Andrus Family

HAPPY EASTER

2009-04-14T19:32:00.001-07:00

BLUE AND GOLD DINNER

2009-02-17T14:25:00.001-08:00

THIS IS NOAH AT HIS BLUE AND GOLD DINNER FOR SCOUTS. HE EARNED HIS WEBELOS BADGE ALONG WITH OTHER PINS AND BELT LOOPS.

OUR X MAS CONCERT

2008-12-31T13:11:00.000-08:00

THE BOYS HAVE JUST STARTED TAKING GUITAR LESSONS. MY MOM IS THEIR TEACHER, SO THIS IS THE BOYS FIRST PERFORMANCE. AS YOU WATCH IT, JUST REMEMBER THEY JUST STARTED LEARNING HOW TO PLAY.

MERRY X MAS

2008-12-31T12:37:00.000-08:00

X MAS EVE

2008-12-31T11:44:00.000-08:00

FOR X MAS EVE WE BAKED SUGAR COOKIES WITH THE KIDS AND CHRIS COOKED A STEAK DINNER. THE KIDS HAD A LOT OF FUN DECORATING THE COOKIES. WE WATCHED X MAS MOVIES AND RELAXED WITH THE KIDS.

MORE MAUI PICTURES

2008-11-16T15:27:00.001-08:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

2008-11-04T13:18:00.001-08:00

WE HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY AND NOAH WON FOR BEST KIDS COUSTUME AND GOT A GIFT CARD TO TOYS R US WHICH HE WAS SO EXCITED TO GET. OF COURSE HE HAD TO GO OUT AND SPEND IT THE NEXT DAY. CHRIS REFUSED TO WEAR HIS AUSTIN POWERS COUSTUME TO THE BLOCK PARTY, HE WOULD HAVE WON. HE HAD TO WEAR IT TO WORK SO BY THE TIME HE GOT HOME HE WAS TIRED OF WEARING IT ALL DAY.

IRISH PUB IN MAUI

2008-10-31T11:23:00.000-07:00

I HAVE LOTS OF PICTURES TO POST SO I AM DOING A LITTLE AT A TIME, SO JUST HANG IN THERE. MY MOM HAD BEEN DYING TO GO TO THIS IRISH PUB AND AS SOON AS WE GOT THERE SHE WAS IN HEAVEN. THERE WAS THIS BAND PLAYING AND SHE JUST LOVED THEM, BOUGHT THEIR CD AND EVEN GOT THEIR AUTOGRAPHS. WHAT A GROUPIE!

MAUI VACATION PART 2

2008-10-31T10:28:00.001-07:00

OUR MAUI VACATION PART 1 SUNSETS

2008-10-22T18:00:00.000-07:00

WE WILL MISS YOU KOKO

2008-10-18T15:15:00.000-07:00

WE JUST GOT BACK FROM MAUI, WE WERE THERE FOR 2 1/2 WEEKS. I WILL POST PICTURES LATER.
RIGHT BEFORE WE LEFT, OUR DOG KOKO PASSED AWAY. SHE GOT SICK IN JULY AND WAS JUST
NOT GETTING BETTER. THE VET FINALLY FIGURED OUT SHE HAD CANCER IN THE LIVER AND
STOMACH. SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD AND LIVED AND LONG TIME. SHE WAS A GOOD PET AND WE
LOVED HER. THE KIDS WERE VERY SAD, SO IT WAS A GOOD THING WE WENT ON OUR TRIP TO TAKE THEIR
MINDS OFF OF IT. WE MISS HER AND WE LOVE YOU KOKO.

BACK TO SCHOOL

2008-08-25T09:51:00.000-07:00

SO IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN. SUMMER WENT BY WAY TOO FAST. I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME FOR SUMMER, I HAVE NOT BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DAY, CAUSE I HATE HAVING A SCHEDULE. THE KIDS STARTED AT A NEW SCHOOL SINCE WE MOVED. THEY WERE A LITTLE NERVOUS AND I KNOW THEY WILL MAKE FRIENDS FAST. THEY DO KNOW SOME KIDS ALREADY AND LUKES BEST FRIEND IS IN HIS CLASS, SO HE WAS VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THE KIDS BOTH GOT GREAT TEACHERS FROM WHAT EVERYONE TELLS ME. LUKE IS IN 2ND GRADE AND NOAH IN 5TH, WHERE DID THE TIME GO. I CANT BELIEVE HOW MUCH THEY ARE GROWING, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE. TIME GOES BY WAY TOO FAST, I WISH THEY WERE LITTLE AGAIN. SO HERE WE GO AGAIN, BACK TO THE BUSY SCHEDULE.

NEWPORT BEACH

2008-08-24T19:42:00.003-07:00

NEWPORT BEACH WITH NICOLE AND COUSINS

2008-08-24T19:27:00.001-07:00

SUN VALLEY IDAHO

2008-08-16T11:12:00.003-07:00

OUR TRIP TO TWIN FALLS IDAHO

2008-08-16T11:01:00.000-07:00

NOAH B DAY IN UTAH

2008-08-16T10:42:00.000-07:00

REDLANDS TEMPLE

2008-07-13T18:31:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

2008-07-07T10:16:00.000-07:00

FOR THE 4TH WE WENT SWIMMING AT CHRIS'S PARENTS HOUSE AND THEN WE HAD DINNER AT OUR HOUSE. WE HAD HIS PARENTS AND HIS SISTER AND MY PARENTS CAME OVER TOO. LATER ON WE WENT TO SEE THE FIREWORKS. EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME.

DISNEYLAND FUN

2008-07-07T09:56:00.000-07:00

I WENT TO DISNEYLAND WITH MY STEP SISTER AND STEP DAD. NOAH WAS AT BASEBALL CAMP AND I TOLD HIM HE COULD MISS ONE DAY, BUT HE WANTED TO STAY AT THE CAMP. THATS ALL NOAH WANTS TO DO IS PLAY BASEBALL. HE DIDNT EVEN CARE THAT HE MISSED DISNEYLAND, PLUS DAD WASNT GOING, HE GOES WERE DAD GOES. WE HAD A FUN TIME, MIKE WAS STILL RECOVERING FROM KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY SO HE RODE AROUND IN A ELECTRIC CART. THANKS TO HIM WE DIDNT HAVE TO WAIT IN LINES. WE WENT TO BOTH PARKS AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO ON ALL THE RIDES WE WANTED.

TEAM SWIM PARTY

2008-06-16T22:35:00.000-07:00

THE KIDS HAD A TEAM SWIM PARTY AND HAD A LOT OF FUN. THEY SWAM ALL DAY LONG, TILL LUKES FEET STARTED TO BLEED. A LITTLE TO MUCH SWIMMING.

BASEBALL FUN

2008-06-16T22:20:00.001-07:00

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF NOAH'S B BALL TEAM, THE WHITE SOX. OUR SEASON HAS NOW ENDED FOR BOTH BOYS. LUKE WAS ON THE ROOKIE MARLINS AND NOAH WAS THE MINOR WHITE SOX. WE GET A MONTH OFF AND THEN NOAH STARTS THE TOURNAMENT TEAM THE QUAKES. WE HAD ALOT OF FUN THIS SEASON AND HAD REALLY GREAT COACHES. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BREAK.

LAST DAYS OF SCHOOL

2008-06-16T19:18:00.000-07:00

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

2008-05-18T18:17:00.000-07:00

ON SUNDAY I GAVE MY MOM A BIG SURPRISE BY GOING TO HER WARD, ( CHURCH) SHE WAS SO EXCITED TO HAVE US THERE. SHE SAID IT WAS THE BEST MOTHERS DAY. ON FRIDAY CHRIS TORE HIS CALF MUSCLE PLAYING BASKETBALL SO HE STAYED HOM WITH HIS LEG UP. I HAD MY PARENTS OVER FOR DINNER AND LATER CHRIS'S PARENTS CAME OVER. IT WAS NICE TO HAVE BOTH MOMS THERE. CHRIS COOKED DINNER EVEN THOUGH INJURED, I DID HELP. I TOLD HIM WHAT A WEEKEND TO INJURE YOURSELF ON MOTHERS WEEKEND AS I CALL IT. HE SAID EVERY DAY IS MOTHERS DAY FOR YOU. ( HA HA ) IT WAS A NICE WEEKEND WITH THE BOYS BASEBALL GAMES AND HANGING OUT WITH FAMILY ON SUNDAY. ON SAT WE WENT OUT TO DINNER WITH CHRIS'S PARENTS AFTER NOAHS GAME, OUR FAVORITE PLACE DON JOSE. THIS WAS TO CELEBRATE WITH CHRIS 'S MOM. IT GETS HARD ON THE HOLIDAYS WHEN BOTH SETS OF PARENTS ARE HERE. WE TRY TO CELEBRATE WITH BOTH. I HOPE EVERY HAD A NICE MOTHERS DAY.

HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY LUKE

2008-05-01T20:02:00.000-07:00

HAVING LUNCH WITH MOM AT SCHOOL

GETTING A NEW BIKE

EATING DINNER AT CPK

HAVING FUN ON RIDES

LUKE SO EXCITED FOR HIS SKATEBOARD
LUKE WAITING FOR HIS B-DAY PRESENTS
FOR LUKES BIRTHDAY HE WANTED TO GO TO CALIF PIZZA KITCHEN FOR DINNER AND THEN WE WENT TO SCANDIA. HE INVITED SOME FRIENDS AND HAD A BLAST. EVEN I WENT ON THE ROLLER COASTER A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR ME. LUKE LOVED GOING ON THE GO KARTS AND OF COURSE CHRIS ALWAYS HAD TO GET IN FRONT OF EVERYONE, BUMPING INTO OUR CARS. THEN NOAH STARTED TO GET COMPETITIVE WITH US. I THINK THE GO KARTS WERE A BIG HIT.

LONG BEACH AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC

2008-04-06T14:25:00.001-07:00

OVER SPRING BREAK WE WENT TO THE LONG BEACH AQUARIUM WITH A GROUP OF GIRLS FROM CHURCH. THE BOYS HAD A GREAT TIME. LUKES FAVORITE THING WAS TOUCHING THE STING RAYS, HE COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT. THE KIDS ALSO LOVE FEEDING THE BIRDS. THIS WAS OUR THIRD TIME VISITING THE AQUARIUM AND THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE A GREAT TIME. MY FRIEND JANINE AND HER GIRLS KAYLEE AND SARAH WENT WITH US TOO. WE ALL HAD ALOT OF FUN SPENDING TIME TOGETHER. IT WAS A GREAT DAY.

EASTER MORNING

2008-03-24T10:21:00.001-07:00

WE TOOK THESE PICTURES BEFORE WE WENT TO CHURCH, NOAH LOVES TO BE THE CAMERA MAN.

HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY

2008-03-24T09:50:00.000-07:00

WE HAD A NICE EASTER SUNDAY. WE WENT TO CHURCH AND THEN HAD MY PARENTS OVER FOR DINNER. MIKE IS STILL RECOVERING FROM HIS KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY, SO HE HAD TO COME WITH HIS WALKER. THIS WAS A SIGHT TO SEE HIM USE A WALKER (HA HA ). HE IS IN A LOT OF PAIN, WE JUST LIKE TO TEASE HIM TO MAKE UP FOR ALL OF HIS TEASING THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. WE HAD A EARLY DINNER AND THEN THE KIDS HAD A EASTER EGG HUNT. WITH HAVING LOTS OF FAMILY HERE THEY GET TO HAVE DOUBLE THE EASTER EGG HUNTS. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. CHRIS COOKED POT ROAST WITH MASHED POTATOES IT WAS GOOD. OF COURSE I GOT TO CLEAN UP ALL THE MESS. HOPE YOU ALL HAD A NICE EASTER.

HAPPY EASTER SATURDAY

2008-03-24T09:23:00.001-07:00

SAT WE HAD A GLOW IN THE DARK EASTER EGG HUNT WITH CHRIS'S FAMILY. THE KIDS HAD A LOT OF FUN FINDING EASTER EGGS IN THE DARK. SUE THOUGHT THE KIDS WOULD HAVE FUN THIS YEAR BY USING FLASH LIGHTS TO FIND THE GLOW IN THE DARK EGGS. THE KIDS HAD A BLAST. THANKS FOR THE DINNER IT WAS GOOD.

NOAH AND LUKE'S OPEN HOUSE FOR SCHOOL

2008-03-23T21:13:00.001-07:00

THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DOING

2008-03-23T19:42:00.000-07:00

I HAVEN' T BLOGGED IN A WHILE AND THATS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY WITH THE BOYS. BOTH BOYS ARE IN BASEBALL AND THAT TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME. CHRIS AND I WENT TO MONTEREY, CA AND THE BOYS STAYED WITH GRANDMA AND GRANDPA. HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF RECENT EVENTS.

A LOOK BACK IN TIME

2008-02-10T19:16:00.001-08:00

HERE IS A LOOK BACK IN TIME. WE HAVE HAD ALOT OF FUN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. THE KIDS GROW SO FAST, I MISS THOSE TIMES. WE NEED TO ENJOY EVERY MINUTE, LIFE IS TOO SHORT. I HAD ALOT OF FUN LOOKING BACK AT THESE PICTURES, THEY WERE GOOD TIMES AND THERE IS MORE TO COME.

FUN FAMILY PICTURES

2008-02-10T14:37:00.000-08:00

NOAH GETTING HIS BEAR AWARD

2008-02-10T10:09:00.000-08:00

NOAH WAS VERY EXCITED TO GET HIS BEAR AWARD FROM SCOUTS. HE CANT MOVE ON TO THE WEBLOS UNTIL HE TURNS 10 YEARS OLD, IN JULY. HE HIS ANXIOUS TO MOVE ON IN SCOUTS. HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE AWARDS PACK MEETING.

SAN DIEGO WILD ANIMAL PARK

2008-02-09T22:58:00.002-08:00

WE WENT TO THE SAN DIEGO WILD ANIMAL PARK AND ALOT OF FUN. WE WENT WITH CHRIS PARENTS AND HIS SISTER MELISSA AND HER FAMILY. THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME SEEING ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS. NOAH AND LUKE HAD FUN SPENDING TIME WITH SCOTT AND MADELINE.

Snowboarding at Mountain High

2008-02-09T21:39:00.000-08:00

We spent the day snowboarding as a family at Mountain High ski resort. This was the boys first time snowboarding. They did a great job and since this time we've been able to take them again. They are continuing to get better as well as Chris and I. I should give most of the credit to Chris since he's been the boys teacher, and has taken the time and patience to teach them what skills they need to master the slopes here in beautiful Southern California. Here are a few pictures of our day snowboarding. Enjoy!!!!

Andrus Family

2008-01-10T14:35:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, Happy New Year! We are enjoying the year 2008, and are grateful for the opportunity we had to spend the year 2007 with our family healthy and well. I am excited to be part of the blog family, and I'm looking forward to reviewing my friends and family blogs. I hope my blog is as inspirational as everyone else who has been part of the blog world. It's been nice reading up on all your blogs and especially nice looking at all your pictures. Well this blog is coming to an end and I hope to get better at this as time goes on.