Easter Sunday - April 4, 2010

Of Course they loved their Easter Baskets from Jerry and Karen...

Coloring Easter Eggs with Jake and Zack

Congratulations Jake

Jake has achieved the most points for reading the most books in his class this year.  Congratulations Jake we are so proud of you.

Crescent Elementary Talent Show

Our favorite boys JAKE and Zack were the HIT of tonight's talent show!!! The crowd was ROARING with their performance tonight. Zack's had some GREAT moves on stage!!! Both, Jake and Zack had GOLD METAL performances tonight. Our local newspaper published an article about the show and took pictures of some of the performers. Jake and Zack are featured in the bottom right corner on page 3.

http://epaper.ocregister.com/Default/Client.asp?enter=true&skin=OCW&Daily=OCWAnaheimHillsNews&AW=1267764129046

ZACK TURNS 6 - November 24, 2009

Family and Friends enjoyed the day with Zack as we celebrated Zack's 6th birthday, yesterday. Zack couldn't decide on the theme of his party so the invitations and paper items were Mickey Mouse and his cake was Sponge Bob. But, right away when his dad picked up and brought the cake home Zack knew that Sponge Bob had the WRONG pants on. Another character (not familiar with the Sponge bog characters so I don't know his name) had Sponge Bob's pants on and Sponge Bob was wearing his. WOOPS! Jerry and I surprised Zack with his first Razor scooter. He was so excited... by his reaction is was his favorite present he opened yesterday!

Happy 6th Birthday Zack

It's going to break my heart

Leaving "the boys" Jake (8yrs) and Zack (6yrs) will be the hardest thing we have ever done. Those two boys came into my life during a dark time in our life. Jake and Zack brought so much joy, laughter, companionship and love to us that our life was so much brighter once they stepped into it. What a gift Mike and Dawn gave us letting us share in the joy and love that those boys give to us and everyone else in their life. They certainly became a BIG part of our life.

The other day, Dawn, Jerry and were discussing our move and about packing, selling on craigslist, polishing up the Z Car when Zack jumped in and said "We'll never see you again". His face was sad and his voice sounded like he was about to cry. I explained to him that he would be able to get on a plane and come see us. That mommy and daddy would take them to the airport and make sure they were on the plane and then the flight attendants would be responsible to make sure when they landed that we were there to pick them up. Zack's busted out saying "I don't even have a wallet"!!! I explained that he wouldn't need a wallet to come visit us. I also told him that mommy and daddy were planning to bring their trailer and stay with us. Zack wasn't happy when I told him it would take at least 2 days to get there.

A couple days later, Mike and Dawn were planning a weekend get away without taking Jake and Zack. Jake and Zack would be staying with grandma in Fullerton. Jake told his dad... "I know you are going to Jerry and Karen's even before we get to go"!!! Of course his dad told him they weren't leaving to go to Jerry and Karen's.

We are going to miss those two boys!!! I don't know how I am going to be able to leave them!!!

GHOST WHISPER starring Conner & Aiden Gibbs

Here are the boys, yesterday celebrating Jake's 8th birthday. (left to right Conner Gibbs, Jake and Zack Poland, and Conner's brother Aiden). Do you recognize Conner and/or Aiden Gibb's? Both boys have had several acting parts in commerials as well as TV shows. Aiden is currently on Ghost Whisper. Conner's red hair has been died black for his latest role on this season's Ghost Whisper. The picture of Conner and Jake was taken at Christmas time in 2007... Jake and Conner have been friends since pre-school and they remain friends now. Conner's acting career is taking off after doing many popular commercials, including Baskin Robbins and Kodak commercials, as well as, acting on the Monk and now his most recent job will be on this seasons Ghost Whisper. Zack and Aiden are also friends. Aiden is following in his brother's footsteps and does some acting parts, as well. Below are a few links to see Conner and Aiden in action!!!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2720952/

http://ghostwhispereroncbs.wetpaint.com/page/What+Aiden+Lucas+Looks+Like

JAKE TURNS EIGHT - September 4, 2009

Happy 8th Birthday, Jake. It's so hard for us to believe that Jake has turned 8 years old. His special birthday present from mom and dad was to see the Jonas Brothers in Concert! He loved it. So it seemed appropriate to give him a Jonas Brother's backpack for this school year. He's also into Star War's lego sets and was excited to get another to add to his collection.

Zack (5) and Jake (7)

Easter pictures of the boys holding their See's Easter Bunny and a bucket full of plastic easter eggs with a surprise for the boys in each egg.

We've Got Talent

Crescent Elementary Students Present "We've Got Talent"
Talent Show Acts 12. Jake Poland - Siging, Play My Music (as Joe Jonas,The Jonas Brothers).

Jerry and Jake, before the performance.


Dawn (Jake's mom) and Jake waiting to "go on stage"

Jake and his Nana (Dad's mom, Liz), Carol (Great Grandpa's SO) and far left Grandma (Mom's mom Mary Ann)... not pictured is Jakes Adopted Grandparents Jerry and Karen also in attendance... and wouldn't have missed it !!!

Mike (Jake's dad) filming the Talent Show.

Jake giving Jerry his autograph after the performance!

Happy Valentines Day - February 14, 2009

Happy Valentines Day from Jake & Zack

January 1, 2009 - New Years Day!

Wishing Jake, Zack, Dawn and Mike a Happy 2009!

Merry Christmas - Christmas Day, 2008

Around 4:00am Jerry was in so much pain, we both got up, Jerry had something to eat and then injected himself with dilaudid. We finally were back in bed about 5:00am. At around 9:15am I jumped out of bed and into the shower because Church was at 10:00am. I was scheduled to distribute the Eucharist at 10:00am mass. Jerry decided he was going to try to go to church, as well. When he asked me what time it was, he decided he wouldn't be able to get ready in time and we would be late... he told me I better go ahead without him. Jerry went back to bed and tuned into a church service on TV. When I returned home, Jerry was doing better, but still not feeling good. We were suppose to go down and see the boys and give them their Christmas presents after church. Jerry wasn't feeling up to it, but decided he would try to go down for a little while. The boys were excited that Santa Claus came and we excited with all their presents. They were particularly excited to get their own Nintindo DS's from Mom and Dad. We gave Jake a Spongebob cartridge for his DS and Zack the National Geographics Panda DS. They were both excited to try them out.

Making a List

Zack making a list for Santa Claus

Jake, Zack, Jerry and I playing Blokus

Jake, Zack and Jerry

Jake, Zack and Jerry riding their big wheels (Jerry's on the bike). Jake and Zack like playing cops and robbers with Jerry. Of course Jake and Zack are the cops who arrest and put Jerry in Jail.

SANTA'S LITTLE HELPERS...

Last week-end Jerry and I watched Jake and Zack on Saturday while Mommy and Daddy prepared for their annual Christmas Party Saturday night. During the day we took the boys to the local park where they had dumped some snow on the grown. The boys had fun playing in the snow. They especially had fun with the snow ball fight until little Zack was hit in the face by brother Jake with a snow ball. While the boys were at our house we took some pictures with Santa hat's for mom and dad.

Zack Turns Four Years Old

Happy 4th Birthday, Zack!!!

November 24th is Zack's 4th birthday. Yesterday we started celebrated Zack and Joe's birthday (is also in November) together. Joe is Zack's grandpa (Zack's mom, Dawn's, father). Joe and Sharon (Dawn's step mother) are visiting here, for a few days, from Northern California. Mike and Dawn had family and friends over for lunch, presents and birthday cake! Zack had a great time celebrating. Here are some of the pictures from yesterday.

OUCH !!! - Zack and Jerry's accident

Here's what happened...

Little Zack was riding his big wheel, Jerry was riding his bicycle. Zack likes to ride really, really fast and is constantly looking back to see where Jerry's at. Jerry likes to get up on the back of Zack's big wheel and bump him a little... Well this time, Zack made a very sharp U-turn. Jerry tried to stop... but not in time. As a result Zack got hit by Jerry's front tire. Ouch!!! Zack seemed okay, at first and Jerry and Zack were discussing the accident. But, once Zack saw his arm it was all over. He started crying. Mike (Zack's dad), Mary (our neighbor), and myself went over to see what happened. Mike took Zack inside to clean up his wound. Later on, Jerry called the patient to see how he was doing. Zack tried to talk on the phone with Jerry but was weepy. Zack said something about apologizing and we weren't quite sure what he was trying to say. The next day, Jerry went over to Zack's house to see how the patient was. Mike told Jerry that Zack didn't want to wear a long sleeve shirt to pre-school today because he wanted to show his teacher and friends what happened. When the teacher asked Zack what happened, evidently, the story went... "The old man down the street ran over me and he didn't even apologize". Well Jerry apologized and Zack accepted his apology, but Zack grounded Jerry from riding his bike for a day! Jerry and Zack are back to being buddies and are riding their big wheels and bikes together again. Zack just tells Jerry to be more careful and Jerry tells Zack not to make any quick turns! Boys will be boys... won't they.

Happy Halloween

Trick or Treat... We had about 90 cute little trick or treater's come to our door on Halloween. But, of course our favorite trick or treater's were the Blue Power Ranger (Jake) and the cutest little dalmation puppy (Zack) Both Jake and Zack had a great time trick or treating and got lots of yummy candy!