Western States Police Olympics

Big daddy Mike won a gold medal...no big deal!!. He competed in the 2009 Western States Police & Fire Games in Valencia, in BJJ Submission Grappling. He had to cut some weight.... just 50 pounds!! He is so happy with this goal. His weight class was 169.9 and under. Here're some pics of the big day. We were able to go with him, Grandpas Jerry & Sharon and Amy came too. It was very stressful for the family to watch but he did OK and he is so glad he won.

This is the "Big John McCarthy" gym where he fought:

A day before the fights:

Weighing himself:

And his weight!!

Muscles dude:

And the fight:

Ceremony of medals:

Mike and his buddy Jason (he won Gold Medal in his weigh class too)

The most important guests:

My 2009 Sporty kids.....

9 year All Star Right Outfielder :)

11 yrs. All Star Pitcher..

Softball Outfielder..

Softball 1st. base

Hitting a fast baseball..

and pitching again..

Kyle & Kenia

Brandon is a Deacon !!

Brandon is 12 yrs. old!! and got the Priesthood. He is a Deacon now and he enjoys SO much serving the Lord on Sundays when he passes the Sacrament. To celebrate his Bday we had a BBQ at home with family and friends. Here some pics of that afternoon...

Grandpas.... we love to have them in our house

This is me working on that homemade ice-cream

swimmers..

4 generations here. The youngest is 12 and the oldest 82 yrs. old (Can you see how skinny is my husband???)

Grandpas Jerry and Sharon .....Brandon is sooooo grateful for your present

and here is his dream-present:

can you tell that he is happy???

Brandon's friends....

hot girls..

and time for diving..

Final School Project

Third Grade 09 with Washington School on the background (1st school built in KTown)

Swedish pancakes!!

Francine and Kyle's last project for School was about the city of Kingsburg which was founded by Swedish people. They had to visit various important places of the city and they had to choose a citizen who's lived many years in Kingsburg. They picked Grandpas, so below are some pics of their work, Grandpas house in K. They bought it for $21,000!!! in 1967.

Tea pot:

The famous Swedish Dala Horse

This is a 100 yrs old building: