#1 Fan

Thanks to the wonderful world of Facebook I came across an artist to whom I became an instant fan!!! I thought I would share his newest songs with you. Now Jason's family and friends already know Josh Cassidy since he went to school with him and is actually a very good friend of his. As for the rest of us who don't actually know him I present his widget. It is located on the left hand side of this page just under the picture of Jason and me. Just click on it and it will play the songs. As I said, as soon as heard it I became an instant fan! This guy is really great!!!!

Announcing Peyton Ann

This little cutie is the newest member to the family! Peyton Ann was born to my youngest sister Amanda Silvius and Christoper Doud on May 14th at about 1:30 am. She was 7 lbs. 4 oz. and just over 19 inches long. She and her mommy are healthy and doing great!

We are all so excited to have her in our lives and can't wait to see the joy she will bring!

This makes the count (for Grandpa & Grandma Groves) 6 grandkids, 3 boys and 3 girls!

Whoa

I am so tired, I'm not sure I am gonna have much to say......
My wonderful niece and nephews begged their parents and me to allow them to go swimming at our community pool. Ok so they really begged their parents...they know I am a pushover.

Well for over and hour they played, they splashed, they swam, they ran around, they wore me out!!!! And of course, they cleaned me out of chicken nuggets and tater tots when they were all done.

I think they all had fun and I loved having them. Phew....I am tired now!!! Very VERY tired.

Night Out

Thanks to Uncle Mike we got to enjoy a night out with friends! Well I guess it's more like a night out with family. The Suns played and awesome game!!!!!! Afterwards we somehow got lost and found ourselves in front of Stoudemire's, where oddly enough Jason ran into about 4 people he went to high school and middle school with and the bartender ended up being someone Jen went to high school with as well. It was kinda getting strange there for a moment.
Overall a great time!

Hanging out with friends and we still can't keep them off their cell phones....

No idea what is going on in this pic!

100 books and counting......

100 books! Well she actually reached 100 books right before Christmas but she finally received her award this morning! And standing to her right is her very Best Friend Emily. Getting recognized with her was so special to Deanna. And of course I was the proud Mommy taking tons of pictures and gushing about her award.......made me slightly late for work but my baby needed to know she is my #1 girl!

And for those who don't know Deanna's teacher (standing all the way to the left in the picture, Ms. Parascondola) was also my 3rd grade teacher! A point Deanna is especially proud of!

Spring Training

Gotta love it! I took off early from work on Thursday to catch a Spring Training game Anthony was playing in! The weather was absolutely perfect!!!! Anthony made some great plays! (He's the one in the middle.)

Rico...oops!...I mean Richard came out to watch too!
So happy to be able to catch up with friends, and family (Uncle Mike and Aunt Robin) on such a beautiful afternoon.

Spring Break

I love California! So beautiful!!!

Grandma & Deanna at the dam. It was so cold that morning... But the views were breathtaking!


We went to the Fresno Zoo.....it was a place my cousins would take me when I was little. The kids had such a great time! Jason and Deanna were petting stingrays in the picture above. Dylan wanted nothing to do with it.

Jason hanging out in the backyard with Grandpa Cleo & Grandma Shirley.

More beautiful veiws of California.

Cousins Danny & Melissa with their beautiful babies Phoenix & Cole! We happened to be there for Phoenix's birthday! Yay! She's 3 now, and little Cole is turning 1 in a week! They are growing so fast!!!





Jason had a wonderful idea of driving down the coast on our way home. We stopped at quite a few beaches. Oh what a day!....so much fun!

Needless to say we were all so pooped after our trip!