CONGRATS HUBBIN!

Zach just got hired on with one of the best Security companies. He starts his process on Monday for paper work, uniform, etc. He will be an armed gaurd looking sexy (might I add) in his patrol unit keeping all those HOA (CONclaves hehe inside joke) homes safe. He will be POST certified in the next 6 months which in lammos terms means he is pretty much a Police Officer. The starting pay is what we needed and the growth at the company is great. This is the stepping stone we have been waiting for! CONGRATS HUBBIN ON YOUR HARD WORK FINALLY PAYING OFF!!!

Oh, and I got a job also... nothing much, just 8 hours a week. The hourly pay is high enough to make the low hours worth it. Most importantly, its a job I love to do and doesn't make me go crazy inside. :0)

Ashes Ashes We All Fall Down!

For those of you who have been happily living under a rock this past week, La Crescenta is on FIRE!!! I've been told this is worse then the fire back in 1977. La Crescenta, La Canada, Tujunga and upwards of Acton/Agua Dulce are all set a flame. Details can be found all over the web and nighttime news, but I thought I'd share a few pictures. Our house is fine, obviously.... we are below Montrose. Two of my friends are in the evacuation zone but both are fine and mostly likely will continue to be fine (just precautions). Scottie will NOT be starting school tomorrow as planned because of the air quality being so horrible. This past weekend, the news stated the fire will be going beyond this week, so school might be delayed for awhile. I'd rather have my little man breathing good though then worry about school at this point.

ALSO, before we get to the pictures, Scott HAS gotten advanced scores on his STAR testing last year. His scores are high enough to get into the GATE program for 4th grade. He will be taking the Olsats in a few months which will be the determining test for his official acceptance. HOWEVER, the school has informed me that they do NOT have the budget for GATE this year!!!! Can you believe it? I have been waiting 4 years of elementary school for this moment. I couldn't wait to pass down my grade school smarts over to my little man. He definatly deserves it and now the schools are so poor that it's not even an option for him! :0( So very dissapointed. They said they will be trying to offer "something" for the kids this year, but who knows what that will be.

LASTLY, I got a job this past month as a Marketing Distributor. Long story short, I fix shelves for our contracted companies and make sure everything is up to par on their scematics (map of where things are supposed to go on the shelves). MY store will be located at Frys in Burbank. Only a few hours a week but good hourly pay. Something to do while Scottie's in school. Enough to cover monthly groceries. :0) haha

NOW, moving on to the photos.... enjoy! (but not too much... those are homes and business's in jeapordy remember)

Smoke viewed all the way out in Northridge!


View from Ralphs/Church area in La Crescenta..... Yes, it IS that low!


FIRE FIRE FIRE

Ah, Nature.... or is it AHHHHHH Nature!!!!

Stupid chirping birds get REALLY annoying at 5 o'clock in the morning every day. I decided to see what all the commotion was about and when I did... I just couldn't get mad at them anymore.... well as long as she's making the nest for babies.... cause if it's just laziness and a place to rest then she can move her lil birdie butt somewhere else!!! Oh and Daddy Birdie brings her a new twig every ten minutes or so.... so cute!!!!

Never too old for big Legos!

So, I woke up yesterday and Scottie was playing with his Legos. He wakes up about an hour before everyone else, so he finds silly ways to entertain himself. This is what he made....






A fast food drive through... complete with cash register. (Note: Spanglish speaking immigrant not included... go ahead... call me prejudice... see if I care. haha)

Rocking out for Sports Day!

I guess wearing riding pants and boots all day wouldn't have been comfortable.... but hey, mis-matching still counts. :0)

GATE program here we come......

So, I came home tonight after spending the day with the Seester and found that Scottie had some papers in his backpack waiting for me. I pulled it out and surprise surprise... it's his Reading Benchmark scores. Though I can't say that I am shocked.... I am unbelievably proud of my Lil Scottie Man!!! There are no words for the joy I have in my heart to have raised such a smarty. I feel like parading him through town and showing his scores off to the world!!!! Now, Scottie always scores in the advanced category on testing, but it is also so easy for him to get distracted.... so a perfect score is hard to reach. So, when I saw this, I was unbelievably excited with his work. The beginning year test had a score of 93% so I can tell that his test taking scores have improved. AND, this is the first year Scott has tested with his own class. The years before, he had been excused to the office to test alone.

SCOTTIE, MOMMA IS SO PROUD OF THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE THIS YEAR! YOU ARE AMAZING!

sorry I can't get the picture any larger.... trust me I'd blow it up and post it on an entire side of the house if I could :0)

Iron Circus by Metal Mulisha

I took Zach out to see a freestyle moto show this past Saturday as an early Father's Day gift.


Zach dressed from head to toe in nothing but Metal Mulisha gear!


We waited in line for autographs for what seemed like years haha (can you spot my Metal Mulisha fanatic Hubbin?)


Zach getting autograph


SMILE!


Zach goes "oooooooh bike" hehe


The landing ramp