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!