New Family Pictures

We got our pictures taken at the Boise Train Depot by Kay C. Gordon. She did such a great job, we are so excited on how they turned out. For those of you who know me, you know I am not this cute in real life, Stephen and my kids are however. Kay C. does such a great job with kids. Katelyn kept running off and she was able to capture her attention for just the right amount of time.

The Beach

Okay so I love this picture of Preston. He has had his tounge out constantly but I can never capture it right. That is totally a trait from my side of the family, thanks to my dad. I used to also do it as a child, I think it's adorable. Preston reminds me of a puppy. Constantly has his tounge out, crawls on all fours, throws up and then tries to eat it, begs for food, drools constantly, you get the concept. I love that kid.

Katelyn trying desperately to get away.

So I am not biased. I love both my children equally. The only difference is Katelyn knows how to walk and nearly refused to pose for pictures. Preston on the other hand, didn't have a choice. We had a great time at the beach. Preston loved the water and kept trying to get away from us to go to it. Katelyn loved the sand, she kept finding "friends" to play with. Usually I don't like to get dirty but that day I played like a kid. We threw sand on eachother and built a sand castle and buried one another. It was really quite fun and relaxing to not worry about the mess.

Six Flags

While we were in California, I got to choose something fun that I wanted to do. So I did a little research and found a Six Flags an hour away. There were dolphins, whales, giraffes, elephants, lions, fun rides for adults and kids. It was like everything rolled into one. I was so excited. My uncle watched Preston all day and my aunt took Katelyn for most of the time so I could go on some fun rides with my cousin. Katelyn with Sylvester. She didn't know who he was but she was still excited!Look carefully at the elephant, he is holding a man in there!

Katelyn threw the biggest fit of her life on the car ride there. Her eyes are proof with the bags, this was right after the dolphin show started.

This was one of the roller coasters that I rode on a couple of times. I wanted to take a picture to remind me that I am still kind of cool. Although I did feel sick after a lot of rides, I can't take the G force since having kids. Stay tuned for pictures of the beach and to see me in a swim suit. Woot woot. I know you are so excited.

Faulty Products

I hate it when I buy a product and it fails. I used to just cut my losses and be annoyed with the company. Not any more. Now if I am sold a faulty product I call the 800# of the company and give them the chance to make it right. I don't do it dishonestly to get free product, only to replace the product that failed. I bought some jeans from the Gap for $60, they started to fall apart. I went to the store, emailed, called and got the run around everytime, so I wrote into the Corporate address, and got a coupon for jeans!!! I am so pleased that they do care about customers. Just wanted to give them a positive shout out. Also one to Lee Read. My wedding ring kept splitting at the bottom. They really fixed it this time without me having to ask them because they recognized it wasn't my fault. I am so glad this is over and ended positively.

Dance Class and French Fries

Okay this picture just makes me laugh. I was on the computer and suddenly it got very quiet, so I came to investigate. This is what I found. Preston in heaven. He has a nugget in each hand shoving both in his mouth and is surrounded by french fries. Good thing Katelyn didn't eat all of her dinner.

Katelyn started dance today with Miss Kami. Her class is a mixture of ballet, jazz, and tap. She did such an awesome job. I was so proud of her. Her teacher does a great job and I am sure that she is going to love it. She kept laughing and checking herself out in the mirror. When we got home we did some of our moves for dad. I reminded Katelyn of one, and she said, "You did that bad, you need to do it like this." She has such a funny yet sassy attitutude. I am in trouble.

Tomorrow we are off to San Fransisco to see my Aunt Robyn. My grandma graciously agreed to go with us to help me on the flight. We leave our house at 6:30 am, wish me luck!

McCall

Okay I finally got some pictures of McCall. It was such a fun vacation, it was so relaxing. We played a lot of games and watched old movies and went on several walks. Katelyn turned three while we were there and we celebrated her birthday. We also did a family talent show where Stan played the trumpet, Bret sung, Jenn played the guitar and sung, and I did a rendition of "My Thighs." Thanks to all my wonderful aunts for writing and performing that at a reunion, I have used it several times and it always gets laughs. We went boating for a full day and I stayed behind the boat on a tube for probably 2 hours. Katelyn was also brave enough to go with me and she was hilarious. She had a great time and even said, "I love this so much!" What a great trip, I am such a lucky girl!