memorial weeknd pictures

taking care of the garden



watering the roses


ashley doing some art work.


our new fence jason did all by himself.

walking on sunshine

Ashley wanted to practice some dance moves outside.
She can actually go higher with her leg!
Have a great Memorial weekend!



yeah it is summer! the rose bush behind ashley actaully bloomed today!

The Zoo

Ashley was thirlled to go to zoo with her friends from
preschool, everyone was so happy to see her. It was a
little bit chilly but it was nice being outside!


NJ black bear!


ashley holding a stick with food, so the bird
can eat! these birds were so cute and friendly!



pretty birds!





this is the life, the red panda





ashley,lexi, and sarah



lexi and ashley playing in the prairie dog exibit

Imperial China

Ashley was thrilled to received this beautiful
book from our friend Aymira, who is our librarian and
our personalfriend for years, she went to a conference
and thought Ashley would love this book and asked
the illustor to sign it.Imperial China is creator by
the authors of the Magic School Bus.
This book has everything you need know about china.
It had everything we did when were in china!
Ashley will treasure it ForEver



the illustor signed the book for ashley

Miss photogenic

This weekend was another dance competition, Ashley was entered into
the photogenic contest! Ashley took 1st place ! She was so
thrilled to win a trophy and take it home. Her team won
1st place, and the candy production she was in won a lot of awards.
All teams won great awards.
We are so proud of Ashley and the dancers!
Nationals here we come!



Ashley and teddy bear the competition's mascot



Ashley on stage holding her trophy she won!
she was all dressed and ready to go for candy!


The candy production taking highest overall score
Best Choreography, and the big platinum Winner

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy mother's Day
We hope all the mommy's out there had a great day!

potholders

ashley wanted to lear how to make potholder so we got a kit!
we actually spent the whole weeknd making them .
It was fun and relaxing!


making a potholder


ashley showing her of her purse that she and daddy made for the pot holder kit!

Lets Go Fly A Kite

ashley helping her daddy to get the kite in the sky!



controlling the kite




Trying to get the kite in the air, but the wind
was not working with us.maybe next time!

Lacrosse

Ashley wanted to try a new sport. She actually knew
how the hold stick and throw the ball. Only thing lacrosse is
not popular around here but if she likes we will find a team for her.










the act shot!

I Did IT !

Ashley Did It! Today she graduated from reading class.
She started the program back in September,she now can read!
She knows her vowels, a comma, a question mark, and
a explanationpoint what they all do!
She now can read to us. It is nice to
hear your 4 old read a book by herself.
we are very proud of her!

my plants are growing

On Earth Day Ashley started her garden, well
the veggies are growing nicely! now we
just have to wait for all the rain to stop and
plant them outside!

emt crisis fund

In the 17th-18th century, pirates used their skull-and-crossbones flag (called the "Jolly Roger" flag) on their ships to tell their victims they were being attacked by buccaneers. Upon seeing the Jolly Roger, merchant ships knew they were in for a vicious and merciless battle, followed by rape, plunder, and executions if they resisted. They would often surrender their ships, wealth, and cargo without a fight.

Today, NJ's EMS agencies face a plundering of their Trust Fund - the EMT Training Fund - by Governor Corzine to close his budget gap. NJ's EMT's have already begun fighting to save this fund. This fight will not be won with sword and musket, but rather by winning over NJ's public and politicians. This requires us to keep awareness high and make sure EVERY NJ voter is aware of our struggle.

Attached to this email is a Jon Corzine's pirate flag, which we've dubbed it the "Jonny Roger" after the Governor. We need to get this flag displayed as much as possible to the general public. Please do the following:

- Email the Jonny Roger to all your friends, family, and EMS squad members
- Print the Jonny Roger and hang him in the rear window of your car (in a way that won't get you pulled over!)
- Print some Jonny Rogers to give to your friends at work
- Put a Jonny Roger in the back window of your ambulance

If you hang a Jonny Roger somewhere, take a picture of it and email it to president@njemsea.org or text it to 201-390-2608 so we can see it. We will be uploading the best Jonny Roger pictures to our website/facebook cause pages.

Let's show New Jersey it's EMT's will not surrender our Training Fund without a fight!

John Mateus
NJEMSEA.org

Congrats Ashley !

Congrats! ashley scoring 6 goals


As you all know ashley plays soccer.
I forgot to post last week Ashley
scored 6 goals last week.
Even though in 4 and 5 yr old soccer division
they do not keep score ashley kept's a record for herself
How many she gets in game.
Here is an old picture from the fall but she is on the same
team as in fall. we are very proud of her!
We think she found a sport she loves doing and enjoys!

please support volunteer emts in nj

Please if you live in Nj ,please read this and clink the link
at the end of this letter.
I am trying to help my brother who is volunteer Emt here NJ.
So please email this to everyone you know.
There is big Rally on wed up in Morristown Nj.
I never get policily involved but our dad taught us to
fight for what we believe in and the governor is wrong for doing this.
So far we getting great respondes. we need everyone's support.


please email this address distribution@njemsea.org

I need you guys to help...this affects us all

You might have heard that Governor Corzine raided the training fund at the end of last week for $4,000,000, leaving almost no money in the fund come 7/1. If this isn't reversed, there will likely be no money for EMT programs some that time.

On April 23, 2009 New Jersey Governor Corzine announced he would use monies in the EMT Training Fund for a total of $4,000,000 to reallocate the funds to the general treasury in an attempt to relieve the budget crisis. This fund provides training monies for Volunteer EMT's and is a critical preparedness and retention tool for Volunteer EMS agencies. The EMT fund is not tax money. It's a public trust created by legislature. Every time there is a moving violation in New Jersey, $0.50 is collected and placed into this fund to train EMT's.

The EMT Fund does not have this type of surplus. This action would leave $400,000 in the EMT Training Fund as of 7/1/09. As-is with current expenditure, the EMT Fund spends $1,000,000 more than it takes in. This action would in effect discontinue the training for NJ Volunteer EMTs and force individuals (during a recession) to pay for their own training to donate their time to their communities. It's expected that many will not be able to afford it and will have to be replaced by paid providers (who cost municipalities much more than the training expenses the state is saving).

We're appealing to all legislators to urge the Governor (as well as the Governor himself) to reconsider this funds allocation. With all of the emphasis in the budget about minimizing property tax rates, combining services and reducing budgets, surely this small investment in people who work tirelessly for their communities for no salaries, benefits, or pensions is a prudent expense.

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