ELLE

Five months old, she may be walking at nine months ...

BLAINE'S QUAD

This is just the first installment at the age of two years, 11 months ... his electric quad, tomorrow a mini bike if Dad has his way (lol)

JET'S NEW TRICK

ELLE & HER MOM

Michelle with Elle, just turned five months

BLAINE PUTTING

He is 2 years 10 months old here ... check out his cut down putter

BRIAN & HIS KIDS

Brian, Elle & Blaine, 10/31/09 Blaine 2 1/2, Elle 4 months

BRIAN

Where has the time gone ... started him playing tennis at the age of 10

ADRIAN FLAG FOOTBALL

This is my grand nephew Adrian. A thrill for me to see him play ball

PAT & BRIAN

My son Brian and Pat Crow have been best friends and tennis doubles partners since they were ten years old. Still competing 33 years later

BLAINE

Blaine is growing up

1ST DAY OF SCHOOL 8/2009

Colby & Danae, we've got some handsome kids in our family

KINDERGARTEN

Lizza first day of kindergarten, august 09

JET DOES FRISBEE

Here is my fantasy fulfilled ... Jet does it all ...

BRUNO

t This is my sisters Rottweiller ... there is a picture way below when he was a pup. Log rolling is what Bruno does for "fun."

CELESTE

This is my nephews daughter, age 6 ... let's give her a shout out ... she just finished kindergarten with perfect attendance ...

CONNOR SNORING

Connor taking a noon siesta

LIZZA AND MOM

Lizza and Onica

Jet Turns Three

This beautiful shot of Jet taken by Cindy Sumners, a great photographer, a great friend, taken June 2009

Jets Box Turn

Home Away From Home

Anyone in AZ wanting to know where I am hiding, well, here I am ... Lindsay, CA ... this 30 foot travel travel has been perfect living for me and the four dogs for a couple of months ... Even with this rural setting, I still have TV and internet, cool !!!

A Sad Sad Day

Lizza's devoted cattle dog Jack had to be put down June 26. He broke his front leg so severely running on the ranch that the two surgeries required to put in pins and remove pins plus rehabilitation would have been more than this high energy dog could have understood. We are all taking it so hard and continue to cry over him. Jack could be a pill at times, but his unending devotion to Lizza made him so unique. We loved you Jack and miss you terribly.

Grandson Blaine

Picture of Blaine, 2 1/2, brother to Elle below. He says Happy 4th of July 2009.

Elle Lyn Barry

My granddaughter Elle. One hour old .. in her mothers arms ... I was blessed to be at the hospital while she was being born; Tuesday, June 23, 2009 around 11:45 am. Weighed in around 7 lbs 11 oz. Nice size girl, huh !! .. Thank you Michelle for this beautiful healthy girl ...

LIZZA

This is my grandniece Lizza ... the love of everyone

AT THE RANCH

Lizza and Max (one of my four dogs) .... This picture was taken last summer at the Ranch in Lindsay, CA. Max allows Lizza to play with him like a baby doll and she had blankets she was covering him up with ... Max is a Certified Therapy Dog

SUMMER PARADISE

This is where I head for every summer ... My sisters 5 acres in central California ... My dogs think this is heaven ... I try to overdose on kids ... Adrians three, Jon's two, Onica's one, and then I'm only 3 hours from So. CA and Brian's family ... can't wait ........

ITS A GIRL !!

Baby #2 will be here June 23 ...
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GREAT GENES

I had to share this photo with everyone. This is my mother (in the middle) with her sister Mary and brother Emil. All three passed away within the last year. Mary, the most recent just a few days ago. Would you believe they were all in their 90's ... Emil 95, Margaret 93, and Mary 99. There is still one sister named Anna living in Pennsylvania; she may be around 90. Just a remarkable fete that only the rest of us could hope for !!!

JON'S FAMILY

(left to right) Danae, Jon, Liz & Colby, my sisters son and family ... this is one of the coolest families you would ever want to meet ....

CHRISTMAS 07

I was reviewing this picture and decided to post it ... this is my whole family, other than my husband who couldn't deal with seeing my mother like this ... as it turned out, this was the last Christmas we had with her, 9 months later she passed away (in wheelchair) at the age of 93.

OH NO !

Ok, check out this empty field ... I am there mid Feb. 09 with four of my dogs. 3 of them are eating grass and I am doing long ball throws with jet for conditioning. Animal Control shows up ... Whoops she throws the book at me - 8 counts ... no current dog license, all dogs off leash - that is called "dogs at large" .... guess what the Maricopa County has as a penalty for this crime ... 2nd degree misdeamnor .. maximum sentence 6 months in jail, $750 per count (a little over the top, wouldn't you say). 1st court appearance judge tells me what the sentence can be, sets 2nd court appearance for meeting with the prosecutor. Tells me there are 8 counts against me. On the seventh week after the initial citation, I have the 2nd court appearance and as Bob & I sit in court waiting for my name to be called by the prosecutor ... I am armed with all the dogs CGC's, CD, their flyball titles, max's certified therapy badge; My luck, I get this really really nice prosecutor, he has my history pulled up on the computer sitting on this desk, I lay out on his desk all the papers I brought to show that my dogs were not at large, that they indeed were under voice control, as if this would help ... Prosecutor opens up by asking had we seen the original animal control report ... I say no, Bob & I run our eyes real fast down the sheet. Animal Control thought I was sarcastic in some of the things I said, but other then that it was better than I thought it was. Guess she didn't here me swear as I got back into my van that day (lol) Anyway, prosecutor had to be impressed by the squeaky clean background he found, had to be impressed with all the dogs titles ... he finally goes, what if I give you six months probation and you donate $100 to the SPCA. Wow, thats it ... after sucking on Royale Crown for seven weeks trying to stay calm .... Of course, I now have to stay out of empty fields for the next six months then my name will be cleared ...