Fall is in the air

This weekend here in California feels like fall. We have had a very mild summer and this past week the heat has been showing its face. But this weekend we had beautiful weather and makes me want fall to be here. But before that happens I will share all our summer events.

Summer was super busy like aways. We had Wyatt down for a month. It went by so fast and we had great family time. We went to the beach, disneyland, universal studios, medival times, Utah, and Yellowstone. But most of all we were together as a family and it was wonderful.

I have mentioned in past posts about my Grandpa and his failing health. This summer he really took a turn for the worst. He was put back in the hopsital and he was not getting better. He finally said he has had enough. He no longer wanted dialysis. He did not want to be touched, he didn't want to eat. He just wanted to go home and be a peace his last days on this earth. So we all went along with his wishes. On Monday August 2nd he was discharged from the hospital and went home. He was set up with a team of hospice. He was at peace, he was home. All the family came to see him all week to visit. As the week progressed he got weaker and weaker. On Friday August 6th most of the family here in California went to see him. We felt like we needed to go that night to see him. He was so weak that he slept through all the noise of the family. I think he was at peace with everyone around. Sometime early morning Saturday August 7th he passed away in his sleep. He was at peace, he fought a good fight with his health. He was loved so much by family and friends, it was his time to return home to Heavenly Father and be out of his pain. We had a funeral in his honor on Wednesday August 11th. I love my wonderful Grandpa! I have such great memories of growing up and he is in most of them. My summers were filled with swimming in his pool, he was a great swim coach. The summer before I tried out for the high school swim team I was in his pool everyday with him coaching me and timing me. My main swimming event in High School was the 500 freestyle that is 50 laps in the pool. I did that event with ease. I had to swim hundreds of laps in my grandpas pool before he would let me take a break. He was a great man and I am so glad for the great memories I have. I am greatful that we had so much time with him this past year. Taking him to dialysis some times felt like a chore or a hastle but the time that Shane and I were able to spend with him was priceless.

Carries Birthday

Carries Birthday was this Friday, and I wanted to do something fun for her. She went out with her mom to get pedicures, so I hit the town with a vengance. I ended up at four different stores picking up the supplies (and looking for a red and white checkered tablecloth which I never found). I got home and began cooking. I made Caribbean Jerk Chicken, grilled lobster tails in a garlic butter sauce, and crab salad. We then had a little picnic on our living room floor. Gucci even got his own place, and he sat politely at his plate the entire meal! We had a great time, and good food.
I am very fortunate to have such a great wife. I am a difficult person to put up with, but she somehow does, and still loves me. Happy birthday sweetheart. I love you!!!!!!

World of Color. First show!

Countdown to the first show, and we have tickets.

Here are the Pictures I shot at World of Color. We had tickets to the first public showing. It was great, worth seeing again.

Waiting for the show to begin!

Its Buzz and Woody!

Oh no, Evil Emperor Zurg!!

A little romance for the women!

Oh yes, there were pyrotechnics!!!!!!!!!

Life!!

Well it feels like summer here in California! I am loving the weather. Shane has been working really hard on his business and keeping really busy. We hardly see each other with my 8-5 schedule and his photography jobs being on the weekend and at night sometimes. We are also still taking my grandpa to dialysis 3 days a week. We did have the opportunity to meet up last Friday for a date night. We went to the new water show at the Disney's California Adventure Park. It is called World of Color and it was great. We waiting hours to see the show and I loved it. I am a huge Disney fan and it didn't disappoint me at all.
With all the good in our life with jobs, family, and church we still have our trials. Since they are my trials they seem huge. Our most recent happened yesterday. I was having Shane come to my office to have a cleaning and on his way his engine in his BMW died!! It is very sad to say the least. Not sure what we are going to do! But we will figure it out and it will be okay!!!
We are excited to have Wyatt come in 33 days! We are counting down. I am also excited for my birthday in 16 days. I am getting old but I still love my birthday. I think because we always celebrate it on 4th of July. It a big celebration with my family. It's my special day! Everyone likes that. I will post pictures from World of Color soon.

Summer is here!!

I love summer! Not only because my birthday is in the summer, I just love the warm weather. It is getting really warm here lately. I came home today from work and Shane had the air conditioning going. I grew up in a house where we only ran the air if it was a super hot day at least over 100. I love the warm fresh air with the windows opens.
We have had a busy fun week. We started the week with Memorial Day. That was so nice to have an extra day off. We had a pool party and bbq over at our place. It was fun but Shane told me I can never have a party again. I made him rearrange the furniture on Sunday night and he was not happy with me. I am one of those people where things have to look perfect to me to be happy. It was the first time some of the family was seeing our new place and I needed things to be perfect. It turned out great! I wish I had pictures to share but I misplaced the battery charger to my camera and so I have to rely on Shane to take all the pictures until I find it.
After the party Shane took off to Carlsbad for the rest of the week. I left work tuesday night and drove down there and spend the night with him. He was shooting pictures for the California Senior games. He was shooting pickleball all week. It was fun for him. I love Carlsbad. It is close to the ocean and beautiful. So glad I got to spend one night down there. I would of loved to spend more but I had to take grandpa to dialysis since Shane was gone and of course work.
My grandpa is doing alittle better. We are still taking him to dialysis 3 days a week. He goes in to surgery on the 17th of June and then we will see from there. He will probably be back in the nursing facility for a few more week and then go home. If all goes well with the surgery.
Shane has had a busy week like I mentioned with being in Carlsbad. Then tonight he is gone to another event shooting a 45th wedding aniversary. Next week he goes back to shooting more graduations. He is shooting nine graduations total. June is a busy month. Then the middle of July we have Wyatt coming to visit for a month. We are so excited to see him. This has been one of the longest times we have spent without seeing him.
I will try to post pictures soon of all the fun things we are doing. I am sure all this text is boring. But we are doing good and enjoying the summer weather.

I have an awesome husband!!!

I am so proud of Shane! He is really doing everything possible to make his photography business work. He is running 2 parts of the business. One is Thompson Photography and that is for weddings and events in color photo's. He just started a new part of the business called Shades of Grey. That is higher price photography all in balck and white.
This weekend he has had 3 calls for photography jobs. One is a wedding for next weekend, one is for an anniversary party on June 5th and the last one is for a birthday pool party at a big house in Corona on June 12th. Nothing is set in stone yet. He is gone right now to meet with the bride and groom for next weeks wedding. But everything sounds really good. If he gets all three it would be great.
Shane is such a great husband and I pray everyday things really take off for his photography business. He loves it so much and I believe that you should be able to do what you love and make money doing it! He trys so hard to make things work for us. Most of the time he has really bad luck and things just don't work out the way he plans, but I hope for him this does.
Other than that we have had a busy week. I worked alot of hours and Shane spend most of his week running my grandpa to dialysis or the doctors. My grandpa had a bad week. He was sick alot and some days Shane would get there and he would not want to go to dialysis and they had to reschedule his doctors appointment one day. This made for Shane having to do alot of extra driving. But again Shane is such an awesome husband. One day he had to clean my grandpa up after dialysis, he had an accident while in dialysis. Also on friday my grandpa was not feeling well and didn't want to go to dialysis, Shane stayed with him for a while and talked with him and helped to cheer him up. Yesterday I went along and when Shane left the car to go get a wheelchair my grandpa turned around and said that I had a good man. I do have a good man!
I love you Shane! I am so happy to be married to you! You make life exciting. You take good care of me and my family. Whenever someone needs something you are there with a helping hand. You always ask me why I love you and why I stay married to you, these are a few of the reasons why!!!

We have been so busy! About a month ago my grandpa went into the hospital. It looked like he was not going to make it. So we all rush up to see him and I wish that day I would not of went. My grandpa was not in the right frame of mind and he was talking crazy and it has flooded my mind with the memory of that day since. But as grandpa usually does, he has got alittle better and has been moved to a nursing facility. Shane has been great and has stepped in and is taking him to dialysis three days a week. The first night was hard for my grandpa and Shane. He had to basically pick him up to move him from the car to wheelchair. At the nursing facility they are working with him and he has physical therapy two times a day. It is helping him to get a little stronger. I wish they would of done this when he was in the hospital. They let him sit or lay in bed for a month. No wonder he has no strength in his legs!

Other than that, I had my friend Becky and her family come out to California for a visit. I had not seen her in over 12 years. We just got reconnected on facebook a few months back. That was nice to catch up with her.

Micheal just had his 10th birthday last weekend. We went miniture golfing and then a bbq and party for him at my parents house. I think he had a great time! I can't believe it has been 10 years, time does go by so fast.

Shane and I have a quite weekend plan at home. Nothing exciting going on. Sounds so good to me! I feel like I run run run all week. Then every weekend we have a ton of things planned. Nice I have one quite weekend. I do have a surprsie date night planned for Shane tomorrow. Sunday we are going to church with my mom and then going to my parents for dinner afterwards to celebrate Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mothers out there!!