The Greenoughs

Pensacola - Beach on another day

2009-07-15T20:54:00.000-07:00

Me and my punk'n head

Jana and Austin wipe out!
A sand crab!

Suck it in Kerri!

Kelly telling the paparazzi that we deserve some private family time too and that if he doesn't leave we will call the police!! lol just kidding!!

Bryce and Chasers

Aunt She and Mom

Uncle Steve and Jackson going to catch some waves

Kelly and Jackson

Jackson and Chasers (who is always hungry as you can see he's the one eating in every picture lol!)

Kerri and Chase

Aunt Sheila, Mom, and Aunt Denise

My sandy toes!

Uncle Steve, cousin Josh, Uncle Doug, Triston

Mom and Josh

Uncle Doug and his son Triston

Buildign sand castles with Uncle Jimmy

Pictured left to right: Jimmy, Kaiya, Klaire, Autumn

Mom, Dad, and their grandchildren

Pensacola - Pool Day

2009-07-15T20:40:00.000-07:00

In the morning usually we went to the beach and then headed to the pool for lunch and for an afternoon swim. The troops waiting for lunch.

Jackson
My cousin Josh and my cousin Krista's daughter Heidi

Kaiya for a little re-apply of sunscreen

Jackson for his re-apply

Ausin and Heidi playing a little game.

My Aunt Sandy and her granddaughter Briclyn

Jimmy and my Aunt Corine

Jimmy, Aunt Denise, and Jana

My aunts goofing off

My moms side of the family

Kaiya and Grandpa

A group shot with Grandma

Pensacola - Jet Skiing

2009-07-15T20:07:00.000-07:00

Setting up a little bit of shade for a couple of hours jet skiing! FUN!!

Chase is all ready to hit the water!

Gotta apply the sunscreen.

Austin (who is a great swimmer) thought he was stuck and he couldn't figure out how to get down and back to shore. His cousins were trying to help him but finally his dad had to come out and try to explain to him that he could touch and that he was fine.....lol.

He's a happy camper now.

Me and my handsome man.

Jimmy and Austin

On your mark....get set.....GO!

My cousin Kerri and her son

Kaiya and Grandma

Jimmy and Austin

Kaiya hitches a ride with Uncle Rob

Jon and Kelly.......but.....

Kelly forgot she had her sunhat on so she gave it to Jimmy!! He's so funny!Kaiya and Uncle Rob......Kaiya got to drive and went 42 mph! That's FAST!

Papa and Klaire

Jana and Autumn

Jimmy

Jon and Jackson

Kaiya, Jon, and Jackson

Jana and Austin

Mom and Dad

Pensacola - Beach Day 1

2009-07-15T19:23:00.000-07:00

We are getting our sun ON!! Look at that WHITE sand!! Beautiful!

Pictured from left to right: Jon, Sarah, Mom, Aunt She, Rob

Building sand castles

Pictured from left to right: Kerri (my cousin), her son JT, Kelly (my sister in law), her daughter Kaiya - in front of her, her son Jackson, Kerri's son Chase.
Austin explaining something to his mom Jana. His stories are very funny when he wants something.

My cousin Sarah and her daughter Briclyn

How many people does it take to put on sunscreen??! He's just one little boy! lol

Summer - Alamo and El Paso

2009-07-15T19:00:00.000-07:00

Our summer started off with a road trip to Alamogordo, New Mexico to say hi to Mops and Pops. They were so kind in offering to watch Bob for us as we made our way to Florida. This was Bob on our first day there. LOL - He just made himself at home. He's such a great dog!

After spending a couple of days in Alamo we made our way to El Paso where Rob's brother Ken lives. That night we went with them as they went quading with their new quads.

This picture is of Lane (without the helmet) and his friend Brock getting ready to get their ride on.

This is my very cute husband hanging out.
Ken teaching Rob how to use his new toy.

Ken and Andrea - I'm not really sure what was funny - lol
This is where Rob gets it from!! It's in the DNA! This is Ken with one of his poses!

Rob's Birthday

2009-06-06T11:31:00.000-07:00

We weren't able to go out of town for Rob's birthday so we decided to try a *staycation*!!

We got the hook up at a new hotel here in town and pretended we were on a little vacation!

Here is the view off the balcony.

With Jimmy's help I finally figured out how the timer works on my camera.

Our room

A VIP amenity for the birthday boy!

We had a great time slwoing down a little from the craziness of our daily lives and just enjoyed each other!! Happy Birthday babe!

Knee Update: 7 weeks post op

2009-04-16T14:22:00.000-07:00

We really can't believe that the time has gone by so fast! Rob's recovery has really been remarkable especially compared to his other experiences with knee surgery. We went back to San Diego for Rob's second post surgery visit with his surgeon. Rob's progress since his last visit has improved 150%. I am so proud of his ability to *suck it up* and mentally set himself up to heal through the pain. The doctor has released him to walk with one crutch and to ease his way to walking without the use of the crutch at all!! Rob is pretty strong when it comes to challenges like this and was walking without the crutch the next day! He is pretty amazing!

He has also been going to out patient physical therapy and LOVES the people that work with him. He says that they really know their stuff. He will continue his physical therapy three days a week for now.

This time when we went to San Diego we decided to enjoy a little dinner with my brother and sister-in-law, their family, and my Aunt Sharon & Uncle Mark. Kelly was so kind to make a scrumptious roast and some YUMMY spice cake!! It was nice to spend some time with them down in their neck of the woods.

After the doctor appointment we had a little time and decided to drive a little way down to the La Jolla beach and enjoy the view. We leave you with pictures from our view from the the ranger station:

Dad's Surprise

2009-03-17T22:24:00.000-07:00

My dad is having knee replacement surgery and so we all (family and friends) pitched in and got my dad a new tv so ease his recover. =) It's REALLY hard to pull one over on him, but somehow the stars were all aligned and we managed to pull one over on him. He thought mom had to work (but really she was with us and getting the cable boxes turned in so that she could get the HDTV boxes.) so he went and ran an errand and tried to bring mom lunch. But she wasn't there...poor dad. Thank goodness nobody was at school to tell him that she really hadn't been there. He eventually came home where we surprised him with his new tv. He thought that mom had bought him a new LZ Boy chair so he thought he had it all figure out - lol. He tried to drop his mouth and act surprised thinking that he knew what it was....but once he saw what it acutally was his mouth stayed open. I don't think we've ever been able to pull one on him like this!!

Bringing in the boxes.

Bringing him in with his eyes closed.

It's a family effort

Jimmy was our technical support
Dad had to go to work right after we gave it to him.

Dad got to have the honors of turning it on for the first time.

Oh Bob!!

After Rob's surgery my parents have been kind enough to keep Bob for us while he recovers. So we haven't seen him and miss him. This is Rob letting Bob know how much we love him.

Rob's Knee

2009-03-15T22:03:00.000-07:00

I am still learning how to upload pictures on my new camera so I have lots of pictures to share but this is the only one I could get on the blog thus far. But anyway Rob is about 3 weeks post surgery and is doing great! He's off all pain meds and is getting cabin fever. Which is pretty big for him because he really likes being at home. He should start out patient physical therapy this week so that will keep him busy. The doctor said he could probably return to work in about 3 weeks. I am so proud of him and his recovery.

My dad is having knee replacement surgery tomorrow. Rob will be there at the hospital with my mom to support them during the surgery. And since Rob is the closest one to know what Dad's going through, he'll be there to offer his advice and sympathetic ear. We'll keep you posted!

Mom and Dad Visit

2009-03-07T23:29:00.000-08:00

My parents came for a visit to Palm Desert to check on Rob. =)

(The trash bag behind the chair is recycling that needs to be brought to the garage. I don't want anyone to think we leave trash bags laying around!)

New Camera Test

2009-03-07T23:20:00.000-08:00

I got a new camera for my birthday and it finally came in!! These are some of the shots I took trying out my new camera.

My cutie patooty

He's a busy guy!! On the phone...two computers...papers in his hand!! GEZZ!

Treats!

2009-03-07T23:12:00.000-08:00

Sometimes when you're not feeling well ice cream hits the spot! So here's Rob's sad face. He gives me this face to guilt me into giving him what he wants......and it usually works!

And since I always give in ......this is Rob in a sugar coma!

Rob's Osteochondral Allograft

2009-02-20T20:28:00.000-08:00

After a long seven months of anticipation, the day finally arrived! Rob got the call that they had a donor for his allograft surgery. We were very excited that the day had finally arrived, but at the same time we were filled with much anxiety about what we should expect for the day of the surgery as well as the months of recovery to come. Rob isn't much for surprises and likes to know exactly what's happening and when it's going to happen. But this was out of our control and he rolled with it all like a champ.

We were scheduled to arrive at the hospital (which is in La Jolla/San Diego area) at 10am. We left the house at about 7:30 to make the trek and arrived at the hospital right on time at 9:45. From there we went through the process. I must say that they had everything pretty much organized for us very nicely. They had a schedule of events planned out for us .... meeting with Dr. Bugbee, filling out paperwork (he's part of a case study), blood work, insurance, anesthesia, etc. His surgery was scheduled for 4:30 and we finished the schedule a little early so there was a little waiting, but overall it went flawless. The only bad part is most of where we needed to be was downstairs in the basement - which is also where the CAFETERIA happens to be located. That doesn't seem fair to a person who hasnt' eaten since before midnight the night before!! So that hour wait was spent smelling the delicious smells of some great food.

The hospital staff was amazing! They are without a doubt The Ritz-Carlton of hospitals. Not because of the decor or physical environment of the actual hospital itself, but because of the people. You can teach people how to give a shot, take blood, fill out paperwork, but you can't teach people how to be nice. These people were all so very genuinely kind, nice, and HELPFUL! It didn't matter who you asked. EVERYONE was helpful. At one point Rob and I had gotten off the elevator and were kinda looking around at where we were supposed to go, and this guy walked up from behind up and could tell we were trying to figure things out. So he asked if he could help us find something. He worked in the cafeteria and could have easily been on his way, but no he took the time when he saw the obvious. This happened throughout our three days there. Not once were we disappointed with the service of their staff. Even when we left they gave us a card and thanking us for our business. The nurse said we (the hospital) are a business and we appreciate that you would choose us!

Ok - I'll get off my soap box and share some pictures of our day with you:

This is a picture outside the hospital.

We waited back in pre-op for about an hour and we got a little bored so we thought we'd have a little fun posing for the camera. =) This is Rob and his *I'm being special good* pose.

This is his *I'm too sexy for this gown* pose. (Get it?!?- lol I'm funny!!)

Anti-slip socks - a new fashion statement

This is his *I've changed my mind and I want to go home* pose

This is his *Thinker* pose

We were trying to make his cap into a chef hat for the *Hell's Kitchen* pose.

I had to leave him after pre-op when they gave him his anesthesia so I went exploring. La Jolla is a very beautiful part of San Diego. This was the view from the back of the hospital. It's a golf course right on the water. You really can't see the water in this picture, but it was simply beautiful.

Rob, being the loving husband that he is, wanted me to eat lunch, but how can you eat lunch when your husband is sitting there STARVING. So I waited until after I couldn't be with him anymore and then went and ate while he was in surgery. This was my lunch. Yummy!

My aunt who lives in San Diego was kind enough to come and sit with me while Rob was in surgery and recovery. After Dr. Bugbee came in and told me that the surgery went well we headed over to the cafeteria to eat a little dinner. I forgot to take a picture though. Aw man!

Rob scared me because he wasn't waking up after surgery. He was fine but it's a little scary when you don't really know what's going on. His surgery was over at 6:30 and at 9:00 he was STILL in recovery. The waiting room was empty and that's a very daunting feeling. I had no way to the recovery room or anyway to ask what was going on. I found a way around in while in controlled panic mode and found out that he had just woken up. The strange thing is although it takes him awhile to wake up from anesthesia, once he's awake he's awake. He's not all groggy like I thought he would be all things considering.

I finally got to see him at about 9:30 once they had him up in his room. It was horrible. He was in so much pain and it was written all over his face. It's a yucky feeling watching someone you love in pain and not be able to do anything to take that pain away. It was pretty gut wrenching and broke my heart. Although I knew that it would be worth it in the end for him (easy for me to think) .... he was thinking "WHAT DID I JUST DO?!?! I ended up leaving him to his nurse at around 10:30 and stayed at my Aunt Sharon's house. They have an extra room and were kind enough to offer it for me to use while Rob was in the hospital (Thanks Aunt Sharon!!). He was in pain and it wasn't going to be a fun night. He wanted something to help him sleep, but he had just come out of the anethesia and they don't like to give people something to sleep after they've just woken up. Usually people are still groggy and still want to sleep. This was not the case for Rob. Not a good night at all.

I came to see him the next morning. I wanted to be there for him and also when Dr. Bugbee came to talk to him and say what was in store for him next. He looked better, but was still in a lot of pain. Dr. Bugbee came in and was very enthusiastic about the surgery and how things went. He explained that the Physical Therapist would be there to work with him twice at some point in the day. Rob had a hard time conceiving that less than 24 hours later he would be up and walking. He was allowed to put up to 25% of his weight on that leg (which is really just putting your toes and the ball of your foot on the floor) while he walks with crutches. He is also supposed to be doing some exercises on his own and also passive exercises with someone bending it for him. It's hard for him to get his head around because it's so different from what he was supposed to do with his last microfracture surgery.

The PT lady was really nice and very patient when working with him. And she said he was doing amazingly well. The good news is that that they've arrange for a PT to come to the house so we don't have to worry about getting him around. So that's really nice and very helpful.

This is a machine that wraps around your foot and every 2 minutes it inflates. It's to help the circulation and prevent blood clots from forming. I think I'd like to take that thing home for me!!

My poor husband.

He really didn't sleep at all throughout the day. Who can really in a hospital. Just when you fall asleep they come and take your vitals or come to do something!! lol But this is a picture I managed to capture while he dozed for about 5 mintues at a time.

Rob talking to his parents.

The new knee brace. This one allows from mobility but locks into place so he can't bend it more than what's allowed.

Another view of the brace.

This is a view of the stictches and a swollen iodine stained knee. And of course Dr. Bugbee's initials so he knows what knee to operate on. =)

A BIG thank you to all of our family and friends who supported us through prayers and in so many other ways as we try to improve Rob's quality of life through this surgery. We've really appreciated everyone's kind words and helping us with so many other unnamed things. We couldn't have done this without you! Thanks again! We love you all.

Valentine's Day Dinner with Family

2009-02-15T22:19:00.000-08:00

We took advantage of an opportunity for a nice dinner since Jon and Kelly were down for the weekend. I don't think we've ever just gone to dinner with the just the 8 of us so it was a really nice treat. It was fun to just hang out before dinner and just chat. We didn't anticipate the FOUR hour wait.....but everyone made the best of it and we all had a really nice evening.

A group shot!

Brotherly love

Jon and Kelly toasting to a fabulous marriage.

Me and my McDreamy

Jimmy and Jana looking all cozy - marital bliss at it's best

My Mom and Dad - The Dynamic Duo
This picture brought many laughs!!! It was one of those "you just had to be there moments." I'm trying to remember what Kelly had said so I can use it for the caption to my picture!!

Franklin Family Fun Day

2009-02-15T21:36:00.000-08:00

As a way to bring the staff together, my dreamy husband organized a Family Fun Day at the Palm Desert Park. We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day.

A fun day was had by all ...including the dogs!!

This is Rob, Jasmine, and Brenna's dog

Jolene, Kelly May, and Aurora

Sam with Jolene's dog Max
Bob taking Kelly May for a walk

Brenna and Rob

Enjoying some great food and wonderful company

Bob and his new friend Max

Jasmine and Bob

Happy Birthday to Me!

2009-01-06T21:40:00.000-08:00

I had to work on my real birthday, so Rob and I decided to spend a quiet evening the next night and have a nice dinner with just the two of us.....little did I know - he had other things planned for our evening out. My wonderful husband had a wonderful dinner planned with family and friends. It was a wonderful evening and one of the best birthdays EVER.

My dad had to work but arranged for someone to cover the middle of his shift so he could come and join us. My brother Jimmy also had to work and he too took some time off during the middle of his shift to join the festivities (I wish I would have remembered to take pictures with him - ugh!). I couldn't believe how many people managed to take time out of their busy schedules to come to join me for my special day. It meant more to me than I could every express in words.

A BIG thank you to my WONDERFUL husband - who gets the Best Husband EVER Award, my mom who had to sit there at the restaurant an hour before hand because they wouldn't take reservations, to Michele for placing a call to the restaurant trying to sway them to take our reservation, and to ALL my friends and family for joining me and for the generous gifts. I am overwhelmed and I REALLY do appreciate that you would give up time from your own families to hand with us!

THANK YOU EVERYONE for EVERYTHING!

The birthday girl and her awesome husband

It was a looooong table and I was trying to capture everyone......with no such luck.

Austin and Grandma - he was being his goofy self -

Mom and Dad

Teri and Marianne

Caleb, Kim, and Jordan

Tammy and Deanna

Kim

Jackson Lee, Jackson, Dena, and baby Norman #2

Tim, Finley, and Sarah

Brain, Michelle R., and Michele B.

Autumn, Jana, and Austin - lol - he was trying to make a funny face!

Greg, Kyla, and Missy

Miller Family Christmas

2009-01-03T22:18:00.000-08:00

Just about everyone in the family was out of town at the in-laws for Christmas so today we took the opportunity to celebrate Christmas on the Miller side. We don't get the chance to spend time with everyone all together very often so this was a wonderful treat. We celebrated Christmas and then watched the Charger game! A great time was had by all!!

(Thank goodness the Chargers won!

A perfect ending to a perfect day.)

I'll put the captions at the bottom of the picture:

This is the kiddos getting started with their stockings.

Austin with his stocking.

lol! - this is Mom and Jana sharing in the excitement of the kids getting something they were excited about. Kids are so funny - they open their presents and yell "This is what I've always wanted!!" And then when you ask them what it is they say "I don't know." lol

Bob was not left out by his Auntie Jana and Uncle Jimmy. Here he is licking his lips getting ready for his special treat!

lol - This must have been the *excitement* picture!!

My photographer paparazzi brothers.

This was Austin peeking to see what he got. He's a funny guy.

This is Snipe enjoying the cuddle time with Rob.

Bob sometimes gets a little jealous when someone else is up on his Grandpa's lap.

He wanted up too!!

Jana and Kelly putting together Austin's toy.

Kiaya and Grandma showing us how tall the Barbie Doll condo was that she got for Christmas.

Kelly and Dad taking Barbie out of the box.

Bob and his Dad opening up gifts.

Mom showing us the beautiful necklace Dad had gotten for her.

Bob looking while his Daddy opens up a gift.

Dad opening up the flag pole he wanted for Christmas.

We weren't sure which one Dad had decided on so Jimmy stayed up all hours of the night making a funny way to let Dad know he was getting his flag pole. He is amazingly creative.

Since my camera is broken, I couldn't get a close up, but this is my poor dad taking a quick cat nap before the big Charger game. He had worked all night and hadn't been asleep yet.

Jon playing Mom's new game - Outdoor Adventure (or something like that) - for the Wii.

This is Jon during the Charger game......

.....and this is Jimmy.

I was trying to capture Jon's personality in that he's pretty laid back and doens't get overly excited about much. Jimmy on the other hand is the opposite end of the spectrum. He is very intense and very focused lol. He lost his voice by the end of the game.

It was an awesome game though!! GO CHARGERS!!

Boxing Day (The day after Christmas)

2008-12-29T23:37:00.000-08:00

Rob's friend, Josh, is such a wonderful person. Every year he comes by Rob's parents house knowing that we are probably visiting. He always comes by with his family to say hi.

I just am amazed that he would do this.

He does this each of every year,

taking time from his family and the busy things he has to do.

I just think that these days you don't find many people like that.

A big thanks to Josh and his family for stopping by. We really do appreciate it!

This is Bob with his new friends. These are Josh's kids and his wife in the background.

Such a lovely family!

The day after Christmas is snowed! Before we went to bed we could see the snow falling and it was beautiful. This is what it looked like the next morning.

Good 'ol Bob enjoying the snow.

Nice tongue action! It almost looks fake.

Bob and his daddy kick'n it.

This is Ken's dog Swivel (he only has three legs - hence the name)

Bob getting a little love from his Uncle.

A little cousin time

Bobby on his way home.

He didn't have much room - lol - poor Bob

Bob at home sweet home after a fun week with family

Christmas Day

2008-12-29T22:57:00.000-08:00

This Christmas Jimmy and family were in Colorado with Jana's folks. Rob and I were in New Mexico so my parents went to San Diego and spent Christmas Day at

Jon and Kelly's house down in San Diego.

We will do a Miller Family Christmas on Saturday once everyone gets back.

On Christmas Eve Lane (Ken's son) spent the night over at his other Grammy's house, so we got to sleep in on Christmas Day! YEAH! (At my parent's house we could never get away with that because of all the little ones we have.)

After Lane arrived we got to start opening gifts!

Rob gets REAL excited about opening gifts so we had to have him help hand the presents out to keep him from opening all his gifts before it was time.

This is Rob and his brother Ken handing out gifts.

This is Heidi (Rob's mom) and Frank (Rob's dad) with their stash.

Lane, Ken, and Andrea - Lane all excited about his new Wii.
Frank .... all mad that he got *a* spark plug in his stocking....lol!
Bob in the middle of everything.
Frank and Carla (Rob's brother and sister in law) opening up gifts.

We made a book online for Ken of his graduation.
He seemed like he really liked it!
Lane opening more of his gifts for his Wii.
I surprised Rob by framing our vows. He didn't even believe that I knew where they were -lol.

Heidi admiring an amazing calendar Carla made.

Christmas Eve

2008-12-26T12:05:00.000-08:00

These pictures are a little backwards but I forgot when you upload them you should do them backwards and I don't feel like switching them around - lol.

On Christmas Eve Rob's family tradition is to have a big family gathering. Usually it is hosted at his Grandma's house, but she passed away a couple of years ago. It's hard to keep up the traditions with her being gone. They know that this is what she would want so this year Rob's cousin Dusty (aka Bud) and his wife Hope hosted the event. A fun time was had by all!

This is Frank and his Uncle David being silly.

This is Carla (Rob's sister in law) and Rob's cousin Tiffany's son Tanner.

Rob and Tanner
This was a group shot of all the cousins
Ken, Dusty, Nicole, Tiffany, Rob, and Frank.
Rob's brother Frank and sister in law Carla Rob's brother Ken and Ken's girlfriend Andrea

Rob's dad holding Dusty's son Harry

Rob's mom and some of her siblings with their dad (who just had hip replacement surgery a couple of weeks ago and just got out of the hospital on Christmas Eve night after getting a pacemaker.)

Heidi and her sister Mony

Rob's nephew Lane and Bobitz

Bob and Flea

On Christmas Eve, Lane got to *open* up one gift......Rob had given him his truck this summer - but it needed new wheels and rims and the bumper needed a little touch up. So Frank fixed the bumper and got some rims for him and we all pitched in for some new wheels. This was us surprising Lane with his upgrades.

This is Lane practicing driving with Bobitz as a passenger!

A group picture of the boys! A chance in a lifetime opportunity! I wish my brother was here to take some pictures of their family. Group shots would have been awesome, but I did my best.
Bob and his cousin Flea

The day before Christmas Eve

2008-12-23T18:39:00.000-08:00

Today Rob's dad had an appointment in El Paso for some routine bloodwork. So we offered to take him so that his mom could have a little break and time for herself at home. Rob's brother Ken and Ken's girlfriend Andrea live in El Paso (about 1 1/2 hours away from Alamogordo) so while we were down there we had lunch with Andrea. Ken was on his way to pick up his son Lane from Kileen, Texas so they weren't able to join us.

Ken, Andrea, and Lane will be coming to Alamogordo later tonight after their plane lands so we told them that we would take their lab LeRoy (we call him Flea for short) to Rob's parents so they would have one less thing to worry about.

Here are some pictures of our trip back to Alamogordo.

This is Flea giving me kisses on the way home.

This is Flea giving Uncle Rob kisses on the way home.

Flea with Auntie Carla
"I'm a good boy!"

"HI! My name is Flea!"

Rob's Dad - Frank

My crochet.....making progress.

My cute little husband and his signature pose.

This was Bob last night......tired after a long day.

He's so cute!

Bob and Torque

2008-12-21T16:05:00.000-08:00

We are at Rob's parents house for Christmas in Alamogordo, New Mexico. His brother and sister-in-law are here from Idaho Falls, Frank and Carla, and his brother Ken, Ken's girlfriend Andrea, and Ken's son Lane will be joining us in a couple of days.

Below are some pictures from last night.

Frank and Carla have a St. Bernard named Torque. He's HUGE!!

Rob loves his nephew Torque.

This is Bob bonding with his Uncle Frank.

Bob had fallen asleep whilst bonding with his Uncle Frank and Aunt Carla

Bob's not too sure about his cousin!

Torque and his Cran-ma
Bob and his Daddy

Arthritis Walk

2008-12-06T00:23:00.000-08:00

Every year we support our very good friend Tammy who has had arthritis her basically her whole life through a fund raising walk. This year the weather couldn't have been better and the turnout was fantastic! A BIG thank you for all of you who sponsored me for the walk.

This was our group shot!

Me and Tammy

My cute husband taking a break with Bob

This is our friend Jaimee and Brian's son, Mica

Rob's always making people laugh. He sometimes doesn't think he's funny or much of a people person, but he really can entertain a crowd. Here he is with Tim, Finley, and Sarah Fitzpatrick.

Here is Bob and his new friend Sonny

Me and my friend Gloria and her daughter Stephanie

This is the adorable Jackson! Check out his shades!

Anniversary continued

2008-12-04T23:14:00.001-08:00

We almost forgot about the cake that had been in my brother and sister-in-law's freezer for the past year!!! We decided to give it a try and have a piece of year old cake! And guess what.....it was delicious!
You've got to love anniversaries!! Happy Anniversary to the best husband in the world

~ I love you!!

One Blissful Year!

2008-12-04T22:26:00.000-08:00

Our First Anniversary was simply spectacular! We have been wanting to see Wicked for a very long time, so we figured that our anniversary would be the perfect time justify the amount of money we spent on the tickets! The play was awesome! HIGHLY recommended to everyone. The talent was amazing.

It is leaving LA in Janauary so I'm so glad that we took the opportunity to go and see it.

This is our self-portrait outside of Pantages Theater in LA.

This was taken inside the theater. It's beautiful!

Our friends happened to be going to see Wicked as well that same weekend, but a later show. So they invited us to meet up with them for dinner. We hadn't really heard of this corner joint before, but it sounded like fun.

They told us to meet them at Pinks.....and gave us the address. We really weren't sure where we were headed, but we put the address in our GPS and off we went! Apparently this hot dog place is famous and has been featured on the Travel Channel and the Food Network. We waited 2 1/2 hours for our meal!! The line wrapped down the street and all the way around the building!! CRAZY! But fun and GREAT memories!

Side Note: Their one year dating anniversary was November 9th - same as our wedding anniversary! Michelle came to our wedding and then after she met up with him for their first date! We thought it was appropriate that we celebrate together!

Our lovely anniversary dinner.

Bobby!

2008-12-04T22:22:00.000-08:00

Here's our little baby boy Bob on Halloween.

Halloween Classic

2008-11-16T18:49:00.000-08:00

Rob had an opportunity to go to the Halloween Classic this year in Boise, Idaho with his brother and sister in law, Frank and Carla. He played a little bit of a different role this trip and was both a driver in the wheelie contest and also did for his brother what his brother has always done for him when he drives. He helped him into the water box and helped him get the car situated from the outside. Best of all Rob was Frank's biggest fan. Drag racing with his family is Rob's passion. He loved the exhilaration of watching Frank go rounds.

Below is a GREAT picture of how excited Rob got while watching his brother go down the track.

The hottest husband in the world!! It looks like he's getting ready to sneeze, but really he's just focusing on Frank going down the track.

This is Torque getting in trouble for being on Uncle Rob's bed.

Rob and Frank adjusing the four-link for the wheelie contest. Rob was supervising.....hee hee.

Rob got the much awaited opportunity to drive the Chevelle in the wheelie contest!! This is him getting ready to R O C K down the track!
My very cute focused husband.

Ya!! Thats MY husband showing ya how HE does!!

Cute Little Baby Bob

2008-11-07T23:00:00.000-08:00

Bob was a bumble bee for Halloween. He really didn't like his antennas though and it's a little hard to see his costume.

Halloween

2008-11-07T22:58:00.000-08:00

My class on Halloween!

Menopause!!

2008-11-07T22:51:00.000-08:00

Ya I know that hopefully I'm not that old to start thinking about menopause YET! But I had the wonderful opportunity to go with my mom and a group of friends to go and see the play Menopause and celebrate how wonderful it is to be a girl!

We had a wonderful road trip to Upland and at lunch at a quaint Italian restaurant for lunch. It was a great time spent with my mom and with some of my friends. Thanks gals!!

A group picture at lunch

The theatre was beautiful and this picture just doesn't do it justice.

Jackson's First Bday

2008-11-07T22:37:00.000-08:00

Needless to say, I been a little busy so I haven't been really good at updating our blog! So sorry about that! Let's see if I can catch up!

Our friend's little boy Jackson had his first birthday a couple of weeks ago and we were invited to help celebrate! Here are a couple of pictures from the wonderful occation:

This is Jackson patiently waiting for some cake!!

His mommy's friends (and Jackson's Grandma) watching the gift opening.

This is our friend Jaimee and her son Mica. We haven't seen them since she found out she was pregnant! It was great to see them.

Jackson and his proud Momma

Groundbreaking Party!

2008-09-26T21:22:00.001-07:00

Last weekend our friends Sally and Clark invited some friends over to help celebrate the groundbreaking of their long awaited pool!

(And they knew that we needed a post for our blog!! LOL!)

Here are some pictures from the fun gathering.

Sally and Clark dig the first hole!

Their four-legged kids were very excited about the hole!

Mom and Sally in the jacuzzi!

A group photo

Happy Birthday Mom!

2008-09-01T21:38:00.000-07:00

Today was my mom's birthday! We had a great day celebrating with her. This morning I picked her up and we went for pedicures. I had no idea that it would be so hard to find a place that was open! After about our 25th stop mom called the place where she usually goes and they were open. YEAH mom!! We had a great time and splurged and got Reflexology too!

Our day kinda got changed around a little bit ..... it's all about flexibility right? So we met at our house for cake and then we had dinner at The Olive Garden.

This is a picture of my dreamy husband and Austin my nephew playing on the laptops. Lol Jimmy was finishing up the gourmet cake in the kitchen (which is right behind the couch) so the laptops kept them occupied until dessert was ready. Two peas in a pod.

Our cute little family - my mighty dreamy husband and our son Bob

I'm not sure what happened in our family's DNA but I was not born with the cooking gene. Jimmy is quite the connoisseur in the kitchen and there is no competing with him so I don't even try. He was in charge of making mom's cake.......he's always 5 star all the way!

This is mom blowing out the candle on her piece of the gourmet birthday cake.Autumn made Grandma a special present for her birthday. It was a necklace that she made herself! She was sooo excited and couldn't wait for the rest of the gifts. So we let her give her special gift to mom before the rest of the gifts and before cake.

This is mom showing her excitement!

Mom and Autumn posing with her BEAUTIFUL necklace!!

Great job Autumn!!

Our hard work paid off and somehow we were able to find a Wii Fit for mom for her birthday! She is addicted to her Wii and this is a welcomed addition to her addiction.

For Dad's birthday my Aunt Sharon is taking my mom and dad on a cruise (my Aunt Sharon doesn't mess around) and so my dad bought mom a dress for the cruise.

This is mom trying out her new toy.

Like I said before.....we had a little bit of a wait for dinner. This is Rob and his pal Austin waiting patiently for our buzzer to go off to let us know our table was ready.

Austin bringing his Auntie Kathy a flower.

Austin and Jimmy

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Autumn with PaPa...she's very tired.

Happy Hour

2008-09-01T21:16:00.000-07:00

Thursday and Friday were our official days back to school as teachers . Those days are spent in some meetings and getting our rooms ready. On Friday our principal took us all out for Happy Hour and on Tuesday our kiddos come back to school.

Here are some pictures with friends from Happy Hour.

Pam, Gina, Teri, Marianne, and our Principal Mike

Jeanne and Nancy

Deanna and Courtney Diane, Regina, and Kathy
Steve, Diane, and Me (not a good picture of me!)

Convocation

2008-09-01T20:49:00.000-07:00

In our school district we have what is called convocation. It's a time where we come together as a school district (classified and certificated) and we are addressed by our Superintendent, the union Presidents, and other Asst. Superintendents. We complain about it every year only because we have so much to do and not a lot of time to do it. That is always our official first day back and we know that we have our rooms to get ready and only really have a day to do it in. Anyway....here are some pictures from our convocation this year:

This is a picture of our staff. It's not all of them but it's most of them! I have no idea who the two guys in front are.....they wouldn't move out of my way.

This is a picture of my mighty cute husband! Can't you see him? His school is wearing the blue and white and he's the one about 4th row up from the bottom by the stairs. It was such a great feeling being there with my husband! I'm married now!! I'm SO proud to be his wife!!
This is a picture of my mom's school. Can you see her? They are the ones in white. She's about the fifth row of white second one in from the stairs.

The ones in dark blue kinda in the middle in dark blue is Jana's (my sister-in-law) school. I have lots of friends at that school too - but since you can't see them I won't mention them all!!

A Nice Little Visit

2008-08-17T20:50:00.000-07:00

My mom brought Autumn and Austin over this evening after they had a little dinner treat at McDonalds with Grandma. Bob (our dog) gets REALLY excited when we have company over and the kids kinda get scared when this 75 pound Bassett Hound is trying to show them how excited he is to see them! So we decided to have them take him for a walk. Although sometimes it was Bob taking them for a walk - lol.

This is Austin trying to tell Bob to come. But sometimes (ok most of the time) Bob has a mind of his own and will go his own way!

After Austin gets over his initial intimidation of Bob he really loves him. He loves taking him for a walk.

Austin climbing with Uncle Rob's help.

The tree outside our house is a pine tree which where we live is not as common as in Florida. So it's very exciting when you can pick your very own pine cone right off the tree!! This is Autumn showing Uncle Rob her precious pine cone.

Right by our condo Austin found this awesome tree!! It's the perfect height for him to climb on and it makes a great photo opportunity. So I took the chance to take some pictures of the kids.

My brother and my dad would be proud of my photographer's eye.......lol

Thanks for coming over guys! It was fun!!

Happy Birthday Deanna!!

2008-08-16T23:50:00.000-07:00

Even though there are so many *pros* about my chosen profession, there are also some *cons*. One of which being that we don't get to see our teacher friends very much during the summer.

We are all busy with our projects, vacations, and visiting with our family members from out of town. Since the end to our summer is fast approaching, some of us decided to get together to celebrate Deanna's birthday. Her birthday was actually a couple of weeks ago but this has been this first chance we've had see each other.

Here are some snapshots of our fun dinner:

Deanna, Tammy, and Missy's daughter Kyla

Missy and Deanna......I think that they are laughing because Missy asked the waitress if she could split the check but we all thought she wanted the waitress to split the cheesecake!! LOL!! It's probably a moment that you would have had to have been there....but trust me it was funny!
This is Missy and Greg's cute little daughter Kyla. We couldn't believe how much she's grown since the last time we had seen her.

We were teaching her the importance of girlfriends!

And this is our friend Melanie holding Kyla.

We were both sitting on the same side of the table so I wasn't very good at snapping her picture.

Isn't summertime great?!?

2008-08-10T12:57:00.000-07:00

You've just got to love the summertime!! Since we are both teachers and have the summer off my husband and I get to spend some precious time together (I say precious because during the school year my schedule gets pretty crazy with everything going on....) and we get to spend time with friends and family. We had the pleasure of hosting Rob's niece Tessica, her boyfriend Marty, and her roommate Jennifer for a night. They are on a road trip down the coast of California and crashed here for the evening before going to Vegas and back home to Idaho Falls. We loved having them here. They are a fun bunch. It would have only been better if they could have stayed a little longer so we could have gone to do something with them.
Oh well. Maybe next time!!

Rob and Tessica

Jennifer, Marty, and Tessica

Dinner with Friends

2008-07-28T20:34:00.000-07:00

My friend Wendy (third one from the left) teaches in Japan. She's in town for a couple of weeks so we got the opportunity to meet up for a little catching up with friends! We all met at Las Casuelas for a little Mexican food. Something she doesn't get a chance to have in Japan. A great time was had by all!

Scripps

2008-07-15T12:30:00.000-07:00

Many of you know that Rob has struggled with his knee for many years. Three years ago he had his last surgery but it hasn't seemed to have helped much. Really to the contrary his knee is the worst it has ever been. But that surgery wasn't an easy recovery process and Rob has made it very clear that he won't ever go through that again.

A couple of years ago we were able to change his insurance from HMO just in case he changed his mind. This would give him the option to go to an incredible orthopedic center here in the desert to see if anything else could be done for him and his knee if anything.

Through a series of events, thankfully, that opportunity came a couple of months ago. Rob decided to explore his options. We went to DOC (Desert Orthopedic Center) and basically they told him there really wasn't anymore they could do for him. He is not a candidate for knee replacement because of his age, but they did suggest he make an appointment to see a doctor in San Diego, Dr. Bugbee. We were told by the doctor at DOC that the procedure that this Doctor does requires one year of non-weight bearing and one year rehab. That was daunting to say the least and Rob wanted nothing to do with that idea for many reasons. One being that we live in a two story condo where both the bedroom AND the bathroom are upstairs!!

We talked about it....the pros and the cons and we decided we weren't losing anything by just going to talk to the doctor. He made the appointment (the earliest they could see him was three months out!) and that brings us to yesterday.

The appointment just happened to work out with the conference that he was to attend in San Diego. So that was nice. The only bad part is that same weekend was his oldest brother Frank's 40th birthday. We really wanted to go up and surprise him for his birthday. Rob went back and forth trying to decide what to do (it was a hard call). But we decided to keep the appointment and see what this doctor had to say.

Dr. Bugbee was really nice. He took his time and listened to Rob and the steps he's taken to aliviate his pain. Then he explained our options. He told us about a procedure he does where he takes tissue from a donor cadaver and implants it into the knee. He of course cleans out all the bad parts of the knee before implanting the new tissue. It's a little more of an aggressive surgery as he opens up the knee (the other surgeries have been orthroscopic) and would require a couple nights stay in the hospital. He would also need to take about a month off of work. And now you aren't allowed to be on crutches at school so he would need to be in a wheelchair. We all know how yucky that would be. All in all though it looks like a 6month recovery process. That sounded WAY better than two years!! The other option the doctor gave his was to leave it like it was and his pain would continue and would just keep getting worse.

The doctor gave us a pamphlet explaining everything and told us that we could go home and think about it. My brave husband's mind doesn't really work like that. He doesn't much like to prolong things so he bravely said "Where do I sign up?!"

The next step and where we're at now is that they contact the insurance for approval and then he gets put on a waiting list. They give us about a 2-3 day notice to have everything in order and come down to San Diego for the surgery. It could be anywhere from a couple of days after the approval to a couple of months. It just depends on when a donor becomes available and the availablity of others on the list before Rob.

Please keep us in your prayers and this was not an easy decision for Rob to make. Recovery is not an easy thing and on top of everything else Rob is starting a new program this year at his school and he's the only one trained to facilitate the program at his school. He has some great colleages and I'm sure that Michele and Kelly May will be there to support him all the way. Stay tuned and I'll keep you up-to-date on the latest! (At least my wonderful husband gave me something to blog about!! Thanks honey! I love you!!)

Sea World

2008-07-13T21:46:00.000-07:00

One of my Christmas gifts from Rob was tickets to Sea World. I've wanted to go so bad! So since we were already in San Diego for his conference and had to stay through the weekend for his doctor appointment, we decided that it was the perfect opportunity for us to go. I was so excited! We had a great day! It wasn't very crowded (considering it was a weekend during the summer). We went to all of the shows which to me is by far the highlight of the park. I wasnt really impressed with the exhibits. One day I would love to take a behind the scenes tour.

Here's some pictures of our day:

Our self taken picture to commorate our day.

The Shamu show was INCREDIBLE! It truly brought tears to my eyes. I loved seeing how much these trainers love what they do and love the animals they work with. It really touched my heart. We can't even get our dog Bob to come! And these animals obey hand signals!!

These sea lions were Rob's favorite. He wanted to take them home with us!!

It was a wonderful day spent with my amazing husband. He isn't really fond of sea life or sea animals but I think even if you ask him he'll tell you that he had a good time! He was amazed just like me about what these animals can do!

Seaport Village

2008-07-12T14:50:00.000-07:00

Poor Rob finally got a little break on Friday night so we walked down behind our hotel to Seaport Village for dinner and walked down the warf. It was a nice romantic evening just spent with the two of us which was really nice. There was a BEAUTIFUL sunset but my camera didn't capture it. I guess I have to upgrade my camera!

This was a HUGE statue right on the warf in honor of Bob Hope. It was amazing so I had to get a picture!

San Diego Zoo

2008-07-12T14:20:00.001-07:00

Rob has had a conference in San Diego for the past couple of days so I got to be the *spouse*! What fun!! I've never been the *spouse* before! So while he was in the conference I had some time to play with my family who lives down here. We don't get the chance to come to San Diego much so it was fun to just play around a little bit. Thanks Kelly and mom for a great day at the zoo!! (I had another picture I wanted to share but I can't figure out how to get it where I want it!! ugh

A New Beginning....

2008-07-11T22:44:00.000-07:00

Hi all! Well....like many of you ~ I have no idea what I'm doing but after following friend and family blogs for the past couple of months I decided to join in on the fun!

I never thought my life was interesting enough to acutally blog about but I do love keeping in touch with friends and family whether they are in town or across the miles. I'm too old for MySpace and although I've tried another networking site this seems more of my speed! I hope that my other friends who haven't been much of bloggers will follow along with me so we can all keep up to date on the happenings in each others lives!!

I figured starting this in the summer will at least get me on the right track....hopefully I'll be able to keep it up once school starts back! Wish me luck!!