Joshua makes headlines in SPORTS section

He maintains excellent focus as he keeps watch over the ball. He plays great defense too and really know how to get in there and block the ball to redirect it's position.

Lorena & Pauls visit from Holland

Lorena with happy boys

Well it had been a long time since Lorena has been to the US since moving to Holland. They came for a visit in August 2007, and we had a very nice visit. I really miss her and enjoyed seeing both of them. I hope they do not wait too long to come again.

Line upon line

Line upon Line

A view from the airplane below. See the rain?

Up up & away! Of all the many things that the Wright's enjoy doing, flying is one of them. Appropriate last name for Joshua, don't you think? Laugh! Joshua has been identifying airplane and parts of the airplane at around 18 months. This is Joshua's passion. When he saw his first airplane, his eyes turned as big as silver dollars. We have been going to airshows and air museums ever since. Joshua has been on about 14 flights now and has outgrown 2 of his bomber jackets and is on his third. When he says his prayers at night, he blesses the big airplanes and the little airplanes. We look for every chance we get to get him up in the air and he averages about 3 to 4 times a year. When he was not even 2 years old yet, they had an air show in Riverside. We met Dan there which owns his own plane and he agreed to take Joshua up for a (loop) around the airport. Dan told me that typically children are affraid to fly in small airplanes until they are around at least 3 to 4 years old and he asked me if I thought he would do allright. I was certain he would do fine and when they landed on the ramp, Dan told me he just soaked it all in and was facinated with the whole experience. Once I discovered that Joshua loved airplanes, I use to take him to the local airport for breakfast once a week to watch airplanes take off and land. Well we became regulars and some of the retired pilots really enjoyed witnessing his love for airplanes since it brought them back to their time when they were the young 3 year old boy loving airplanes. He made quite a few friend there before we moved to Az. We still fly now, and Logan and I manage to tag along. Logan and mom have fun too. These are some of the highlights Joshua lives for. Another thing we manage to do as a family from time to time.

Summer vacation to California! Well...I really
miss California and my family. I miss my WARD family from Cypress too. I will forever look forward to my return visits to California for these reasons. What made this trip spectacular was the fact that my daughter GAIL and Jonathan who lives in Virginia flew down that same week. I got to spend time with my expecting daughter. Awesome! Me, Grandma,...I am sooo excited. (I am including my photo of my grandbaby as of this point in time) I got to see her tummy just barely beginning to show. It was also nice to have my sister Cheryl come and join us for an evening of fun. This week was definately the highlight of my Summer. I miss seeing her now that she has moved so far away, so I treasure the time I do get with her.

Well...the Summer proved to be busy for the boys taking Swimming lessons. This proved to be quite busy for Deanna too since I had to take them for lessons during my lunch hour in order for them to participate. You do not know how much you miss your running errands during your lunch hour UNTIL you are spending the whole Summer transporting kids from daycare to lessons and back to daycare. Thank goodness I work for an employer who encourages family units since my lunches had to go from 1 hour to approx 1 hour 15 minutes each day. Well worth it though. Logan has no fear of water, AND he loves it. The sooner he knows how to swim compitently, the less likely there is for disaster.

Joshua permorming the (Butterfly) after only 4weeks of lessons. They asked for him to be on the swim team next Summer because they were so impressed. He started the Summer at a (level 2) swimmer and within 4 weeks progressed to the criteria of a (level 4) swimmer. What a fish!