Sunday, July 11, 2010

California Vacation

So this is all from our vacation in California. We went there to see family and to see Mikah's blessing but we also went to Valejo and that was a lot of fun. Sadly this isn't all the pictures but that's because we want to all be together so that the story of the island we found will be told correctly.

These are pictures that we have of all the little kids.








Camie and her girls


This is all the kids at Six Flags: Magic Mountain. They had a lot of fun in the water at the Thomas the Engine area.



Them all holding hands in line for a ride.


Little Mikah. Isn't she adorable!!!!!


It took Caiden a while to not feel scared but he did finally go and sit with the rest of the kids.


So here we are on our way to Valejo. We decided to stop for a little while so that we could all go the the bathroom and so that we could look at the museum for the Hearst Castle. This is a picture in front of the sign for it. It was really windy so our hair was all over the place and Courtney didn't get dressed that day and so she really didn't want to be in the picture so she hid under the sign instead.


These are some pictures of what we saw throughout our drive. It was so beautiful.


It took a while but we finally got Caiden to take a picture with us.


Caiden and Courtney started hiding behind this and then popping up so I joined in.




We all went to the Jelly belly factory and we got some free hats. Caiden didn't like wearing his and so he took it off after this picture and refused to put it back on. He still enjoyed it and thought it was pretty cool seeing how they make the jelly beans.


Everyone outside of the factory




Six Flags: Discovery Kingdom in Valejo. Here we mostly looked at all the animals because Caiden really enjoyed it. Sadly Courtney and I didn't find too many rides to go on but it was still lots of fun.
The Giraffes were Caiden's favorite part.


We also saw sting-rays


Courtney and I went on the Giant Hammer ride


The dolphins were cute. They didn't do much until feeding time and that's when they had them practice doing tricks. Dolphin's normally live to be about 20 but one of the dolphins there was about 50 so that was pretty cool to see.


None of us except Courtney was ready for the picture but it was the only picture that Caiden's face could be seen. Mom probably won't be too happy when she see's this one lol.


They had a water thing at this Thomas area too and this time I got to play with Caiden. Lot's of fun =)


Caiden loved when Thomas would come by because a rail would come down and the "ding-ding" would come on. That's what Caiden called the warning alarm.


Us in front of the Shark. I'm pretty sure this is one of the only pictures we got of Dad cause Dad was the one taking all the others.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

The Celebrations

Sorry I haven't posted in such a long time. These are all the things that we celebrated since the last time I posted.
These ones are of Dad's birthday


Blowing out the candles



Caiden loved helping Dad with his presents








Easter at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Caiden had fun but he didn't want that many eggs.









Lyndsey's Birthday





Here I am in my pajamas cause I was throwing up the night before. Great birthday right lol



The booger boys birthday. We celebrated it late so that we could celebrate it with the rest of the family.



House Updates


We finally got the pictures up and they look awesome!!! The house is more homey and comfortable. Mom definetely loves it!

Dad took the wood out of Caidens room so that we can take the wood from his room and put it into the living room to get rid of the holes in the living room.

The room turned out awesome. I couldn't believe how well Dad did.



Caiden loves the carpet, he plays on it all the time. This is his favorite hiding place, under the bed.

Dad had to take out all the wood in the living room so that we wouldn't have any half pieces or anything. Caiden thought it was pretty awesome.



Dad made the holes even bigger so that he would be able to put the pieces of wood in correctly. Caiden thought everyone was going to fall in and so he would yell "NO YOUR GOING TO FALL IN, STAY AWAY!!!" anytime you stepped too close to the holes. It was adorable.



The holes are gone!!!!!!!



There was a lot of hard work in getting the wood back in. Dad had to hammer in 3 pieces of wood this much in and then 4 or so more that had to go 2/3 that distance.





I can't believe it, it's done!!!!!!


New rug and the coffee tables are out


Wood down and holes gone. Amazing!!!!!