Long time no see... Just wanted to see if anyone is still here I guess.. Life is crazy!!!

RELAY FOR LIFE.....WHAT IS UR CAUSE?

FAITH
HOPE
AND
LOVE
REMEMBER...I SAW SOO MANY WHO DID!


RELAY FOR LIFE!!!!!!!







CURE......I PRAY SOON!

FAITH....AN ABUNDANCE WAS THERE.

LOVE...OVER POURING.

WHAT AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE ERIKA AND I HAD... WE DID A 7 MILE WALK/RUN FOR RELAY FOR LIFE. I WAS IN THE GROUP FOR CURVES. THE TURNOUT WAS AWESOME. THE SUPPORT GROUP THERE AMAZING. I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT DIVERSE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WERE THERE. YOUNG, OLD, OVERWEIGHT, UNDERWEIGHT, EVERY NATIONALITY, EVERY RELIGION, PEOPLE WITH RINGS IN EVERY PART OF THIR BODY. IT WAS ONE OF THE NEATEST EXPERIENCES I HAVE EVER HAD SEEING SO MANY COME TOGETHER FOR 1 CAUSE..

My beautiful new niece. Andrea Renee. She is so sweet. I got to watch the whole delivery. Amazing!!! What a difference between delivering and watching. wow.. My sis did such a great job! So proud of her..

AHHHHHH BROTHERLY LOVE... AND GETTING THE JOB DONE!

MY SWEET LIL MUNCHKINS!!! LOOK AT THERE CLOTHES. LUKEY BOY HAD TO MATCH BIG BROTHER. AWWWW

MICHAEL IS STANDING BACK CUZ LOOK AT THAT WATER HOSE LOOK IS SPRAYING. LOL

MICHAEL IS POINTING... SPRAY THAT WAY NOT TOWARD ME.. DONT YA WANT A BATH BIG BROTHER?

Bird watching thru my kitchen window. Sweeeeet

winter spring summer or fall.... all ya have to do is call and I'll be there ... you've got a friend.. Well none of y'all are here.. but I have my birds.. lol

Look at the nice mess they leave me... Ahhh one of the family..

There are 11 finch on this thing. Hilarious. This is called a finch sock. They ABSOLUTLY LOVE IT!!! They had it half gone in 2 dys.. I put the wrong seed in it now they don't come.

Then there is the sweet hummingbird... How cute God's creatures are.

Indian Grinding Rock...wow Cathy...I do look prego... no ladies .. I'm just fat with a poor posture. I was going to take this pic off but it will be my incentive.

Still at Indian Grinding Rock.

Sutter Creek so pretty there..

Daffadill Hill pretty.

Erika and I had an amazing Sabbath!!!! We had been sick in our household which is unusual..She was tired of being in the house. We decided to go to Sutter Creek for the day do a Bible Study and go on some walks. When we got there we decided to go to Daffadill Hill instead. By the time we got there it was closed.. ugh..for the season. lol I took some pretty pics though. Then we decided to stop in Volcano to see what this little town was like. After we left there we stopped by Indian Grinding Rock. Fun!!! Very hot day too. Then we stopped by Sutter Hill Church. Adorable too. Last, but not least, we went to Sutter Creek.

By the time we got there we were soo tired and hungry. I had left my picnic basket on the table at home. lol nice. We had 6 banana's and a bag of peanuts.. yumm We started walking around. They had a ladies night. Out of 200 people who had been in that town all day Erika and I were 2 of the 10 that had won prizes for the ladies night. We had barely got there around 6:30 and these other ladies got there early in the morning. woohoo Get this.. Erika drew my name. Hilarious...

B4 AND AFTR PICS

Decorating..Gotta love it.. Even if you have to move when ur finally done. ugh

DAHHHH...LOL I HAVE LEARNED REGARDLESS OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES........ BE HAPPY!!!!!! IT DEFINATLY COULD BE WORSE.

Well hello how are you.. I know it's been awhile. But who cares right? So, I lived on Powers for 11 years, moved to Escalon for a year, moved to North St. 6 month, now been on Sutter for 6 months. We love it here. 4 bd 2 ba...2 car garage (that is a gym, home-schooling area, ping-pongame room, laundry room, and storage unit very well organized I might add>) g lol kitchen/dinette, living room, cute lg front and back yard. We just got done painting a few rooms and rearranging and decorating. So now guess what? ahhhhhh did ya guess???? I have to move AAAAAGGGGAAAAIIIINNNN...

Hey howdy hey....how are you?

Purrrfect posture..or is it?

So yea...ugh I might not be using my treadmill.. but my cat Max is... So mean I know we just couldn't resist. Actually my son Michael is the culprit. heehaw

15 yrs. and ....uhhh....going. Strong? Well we r here.

Michael Lawrence de Sousa and Teena Marie Clark










I don't know why but I loved taking this picture. Wow. Look how youthful and skinny my hands look.

Mike and I about 20 minutes after we were married. Look....we use to like each other. lol



1996 @ Fair grounds. Mike worked for a company that had a booth there. I got in free. Woohoo. It was a lot of fun. We had lunch together (with Erika) and walked around, we looked at crafts. Memories.....



1997 I think we were @ another fair or carnival. No as much as he wanted a motorcycle this is not his. It was fun taking the pic on it though. Love my boots? I don't know what's hotter...my boots or his tats? lol





1998

1999 (2dys b4 Nathan) Field trip for Michael's Cub Scouts to the state capital. I walked so much I had him 2 dys later on my birthday...March 27, 1999.

2006

2008

Monterey Bay

Our trip to Monterey Bay Aquarium. We had a passer-byer take. I asked him to make sure he could see us in the screen on my phone. If its bright let me know...Uhhh he didn't let me know. lol It almost hurts my eyes looking. I will post sea creatures l8r...my battery is dying.

Here is our ohhhhh soooo happy family. Look at that smile on Nathan. Now that my friends....is happiness. lol

We went on a field trip with the school. I yearly trip to Monterey Bay Aquarium. People think we get tired of the same thing every year...when actually it isn't ever the same experience. I myself have been going for the past 7 years. There is always a new exhibit. God's creatures

are amazing.

She made it to Texas...woohoo, and just in time for her friends baby delivery.

Well she made it to Texas. Woohoo. I miss her but I am glad she is there safe. She even made it a couple days before Jackie, (Jennifer the girl she moved with's sis-n-law) had her baby.

So here are the flowers for me....She is sending them to me via txt/pic msg....I was nice though and told her to go ahead and give them to Jackie since she is the one who had the baby.

Monster brains? <3

My neighbor Mary is a sweetie. She knows I have children so she brings me over goodies often. The other day she brought over cookies. She said she made too many and made them too big. So she asked if I minded her giving them to the children and I. Of course y'all know I'm a sucker for goodies with chocolate in them....hilarious. She said, "well here you go honey, they are a little big and a little falling apart...I think I just made them too big. They are monster cookies." Thank you Mary. They taste delicious. EEEEgoooor give me brain cookie noooowww...mmmmm

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Exploding with fun,

Tristan did another science experiment. Of course what boy doesn't like something exploding or oozing all over. There is a 2 liter bottle under the layer of "lava". He opened the lid and dropped about 6 mentos in and it exploded and fizzed all over. Went up about a foot when it first shot off. Wish I could upload video's.

Good bye Anna. Good luck in Texas.

One of our last pictures together b4 she left.

If you look at our eyes...can you tell we've been crying? Never under-estimate the blessing of a friend. My step-grandmother gave me a saying in a frame once.... Your ways are not my ways. Your thoughts are not my thoughts. ...but Your love is my love forever. Love that saying. So my friends. Don't forget to tell the ones you love...that you love them. So... I love you. Pretty much everyone I know of that reads this is someone of whom I have a special memory with and they are my friend. So know that not only does Jesus love you...I do. <3 <3 <3 <3 ,3

Anna and I in San Francisco.

Anna and I when she first moved her. We had a tea party with our church family. ( Cecelia and Shannon where there too. )

I can't believe she is almost to Texas. (she drove out with 1 kid, 2 cats, and 3 dogs.)