McComb Family

The first event we had to get there in time for was the Mutton Bustin'. OMG....it was hilarious. I asked Briana if she'd like to do it next year, and she said no way, it's too dangerous. Later when the kids were close to us and she saw that many of them were smaller than her, she thought maybe she could do it! They were just adorable! The National Anthem was pretty cool as well. They pulled a big boot out into the arena and as the song was played a horse and rider carrying an American flag came up out of the top!

Posted in: on Monday, April 30, 2007 at at 7:05 PM 3 comments  

Last weekend was the Father Daughter Dance. It is put on at school by one of the local Girl Scout troops. Briana was so excited about it, and of course drug Bret there. I'm sure the dancing was fun, but mostly I heard about all the different desserts that were there!! We know where her priorities are!! : )

Here they are before they headed out! They also ordered a corsage and boutonniere which they picked up there. Very cute!!

Posted in: on Sunday, April 29, 2007 at at 8:57 PM 1 comments  

Briana's first T-ball game was rained out last week, so today was the big day!! It was also my first game as the official manager of the team!! : ) It's tiring trying to get those 5 and 6 year olds to the right spot at the right time! There was not any big excitement like somebody running the bases backwards or hitting the umpire with the bat, but the girls still had a great time. Briana did really well, and got to play in the pitchers spot (although she didn't actually pitch since they hit off the T!) so pretty much all the plays were to her. She didn't get bored like some of the girls playing outfield who never even touched the ball.



Here she is up to bat.
Running the bases.

Nice stop!

Posted in: on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at at 4:47 PM 2 comments  

Happy Easter! We hung around at home, and my parents and Barb and Tom came up for brunch. The kids had a good time hunting for eggs and luckily found all of them!!! Here are a few pics from the day as well as our new chicks we got Friday night. Let's hope these last longer than all the other ones we've gotten! ; )

Posted in: on Sunday, April 08, 2007 at at 6:56 PM 1 comments  

Yesterday my friend Jeni called to see if I wanted to go horseback riding with her. Her friend (who actually lives 3 houses down from me) lets her take her horses out. So we headed down to Cronan Ranch and went for a little ride. Last summer Stacie, the kids, and I hiked Cronan Ranch, and I can definitely say it is much more enjoyable to be on horseback!! Of course today my rear end and back are a little sore. I was trying to figure out when I last went riding, and it must be a good 20+ years! Wow - how does the time fly!? Here I am up on the top of the hill looking out at the snow capped mountains. It was an absolutely beautiful day - warm and sunny. We couldn't believe that we had snow just 4 days before. The views and scenery were spectacular.

I have to include a couple of pictures from our snow day as well. We ended up spending the day down in Roseville getting bids and looking at stuff for the new house. I took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese's for lunch though. They were so excited. They played a bunch of games and rode on all the toys.

Here they are on a "roller coaster"!!

When they went to trade in their tickets for prizes Adam instantly chose the "scary teeth". He got a couple of other little things too, but Briana decided she needed to have a set of teeth as well. So, here they are in all their glory!

Posted in: on Sunday, March 04, 2007 at at 10:54 AM 3 comments  

By 6:45 this morning, I'd already had 4 phone calls letting me know today was a snow day. Yea!! The snow started coming down pretty good last night about 6:00 or so. It would have been great if we could have stayed home and enjoyed it, but we were supposed to be at Dennis' at 7:00 for Robb's birthday dinner. My mom came up for her weekly Tuesday visit, and since she has AWD and I don't, we took her car. We finally made it to Dennis' driveway (which is extremely steep) after poking along a road that was completely white with snow. We made it up the driveway a bit and then the tires started spinning. She tried backing down but kept sliding. Luckily she had some cat litter in the car and we used that to help get traction. She made it up about halfway as I'm running along side the car (yeah, that's a visual for you!) and then went off the side of the driveway into the mud. Bret had to finally come and pull us up the rest of the way. (Thank goodness for cell phones!!) Needless to say my mom was not a happy camper.....especially considering the day before she was laying on a beach in Mexico working on her tan!! This morning we only have a dusting left, but the kids don't care. Here is a picture of Briana making a snow ball and then throwing it at the sliding door we were looking out of. Hope everyone else enjoys their day today. I know we're going to!!!

Posted in: on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at at 8:24 AM 0 comments  

I know, I know....it's been forever!!! I actually have a draft of a post that I haven't been able to publish because I can't upload any pictures to it. It tells all about the changes that have been happening over at the other house, but you can't see any them! Since the last time I put pictures of it on, we've insulated, sheetrocked, textured, and now painted, as well as had the outside stuccoed. It definitely looks like a house now and not just a construction project. The reason I can't upload pictures now is that Bret put all this stuff on the computer (firewall, spam-blocker, etc.) to make it safer, and now it's so safe I can't do the stuff I want to do. Hopefully I'll figure out a way around it soon.

The other reason I haven't been online for the past month or so is that I've been sick almost the entire time. It started out as some viral flu thing, then had strep, then tonsilitis. They finally found an antibiotic that started to work (third one was a charm!!), but then I had an allergic reaction to it and developed a rash over my entire body. The worst part was having it on the bottom of my feet - yikes!!! They put me back on the second antibiotic and I had the same reaction, so I ended up off all antibiotics. I had no voice for 3 weeks, which I'm sure my students thought was a great thing!! Now I have pink eye in both eyes so I'm home again. My doctor recommended, since it's highly contagious and I have 135 students today, that I not contaminate all of them. What a party pooper!! : ) Hopefully this will be the last of the "gunk" I get this year, but as soon as I think that....it's something else! We'll just have to wait and see!

Hope you're all well and healthier than we've been this year! I'll try and post again before another month goes by!!!!!

Posted in: on Friday, February 23, 2007 at at 1:20 PM 0 comments  

This is the post that has been sitting as a draft since I don't remember when. Bret finally figured out how to get this back working. Yea!!! So I've added some pictures and I'll now be able to post it!!

It's been a long time since I've posted, because I've been sick for weeks and just haven't been on the computer for any length of time (and with dial-up, posting all these pictures takes a great length of time!!!!). I figured it was finally time though.

So, since the last time I've posted, the garage has been sheetrocked.

The house has also been insulated.

And it has been sheetrocked as well!

Finally, here is Briana in "her" bathroom. She's a little excited! She will be so disappointed if we end up not moving over there!!

Since I've taken these pictures the house has been stuccoed as well. I haven't seen it yet, but Bret says it looks great. When I see it and get pictures I'll post those as well. Things are really starting to move along. Bret says I'm holding things up now because we're at the point where cupboards need to be picked out and appliances bought - all the things I'm in charge of. Guess I better get my act together - if I could just ever get well!

Posted in: on Sunday, February 04, 2007 at at 6:06 PM 0 comments  

It has gotten quite chilly around there the last few days. The highs have been in the upper 30s and low 40s. Not real pleasant weather for being outside. We started to head into town today and thought I should get a picture of the pond before it starts warming up (if it ever starts warming up!!). The waterfall is still running but it's covered with icicles. And the pond is pretty much frozen over. The fish are all huddled together on the bottom with a nice solid layer of ice covering the whole thing. I think we might get out the ice skates this weekend. : )

Posted in: on Saturday, January 13, 2007 at at 2:08 PM 1 comments  

Well, it's finally here. Monday afternoon Bret got the call that his car was in. That meant the kids and I got to drive him down to Roseville to pick it up. Needless to say....he's a happy boy!!! Last night he took me out to dinner so that I could ride in it for the first time. He even let me drive it home! : ) Yeah, a ticket is not far in his future!! He he!!

Posted in: on Thursday, January 11, 2007 at at 5:34 PM 0 comments