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January 18, 2010
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. weekend so the kids have today off of school. I just got a phone call from Marc's mom, which was unusual in itself because she will only call here on Tyler's birthday. So I answer it wondering what the heck this is about? She tells me that Ron (Marc's brother) had some tickets to the Warrior game for today and wanted to know if Tyler wanted to go, and then asked if I would let him go! I was shocked! They live seriously 2 minutes from my house. Have for about 10 years now. This is the first time in 13 years (Tyler's life!) that they have ever called to spend time with Tyler when Marc isn't in town. Of course Tyler wants to go to the Warrior game. We were talking about it since yesterday when they announced at church that there was going to be a "Mormon" night! Tyler has never been to a professional basketball game before and really wants to go, so today he gets to go to the game!

Princess on Ice

On October 17, 2009 I took my little Princess on a mommy daughter date with 4 of her other Princess friends and their moms to see Princess on Ice. It was a lot of fun. The girls all dressed up as their favorite Princess and we had great seats too. This was Riley Jo's first time going to a live show because since she won't watch movies yet we didn't think she would be able to sit through it! But she loved it. The first half of the movie each princess came out and performed a part of their movie. To Riley Jo's surprise the whole second half was Cinderella (her favorite right now)! Riley Jo loves all music and dancing, I think we will be able to take her to another live show! Riley Jo loved being able to dress up, and it gave her some practice before Halloween too.

Worst Experience of My Life (Oct. 11, 2009)

We went to Dixon for another Chris and Kyle race weekend! Michayla, Tyler, Riley Jo and I were watching Chris' race. He was on the pole with the fastest time, he was excited he beat the point leader! The point leader is a national champion! So you would think he should know how to race! Well the first lap they give the green and the race starts. Well the point leader (who is now known as the blue suit guy. named by Riley Jo) jumped the start and they immediately threw a Yellow flag. Everyone doubled back up except for blue suit guy and his racing partner (who is an old lady who started in the back of the pack). It seriously took 3 laps for this guy to realize that everyone else was doubled up driving slowly and that's why he was passing them! This should tell us something right! So they finally get him back in line they do a lap and the green flag is thrown again, they get back around to the starting line and the race is on.....2nd turn blue suit guy starts to over power Chris, 3rd turn he goes loose and almost spins, Chris sees this and tries to turn so they don't hit, instead Chris cuts it too much, his back tire hits blue suits guy tires perfectly that Chris goes up and over blue suit guy (375 pounds on top of his back....ouch!) and Chris cartwheels in his go-cart down the hill! We were freaked out watching this! Everything turned out OK but we weren't sure at the time. No broken bones or scratches, ribs hurt a little but that was it! Enjoy the video!

September 27, 2009

Kyle was Baptized on Sunday, September 27, 2009. We were excited that so many family and friends were able to attend the baptism. We waited until Grandma Jan came home from her mission. She got home the end of August then all the Saturdays early September were busy and we wanted Michayla to be able to be there too so Sunday the 27th was the only option. We were so excited that Kyle made the decision to be baptized. He was a little scared of going under the water without goggles on. He kept asking if he could wear his goggles so we had to explain to him that then his whole face wouldn't be submerged under the water. So we had him go to the pool and go under the water quickly without his goggles on and told him to just keep his eyes closed. This seemed to help him because he wasn't nervous the day of the baptism! We are so proud of your decision Kyle, we hope your testimony will continue to grow. We call you our little missionary because you tend to see things that no one else can. Kyle wasn't able to talk for a real long time and my dad always said that he was still too close to Heaven and still "knew" too much so he couldn't talk! Soon after my dad passed away, Kyle still had conversations with him. It was the same place everyday when we would go to pick Tyler up from school. I miss hearing those conversations!

I had let Kyle have a Mohawk for his school pictures, but didn't think it was appropriate for his baptism. So we shaved his head.

Labor Day Weekend 09

Kyle and Chris had a go-kart race. Michayla was at her moms, and Tyler was with Marc. So Kyle told me that it was a boys only race and Riley Jo and I were to stay home! I laughed and asked what Riley Jo and I should do, he told me we could go shopping, watch movies, and play Wii fit. Ok. Couple things wrong with that, Riley Jo doesn't like to watch TV (movies are included) and we hadn't played the Wii fit in months! I don't even know how he came up with that one. He is one funny kid! So Riley Jo and I did stay home and have a Girls weekend. Friday night we went to dinner and shopping downtown Walnut Creek, Saturday we hung out during the day and that night we snuck up to see the boys race because it was a night race. Kyle was not happy we came. I was hurt! We didn't stay the night since Riley Jo and I went to church the next morning. However we did go up to the race track to have dinner with Chris and Kyle. Kyle was ok with that. It was fun to hang out with my little lady for a weekend just the 2 of us!

School Starts-August 2009

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Michayla and Tyler started the 8th grade this year. I am sad this is their last year in Middle School because that means High School next year! I can't be old enough to have kids in High School can I? I guess that is what happens when you start young.

Kyle started 2nd grade and I am loving his teacher.

Riley Jo is in the 4 year old Preschool class this year. Still going 2 days a week.

August 21, 2009

For my birthday this year I Hosted a Murder Mystery Party. My friends all came over in character and we had a blast! In the game it was my bachelorette party at a Day Spa. So I decorated the playroom as a reception room to a Spa. It was a chocolate theme, so I had chocolate scented candles and water fountains to help set the mood! We started with dinner and went on with the show. I may be throwing myself a birthday party every year. Thank you friends for making it so much fun!

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Santa Cruz

We went to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk for our normal family day! My dad's cousin plays on the beach as part of the Friday night summer band series. This year it was us, Sheri, Brittani, Abby, and Kim, Conner, and Natalie. We spent the day riding the rides and the night watching the Band! Tyler even went on Double Shot this year! I was shocked to hear about that! The kids love to ride the Bumper Cars of the future and the Ghost House. The Ghost House reminds me of Buzz Lightyear at Disneyland, only it is Ghosts you are shooting instead of Zurg! That is probably why they all like it!

Boat

Summer of 2009 we went on the boat a TON! Which is happiness for ME! My favorite place to be is on the back of the boat. That is my stress relief. This summer we found a place on the Delta that was great. I am a lake snob so I was really not happy about looking for a spot on the Delta. The problem with the lakes is there are 2 that are close enough for a day trip. But, they are both an hour and a half away. So we would leave early in the morning then not get back till really late. We would want to spend as much time on the lake in order to make the trip worth it. Chris always came home exhausted, even though he only drives the boat. But being out in the sun I guess. So we tried Hogback one day and it was Great! I wakeboarded for the first time on glass and it was wonderful! We went back to the Delta several times after that. It was under an hour to get there so we were still able to spend lots of time on the water! Can't wait till this summer. We didn't try the Delta until August, so summer of 2010 should be even MORE skiing!

Fairytale Town and Sacramento Zoo

I took Tyler, Kyle, Riley Jo, and Brittani to Sacramento for the day and we went to the Sacramento Zoo and then to Fairytale town. It was perfect weather too, it wasn't very hot. We watched an animal show at the zoo and the kids were able to learn a little bit about some of the animals. The zoo is pretty small and the kids can only look at animals for so long. After the zoo we went over to Fairytale town. There seemed to be a slide at every exhibit, so of course the kids loved that.


There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.............

We walked the crooked mile.

Riley Jo was able to sit in Cinderella's carriage.

They kids even got to be pirates! It was a fun day!

July 18, 2009

Chris and I went with 2 friends to the Kenny Chesney Concert! It was at Pacbell Park (San Francisco Giants stadium)! We had awesome seats too. We could have thrown a rock at them if we wanted. Not that we would. Kenny Chesney came in on a swing over our heads! Of course he doesn't tour alone, we saw Lady Antebellum. They were awesome! I am now a big fan! LOVE Charles! Then it was Miranda Lambert, yeah still not a fan! Sugarland was supposed to come on right before Kenny but Jennifer's voice was gone.....again! I say again because we were supposed to see Sugarland a year ago (opening for Kenny then too!) and she was sick then too! So we were pretty disappointed to miss them. But Kenny was AWESOME! He came out with so much enthusiasm and stayed that high the entire time! Chris enjoyed the concert just as much as I did.

July 15, 2009

Yes I am aware it is January now. I really hope that this year I will be able to keep up to date with my blog! But for now, I am still catching up. July 15th Kyle turned 8 years old. In our church you get Baptized when you are 8. But since my mom was still on her mission in Utah we waited for her to come home and he was Baptized in September. (That will be a later post!) Tyler was still in Pennsylvania and Michayla was at Girl's Camp so it was Kyle, Riley Jo and me for the day! We were going to go to Marine World to celebrate his birthday but Kyle was sick. So we hung out at home for the day instead! We had Kyle's birthday party with his friends at
Chuck E Cheese's. A new one had just opened up in Concord so it was Perfect! The kids had a blast playing the games and Chuck E came out and gave Kyle a medal and a crown. Kyle thought that was awesome! We did end up going to Marine World a week later for Kyle's birthday!