Hollie's Golf Lesson

Hollie has started her Golf lessons with Chris at the Club. She says her instructor is really funny and that she had a great swing. He also use to work with the high school team she will be trying out for. Hollie is excited to tryout for a school sport. We will know more in March!

Valentines Day with Friends

VALENTINES DAY 2009

We started the event with a group of close friends, laughter, and good food. We all piled into the cars and headed to the Hockey game. The Thunderbirds vs the Portland Winter Hawks, T-birds won by a landslide. Below is my favorite picture of the night, Robbie~ Hollie~ Alexa all look so happy.

The Girls Having Fun!

Stacy ~ Marie~ Leah

The Children who love Hockey Games!
Hailey~Lauren~Krista~Ryan~Alexa~Hollie

Post game we went back to Robbie's house played pool, card games, and ate even more!

Awards Ceremony

ROADRUNNERS AWARDS CEREMONY

Lauren pictured below is standing with her Coach, Karen and her teammates. They worked hard this year and did an amazing job. They are still playing indoor soccer every Saturday. These girls and their coach love this game and it shows. I am proud of Lauren regardless of the wins but it was fun to see her up there on that stage.

Stephanie Louise Noel

My uncle Tony and Aunt Karen's daughter passed away this last week please keep them in your prayers. Here is the Obituary:
Stephanie Louise Noel, 34, of Yakima died Monday at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital.
She was born and raised in Yakima. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Noel; her parents, Karen and Tony Rizzo of Yakima, and Paul and Gwen Noel of Yakima; a brother, Kenneth Noel of Yakima; and two sisters, Tamara Chance and Kimberly McWain, both of Yakima.
A memorial service and celebration of life luncheon will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at West Side Baptist Church, 6901 Summitview Ave.

The service was nice and at the end the microphone was offered to anyone who wanted to say something. Immediately her son 6 yrs old stood up and said," I want everyone to know that my mom was really special and she died on Monday." Not a dry eye in the room, I thought it was honest, simplistic, and heart warming.

Taking Care of Georgia and Theo

Aimie asked us to babysit the kids and immediately I said yes! These kids are so special to both Thom and I. Georgia has a soft spot for Thom which I think is because she is such a daddy's girl. Well once he pulled her binki out of her mouth she quickly became an Auntie's Girl. We colored, read books, and made a fort. My favorite was playing with the doll house, her idea of setting up house was shoving every piece on the top floor.

Love Theo he is so calm, goes with the flow. Thom is trying to get the drummer he always dreamed of or he is teaching him how to make a lot of noise to drive Jon and Aimie nuts. Theo loves interaction and has the best laugh.

Power Outage

Thom called and informed me that the power is out in the entire neighborhood. He was in the middle of cooking dinner and so I suggested that we go out! I pulled into our development, it was eerie to see the void of blackness. I picked up the family asked Thom if he turned off the stove which he said, yes. We went out to dinner and came back to a house with lights on and a ton of smoke. The animals looked worried at the front door, the smoke was thick. The stove top was on and pictured above is what was left of dinner. It took two days to get the smell out of the house. We all had a good laugh since Thom is never the one to cook by smoke detector.

Ooooh to be Fifteen again!

Left to Right Arielle, Hollie, Alexa, and Kenzie all Fifteen. Beware they will be on the road next year, Lord help us.

The Trophy is Home

The 2008-2009 Fantasy Football season is over! Thom was the winner coming from a five game losing streak , barely making the playoffs, and receiving lucky breaks. Including my famous mistake, I sat Payton Manning in week 17. Jeremiah said it best "Tell me why Leah sat Payton Manning a future hall of famer?"However Jeremiah came in dead last!

SUPERBOWL PARTY 2009

SUPERBOWL XLIII

CARDINALS VS. STEELERS

We hosted a Superbowl party at the new house. We had several good friends attend as you can see below. We ate way too much food, yelled at the t.v., and unfortunately our team lost!

Post game we played a round of Pictionary, the best player was Karen!

Thank you to all my friends who everyday make this house feel more like a home to us.