Holiday fun- 2009

Cal, Jill and Lilly being cute after playing in the snow ... WOW what a snow storm


Cal with Lilly- Jill with Cooper- the two newest members of the Mathison house in 2009




Jill's sweet letter to Santa :)




Dog training Kit for Cal from Jill- Poor Lilly :)


Tim's favorite present of the night is always "As seen on TV" Jill and I look for the best gadget out there... He loves to wash his Car, so this gift was a big hit !!
Even though he was excited for last years gift " Sham Wow" He gave it only 2 stars out of 4.... we shall see how this one does...

Home from the Hospital

I am home from back surgery. I had my L5 fused. That is the bottom disk in your spine. I added a picture of the spine below with some of the different problems that can occur. evidently my L5 disk had exploded according to my Doctor and was in 3 pieces. I also managed to have a bone spur down there too. I am not sure why my back is in such bad shape- but I'm glad to be home and doing better now. the pain that was radiating down my leg into my foot is gone... whew! but the incision pain is making up for lost time ! OMG the doc must have had a party in my stomach before he sewed me up... I hear it is a lot like C-section pain. So that is the latest scoop.

Cal is playing basketball- Jill is getting ready for her meet on Dec 13th and I am in recovery- Tim is being Tim...
We are planning to head t Arkansas for Thanksgiving if my body will cooperate.

Holloween 2009

Bonnie and Jim... and Bonnie (the clown) and Jim... bonnie walked into the party and said " "Hey! you're me! " now that's funny..



other funny costumes...
Dog the bounty hunter and his Wife
Jill the Candy corn witch, and Cal the blind Ref
Bonnie and Jim Glover the 2nd generation

Fun time on Holloween this year.... Football game Friday then party at the Glover's, trick or treating on Saturday after the Jr. Monarch basketball game with the Chick Family.

The new Puppy - Lilly

Lilly and Jill bonding


Lilly with her brothers and sisters


Look at that face !! so sweet...


Loves to have her tummy rubbed
Hello new family...I'm gong to run you ragged !!
Lilly


We picked up the new puppy Friday after the football game ... It's Sunday am and i have not gotten much sleep...she likes to snuggle... so when she wakes up and finds she is alone she FREAKS ! then she sees you and snuggles in and all is good in the world. but when you look at that face you can only wonder who could resist ???

39th birthday at Kobe with the Paschal's

Amy Paschal and I at Kobe...3 years ago we were in Paris ....mmmmm not quite the same


Tim and Me at Kobe....


Cal, Chloe, Jeff, Julia and Jill in the Mall at Regency after dinner


Fun action with the Japanese Chef... He had the kids rolling


Cal and Jill being sweet for a moment :)

Good times with friends

Jr. Monarch basketball Mom's 4 some... we had a blast golfing that day... lots of laughs from Amy Pashcal, Me, Amy Kalina, Corrine Dougherty



Jill and her friends, Chloe, Julia, Gabby and cooper the cat.



Cal with Jeffery and Colin before a Monarch game- Cal is still the smallest, but he is growing !!

Future Monarch players- Cal Colin and Max at the Football game. Monarchs WIN!

Homecoming 2009

Deb Leif and I " Chaperones" of the dance

Do they look like they are having fun?? wow were they wild !!


Could not get over how packed it was...


4 of my Senior Cheerleaders...Lauren, Lexus,Sarah, Nicole

Me and Lex

Art for Gilbert

This is the painting i did for Steph Gilberts new house... it is sort of a mix between Georgia O'keefe and Mexican ARt :)

Like this purple flower...but then....


Painted the Green one..and liked that one better... then went back and forth.... this is why I don't paint...I'm never satisfied!!



This is the final product hanging in Gilbert's house now...

Back to school !!

Tim and the kids on the front porch



whole Family First day of School 2009
Cal 6th Grade Jill 3rd grade



Cal and Mom


My little cheerleader Jillybean

BMOC Cal the big 6th grader looking out for little sis.

Jill and Dylann

Our cousin's were here from Arkansas to visit so we had some fun at the pool and then went fishing !! ( Cal's pick)

Fishing at Papio Duck pond... they had fun fishing with chicken livers ( yuck)
Tony and Jordan ( she had to put the bait on for the boys they didn't like the feel of the livers ...)


Toothless Dylann at the Pool ...


Jill -8 and Jordan-11 bathing beauties

Summer Vacation

Cal LOVES to fish... this is a CAT fish !! Mom thinks it's gross, Cal thinks it's pretty cool...

Deanne, Michelle, Jen, Me, and Lori ready for a great night out in Myrtle Beach..GREAT sea food...


Cal and Jill in the bumper boats and Noah's Ark in Wis. Dells.


These are the two rides Jill was afraid of last year and this year LOVED :) the big one is called Point of no return

Lots of fun so far this summer... Went to Wisconsin to see Grandpa Chudy, Spent the first day at Noah's Ark in the Dells, which is a few miles down the road... the kids love it there.... then the kids stayed with Grandpa and Debbie for 5 days and had lots of new adventures in the country. Cal caught 45 fish !! and Jill was able to fly Grandpa's airplane and finally got her Wings with the EAA and is an official Young Eagle.
I went to Myrtle Beach with my friends from Illinois that I grew up with.. this was our 9th year meeting and it was the best yet!!
as you can see GREAT times so far this summer... and only a few weeks left... Summer goes WAY too fast. Cal is headed to Creighton Basketball Camp tomorrow for the week, so there will be more fun times for him there ...

4th of July 2009 No sun but still fun

tubing at Kobe's cabin Jill and Kate 8


Eli and Cal

Cal's first fish of the Day.. many more to come !!



We went out to Brian Koblers Cabin for the day with Pam and Steve Mathison and family, Andy and Kim Gues, Meffy, Abe and the boys and a few other families. Very fun even if the sun never came out... here are some photo's of the day.