Not to Brag!!! But . . . .

Jessica made first quarter Honor Roll, so we had many celebrations and scoops of Baskin Robbins ice cream!!! Second quarter coming up soon, so we're keeping our fingers crossed for a repeat.

Thanksgiving Lunch '07

A fun time was had by all at the school Thanksgiving lunch. Plenty of parents on hand to pass out juice boxes and clean up spilled corn after the feast was finished in ten minutes flat. Mostly the kids wanted to skip the turkey and stuffing (Why is it so squishy? I'm not eating it!) to get to the pie, and games afterward. Jessica enjoyed lunch and then broke out her Spongebob Squarepants Game of Life. Jess, Sydney and Ananda, BFF's Forever, (or at least for second grade) hung out as per usual.

Please Stow Your Tire in the Overhead Compartment

In case anyone missed it, it was Nascar Races in Phoenix this past weekend. Apparently Nascar people need special reminders of what can and can't be brought onto an airplane. Hard to believe they are giving me agro about my hand creme when others are insisting their special 10-40 oil additives will get chilled in the luggage compartment.

A big WHATEVER!!

Mom and Jess Kick it Jacuzzi-Style

Adrian races Jessica around the fields, but Mom prefers to relax in a warm jacuzzi.

Gotta Love the BLD Ballparks

The new BLD in Phoenix is almost ready to open and looks to be the best of the best. Eight fields, all replica major league stadiums. Jessica enjoyed the tour, but was disappointed the smoothie machine wasn't up and running yet. The first shot is one of the local fields we'll also use. Very nice!

The Pool Choices

So we narrowed the big decision down to three choices - with three very different kinds of pools. All three options have good jacuzzis, but one option has four different jacuzzis nestled into the mountainside overlooking the Phoenix skyline. Oh, and one option has a slide. That was Jessica's favorite. Any votes for best pool???

WHAT IS THIS ALIEN FUNGUS

And don't tell me it's some kind of mushroom. It's not. It's an alien fungus of some type. The type you touch and when you wake up in the morning your arm has turned into an alien pod filled with more tiny little alien fungi. We keep getting these 'things' sprouting up in our yard.

They look a bit like a banana, in size and color, but with a strange top. We had our spooky halloween skeleton out, and this weird thing looks scarily like a skeleton pe#is.

Help, what is it, and how do we get rid of them?!