Lots of stuff...

The American Idol concert ROCKED!!! I had such a great time with Rocio! We didnt' take pictures because neither of us brought cameras. Can you freakin' believe it?

The Davids and Michael Johns were my favorites!! WOWSERS were they good!! I screamed like a crazy school girl!! LOL

Syesha sounded spectacular! One of her songs was, Listen by Beyonce and WOW! She worked it!Jason was so stinkin' adorable and sounded really good!

I loved Brooke! Didn't forget the lyrics and she was great!

Carly was like WOW! What a voice.

Kristy was good. I loved it when she sang, "God bless the USA".

Chikezi sounded awesome but I didn't like his song choices.

Ramiele was my least favorite but she has a good voice.

Can't wait for the next season to start!

I'm excited for My Little Shoebox!! We have been preparing for CHA for a while now. We leave for Chicago next week. I am sooooo not looking forward to the weather. We have a lot of new stuff coming out. Including...

We are getting ready for the Garage Sale this weekend. Lots of our customers are going to be selling new and used items. It's going to be wild!

If you are in the area, it's this Saturday and Sunday. 12pm-2pm both days. It's free. Cash only.

I think that's everything. Have a great weekend!!!

Hugs, Suzy

Jeremy is 14 today!!

I got up this morning and Jeremy was already up and getting ready to go to summer school. I looked up at him and I swear I felt like he grew about 5 inches this morning.

Right before my eyes was a young man and I kid you not I felt my heart melt. He's just so stinkin' sweet and adorable and as cute as can be. I am so lucky to have him as a son.

Tonight we are going to celebrate at Red Lobster so he can get his favorite meal...A LOBSTER!

Happy birthday sweetie!! I love ya!

I'm going to see NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!! (I'm a dork...I'm soooo NOT)....

Man I thought I had nothing to blog about...yeah I do.
I'm going to see NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK tonight!!! I am sooooo freaking excited!!!!
I'm going with my gal pal, Rocio!!! It's going to be fun!
Hugs
Suzy

EDIT:
Wow, I need sleep! LOL I'm not going to see new kids on the block tonight (seeing them in October)

I'm going to see................AMERICAN IDOL!!!! yippeeee!!!!!

Yeah, I know. I'm a dork. LOL

Hugs
Suzy

yesterday...

Yesterday we went to Santana Row to celebrate Chrsitian's birthday. (Yup another birthday). LOL We love to go there! It's so beautiful and the shops are gorgeous!! Here are a few of the pictures taken. They have live bands, farmers markets, and it's just an awesome vibe that you feel when you are there. If you are ever in the area, you need to go there.

My parents who LOVE to take pictures.

One of the streets
A place to play chess. Yup that big set is for playing too.
Angel looking beautiful.
My parents again. :)
My family.
An area that we like to hang out at.
My sweet Sierra
Thanks for looking, big hugs

Suzy West

Sierra's 7!!!

I'm just a little late in posting Sierra's pictures. She turned 7 on the 4th of July! We got up early that morning, sang, made cupcakes, opened presents, and went over to my parents house.
Everyone was there, we celebrated, ate food, and then headed out to Jack London Square. We watched a fantastic firework show while sitting right in front of the water. In the background was the Golden Gate bridge. It was a perfect night and Sierra had a "blast!"
Sierra asked for just a couple of things for her birthday. One of things she wanted was a camera. She didn't want a kid one, she wanted a "REAL" one. So we got her a little camera. She LOVES it!! She's taken a lot of pictures.

Here are some of the shots that I took of her and below are some of the pictures she took!! She's got a great eye. I didn't see these until I uploaded them today with her.

Here are some that she took. She says she wants to put them up on her wall.

Angel's half way there!!

I am getting pretty excited! Angel's turning 20 weeks this week. She is half way there to having another little one in her arms.

We are so thrilled for her little family. They are so truly happy and can't wait for this baby to come. Tanner kisses Angel's tummy and it's so cute!

She had such scary first months thinking she lost the baby. When she found out that she was still pregnant she was already three months so it's gone by pretty fast.

We can't wait til' the 10th to find out what's she having. I think it's a girl. I'll be thrilled either way but if she has a little girl, oh goodness, we are soooo in trouble.

I'll keep you gals posted, so check back to find out. In the mean time, what do YOU think she's having?

Hugs, Suzy West

Not 1...not 2...not 3...but FOUR tickets!

Dang I'm screwed!! LOL Okay so I haven't got a ticket for the LONGEST time!! I'm talking super long time. I've been pulled over several times in those years but I've talked my way out of them.
So how do I talk myself out of a freakin' camera???? Oh yeah, I can't!! Dang it! I didn't even know the camera was there.
So here's the story:

I have things going on all the time, so I'm on the phone ALL the time. Well even if I don't have something going on, I half to call Erin to tell her I saw a tree. LOL
anyway, I was turning right on central and didn't stop...four times...in four weeks....so I got four tickets. Didn't know this, because I didnt' see the camera.

I got the first ticket....I found out because Paul called me...having a COW! I told him I thought it was a mistake. He told me to go online to watch myself driving.

I could NOT stop laughing....there's the video of me yapping away like a canary...I get to central and don't stop...not even a little! I just fly through there.

Next week...another ticket...not so funny...I see the video, Copy and paste the sentence above to know what I was doing.

The third ticket....(copy paste story...again) and now I'm freaking! Paul needs therapy over this.

Fourth...yeah....I am in TROUBLE!!!! Paul is coming home....so not happy. Crap, I better be nice...maybe I should make him his favorite meal...crap, I don't cook and don't have time to try to learn. I'll take him out. He comes home. Drops the ticket on the bed and walks out of the room. yeah...I'm screwed!

So I didn't realize not to do that until I had gotten all the tickets. Yeah, I know. I should have stopped. Now, I won't even drive down Central. It scares me. LOL
I DO stop at all or almost all of the stop signs. I'm trying and think I'm doing a lot better.

oh....and I'm going to see the judge over them. Let's see if I can reduce the amount I have to pay.
Here's to hoping.

Hugs
Suzy

Tanner Day....again

We've been celebrating Tanner's birthday....A LOT!LOL He's so stinkin' cute so it doesn't matter, except yesterday was sooooo exhausting that I came home, got to bed around 8pm and didn't get out of it until this morning. We first went to the Little Gym where he had "the kids party". A lot of our friends were there and they played and played. We had a blast!

Here are a few pictures from the party.






After Little Gym we decided to go to Red Lobster and while driving I saw Pattie's family driving in front and behind me. We waved, they turned down one street and I continued on and turned on another. When I got there, who do I see? Pattie and her family. They were eating there too. LOL We all ate together and celebrated Christiane's and her wonderful husbands 40th anniversary. It was so nice!

Christiane and her family
Okay so after lunch with this beautiful family, we went to Lake Elizabeth and the kids played...and played...and played!! Here are a few shots from the park.

Hugs, Suzy West

My weekend with Becky Fleck and the gang

I dropped Becky off at the airport this morning at 5am. The poor gal got in the car and was EXHAUSTED from one of the most CRAZY nights ever! We laughed soooooo freaking much that I had to warn the girls to stop for a moment as I was worried I would crash!LOL
It was Erin (enough said), Rocio, Janice, Pattie, Becky, and I.
We had been at the store all day working, playing, teaching, etc and went to Pier 39 when the store closed.
Okay so I parked right by Pier 39 and walked all the way up to Giradelli Square. For what? ICE CREAM!! We laughed (Erin and I SNORTED) soooo hard getting me and my crazy knee up there. We laughed(snorted) over ice cream, we laughed(snorted) over Jersey cows, we laughed(snorted) over Erin's shoes, we laughed(snorted) over EVERYTHING. I swear you could have said the word PLATE and we would have cracked up like maniacs.
Anyway, poor Becky had to deal with our insanity....but by the end of the night.....and I laugh just thinking of this....BECKY SNORTED TOO!LOL
OMG I will never forget Saturday night. As I told Becky this morning on the way to the airport, I am so lucky to have friends that I can have soooo much fun with that I go home in pain from laughing so much!!!!
Becky thanks for being such an awesome person and laughing with us til' YOUR stomache and jaw hurt! SNORT

Pictures to scrap

So I've caught the scrapping bug ever since I switched to 8.5x11. I think I've scrapped over 50 pages believe or not. I've been dying to get the pictures of Rocio and I in Vegas for a concert and she finally gave them to me last night!! YIPPPEEE! I'm getting some printed to scrap this weekend. These are some of my most favorite photos of our trip.