Wonder where we have been?

Well we have been busy!!!! Jordan started his 8th grade year (yes folk's 1 more year until high school UGH!) and is getting straight A's! We have been enjoying Fall and the wonderful Northcoast weather truly my favorite time of year, and Rich and I celebrated our 5th Anniversary! We will be rolling into the holiday's shortly so stay tuned for pictures of our well,"life" to follow!

Summer Fun!!!!

Wow we have been busy! What a summer! Jordan was away at camp, had his 13th birthday, visited his Nana and Poppa in Lake County, we have been to the lake,went to Rich's brother Russ's wedding and done ALOT of swimming in the pool! But fall is around the corner and we can't wait!

Jordan in our pool!

Sibling's Rich, Ricki and Russ at Russ's wedding August 15,2009

Jordan and I at the lake!

Happy 4th of July means... Happy Birthday Romeo!!

Happy Birthday to my four legged 3rd child!!!! He is our ever faithful, sweet Yorkie boy, he has given us 6 year's of joy and we love him to pieces!!!!!!! He very much enjoyed his doggie peanut butter "truffles" and his bacon and liver doggie "cupcake"!!!! We love our Romeo!!!!!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to my amazing husband!!!! He is my strength, my love and my best friend!!! He is a hard worker, a great cook, always willing to help with homework, movie watching, game board playing, after school picker upper, and always there when we need him no matter what greatest step dad any kid could wish for!!! Just ask Ashleigh and Jordan (truth be told Rich and Jordan are a lot alike)!!!! We love you and thank you from the bottom of our heart's!!!! Thank you for all you do!!!

Ashleigh turns 20! Yes 20!!!!!

Bryan Ashleigh's dad and his girlfriend Angie.
Ashleigh says"Yeah it's my Biiirrrrthddaay!!!!!"

I'm not sure what Grama Pat is drinking but maybe we should have one too!!!

Birthday girl blowing out her candle's!!!

Jordan hanging out with the family.

Me and my baby girl!!!!!



We had a great family BBQ for Ashleigh's 20th birthday!!!! We had family and a few of her friend's! Rich made his famous burger's and Angie brought her famous Guacamole and some great food!!!! Don't forget the cheesecake! Cocktails and swimming, a few games of horseshoes what a great party! Happy Birthday Ashleigh!!!!!!!

Portland!

Rich and I with Grandma Jeanette
We took a much needed mini vacation up to Portland Oregon (Hillsboro) to visit Rich's newly transplanted and happily retired parent's! What a great time we had! We ate our way through downtown Portland including the Pearl District's fabulous dining!!! Did some much needed retail therapy as well! We enjoyed visiting with his parent's and really enjoyed the little family reunion we had at his Grandmas house. Aunt's, Uncle's and Cousin's! First time I have met them all! More importantly I had the pleasure of meeting his very sweet, 84 years young Grandma Jeanette!! What a sweetheart!!

My Hubby!!!!!

Here is my good lookin' hubby hard at work in the kitchen making his famous "hanky burgers" for a family bbq!!!! All done in time for when I came home from work on Tuesday!!!!! Thank's baby!!!!! Sorry ladies he's ALL mine!!!!!

Brook The Baseball Player!!!

It's baseball season and Brook my niece is playin' ball!!!! My brother Tim (her Dad) is the team coach and they are going to have a great season!!!! Good luck you guy's!!!!!

My Awesome Kid's!!!!

Jordan and Ashleigh! They are the greatest kid's!

How lucky I am!!!!!

Happy Easter!!

Little Miss Shay Michele hunting for those eggs the Easter Bunny left behind!

Brook is all smiles she found the "money" egg!!

Sweet girl!

Modeling her Easter dress for Auntie!

Sisters on Easter morning!

Crashed!

I had such a great Easter weekend! My kid's were out of town with there Dad this year soooo I headed north to spend it with my brother Tim, Khristy, the girl's and my Mom! We had a great time! We always do! Dinner on Saturday night, an after dinner bonfire with cocktail's of course, that goes well into the wee hours..... Then Tim cooked a FANTASTIC champagne brunch for Easter morning! We dyed egg's, we had a visit from the Easter Bunny and hunted egg's! Whew! Thank's Tim and family for such a fun weekend!!!

Sunshine!!!!

Oh glorious sun!!!! The weather here on the Northcoast has been fabulous!!! We might have a decent Spring!!! Summer is just around the corner! Yeh!!! That means bbq's on the deck and lot's of swimming in the pool for Jordan!!! Ta ta for now!!!! I'm going to go plant some flower's!

Michele and Christy Celebrate Yet Another Birthday!

It happens every year we are 5 years and 5 day's apart and the best of friend's!!! We celebrate every year together! This year was no exception. Christy and Tony came over the weekend of the 15th and we had BIG fun! It was Christy's birthday on the 15th!!! (Mine on the 10th) There were plenty of cocktails and fun! So much so that we didn't get any pictures!!! Probably a good thing?! Happy birthday Christy!!!!

Oh Please Is It Spring Yet?!

The weather has been horrendous on the Northcoast so we are waiting impatiently for SPRING! We are looking forward to getting outside and having our favorite bbq's on the deck and swimming in the pool! So please Summer we are waiting!!! Hurry please!

Michele turns 41!!! Aghhh!!!!

Yes it's true it's March and that means it's my Birthday! On the 10th to be exact but I celebrate for day's!!!! So here is some celebrating I did with my fabulous girl's I work with!!! Thank's ladies for such a fun night! Tequila anyone?!

Wonder Where We Have Been???

Nowhere really! It's winter on the Northcoast and the weather is terrible! Need I say more! We have managed to dodge the local flu outbreak, knock on wood! Jordan has been on President's week break and staying with his dad. We repainted his room and the smell was AWFUL! So we had him stay away until it was dry and less smelly! But he will come home to a nice new remodeled space! Other than that all is well!

Shay Turns 2 on Superbowl Sunday!!!

Ashleigh and the birthday girl!
Here is my family (Rich was working) enjoying good friends, good food, oh yeah and a little football! Happy Birthday Shay!

My Brother Tim rockin' the grill!

The birthday girl! Mischevious? Naaah! Well maybe just a little!

Now she's 2! Gettin' ready to dig into her Sponge Bob Squarepants birthday cake!

Shay Michele Nolan Febuary 1,2007

Happy Birthday Shay Michele!! We can't believe she is already 2! It seems like yesterday we were at the hospital waiting for her arrival. I love going to visit my brother! We had a great time at Tim and Kristy's there was LOT'S of good food and plenty of family and friends to help celebrate. The festivities lasted all day and well into the evening! I mean it's not everyday you get to share your birthday with the Superbowl right?

A Bar B Que In January????

Cocktails anyone?!

Jordan says "Yum!"

Russell, Jordan and Wes enjoying Rich's great burgers! Oh and Michele's famous baked bean's!

Ashleigh and I.

Russ and Nicole.

Ashleigh diggin' in!

Rich cookin' away!

I know can you believe it?We can't either! We have had a week of the most amazing weather it was 68 degrees today ( actually 72 degrees on our deck) it feels like spring! We thought we would take advantage of the break from the rain and cold and have a family bbq! Makes the rest of winter a little more bearable!

Here's To A New Year!! 2009

My Ashleigh girl! My first born! Isn't she beautiful!

My Jordy! Isn't he just the best kid!

My Mom Thank you for all you do!

Christy, my best friend and one of the finest Diva's I know!

My wonderful husband! I love you baby!

2009 is going to be a great year! Happy New Year to all my friends and family!

Thanksgiving!!

The kiddo's!

Me

Russ Rich's Brother

Ricki Rich's sister and Nicole Russ's Fiance

This year we had a great time spending Thanksgiving with Rich's siblings! What a feast his sister made! It was so much good food and great family time!

Disneyland!

Jordan in a duel with Darth Mal at Jedi Academy!!

Mickey!!!!

Jordan the sorcerer!

Just having tea with Minnie! Ha-Ha!!

I think we got a little hungry!

Our Christmas present to Jordan this year was a fun filled trip to "The Happiest Place On Earth"! We had such an amazing time! I'm not sure who enjoyed it more Jordan or us! It warmed our hearts to see Jordan have such an awesome time! What wonderful memories we have!