McComb Family

The kids have their first soccer game this weekend (they actually missed the first one last weekend while we were at the wedding, so it's their first game). So all you locals (and those who don't mind a little drive) can come cheer them on Saturday at 11:30 in Georgetown. Both kids play at the same time, so it'll be like a tennis match, but at least we won't be there ALL day long!! Hope to see you there!! : )

Posted in: on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at at 8:37 PM 1 comments  

This weekend we enjoyed the festivities of the Johnson-Rodriguez wedding. I headed out Friday morning after getting my sub plans in order, dropping the kids off, and then having to pick up my dress (nothing like stressing me out to the last second!!). We hung out with the local teenagers at Safeway (oh my gosh -- was that really us 20 years ago?), had our nails done, did the rehearsal practice, and then dinner. Everything was great and it was fun to be back in good ol' HMB!



Then the next day was the wedding. All of us girls went and had our hair done before the ceremony and then headed back over the hill to get ready. I still had to wrap the gifts, finish my speech (yes, I said speech - proof is down below), get the kiddos and myself ready. Yikes! It was a beautiful spot to get married and perfect weather. How often does that happen on the coast? Not often. In a word, it was.....perfect!



Here is the happy couple.

The bridal party.

The kids and I decked out in our duds.

See, I told you I did it!!! Stacie wrote a lovely poem for my wedding many years ago (if anyone wants to see it, I have it on tape!!!), and I had to return the favor!!!
Visiting (notice the champagne glass in the hand).

Briana trying on the veil (hmmm.....there's that glass again).

Dancing (yes, me in the background with a glass in my hand).

At sunset

Obviously, I had a GREAT time at the wedding. I tried to keep up with the precedent Stacie set at my wedding, but I'm afraid I failed as I never got to the point of having to drink salt water. I made a noble effort to do the best that I could, and I don't think I was too far off her standard.


Congrats to the newlyweds, and let's hope they had half as much fun as I did!! : )

Posted in: on Sunday, September 07, 2008 at at 5:33 PM 4 comments  

This Labor Day weekend we debated going camping and decided it would be better to have a low-key weekend, since the festivities of last weekend left us all rundown with colds. However, it turned into one of those go-go-go weekends once again. I guess it wasn't quite as bad as 8 years ago when I was actually in labor, but it was still busy!!!

Of course, Friday night was our softball game, and drum roll please, we won!! Well, not technically but to us it was a win!! The two teams only had 7 players each at game time and you have to have at least 8 to play, therefore we both had to forfeit. But, when we still played each other WE WON!! Yea for us! After the game we went to our friends' house for an end-of-the-season BBQ. Had a great time, but of course got home late.

Saturday Adam had a birthday party to go to and then we had a BBQ that night. Bret kinda opened his mouth as softball and...wah lah - another party.

Sunday I went to work in the morning and then we had another birthday party that afternoon down in Rancho Murieta. It was at a little lake there and the kids had a great time. They had a swim area with a swim dock that they all swam out to and jumped off of.

Then there was a pinata. Brie ended up breaking it (deja vu of her other party - this time I got pictures though!).


Then Monday we celebrated Brie's birthday at my parents' house. She was thrilled to be greeted by signs lining the road letting everyone know what the special occasion was!!!
We did the usual swimming of course and lots of eating. Both of the kids are getting much more comfortable in the water. Adam thinks he's a dolphin and somehow manages to talk as he goes underwater and then again the second he surfaces. Briana has taken to being more adventurous as well. She's now doing back dives off the side of the pool. I tried adding video of it, but Blogger doesn't let me video for some reason. Here she is with her presents. She got a lot of very nice things, but her favorites were her MP3 player and mini-quad (duh!).


Things have got to be settling down now. We're two weeks into school, and I'm telling you, I'm too old to keep up this pace!! : )

Posted in: on Monday, September 01, 2008 at at 8:55 PM 2 comments  

This is priceless....

So I had one pair of glasses that turned up at my house, and I had no idea who they belonged to. We've had lots of people over lately, so I wasn't sure where to even start. I thought I'd need to post them on my blog and see who claimed them.

Well.........it turns out they belong to my Uncle Jer. Not only did Mary leave her phone, two bowls, and a Tupperware; Mike left his wallet; and my uncle left his glasses. How the three of them made it to my house without losing their car, clothes, and each other is boggling my mind!

If you happen to run across these poor people, please help them out -- they obviously need it!!!

Posted in: on at at 8:40 PM 1 comments  

Yesterday morning we get in the car to head to school and my car stinks! I tell the kids, "My gosh, it smells like an animal died in here. You guys need to clean your rotten lunches out of my car when we get home." Off to school we go with our noses hanging out the windows. Same thing on the way home, but now it's about 30 degrees hotter, so we've added gagging into the mix. We get home and Briana finds her orange juice from a while ago under the seat which is no longer orange, but green, from the mold growing on it. She gets rid of it and off we go to soccer practice.

When practice is over, we head to the car and open the trunk to toss their gear inside and get hit with this wave of stench that about knocked me over. I find the culprit of the smell in my car -- not rotten orange juice, but the decomposing carcass of a headless rattlesnake with a bulging belly of just-eaten mouse(?) that Briana had brought home from Grandy's the day before. Now what do I do?? The thought of just tossing it out in the parking lot crossed my mind, but then I thought leaving a dead rattlesnake at a school probably isn't the greatest idea especially when it's the school I work at. Plus, all the witnesses!! OMG -- what do I do?!?

So, once again, I drove home with eau de rattlesnake permeating my car. God help the poor garbage man who picks up the trash can I tossed that decaying mass of flesh into.

That's my little nature girl for you. And the next time she wants to bring something home to show Dad the answer will be -- NO!!! Absolutely, unequivocally no!!!

Posted in: on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at at 8:47 PM 2 comments  

Saturday my Uncle Jer and cousin Mary were at a reunion in Nevada City, so they came by that evening to spend the night. My parents invited themselves over, and pretty soon we were having a full-blown birthday BBQ. Not sure how it happened, but here they all are!!
Adam ordered the cake (via by mom), and it was dee-lish (chocolate on chocolate with chocolate -- how can you go wrong!?). Not only was it yummy but cute too!

Posted in: on Monday, August 25, 2008 at at 5:32 PM 2 comments  

Soccer season is underway. They've had two weeks of practice now, and have their first game in two weeks. They will miss it because we'll be at Stacie's wedding, but there will be plenty of others. This is the first time I haven't been the "team mom" so I'm not quite sure what to do with myself. I actually get to just sit on the sidelines and be a fan!! What a novel concept!! Bret is now helping coach Adam's team, so they're both having a lot of fun with that. Here are a couple of pictures from practice.

Posted in: on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at at 10:50 AM 1 comments  

Hold off on calling in the missing person's report, he finally showed up and is no longer missing in action. Turns out he really was at the other house working, but rode over with a friend and left his cell phone at home (or somewhere -- I sure didn't hear it ringing when we were calling him!). Anyway, he got the water working so we were able to take showers and brush our teeth this morning!!! I know my students appreciated that!! : )

Posted in: on Friday, August 22, 2008 at at 4:38 PM 0 comments  

We arrived home tonight a little after 6:00 and were ready for dinner! I went to wash my hands only to discover we have no water!!!! I send Briana out to find Bret as his car and the truck are in the driveway, but NO BRET!! Hmmm.....maybe he went to softball practice, But the quad and motorcycle are still here too. I can guarantee he didn't walk somewhere, so where does that leave us?? No answer on his cell either, and I've been trying since before 4:00.

So, apparently my husband has disappeared off the face of the planet. Hopefully he'll find his way home soon. In the meantime, I'm sitting here having to drink a margarita since we have no water.

Posted in: on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at at 7:49 PM 2 comments  

Briana and I made it through our first day of school today!!! Yea!! (Yea that we made it through, not that it was the first day!!) I was there until almost 8:00 last night and only left because I needed to get Brie to bed. It was a long day. Needless to say, I was beat by the end of the day today. It was actually Adam's second day of school though, because he went yesterday while Brie stayed with Alexxa. Here they are in their "first" day of school outfits.

I hope everyone enjoyed the posts during the summer, but I'm just putting a disclaimer out there now that they will be slowing down now that I'm back at school. I don't have near the time to play around on the computer anymore. *sob* Plus, I've now started a blog for my class, so I'm doing double duty. I'm trying to keep it short and sweet, but things always take longer than you want and/or expect. If anyone is interested in checking it out, go for it (I'm not promising much though!!).

BTW, I ended up with a kindergarten/1st grade split. Things kept changing up until the last minute, but what's new?!

Posted in: on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at at 5:21 PM 2 comments