shawnysmoonbeam

Spreading his wings to fly.....

Today I took Jakob to sign him up for ground flight school.He will begin his classes in mid September.This will get him his first certification to fly.He will fly at least once during the class. He will be able to fly solo at 16 and will get his official pilots license at 17. He must complete a lot of steps to get there but he is excited and determined.So today I am giving him his wings to fly and grow. Its scary and a sense of pride all in one. This is the beginning stages to his future goal and job as a pilot. This is Jakobs calling and passion. We are supportive in his dreams and goals and will enjoy watching him accomplish what will be his lifes work.They say if you have a passion and enjoy it and it becomes your job its really not work. I wish that for him because thats the type of person he is. SO fly my son and soar in Gods hands,you will do great things in your life and we are so proud!! Win, loose,fail, succeed we are right behind him.

Showing Jake the plane

A future pilot.Look at his little smile.

Its all in his hands

Showing Jake the control panel and movement from steering wheel to the planes wings and tail

This is the plane Jake wants to start flying in.I think its a cesns 170(not sure)

Soar high with your wings!!!!

For my Sister....

On my trip to Washington I did some shopping.I happened to be with my sister and we happened to be at petsmart you know where the pets go!!! As we were looking for something for my RubyJayne and my sister came across a bottle monkey toy.It was perfect!! When I got home she immediately searched my bags and found her toy..it was love at first sight...... This is now her favorite toy :) My sister asked me to take a picture of her with her new toy as some of you know my sister is a huge monkey fan so this is for my sister from her fur niece.

Ruby chewing miss monkey and warning me to stay away.

Ruby resting and keeping a close eye on miss monkey

Ruby sound asleep with her bestest toy.Can we all say AAAWWW :)

As you can see miss monkey is well loved and played with.Oh by the way these pictures were not staged,Ruby truly loves miss monkey :)

*****There is 2 posts today so please read below post. Toodles

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Look what slithered in our backyard!!! We usually see 1 to 4 snakes a year,last year we didnt see any.This year we saw this evil creature.I HATE snakes and I know we need them but they frighten me til no end.I was not able to kill this guy cause he was so fast but trust me if he ever crosses my path he WILL be introduced to my shovel !!! For those of you not familiar with snakes this guy was not poisonous and really no threat to us, however we have some of the most poisonous snakes around and have been blessed not meeting them.Oh, if your wondering he was about 3 1/2 feet long and after trying to kill him with my shovel he safely slithered away VERY fast.

See his forked tongue?? Toodles :)

1st Day of 8th Grade

My how time flys. The boys started school today and we did all of our first day of school traditions.Sorry about the pics,I am sick and rushed things.Here are the big kids on the block! Next year on to High School !!!!
Have a great first day of school everyone!!!

They had a great first day and loved being with their friends.It looks like it just may be a good year.I am very proud of my kids and it is a privilage to be their mom.

Its that time for an Olympic update

WOW!!! Did you see our gymnasts.They are injured,battered and bruised.They made tons of mistakes,but came thru to second place to move on.I hope they shape up cause China is on our butts.

Here is the medal standings so far

Overall Medal Count

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States 3 4 4 11
China 6 3 0 9
South Korea 3 2 0 5
Australia 2 0 3 5
France 0 3 2 5

Were hanging on to the lead overall but we need more gold.
Our swimmers are doing well.Our mens beach volleyball 2nd team won their match.Our dream team basketball players kicked Chinas ass :) Our mens soccer team tied in their game. The long distance bike race was a diappointment for us still even though we overcame a bad crash.The weather has been aweful today and tested our olympians to the edge.
Yes,if your wondering,I have the tv on 24 -7 on the olympics plus I read stuff on the internet incase I have missed something.I love the olympics so much and I would love to see it come to America again so I could go. Well I am going back to watching the olympics so toodles

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA !! GO GO GO USA USA!!!!

Olympics part 2

Typepad is being wierd so see below post

Here is our medal standings as of today

All Medals

Medal Sport Event Athlete

Silver Women's 4x100-Meter Freestyle Relay Swimming
Gold Women's Individual Sabre Fencing Mariel Zagunis
Silver Women's Individual Sabre Fencing Sada Jacobson
Bronze Women's Individual Sabre Fencing Becca Ward
Bronze Women's 400-Meter Individual Medley Swimming Katie Hoff
Bronze Men's 400-Meter Freestyle Swimming Larsen Jensen
Gold Men's 400-Meter Individual Medley Swimming Michael Phelps
Bronze Men's 400-Meter Individual Medley Swimming Ryan Lochte

SO, today we did a bunch of school shopping and then took the boys to a birhday party.We also went grocery shopping and school supply shopping.Got some great deals and feel happy that we got a good start of things for the new school year.I love this time of year.

Toodles :)

Olympics and other stuff

GOOO USA!! were in the lead with 8 medals(2 are gold)
Here is a slide show of the sports in the olympics.This will most likely be the last year for softball & baseball in the olympis.I think thats ashame.

Olympic Sports

View SlideShare

Go USA

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I love the olympics and enjoyed watching the opening ceremonies.It was the best I have seen in a long time.

The olympic "Bird Nest" stadium

Here is a good slide show of the highlights of the show. Enjoy!!!

2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony

I will try to update on the olympics and a ton of stuff I need to post.Bear with me as I do this.
We hope you are enjoying the last days of summer .Our summer is over and so now we prepare for our normal school routine.

Enjoy the 2008 Olympics !!!!

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Well my Niece of course!!!
Happy Birthday Bri !!!!!! Your the big 8 !!! WHOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My computer is acting up again so I have this picture, which I love anyway.

I hope you had a special day and know we love you bunches.It was great to see you,you are so beautiful.I hope you like your present.
I hope to see you real soon and not let so much time pass.I LOVED sleeping in your bed ,I want that bed.I slept so wonderfully.Missy is sooo cool,Can I have her??? Her barks scare me though.I almost jumped out of my skin(hehehehehe).
Happy birthday !! We love you!!!! You rock and are so cool, when I grow up I wanna be just like you :)
Love your California auntie,uncle & cousins.

Let The Games Begin...2008 Olympics

I love the olympics and enjoyed watching the opening ceremonies.It was the best I have seen in a long time.

The olympic "Bird Nest" stadium

Here is a good slide show of the highlights of the show. Enjoy!!!

2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony

I will try to update on the olympics and a ton of stuff I need to post.Bear with me as I do this.
We hope you are enjoying the last days of summer .Our summer is over and so now we prepare for our normal school routine.

Enjoy the 2008 Olympics !!!!

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Well my Niece of course!!!
Happy Birthday Bri !!!!!! Your the big 8 !!! WHOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My computer is acting up again so I have this picture, which I love anyway.

I hope you had a special day and know we love you bunches.It was great to see you,you are so beautiful.I hope you like your present.
I hope to see you real soon and not let so much time pass.I LOVED sleeping in your bed ,I want that bed.I slept so wonderfully.Missy is sooo cool,Can I have her??? Her barks scare me though.I almost jumped out of my skin(hehehehehe).
Happy birthday !! We love you!!!! You rock and are so cool, when I grow up I wanna be just like you :)
Love your California auntie,uncle & cousins.

Oh my !! Who is 8

Well my Niece of course!!!
Happy Birthday Bri !!!!!! Your the big 8 !!! WHOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My computer is acting up again so I have this picture, which I love anyway.

I hope you had a special day and know we love you bunches.It was great to see you,you are so beautiful.I hope you like your present.
I hope to see you real soon and not let so much time pass.I LOVED sleeping in your bed ,I want that bed.I slept so wonderfully.Missy is sooo cool,Can I have her??? Her barks scare me though.I almost jumped out of my skin(hehehehehe).
Happy birthday !! We love you!!!! You rock and are so cool, when I grow up I wanna be just like you :)
Love your California auntie,uncle & cousins.