Happy Birthday Amber!

Precious Baby Girl!

Adorable Sister!

Sassy Freshman!

Elementary School Cutie!

Always Sisters!

Beautiful Mom!

Awesome Mom!

I 'm posting Amber's Birthday early as I will be spending her special day with her! Happy Birthday to our Beautiful girl, you can't be 30! because I'm only 39! Love You, Love You!

Happy Anniversary!

Sage and Jer are celebrating their 5th anniversary today! Happy Anniversary!

Heroes Awards

Me on the Red Carpet

Dana on the Red Carpet

Dana and Me

Dana and Kathy Ireland

Dana with Ruta Lee

Sandi was the director of the Heroes Among Us Awards program, with her is Greg.

So last night we went to the Heroes Among Us Awards it was at Spartacus Square on the backlot at Universal Studios. The event was to honor heroes from everyday walks of life and some heroes that are heroes because of the humantarian work they do. It was an awesome event! There was entertainment by Gloria Gaynor, Lee Greenwood, and Brian McKnight to name a few. And some of the presenters were Tom Arnold, Judd Nelson, Erik Estrada and Kelly Hu. The Feed the Children charitable foundation presented awards to Kathy Ireland, Dr. Price, Nancy Davis and Dorotea Liguori. All of these people are so amazing in the charity work that they do. I was so humbled by their stories and realize that even the smallest donation is a huge help to so many. I am so inspired by the work of Feed the Children that I encourage all of you to visit their website http://www.feedthechildren.org/. Thank You to Sandi, the shows director, for inviting us to such an awe inspiring event. This event will be televised on July 7th on the mytv network.

Taylor's Wedding

With our pretty girls!

Jake dancing with his cousin Lauren--So Cute!

Ella loved dancing!

Amber Ben Jake and Ella

Jer and Sage

Our cousin Taylor got married on Saturday! They are just a really cute couple! Family weddings are so much fun, you get to catch up with all of the relatives, eat, dance and be merry at a joyous occassion! Love and Happiness to Taylor and Bret!

Robert Wagner

On friday Robert Wagner was at the Center of the Arts, he does a one man show and chats with the audience, answers questions and then does a book signing. Dana is a long time fan and went to the show. Robert Wagner is such a gentleman, he spends time chatting with people and sharing so many of his experiences in Hollywood, Dana really enjoyed talking to him.

What Have I Been Up To?

Boy that is the question. I recently spent 5 days at Amber's and had lots of fun. I went to 2 of Jake's ball games, those are always nail biters because you never know just where the ball will go! It is so cute though, some of the plays go perfectly smooth and others are shear confusion--gotta love little league. We went to Lucille's for dinner and a Quakes game which was very, very fun. I love when I can be with my little kiddos! Jake is losing teeth right and left--he recently lost two top teeth and he called to let me know that he lost another bottom tooth. Needless to say he won't be eating corn on the cob anytime soon. Ella is adorable and likes to keep up with her big brother, she loves to climb and has no fear!
Now that I am working less and less I have time for projects around the house. My big to DO right now is redecorating my living room. New sofa (yahoo) I think I'm entitled as the old one was about 25 years new! Say it isn't so -- but it is! I also got a new chair that I love and have ordered a new bookcase/wall unit not sure what to call it-(it will not accommodate a flat screen) I had the ceilings painted and crown moulding goes in on thursday (yipee) I still need to get rid of the barber chair (anybody want it?). I'll post a picture when I complete it, probably in 6-8 weeks as it takes forever when you order stuff!

Blog Slacker!

I have really been a blog slacker lately! I've finally posted an update of our recent activities!

Mastro's Ocean Club

On Saturday night Dana and I were the guests of Debbie Bohnett at Mastro's in Newport Beach. (Thank you Debbie) It was beyond fabulous! Beautiful view of the ocean, the food was so delicious it was an unbelieveable dinning experience!

Happy Birthday Sage!

Happy Birthday to my Beautiful Girl!

Spring Break

Our Easter Egg Hunt!

We had a really fun Spring Break! Jake really wanted to spend his vacation with us and we were more that happy to have him. I picked him up on the Sunday before Easter and then Amber came down on tuesday with Ella! Sage was off for Spring Break and I took a few days off and we hung out together and did some fun family outtings. We love being together and it's always fun to see the world through Jake and Ella's eyes. Friday was Sage's Birthday and Sunday was Easter so we did our celebrating of both days on Saturday at Sage's house. Scroll down to see more picures of our fun week!

Snuggles with PaPa!

Our Girl loves the drums!

Jake waiting for a fly ball!

We had fun at Kit Carson Park!

Jer Jake and Big Gulp!

Jake in the Sea-Life Aquarium

How cute are those pig-tails! Love them!

We love Legoland

Jake and Ella love their Auntie!

We were so excited that Ella mastered going up and down the step without holding on! That is until she fell and twisted her leg and we had a 3 hour visit to the ER. She was fine but scared us to death!!

Jake and PaPa played lots of baseball during Spring Break!

Fun Days! Part 2

Sunday was really cloudy and drizzley and perfect for hanging out inside unless you are 6 yrs. old and 16 months old.  By about mid morning Jake and Ella were really ready to get outside.  Sage and Jer put Ella in the wagon and Jake on his scooter and off  they went to Jake's school playground.  They had a blast running around and burning tons of kid energy.  Ella was ready for lunch and a nap when they returned, and Sage and I headed out for groceries.  When we got back Jer and Jake went for Jake's favorite Subway sandwich and Ella woke up just in time to share.  We spent the afternoon playing and hanging out.  Sage bathed the kids while I got dinner ready and the plan was for Sage and Jer to head home about 5 or 5:30 PM.  Just about the time they planned to head out Ella decided she wanted to be held by Auntie and no other!!  Sage and Jer stayed until Ella hit the sack as Ella just would not let Sage out of her sight!  Thank you Sage and Jer for staying.  After Ella went to bed they were able to head home and Jake and I cuddled up the ice cream and discussed our favorite Webkinz, love, love my little chat time with Jake.  It was lights out pretty early on Sunday night--Monday morning was heading my way pretty fast!  I haven't had to get kids to school in a long time!  What an adventure Monday morning was but we did it.  I just had so darn much fun and I can't wait to do it again!  I love my grandkiddies!

4 days of fun! Part One

I just spent the last four days with Jake and Ella and had so much fun just being with them!  Amber and Ben were in Las Vegas from friday to monday so I stayed with the kiddies.  On friday Ella and I walked to Jakes school and met him and then walked home.  Jake rides his Razor, its is the cutest thing to watch him whiz down the street on his scooter.  Friday night Sage and Jer came up to stay with us, it's always fun for Jake and Ella when Auntie and Uncle Jer arrive.  On saturday we were up with the chickens to get Jake to the ball field for his 8:00 AM game.  It was a family outing at the ballpark, really cold and foggy!  His team won 17-10 and Jake got 2 hits, the kids can hit really well but the fielding is another story--but so cute to watch!  After the game we went to breakfast at the coolest little cafe in Glendora (its a family favorite) then home for Ella to nap.  After napping Ella woke up on the WRONG side of the bed so after a blueberry snack, snuggles and love we took off another family outing--Tai Pan and Victoria Gardens here we come.  We had planned to have dinner at Lucille's but the kiddies were not up for a nearly two hour wait.  One thing great in Rancho Cucamonga there are a ton of restraunts!  Applebee's (a family place) was our next choice, hungry kiddies was the deciding factor.  On the drive home we decided to get a movie (Beverly Hills Cha Wa Wa).  Sage was driving and we sort of know where things are in Glendora but not everything!  So who do we rely on?  That's right 6 year old Jake!  Seriously we probably would not have made it through the week end with out his guidance. The kid is awesome, not only can he point us in the right direction he can pretty much run all the electronic equipment in the house.  There would have been no TV without him and he knows just about everything there is to keeping Ella happy and content--he is the best big brother.

Crank-Pot with a Cold!!

Okay, I'm at work and feeling sooo much better than I did all week-end.  I seldom get a cold but when I do, I'm a real crank-pot about it.  I am so looking forward to the upcoming week-end, I'm going to Amber's to stay with Jake and Ella for the week-end.  Amber and Ben are going to Las Vegas for a Run that Ben is in. (Go Ben)  Jake has a ball game on saturday and Sage and Jer are coming up so we are also planning some sort of a fun outing with the kiddies, I can't wait!  Oh and by the way how happy are we about the time change? Yahoo with double back flips I love the Spring!

Fun with Jake and Ella

Family Fun at Sea Port Village

Fun on the Merry-Go-Round at Sea Port Village!

Ella and Me--Love this Little Girly!

Jake and PaPa--the gopher hunters!

Amber and Jake before going out to dinner.

In Loving Memory

I've been wanting to post this for a while, but my emotions have been just to close to the edge. While we were on vacation Dana's Mom passed away. On friday we put her in her final resting place with Dana's Dad, at Fort Roscrans. I could not have had a better Mother-in-law. I've known her since I was 16 years old and we really had the most special relationship. Ruth was always so good to me and the best Nonnie to my girls. I love her and will always miss her. The picture was taken of Dana's parents in about 1944, it is one of my favorites. They were such a beautiful couple. Rest in Peace. Neal Beecher Baltzer 11/25/1918 -- 3/13/1994 Ruth Jane Baltzer 1/13/1921 -- 1/4/2009

Maui Part II

Our trip to Maui was so great. Dana had fun getting lots of autographs of the golfers-Anthony Kim, Camilo Villegas, Ernie Els, Daniel Chopra, Geoff Ogilvy(the winner) and K.J. Choi to name a few. Amazingly he also scored autographs from Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell and chatted it up poolside with Michael Bolton. And yes, we saw Kate Hudson with Adam Scott that made the news and tabloids. The Paparazzi must hide everywhere or someone had a good phone camera. We decided to be polite not take photos of them and let them enjoy their vacation in privacy. Sage and I sat at the pool right beside Kate Hudson and her son Ryder, she was with Geoff Ogilvy's wife. Michael Bolton sat behind us at the pool a couple of times, he is very nice. It is fun to see the celebs at Kapalua because they are usually pretty relaxed and the people just let them enjoy their vacation. FYI my observation is this--they don't eat much-or when they eat its room service, they must wear SPF 50 because they never looked tan even after being there for a week, they really dress down--very little bling, bling. Our last morning in Maui!

The view from our bedroom-Beautiful. Jer and Sage at the Ritz-Carlton

Dana getting Vijay Singh's autograph

Dana and John Elway

Dana and Greg Kinnear

Maui

Aloha from Maui!  Oh my gosh it seems strange to be on vacation in January, but oh so nice to be in Maui!  The weather is warm, sunny with a few rain showers.  The Mercedes-Benz golf tournament is going on at the Plantation course, so we have seen lots of Golfers, and a few Celebs.  Michael Bolton sits right near us at the pool.  We have also seen Josh Kelley, Oliver Hudson, Kevin Dillion to name a few but there are others, Luke Wilson is here but we haven't seen him.  I'll post some pictures soon.

Our December

We had a really wonderful holiday season this year. We started off on December 1st at the home of our dear friends Mike and Marilyn. It was a Christmas dinner and a musical performance along with some really fun Christmas caroling. It was a wonderful way to start the Holiday Season. On the 13th of December we had our Ward Chritmas party and Dana was Santa, he really was so great. Sage and I did lots of our Christmas shopping on December 18th in Fashion Valley (love that shopping center). Andee was with us also and we had the greatest lunch at the new Bing Crosby, such a fun day! On the 20th we went to Jeff and Carole's for the lovliest Christmas Party, always great to see our friends and Carole always has the most amazing buffet. Chritmas Eve was at Sage's along with Jer's parents and grandparents--dinner was great and it is always such festive evening at Sagey's. Christmas Day was at Amber's with our adorable grandchildren. Our Holiday Season was filled with Family and Friends, the season couldn't be any better than that. Dana and I along with Sage and Jer look forward to the 31st when we head out for Hawaii. New Year's in Hawaii. Aloha and Happy New Year!