Lots of numbers

It was 3 years ago today that I moved into my townhouse and became a home owner! Three years of great memories here. Today is also my parents 32nd wedding anniversary. And Ross finished a big project for school today. Almost done with this semester.... We are excited- Ross was accepted into 1 nursing school for the fall. We are still waiting to hear from 3 other nursing schools. Although he still has to pass a test now that he was accepted. It has been such a long process for him- and he is always optomistic. So next week we will know for sure.
I am finally feeling better after being sick for almost 3 weeks. Just in time for my 3 night stretch of work. I am trying to stick with night shift until Ross starts school in the fall.
My dad was released after 9 years of serving as the Stake President in the Antioch stake. He was called as bishop when i was around 6 years old and then a counselor in the stake presidency after that. So it has been years since he attended church with us. Big change for him and my family. One of his counselors said that my dad is the finest man he has ever met and I couldn't agree more. Now he'll have time to go to more baseball games with me!

Some cool old photos

I am supposed to be staying out of Ross' way so that he can work on a presentation that he has for school tomorrow. Although I guess I am not doing a very good job of being quiet since he just put headphones on. So I was looking through the MyFamily.com websites that my mom and dad's sides of the family have set up- and I found these old pictures.
This is me when we were living in Utah. I climbed out of my crib and am proud of the injury to show it. I still have a scar next to my left eye to prove it. Judging from my smile, I guess I didn't know how bad I looked. This is me being held by my Grandma Hawkes. We stayed with them for a little while when I was a baby and from what I have heard, my grandma used to hate hearing me cry and would get me out of my crib despite my mom's objections. I am lucky for all the years I have had of my grandma spoiling me. She is the best!
My Grandma and Grandpa Hawkes on their wedding day in Preston, Idaho. Good looking couple. I love seeing what they looked like when they were even younger than I am now. And am proud to be descended from them.

And lastly, my Grandpa Hawkes playing the Wii with my sister Liz. He kept saying he wasn't going to be any good but we got him to play anyways, and he even won a few games. So here his my advertisement for the Wii- it appeals to all generations and brings families together.

3 AM

Hi Everyone
I am having a hard time switching back to a day schedule this week so i am an insomniac. Sometimes it is really easy for me to switch back and forth but I am wide awake now. Good thing for TIVO. I went to Elk Grove to visit my friend Cherish today and play with her cute little baby, Eden. It was fun to catch up and sit and talk like the old days when we were college roommates. We used to be able to do that hours on end. Not surprising to anyone that knows us. I also cut my hair last week- above my shoulders. I still look in the mirror and think it doesn't look like me but I like that it feels lighter and less time to blow dry! Anything low maintenance is good for me. Sometimes I wish that I was a celebrity- without the paparazzi- so someone would do my hair, makeup, cooking, cleaning, house decorating for me. Those are all things women "should" be good at and enjoy. Not me. But I make do- and Ross fills in the gaps. So we are happy and doing well. Ross is working on breeding fish in a container in the garage. Maybe someday he can make it a career :) But I love that he has a business side to him. Always thinking of something new.
Call me sometime if you are up at 3 am

Take me out to the ballgame...

My brothers had fun catching up with each other. Matt didn't fare so well in this match

So my favorite past time has started again. Ross and I went to the A's home game with Liz and her friends. They lost, might not be a winning season. But liz and I looked on the bright side and we shouldn't have any difficulty getting tickets. The A's do a great thing where they sell $2 tickets for wednesday night games. We'll be there. And thanks to Ross' new schedule, he gets to enjoy it with me. I have been an A's fan since elementary school. So go A's!

We also had a nice visit with my brother Tom and his wife Monique and my nephew Christian. It is nice to have a little kid around- we had fun playing on the stairs. He loves to crawl up them and then try to walk down. Yea, he is trusting that someone will catch him. He really lights the house up. Too bad I couldn't get him to look at the camera. i guess I am not funny enough. We also had a visit from Melanie Crandall. We grew up together and we had fun catching up with what our pittsburg crew is up to. I was lucky to have grown up with a huge group of kids my age- we had so much fun together.