Summer Fun

My mom and I took all the kids to the Tracy Aviary and Liberty Park. It was a very hot day, but we managed to have a lot of fun anyway. We first wandered around looking at all of the birds. It seemed the kids favorite was the peacocks running around. Another favorite were the Bald Eagles. It was fun for the kids to actually see one. We were not able to go to the bird show because we were to late for the first one and then next one was too far away. After the Aviary we grabbed some lunch and went to Liberty Park. The kids had there swimming suits on so they were able to run through the water cool off from the blistering heat. The three older kids enjoyed getting wet, but the two younger ones had a blast playing in the sand. What is it with little kids and sand, I think it is like a magnet to them. We had a lot of fun watching and taking pictures of the fun they were having. It is so fun to see them all together getting along and playing with their cousins. My mom is the greatest grandma. She is always taking the kids and doing fun activities with them or just having them at her house. Anyone can really see how much she loves her grandkids and loves being with them even though they wear her out. She is an amazing woman!!!

4-Wheeling

We bought ourselves a 4-wheeler. So we just had to take it out that day. We called My parents to see if they would come with us. We went to Hobble Creek Canyon, by Springville. We had a late start, but we still got some good riding in. One thing Jason and I both do when we ride is that we love to follow pretty close to the person in front of us, so we are constantly eating dust, which in turn makes for a very dirty faces! We found a large puddle so we both had to go riding through it as fast as we could. Jason has the black helmet and I have the white one. we had a blast!

Photography

Many of you know that we have a business called Sacred Memories where we create videos. We have been so lucky to do many different types of videos. We just finished a dance video for my sister's dance company and are starting a Quince. We have also gotten into photography. One of our favorite things to do is to go out and take pictures. When we have free time we like to go out to various locations to take pictures. It has been really fun to figure out all of the new functions of our new camera and also the new Photoshop program. We have a website in photoshop express that is online that shows some of our favorite pictures. To get their click on the website and then you have to click yes, which should take you to the sight. We are always updating and putting more pictures on.

California

We were able to go to California with Jason's sister and her family this summer. We had a blast. After a 25 mile bike ride for diabetes we took a plane ride to Long Beach. It was really nice to fly instead to spending all day on the road. We rented a car and went to Oceanside the night we got there. Our hotel was pretty much on the beach. The next day we went to Catalina Island. It was an hour boat ride over there, which was fun. We saw dolphin riding the boat's waves right out of the window. If you have never been to Catalina Island you really need to go! We had so much fun there. We rented golf carts to go around the island, and even did a little geo-caching. Other days we went to Universal Studios, Sea World, and the beach. We had fun at the beach. It was fun watching our nephew and nieces play at the beach. They made a sand castle and buried Jason, Breanna, and Bryndie in the sand. It had been a long time since both Jason and I had been to the ocean. We went wave jumping which is my favorite thing to do at the beach. We stayed in a cabin up in the Palomar Mountains. This cabin was built in about 1929 (seriously). It was an interesting place to say the least, but it was fun. It was sad when we had to come home, but after a week of being gone we were missing our four-legged kids and were ready to come home.