Surprise. It’s been forever since I’ve posted. This time I won’t even promise to be better about it. lol

At the front of my mind is B.M.’s rheumatology appointment tomorrow afternoon.  In April I mentioned she went to the dr for joint pains she was having.  Well,she’s still having them consistantly and Ibuprofen isn’t helping.  We decided it would be best to go ahead with the Rheumatology consult to see if we can get some answers.  Please pray for a good outcome and some answers as to what is going on with her.  It’s been so hard not knowing how to “fix” it.  I hate for her to be in pain so much.

On a good note for Miss B.M…. She gets to go see the Jonas Brother’s in concert this Saturday.  This has been a wonderful distraction from her worry about the appointment.  She is going with her best friend Miss Creativity and then spending the night with her. I know they’ll have a blast.  They are so excited!

Our California vacation was a blast!  We all had a great time.  The kids did really well on the flight.  I was so scared we’d be on the news for having been booted off with our brood. lol  Quite the opposite; we were complimented on how well the behaved.  Thank you, Lord!  We relaxed on that Friday.  All the guys went to see Star Trek that evening.  Saturday, after hubby did some running around to help prepare for his dad’s birthday party, we went to Venice beach.  Last time we went to Cali the kids got about 10 mins at the beach near San Diego on our way down to Chula Vista so we wanted to let them really have a chance to enjoy it.  Boy did they!  The water was cold, but they didn’t care.  The waves were pretty strong so it offered plenty of opportunity to collect shells. Now we have enough to supply one of our lakes, I’m sure.  J.R. had a little bit of a spill.  A wave came in and water came up over his knees so he spooked. He turned around to run back right as the water was receding and it caused him to fall face first in the water.  He was not a happy camper at that point.  If there is anything he hates, it’s water in his face.  After getting toweled off a bit, he got right back to the water.  We didn’t get any “great” pictures, but here is one with most of the kids.

Here’s one of just J.B and J.M.  They were off looking for “cool shells and stuff”

The birthday party for my father-in-law’s 80th birthday was great.  All the kids and grandkids together was all he wanted.  We are so blessed for having the means to all get there. For a while, we didn’t think it would happen but… God always provides.  I took tons of pictures but this is my favorite one:  J.R with his grandpa

Sunday morning we went to mass at St. Agatha’s in L.A.  Afterwards,we all enjoyed a wonderful breakfast, the kids surpised all mom’s with Mother’s day gifts and we just sat and visited for a while.  In the afternoon we headed down to Anaheim.  We intended to go to California Adventure, but it was late and the line was long so we bought tickets for hopper tickets so we could go the next day and not worry about the ticket line.We wandered around Downtown Disney and had dinner afterwards. 

Monday morning we got started early. Thanks to my sister-in-law, we were able to hit a lot of rides quickly.  She’s been there many times so she has a “method” to it all. (when we went in 2007 we hardly got to do anything)  Here’s a picture from the end of the day, they were all beat.

That Tuesday, we got up for an early flight.   Kids did really well for the return flight.  I was a tad nervous during some turbulance in Austin at the landing.  Glad to be home safely, but we all sure miss California.    God willing, we’ll be going again soon.