Monster TRUCKS!

We went to the Monster truck show in Sacramento
over the weekend...Tyler had a blast....the girls said
they liked it but, I think they were glad when it was over.

It was very LOUD!
Afterwards, you could stay and get autographs!
I could tell Tyler really wanted to stay and the line
was so long....he got big tears in his eyes so, we
stayed....it only took about 45 mins but, the smile
on his face was priceless! He was so excited!

Natalie's Field trip!

Don't you just love field trips! Natalie's class and 4 other classes took a trip to the Exploratorium in San Francisco last Thursday. She rode the bus but, me and some other moms drove~much better idea! We had a great time although I thought they could of put another girl in our group. We were with all boys! I think she had fun though. She really wanted to see the Cow eye get cut up but, we didn't have time. How often do you get to get a drink from the toilet? As we walked back out to the bus one of the teachers said to me,"ITS OVER!" I couldn't agree more!

Cousin time!

 
Barrett, Tyler, Cayden, Natalie, Payten, Lindsey, Ryley and Davin! They are always so good about posing for a picture for me! They know how I am and figure its probably better just to suffer for a few seconds and get it over with!
 
We got to meet up with our cousins this past weekend in Sacramento and see Cousin Barrett play soccer for a Tournment he was in. His team WON so, they are on to next round(weekend)to play again. What a great game it was...the score was only 1-0 so, it was very nail biting. My kids just loved being with their cousins and hanging out for a few hours. 

Happy New year!

We had a great New Year's dinner with our family. The kids enjoyed toasting and drinking to the new year with Sparkling Apple Cider-(I think they just enjoyed us letting them drink from wine glasses!)
  

New Year's eve

 
Waiting for midnight with a nice, tasty milkshake!
 
The kids loved firing off the little poppers and guns. We did them inside~just too cold outside. We had a nice mess afterwards but,they had fun!
 
We actually all made it to midnight! I wasn't sure if we would all make it or not and we did! Lindsey tried to fall asleep about 10 mins before midnight but, I got her to stay awake. We usually play a few games or watch movies but, this year we shared our wedding video with our kids.It was the first time I had watched it in over 3 years. It was fun watching it with them because they were a good distraction to the sad heart I felt with seeing all the loved ones we have lost, friends we don't hardly get to see and friends that have moved away. I really enjoyed watching it after so long..seeing my Dad, hearing him talk, Seeing my grandpa's, old friends~it was great. 

Scrapbook night

 
My girls and I had a scrapbook night last week for a few hours. We went to the Mom and me scrap night at one of the stores here. I think they had a good time and loved spending some of their birthday money on stickers and other fun stuff. I hope we can keep doing this together. Natalie really has the scrapping down but, Lindsey still gets really frustrated but, she really does do a good job, she just doesn't think so.