The only child

What do you do when you only have one child?

1. take pictures of animals

2. you let them go on their favorite ride before they eat their dinner3. you just sit and wait while they eat their food very slowly(you're not in a hurry)4. they get to pick every ride you go on 5. they get to pick when you go on each ride

6. you have time to notice the little things like the cute little sayings on the back of the rides

7. you take pictures of them waiting in line and doing absolutely nothing.

8. you let them go on each ride as many times as they want
9. and you take a picture each time they go on it
10. you even have extra time to play a game yourself
Wow it was amazing how much slower we were going with just one child and how much attention that a only child gets. I still think it's more fun with more! But a little 2 on 1 is good once in awhile and Jessica really misses her brothers and sister.

Quiet

It was a very quiet week Jordan went to church camp and the boys went back up to Pinecrest
http://www.pinecrestlakeresort.com/Welcome%20to%20Pinecrest%2006.htm

for a week with Grandpa Dave, Grandma Nina, Dustin, Garrett, Ashley and baby Jayden. And Jordan went to church camp! The boys had a great time fishing and swimming. Justin even caught a cat fish one day! They went to the "movies under the stars", an outside movie theater at the campground 3 times and saw Kungfu Panda (again), Get Smart and Journey to the Center of Earth. Then grandpa rented a party boat one day and they got to go out on the lake all day!

Here are some fun pictures of Jordan at camp! Jordan had a great time at camp this year her group even went on a overnight backpacking hike for 2 days!

Picture from hike

Picture of their welcome back dinner.

They get a special decorated table at dinner after their long hike

Jordan and her group this year.

Their theme was frogs this year for her group.

Dress up

Wednesday July 16

Jessica was playing dress up in her room and this is what she came out in and said I'm ready to go camping again!

Santa Cruz

Monday I pick Jordan and her friend Katie up from cheer camp and took them to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. www.beachboardwalk.com
I sat on the beach and watched the girls jump in the waves for awhile. They were making me very nervous! Then we all fell asleep on the beach fro awhile. I just love laying on the beach and listening to the waves. Then we had dinner and they decide to go on all the spinning rides that make you sick first! It was nice to just takes some older kids and just hang out and relax a little!

Camping at Pinecrest

Mike and the kids went camping at Pinecrest with his family the weekend Jordan was at cheer camp. And I got a weekend to myself! And I'm not telling you what I did LOL!

Preschool Blog

I started a new blog to share all the fun things we do at preschool! I am always searching the internet for great ideas for preschool so I thought I would share my ideas too! I teach the 2 year old class but many of the projects we do are great for any age or can be adjusted a little for older children.
http://terrific2s.blogspot.com/

Jessica the Photographer

So this is what a squirrel looks like through the eyes of a 4 year old. I let Jessica take some pictures with my camera while we were waiting for the boys and she saw a squirrel and took a bunch of pictures! I love the one of the side few of the squirrel it is running and she got a action shot!

Cheer Camp

It was a week of camps Dad went to help at the boy scout camp, Jacob and Justin went to cub scout day camp, and then Jordan left for Cheer camp at UC Santa Cruz!

Cub Scout Day Camp

Both the boys were able to attend cub scout day camp this year! They had so much fun! This year they had a pirate theme! I think this was the best year out of the 4 years Jacob has attended this camp. They had way better activities and projects for all the kids this time. Of course one of the highlight for the boys is always the archery! I think they had the most fun the last day were they had tons of activities set up carnival style and they got to run around and do what ever activities they chose. They even had a pudding eating contest and Justin won the chocolate contest and Jacob won the vanilla contest!

The one on the bottom is Justin. Now you know where boys learn to do crazy things like dog pile!What do girls do at cub scout camp? Chase butterflies of course! It is really hard to see but there really is a butterfly in the picture below. There were these huge butterflies just fling around us really low. I was fun to watch Jessie chase them.

Swimming with Friends July 7th

It was so hot today I let the kids swim till 8 pm. I even got in the water to swim a few laps. The water was sparkling I tried to take a few picture of it. This first picture is Jessica getting ready to chicken fight Paul. LOL!

California Poppies

Jacob our "science and nature boy" planted these poppies himself from seeds. It took a long time but they finally bloomed.

Costume Party

Jessica went to a costume party today for her friend from church. She had a lot of fun and she chose to wear the "antique Snow White dress" that was her Auntie Kelly's. We have had this dress for ever Jessica is the 4 girl in our family to wear this supper cute Snow White dress. It was bought at Disneyland in the early 80's for Auntie Kelly, then Jordan wore it to Auntie Kelly's high school graduation, then Ariel got to wear it a lot, and the now Jessica is. It is amazingly in almost perfect condition too! It is quickly becoming a family heirloom.

July 4th

Happy Birthday America and my Dad!

All American Girls! Aren't they cute! We started our celebration at the church picnic. I had a thought to go to the parade the city puts on but sleeping in won over that thought. The picnic was great all the things you would expect at a great picnic: great food, bbq, country music, water rockets, baseball, water fight, tree climbing, watermelon eating contest and more.

Then we went to Moraga to watch the most awesome band ever!http://www.larrylynchandthemob.com/main.html

Jessica was so excited to see Grandpa Brian all the way from Missouri! The girls really wore him out dancing all night long! So many of my family members from both my mom and dad's family were there at the park it was great. It is s fun to see all my cousins with all there little children. We made special cupcakes for Grandpa's birthday to share with everyone. And of course we watched the fireworks too!