Ashley's Birthday Dinner

Double Date with the Ratliffs

We went out on a breakfast date today with our dear friends Craig & Kathy. We've known them for over 16 years and love them dearly. We went on our double date to Grandville Cafe in the new Americana in Glendale, in order to celebrate Chris' birthday. (Though we are closer to Craigs birthday now-Yeah, we get to get together again real soon.)

It was a beautiful day for breakfast on a patio with good friends, strolling around the outdoor garden, shopping, and visiting. We love Craig & Kathy so much and love spending time with them!

My Health

Thank you to all who have continued to check up on me and have been praying. I'm glad to write that I have wonderful news to share with all of you! The Lord has blessed me and I have not been numb in over 4 weeks...today! I am only seeing my chiropractor once a week, instead of 3 times a week. I started working out 3 days a week and as of June 2, I'm up to 5 days a week! (Thank you Julie for your love, encouragment, and singing!!!--I have it on tape!!!) I really believe that with weight loss, regular exercise and seeing my chiro as needed, (...oh yeah,...and if I stop falling down) I can continue to have full feeling in my leg, fingers & neck, Lord willing of course. I will continue to keep you posted with any other changes (if any). So please continue to pray for me and my health!

I love you all! ~~Georg

June, June, June...my busy June!

Well, let me just start out by saying that June is (was) a VERY BUSY month for us here at the Hoglo Home! So, I thought it would jus be easier to post it all at the end of the month, which is what I am attempting to do right now. We started the month with two Birthdays, one 52nd Anniversary, Father's Day, Promotion, a Book Sale, Tuesdys at the Pool, swim lessons, a trip to Magic Mountain and an nice visit from the Worlds Greatest Brother! (He's cute too!) We had a blast just hanging out with family and celebrating the lives that the Lord has blessed us with! I hope you enjoy the slide shows!

~~ Georg

PS...My boys & I earned free tickets to Magic Mountain, through a reading program in February this year! They are wonderful readers and I could NOT be prouder of them!

My little brother...

Magic Mountain I

Magic Mountain II

Promotions

June 13th was "Promotions". That is when our kids move from one grade to the next.

Our support group Lighthouse, did a wonderful job. We are very honored and grateful to be a part of such a special group of ladies & families who not only believe in homeschooling but support our endeavor ~ The Lord has richly blessed us!

Celebrating Birthday's & A 52nd Anniversary!

June 6th, we went to the Red Robin to celebrate Chris' birthday 6/4,

my mother in law's birthday6/5, and my in-law's 52 wedding anniversary6/4.

We had a nice time going out to lunch. Those of you who know me know that any meal I don't have to cook is not only appreciated but D E L I C I O U S!

HAPPY 47th BIRTHDAY CHRIS !

We celebrated Chris' birthday today. The boys wrapped up some old toys and an old cell phone (with A LOT of tape) and gave them to Chris for his birthday. I helped them bake his cake and write on it, they did a great job...if I may say so myself.

We took him out to lunch, he got his hair cut where they gave him the special MVP treatment on the house. Then we gave him the rest of his presents. We also celebrated my in-laws 52nd wedding anniversary, so it was a day FULL of celebrations, what joy!

We Love the Zoo!

OK, so I'm a little behind in my posting...
We (Wyatt, Lukas & me) went to the zoo on Thrusday, May 29th with my friend Patti and her 5 kids, Grace, Faith, Victoria, Ethan & Calvin. We had a wonderful time. The weather was perfect and the kids got along great! Wyatt & Grace and Lukas & Faith became the best of friends and all Patti & I could do was laugh! Kids are so funny!

HOW TIME FLIES!

Tagged by Lauren AGAIN!!!

WHAT I WAS DOING 20 YEARS AGO (MAY 1988)
Turning 20, I was wild and wreckless, so no doubt I was up to no good and won't get into specifics. (notice the date isn't as specific as Laurens dates are ... my dates are blurry).
Please note that this was 11 years before I knew the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior!

WHAT I WAS DOING 15 YEARS AGO (MAY 1993)
Started skydiving w/my best bud Karin (I call her Kar-bear) and met the love of my life, Christopher John Hoglo! (I have over 300 skydives & my hubby has over 1,500) this was a sport for us, NOT a one time event!

WHAT I WAS DOING 10 YEARS AGO (MAY 1998)
Getting married and on my honeymoon (1 week in Lake Tahoe then 1 week Kauai, HI).
Then returning to look for a job in Santa Clarita, I had just quit my job in hell aka Criminal Defense Lawfirm.

WHAT I WAS DOING 5 YEARS AGO (MAY 2003)
Raising my 1 and 3 year old boys...and loving every minute of it!

WHAT I WAS DOING 1 YEAR AGO (MAY 2007)
Wrapping up our school year and getting ready for Summer Fun!

WHAT I WAS DOING YESTERDAY (MAY 22, 2008)
Discovering that I lost the fight to my first cold in 2008. I began to pack up school stuff. School ended for Lukas on Friday the 16th and for Wyatt Wednesday the 21st, so now it's time for me to pack it all up and store it all away! Yipee!

NOW I TAG
Julie W.
Elizabeth R.
Cindy W.
Erica O.
Sarah D.

AWANA Awards Night

Another year of AWANA has come to an end and our boys received their awards.

Thank you to all the people who make this programs happen!

We love you and the dedication you have to Christ, His Word

and the kids is very evident! Bless you all!

Here is a slide show, they were both in Sparks this year and

Lukas earned his Skipper Award and Wyatt earned his Hiker Award.

Wyatt and his friend Luke have gone through Spark together these last

three years and they will be moving onto Truth and Training in the fall.

Awana Grand Prix

Lukas won 2nd place for speed at the AWANA Grand Prix.

We are very proud of him.

Lukas' car is the yellow car on the red lane.

This leg put him in the finals!

(look how far ahead he is)

This is the finals...he placed 2nd!

First place went to Jake Backes.

Great race!

Proud of his car!

Praying for a miracle!

Not this year!

The Lord was building his

character instead!

His is the blue car on the blue lane!

Wyatt won 2 years ago,

so he was able to be happy for his little brother!

Wyatt won 1st Place for speed 2006!

GIRLS ROCK ! ! !

Just proving my point...and just incase you can't read the scores too clearly...they are:

Chris 11,800 / Wyatt 8,300 / Lukas 9,400 and MINE 26,700!

I'm the bomb!

Our 10th Wedding Anniversay 05/02/08

Those of you (anyone?) who actually takes the time to read my blog knows that we went to a Marriage Retreat last month. Well, our 10 year wedding anniversary was Friday, May, 2nd 2008, so we decided to make the Marriage Retreat our anniversary gift to each other. We then decided to SURPRISE Wyatt & Lukas with a trip to the "happiest place on earth" on our actual anniversary date. They have NEVER EVER been because Chris and I decided long ago, to wait until they were old enough, not only to remember it, but to ride on everything possible. (Lukas was too short for only one ride (Maliboomer) at California Adventure, and we made them go on EVERYTHING else. OK...back to the surprise...they finally found out on our drive down there the night before. We asked them to read that sign on the freeway "DISNEYLAND...NEXT EXIT!" they screamed. We got a hotel nearby, in order to be close the next morning. When we walked through the gates their reactions brought tears of joy to my eyes~I know it's silly, but there is something really special about seeing your beautiful, fun~loving children so giddy! Needless to say we had a blast, we were at Disneyland from open to close on Thursday 05/01, and California Adventure from open to close on Friday 05/02. We enjoyed the fireworks on our way out of California Adventure and my husband said that he had them specially arranged for our 10th Anniversary...isn't he sweet? (he's a big fat liar...but sweet nonetheless).
Anyway here's some pictures! Who looks happier...the boys or me?
Love,
Georg

Disneyland

Disney's Toon Town

California Adventure

Winchester Cheese Farm

Here is a slideshow of our field trip to Winchester Cheese Farm in April 2008. We went with our wonderful home school group, Lighthouse. The boys learned a lot about Gouda Cheese, and had great questions. It was a long day, but we are glad we went.

Tagged by Lauren

Here we go:

4 jobs I've had:

Salesperson at various stores

Accounts Payable / Payroll Clerk

Legal Secretary (HATED IT!)

Accounting / Office Manager

4 places I've lived:

California only, so here are the cities

La Crescenta

Glendale

Burbank

Saugus

4 shows I watch on TV:

Survivor

Amazing Race

Pasion (spanish show)

Men In Trees

4 blogs I check regularly:

Kostjuk Family

Smith Family

Waldeck Family

Ellsworth Family

4 foods I like to eat:

Mexican (all of it)

Sushi (most of it)

Chinese (some of it)

Steak Sandwiches (Yum!)

(Anything I don't have to cook myself ~ I like)

4 interesting places I have been:

Williamsburg, VA

Princeville, HI (Kauaii)

Boston, MA

Cancun, Mexico

4 places I want to be right now:

Lake Tahoe

Kauaii, Hawaii

Minnesota (holding Emilee-newest addition to our family)

OUT to dinner

4 things I'm looking forward to this year:

Walking closer w/my Lord Jesus Christ

School ending (12 more days) & summer starting

Camping & time-sharing in Lake Tahoe (August)

Vacation in Maryland & Virginia (September) hopefully!

4 people I tag to do this on their blog:

Cindy Waldeck

Ashley Kostjuk

Elizabeth Roth

Barbara Scroggins

Marriage Retreat

Hi Everyone! Our church had a marriage retreat this weekend in Ventura. We were reminded of what a WONDERFUL gift it is to have a God honoring spouse. who loves the Lord, Jesus Christ. Pastor Philip DeCourcy was our speaker, and he was GREAT! He reminded us of our God given roles as man and wife. He blessed and encouraged us greatly~The following slide shows are from this weekend. We're sorry we didn't get pictures of everyone! But, hey there''s always next year!

Our time together

Where's Waldo...aka Chris

Just some of our friends at the marriage retreat

Blooper reel

My Health

First of all, I want to thank you all for your prayers and for continually checking up on me to see how I'm feeling. Praise the Lord, I am much better! I completed my first 10 weeks of Chiro appointments today. Not only has my numbness lessened considerably, it has even gone away completely in some areas. My leg and fingers still go numb, (which is still not good, and we still are unsure what is causing it) but thankfully, they are not going as numb as they used to. I will now see the Chiro twice a week instead of three times for the next 12 weeks, which is good financially. The onset of Spring, brought out the lovely allergies in me, and while on a regular visit to my Chiro, Dr. Griffin, she did some pressure point treatment on me and with (NO MEDS) they were gone! Amazing! We decided to take Lukas since he was suffering too and in only two treatments, he's all better! I'm thankful for the Lord and His provision for our family! He takes care of us ALWAYS! Well, again thank you to you all for praying and please keep praying this is only the halfway point for me! Blessings to you all far and near!

Love,

Georg

LIFE IS BUSY!

Well it's been a while since I've posted to our family blog,

and as all moms will agree...
LIFE IS BUSY!

Several of my friends are pregnant and several of them have given birth already.

We've had a couple of baby showers in celebrating the new lives

that the Lord has blessed them with. The slideshows are below...

First was Amy's shower, she had her forth child, Caleb.

Then was Barbara's shower, who had her second child, Ashlyn.

You can see Barbara pregnant at Amy's shower.

You can also see how much Amy's baby Caleb has grown

in just a month at Barbara's shower.

WOW! Gods perfect plan...Creation...is beautiful!

The Lord had blessed me with the best friends anyone could ever hope to have!

I am truly rich! Thank you ladies, I love you all!

Ecclesiastes 4:10 If one person falls, his friend can help him up.

But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!

Thanks to all of you...I will never be pitied!

Barbara's Baby Shower April 12, 2008