And he's off!

Sam's first day of School! He is off to kndergarten, YEAH SAM!
HE had a great day , Daddy stayed home from work so he could take Sam to school and pick him up. Sam had a good morning, picked out what he wanted in his lunch ( he is all day!) and got himself dressed, then we went outside to take some pictures, it stopped raining for the moment for this. Then we went over to the School.












Here is Sam and Daddy walking to School, Sam was yelling back at me to hurry up, lol.












when we got to his room he told the teacher that he was SAM, she asked if he was Samuel, and he told her that he was " Samuel Isaac Burton Shumate" it was a total Forest Gump Moment if you ask me, lol. She show him his seat and he picked out a coloring book and started coloring away.







The bells kept ringing on us so we thought it was time for us to go, I was a little worried about leaving him, but then Scott told me that he will be fine, he just overheard Sam saying to the boy next to him " Hi, My name is Sam, who are you?"
So we left. I went to work , Scott went home.

Sam had a great day, HE said he learned to read today too, but he didnt want to read to me. Maybe tomorrow......

Boston Part 2: Cape Cod

The weather could have been nicer for us, but it didnt rain, and from where we came from, that was a bonus! It was a great time down the Cape. That is what it always was for me growing up, "Going down the Cape", even now, that is what it is. So here we go with the pictures. The first one just tells ya where we were, Its a scrapbooking thing in me, You write where you are in the sand, it tells it all!






Next Picture, is Me and Hope, She was the only one that went to the Beach with us on our last day down the Cape, Alec was Sleeping since he had woken up so early to go deep sea fishing, He didnt catch anything, But Brian did, he caught a Shark that he had to throw back, and a bass that he got to keep, Alec didnt seem to mind that he didnt catch anything, and I think it was what I wanted it to be for him, A life long memory.
The water was so very warm, it felt so good on the feet!


Isnt this fabulous? I want this house! I love this house! I want the view that this house has! I dont care which house in the picture, I would even live in the light house, I just want to be there!!! I love This picture!!!











ME At Cape Cod!!!! right near that FABULOUS house!!!













Ok, this picture has a story to tell, I was holding Brians Hand cause he kept putting his fingers over my head, and I wanted a good picture, and we were already on our way to being very intoxicated. Coleen ( my cousin) and I drank a good size bottle of Absolute, and then added a few beers to that, pictures were taken of the drunk fest, but I cant show them here, lol. We had a GREAT night of talking, catching up, and laughing, So much laughing went on with the two of us , it was truely a great night, and the fact that I do remember the night, I must not have drank too much!
All in All it was a great time, we shared many memories of Our Grandmother, shared some tears, shared secrets, and made more memories for the next visit to share when we drink way too much, way too late into the night, just the two of us!

It was a great Vacation, I loved it all!

Boston Part 1: Fenway Park

Can I tell you how Amazing this trip was?? IT was AWESOME! the day at Fenway was insane, it was so awesome I cant even begin to tell you how great it was, but I will try, so Lets Begin:

This picture, Alec and I stood in the street, and My Cousin did as well, to take the picture of us. Why did we stand in the middle of a busy Boston Street you ask? The CITGO sign in the background is Infamous , when ever you watch a RED SOX game from Fenway, you will see this Sign above the green Monster, IF you have never noticed it before, you will now , trust me.

I dont even have to tell you where this picture was taken, But I will, Outside of Fenway. Those green doors open and that is where you enter if you enter from the front. IT was a glorious site for the eyes, let me tell you! Alec was Amazed, as Was I, even though I have been there before, IT was a long time ago , I went countless times when I was a tween , but it is very different to go with your son and see it as an adult.

Inside Fenway!! Alec took this picture of us, the blue wooden seats in the back are the original from when Fenway opened in 1912! ( we learned that on our tour, lol) we sat in them too, and they were very hard, the seats that we sat in for the game were much more comfy.

A nice lady took this of us, that is the Green monster. The problem with this pic is the lighting, if anyone can fix this for me, please email me and I will send it to you. IT is a great picture with the Monster behind us, it is a picture to be cherished forever.

while the game was going, I took this one.

Do you see that score? We were a sad bunch at Fenway till the bottom of the 5th. where you can see we took the lead, It was AMAZING. Just AMAZING. we got two runs with no outs and had the bases loaded ,and Big PAPI came up and the very first pitch , WHAM.. a GRAND SLAM!!! the park went Wild, we went wild, it was insane! it was insane, I yelled so loud, High Fived the guy in front of me, it was awesome, that game was the best, nothing compared to it! we went on to win, 10-5, it was awesome!

Ok, enough for tonight, I will update tomorrow night about the rest of our trip!

Alec and I are off to Boston!

And Fenway Park!!! We leave for the Airport in 45 mins for an over night flight. We go to our Game on SAT, then we go to Cape Cod on Sunday till Tuesday when we come home! Cant wait to go, I will Blog when I get back!

Happy Birthday Sam!

Sam is 5 today! He had a great day too! We had his birthday at Chuck E Cheese, ( fun for him , not so much for me)! But its his day, so I let him party his heart out at his favorite Party place. Here are a few pics:

The girl in his picture is Jules, Who he told today " I love you Jules" awwwww how sweet, Her daddy gave Sam some pictures that Jules has been making for Sam, and one says " I LOVE YOU SAM LOVE JULES" she painted it for him. Isnt that just the cutest thing? they met in pre school, and they havent forgotten one another. They will not go to Kindergarten together, but hopefully they will stay friends.

And his Birthday cake, Even though I am the red Sox fan, Sam likes the home team. And as we speak, The home team is winning and Sam is watching the game.

Ok, off for now, I have a project that I need to finish.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM!!!!

Well, yes, it has been over 2 weeks since I have blogged, But I have been a busy girl, so please forgive me.

It was Brett's Birthday on Friday , he turned 16 years old!! wow, I cant believe HE is that old, freaks me out a bit, but I better get use to it. He has gone to Jeff's for the weekend with Jake, and we will have cake on Sunday when he returns. We were going to go to Silverwood this weekend, but have postponed it till the 26th of August. Too much going on right now, and it will be better to go then.

Work is Crazy! we have expanded our store from 2400 sq feet to 5000 sq feet! the wall came down last night, I will post pictures next week when the carpet has come in and we have passed insepection, it is very exciting for all of us!

Today Scott and Sam and I went on Sam;s very first ferry ride. We went over to Bremerton , which is a navy town, But the town was dead, there wasnt anyone on the streets, it was crazy. But I did find a wonderful little Pizza place, called BOSTON, and it is all red sox stuff, the owners are from Boston, and they had one of the little rooms in their place painted like Fenway Park :it was very cool. Sam had a good day, he kept talking about how much fun the ferry ride was, that was all I needed to hear!

I really like the picture I took of the Seattle skyline, looks pretty good, you should click on it to get its full effect!

IT is hot hot hot here in Seattle! Tomorrow will be the hottest day so far, could reach almost 100! Thank GOD for AC!! We will be staying inside keeping cool!

Over the weekend I went to the Kenny Chesney Concert. More than just Kenny played, Here they are in order: Sara Evans, SugarLand, Brooks and Dunn, and Kenny Chesney. It was a great show. Except that we left early into the Kenny Set. Yep, you read that right, We had been there since 4:30 in the afternoon and all was well. The drunks were behaving themselves ( and no , I am not talking about me and Maegan) all was well. Then Kenny came on, and all hell broke loose! Everyone was standing on their chairs and Maegan and I couldnt see a thing! not even on the big screen, It was crazy. on top of that, The drunks behind us, were with the drunks in front of us, and the joined them, 6 people in spaces for seats for 2! In front of us! it was so wrong on so many levels, Finally I grabbed Maegans hand and we walked up to where we could talk, and we made up our mind to leave. we were sitting in the 21st row on the floor, and we had to leave cause we couldnt see! But all in all, it was a great show! I had never seen the first three ones ( there was really four before Kenny, but we missed PAT GREENE cause we were in traffic) anyway, I had never seen Sara, Sugarland or B&D before, it was worth it just seeing them!

here is a picture that maegan took of the two of us, Someone was kind enough to take a picture of us while we waited in line for the Bathroom ( a good 20 minute wait) but this is not that photo!

Have a good day !

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

It should be a great day! for the first time in decades ( for real) it is a nice day here in Seattle! it should reach 90 and we should have a nice night for fireworks! This AM bright and early Sam and I walked around our neighborhood and put flags in everyone's front lawn . Scott was wondering " what if they dont want one there" and I so kindly reminded him that if they didnt want one there on this day, then they are not truely Americans and they can go live somewhere else. One neighbor came out and THANKED Sam for doing it, he of course was one of three of us who had a flag flying on their house. Granted , we only have 13 houses on our street, but still. Old guy on the Corner, Us, and Major Paul fly our flags proudly. Anyway, should be a great day, I plan on drinking margaritas all day and hanging out in the sun reading a book. BBQ tonight with Scott's brothers family, ( what joy) and fireworks later.

In 3 short days Maegan and I will be heading to qwest field for the Kenny Chesney Concert! and it should be a beautiful day for that as well!

Last Saturday night Scott and I went to the Mariners game with a girl from the store, WE had some great Seats and I got a great pic . Here that is :

Me and Karen During the 7th inning ( She was glad I didnt show up in Red Sox attire ).

And then A picture of Richie Sexson, Whom I like very much, and I am not saying it is cause of his name or not, so you think what you want.

Have a great Day Everyone!

Red Sox game From Monday night

I didnt tell you about the game on Monday night. 10 of us went, 4 of us ( myself, Shelly, Cari and Sam ) sat in the terrace club seats, very good seats where they serve you at your seat, and the other 6 boys sat in the bleachers, I was able to get a picture of the boys in the bleachers from our seats, it was very cool! The red Sox lost, but Shelly and I had a good time, and we laughed at Sam when he started crying cause the Mariners were losing at one point. The poor kid. But he was later very happy as you can see by the picture. He was a confussed fan if you looked at what he was wearing he had on: A red sox david ortiz tshrt, over that he had on a MAriners t shirt, over that he had on a Red Sox sweatshirt, and on top of his head was a Mariners Hat.He tried to be diplomatic, and he turned out cheering on the home team the whole game, What am I going to do with him?

Tonight, Scott and I are going to the Mariners game, where they will play the blue Jays, and I will happily cheer on the Mariners since the Blue Jays are in the Red Sox division and they are behind the Red sox ( 10.5 games behind, but still). Tonight I should be able to get some great pictures since we are seating in the 7th row on the 1st baseline. Going with a friend who had two xtra tickets, should be a good time.

Wow, I never blogged about the Graduation? I have been busy for sure, Sorry I missed that one. Let me see if I can find a picture..

Ok, I didnt get one good picture of when he was at the graduation by himself,,My mom got some good pics, but they are on a disc and I dont have time for that right now. It was a great time, I was so proud of him, and I can honestly say, I only cried a little! I cried the most when he opened his wonderful gift from me! For those who dont know, I am taking him to Boston to a Red Sox game in Aug! we will stay a week and also go to Cape Cod for a couple of days, He cant wait to go and see Fenway Park for the first time. Here is a picture of him opening the Album which told him what it was: he wasnt sure at first what it was, but then I told him to go back to the first page, and start reading what it said... when he got to the page telling him where his seats were at Fenway Park ,he looked up at me and all he said was "WOW" kind of shocked, it was very cool! My MIL took this picture of a few of us watching him open it, I thought it was a cool pic: Not a very attractive side view of me, But that is my dad behind me, and my Grandpa in the Green, and Scott in the Alabama hat, and you can see someones camcorder in there too, just a great shot alltogether.

and this adorable pic is of Sam and his second cousin HOPE, and Cousin Sydney, they played music for us all, and put on a show, and Sam was right in there with them it was very cute, he had some moves that looked just like Elvis going on, lol.

And lets not forget Sam had a graduation of his own last week, He Graduated from PreSchool! look at him with his teacher Megan, and when they were signing songs for us. We went to Applebees after to celebrate his big day!

Ok, I must go, it is late and I have to get up early, I still have lots to tell you, but this catches you up just a bit.

IT must be time to blog

I have been threatened by my dear friend Maegan that I have to blog or she would remove me from her favorites list, I cant have that happen, so I am blogging.

I have been very busy, so I have in fact had great reason for my lack of writting. Lets see,

I finished the album for the gal, she loved it, ( She cried, always a good sign) I was able to relax for about 1 hour, then I had to finish the major prep for my class that I had last week, about 6 hours total, and I wanted to scream and throw the friggin card that I was prepping for 16 people out the damn window, ( I sewed on it) it was by far, the favorite in the class, but I never want to see itagain! LOL . Class was over and I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders... all my focus could be turned to the Graduation. So that is what I have been doing, in fact, I stopped my decoration of the water bottles to blog here this AM. I have been working on Layouts that I am putting on two huge tri fold poster boards, and I still need to finish His Album, which is how he finds out about the gift that I am giving him.

I have been a cleaning machine, and the house is still messy, It was Scotts Birthday on Sunda, I asked if we could postpone it for a couple of weeks, but he didnt want to. so it was very lackluster.

I gave Sam a mightyfine Haircut, if I do say so myself.

Jake plays in the Championship game tomorrow night! I hope to be able to drag my sister Kelli and her kids out to it, I dont know if she can stand the cold weather considering she is coming from Vegas, But I told her she better come, cause he asked if she would. Then I go to the Airport to pick up my cousin and her little one, and my grandfather . My mom and dad arrive with their spouses on Thursday AM , then everyone will be here for the Graduation! The party is on Friday, and the Graduation is at 5:30 Saturday night, after that the Adults are going to dinner. On Fathers day ( what a treat to get to spend the day with my dad) we will have a BBQ at Shellys. IT will be a fun filled weekend for sure! My nephew will be staying with me till July 6th ( he is 13) then he will go home to Vegas, And on July 7th Maegan and I will go to the Kenny Chesney concert at Qwest Field and we will be sitting in the 21st row! I cant wait for that! ok, That is all for now!

Happy 18th Birthday Alec!!

Today my baby is 18! I am freaking out a bit, But so far, its been a good Morning, We had Breakfast , just the two of us, and we talked about his plans this summer and beyond, Little does he know that I have my own plans for him this summer!

Here is a picture of us this AM, and also, A picture of us on This day one year ago. Look at me!! LOL down 55 lbs from last year! But this day is about Alec, not me.. But look at me! LOL

We will have a bbq for him later, he is out with friends now, and I am going to finish the Album that I am doing for A customer, 28 layouts total!!! WOW!! I have 4.5 left, so not bad.

Jakes Birthday

I took him out to Breakfast on SAT am, then to his game. We had a good breakfast, just the two of us ( Alec joined us for a moment, when I had to have him bring me my debit card which had been left in his wallet) . Here is a picture of us before we went to Breakfast. ( Look at how much taller he is than me)

Then We went to His Game, he had a great hit deep to left field, he got a double off of it, here he is on Second base after it. Look at the size difference between him and the kid playing Second.

I had to go to work at 12, then Jake and his friends went to Godfathers and had pizza, They came back to the house and played basketball all night long ( Lynette saw them out there at 10:30 still, I pulled them in at 11pm.)

and that was about it. he had a good couple of days. the basketball hoop was what he bought with his birthday Money from family. Yeah for him!

Happy Birthday Jake!

He is 14!! how crazy that is. Tomorrow we will celebrate his big day, But This AM he woke up to this. I cant let my sons birthday go by with out some sort of cake! HE will come home to ballons too.