Memorial Day

Memorial Day also fell on Kyle 16th Birthday. Ryan Shack came and spent the night. Kyle enjoyed french toast with strawberries and whip cream for breakfast, no lunch (forgot lunch), and a yummy carne asada dinner (kind of a late lunch!), cake, ice cream and whatever else he wanted. Robert took a bunch of the kids in the boat as well. Happy Birthday Kyle! Scott is in Africa so we missed him!

Easter Pictures at the Shacks house

Zoe and Steph!

Sarah, Dani and Danae

Steph blowing Bubbles - working sooo hard!

Grandma and Papa

Jackson Stead with the girls!

A bunch of families went to the Shacks house for our annual Easter together. This year we brought our own meat and side dishes to share. It was really fun. The day started out looking cold but ended up okay. Church was awesome.

He is Risen!!

Renee's Baby

Here's a pic of Renee's baby - isn't he sooo cute??? We all got to hold him, even Steph. He was born on Saturday in the morning. Everyone is doing great. Josh had his schedule all written out!

Santa Clarita

The girls and I (Tracy) went to Santa Clarita for a softball tourney for Jessy. The team went undefeated on Saturday. The tourney was canceled Sunday for rain...Because they were the only team that went undefeated on Saturday they received first place! Aunt Wendy and the kids hung out with us all weekend - it was a blast. We were also able to see Rachel and Andrew on Friday at their new home which is so nice! We babysat the Ardo's on Friday night and Saturday (Scott and Patty were on an elder retreat), went to church on Sunday (Scott was AWESOME) and hung out at their house on Sunday. It was such a fun weekend. Robert stayed home with the boys as they had a basketball tourney. Nanno's team is advancing to the championship...Sammy's team had two of their main players out sick - they played well and hung with the team the whole game but ended up losing and ending the season.

Katie Pen making her bull dog face!

Wendy got to the park and said, "Tell me that is NOT your stroller!" Well - it was! I had millions of kids with me, all their jackets (it was supposed to be 54 but it was 70), food, snacks, water bottles, juice, diaper bag...toys, bikes, purse...etc!!!

Andrew posing in his backyard. Rachel- I put the pics on a CD for you!

Jake

Jake had to be put to sleep today. He was fine on Monday and Tuesday morning. By last night, he looked awful. This morning we couldn't get him up. The vet said we had to put him to sleep - He did an autopsy on him and said he had a perforated bowel . He also said that it was unrelated to the last thing because he couldn't have lived that long (as it was 5 weeks ago). It must have happened three weeks ago or so and because Jake showed no difference in behavior, we had no idea. The only way he could have been saved was had we known when it happened. Poor Jake! He must have been in so much pain and never whimpered or looked sick at all. Jessy, Dani and I have cried all day. He was the best dog. Jessy is trying to talk Robert into a puppy. Poor Robert - today cost a lot of money! I don't think we will be getting a new dog any time soon :O(

Jake and Rocko

I took Jake to the vet yesterday because he ate a ton of Palm Tree seeds and was very sick. He was going to possible need surgery - which would be $500 to $1,000. When I told the lady my husband wouldn't pay for that, she asked if there was anyone that would loan us the money - I told her she didn't understand - that he wouldn't pay for it. She looked at me a little shocked. There was a couple in there waiting to see how their dog Rocko was - It was like being in the ICU for a child for them. They asked if they could see him, if his tail was wagging etc. There was a man in there talking to them of his dog who has pancreatic cancer, has had four rounds of Chemo, and is hanging on. They suggested to him that really his dog was an angel in disguise since he helped him through his divorce. They asked how he was going to be when the dog passed - the man felt that he could shake his dogs hand (the angel) and thank him and send him to his next ministry. The next man came in and popped $500 down for his dog. Then a young girl (16 or so) ran out bawling. I assumed her dog was going to die. I asked the mom what it was and she said a hamster with tumors. Five minutes later Dani and I were uncontrollablly laughing wondering what everyone in there would have thought of Robert taking our sick hamster, putting him in a trash compactor bag and taking care of Fluffy's death himself. Fortunately jake just needed an IV, which Robert did pay for...

Hi EVERYONE! Rachel encouraged me to start a blog to keep in touch with family and friends. I hope you all enjoy this! The picture was taken at Lake Shasta this summer. Tracy