomach toss and we spent the day in the first aid station. Klaira was such a trooper to sit with me all day in the first aid station, both girls never complaining! Very impressed with these girls! I am so happy to be home!