So I know I am way behind on blogging and all but I had to write and let everyone know that in 2009 Disneyland is going to be offering free admission on your birthday. How awesome is that?? Also if you already have an annual pass then they will give you a ticket for another day, or the equivalent in a gift card to spend in the park that day. Anyway around it (esp. those who live in CA) this is a sweet deal. My kids are going to be stoked! Hope everyone is doing great:)
Check it out here:
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/disneyparks/en_US/WhatWillYouCelebrate/disneyland/index?name=CelebrationsDLRFreeOnYourBirthdayPage
Friday, September 19, 2008
Saturday, September 6, 2008
London
The fourth and last installment of my reports on our trip to Europe, only 5 months late. I previously wrote about our stay in Venice and Rome. In addition, I just finished the one about Paris but started it back in April, so it won't show up as a new post.
My favorite stop in London was Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, the Tower of London. Inside lies the White Tower, a square fortress built by William the Conquerer in 1078. Inside . It was royal palace and fortress, but it was also a prison and place of execution. Heather is proudly re-enacting a bit of history here by getting her head chopped off.
Heather cozying up to the cold stone walls of the Tower of London
The escalators for the subway system in London are extremely long. Thought I would take a picture and let everyone see it. Pretty exciting.
Buckingham Palace
It really exists! Harry Potter is real!
By the end of our two weeks in Europe, we were pooped. We did the smallest amount of sightseeing, and took a break by relaxing and taking in the culture of London, via musicals. Here we are at Les Miserables.
Wicked
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Sequoia National Forest Family Vacation
We took a family vacation to Sequoia this year. However, because we booked the camping spots so late in the season, we could only get two nights at a place called Hume Lake and two more nights in the main Sequoia touristy spot called Lodgepole. Here are a bunch of pictures that tell the story much better than I can.
We didn't actually see any bears but they told us there was one with her cub near our campsite the morning we arrived
Our boys next to the largest tree in the world, General Sherman
The entrance to Crystal Caves. Rett kept calling it the Spiderman Caves. Heather asked him where Spiderman was and he would say "he's hiding, no he's sleeping". We didn't actually get to see Spiderman while we were in there, but we did see lots of cool cave formations and Jacoby saw a bat
Aren't these trees just huge!
The boys helping Daddy row the boat on Hume Lake
After Jacoby showed a good effort and got his picture taken, Heather rowed us all the way there and back
Who wants a candy?
Playing around on the rock we found on our rowing trip
The family
A bear box. You put all your food in it when you aren't using it and the bears can't get into it. Camping in California is crazy! (Jacoby)
Coby was so excited that he was able to roast marshmallows and eat smores every night we were there
Our boys. (not hitting each other)
Cute boy
Coby sang this song after the bees kept attacking our food
We didn't actually see any bears but they told us there was one with her cub near our campsite the morning we arrived
Our boys next to the largest tree in the world, General Sherman
The entrance to Crystal Caves. Rett kept calling it the Spiderman Caves. Heather asked him where Spiderman was and he would say "he's hiding, no he's sleeping". We didn't actually get to see Spiderman while we were in there, but we did see lots of cool cave formations and Jacoby saw a bat
Aren't these trees just huge!
The boys helping Daddy row the boat on Hume Lake
After Jacoby showed a good effort and got his picture taken, Heather rowed us all the way there and back
Who wants a candy?
Playing around on the rock we found on our rowing trip
The family
A bear box. You put all your food in it when you aren't using it and the bears can't get into it. Camping in California is crazy! (Jacoby)
Coby was so excited that he was able to roast marshmallows and eat smores every night we were there
Our boys. (not hitting each other)
Cute boy
Coby sang this song after the bees kept attacking our foodMonday, June 16, 2008
Book Of Mormon Stories
Yesterday for Fathers Day all the kids went up to sing in church. I really wanted Coby to go sing (he wouldn't for Mothers Day) so I bribed him with a piece of gum (his all time favorite treat) after church if he would go sing. Well he walked himself right up there and sang in the front row and it was the coolest thing ever. The moment that makes motherhood totally worth it and all you feel is joy and pride. He sang some of the worlds but mainly gave us a huge grin and traded between waving and giving us thumps ups. If only we could video tape at church......I think I would watch it everyday.
In lou of having a videotape of that, I did get on video the boys singing Book of Mormon stories together. We had practiced a few weeks in a row at Family Home Evening with Coby so he would become more familiar with Primary songs. Then a little bit ago we realized that Rett knew the song too and he loves to sing it just as much. His favorite part is the third line all about the sea. (Excuse my overly loud voice joining in. I always forget that I am really close to the camera so it picks everything up!)Enjoy!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Birthday Boy
29 things I love about my 29 year old husband....2-He is very patient.
3-He is rarely ever mad and even when he is he will forgive you in a heartbeat.
4-He is a ton of fun to be around.
5-He is very handsome.
6-He loves to play games and have get togethers.
7- He's funny and makes me laugh.
8- He thinks I'm funny and even laughs at my lame jokes.
9- He makes killer pizzas.
10-He makes everything more fun when he is there.
11-He is a great dad. I am so blessed with how much he does for the boys.
12-He is a fantastic husband, he is always tries to put me first.
13-He puts up with me which on a long day with the kids is not an easy task!
14-He loves a new adventure and keeps our lives full of fun memories.
15-He can fix anything!
16-He is a loyal friend and is never one to talk bad or belittle someone else.
17-He is a righteous priesthood holder and is a great example of someone living the gospel.
18-He is really smart.
19-When he leans over the side of the bed and I push him off he laughs even though it's totally immature of me:) Funny thing to love I know but for some reason I find it so sweet!
20-He thinks everything I cook is the best meal ever.
21-He is the master at compliments.
22-He is a great singer and musically talented.
23-He has an awesome smile.
24-He is willing to go along with whatever new scheme I have cooked up.
25-He's a great dancer and loves to start hip hop parties in our living room.
26-He makes me want to be a better person.
27-He is the best thing that ever happened to me.
28-I love him and
29- He's my very best friend!!!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Doesn't my husband rock???
Since it is almost Jacoby's birthday I figured it was the perfect time to brag about how awesome he is. He can fix or make just about anything. It's amazing!!! I never knew he was so handy until we moved to this house and then he just does all sorts of things like installing a new garbage disposal or fixing a broken sink pipe. It's really fun to see this side of him. Check out all his recent fixes:
1.We have been looking for a new double jogger since the one we have is really hard to steer. The other day I found this one for free on Craigslist (okay so he has the fixing skills and I have the finding things free skils:). It's a BOB Sport Utility Duallie, that normally costs around $400. They were giving it away since the shocks were broken and the brakes didn't work. We bring it home and Jacoby takes apart both the shocks and brakes and is able to fix them both! Now it works perfectly and is such a nice stroller, so much lighter and easier to push (which means a lot when your kids weigh close to 80 pounds together!).
2. Last Christmas I found this exercise bike on freecycle that they were giving away because the power circuit no longer worked (or something like that). Jacoby took the wires apart then resaudered some stuff and got a new power plug and now it works awesome! Once again this thing would be like $300-$400 brand new but with my finding and his fixing skills it was free!
3. Last but not least, about a year ago Jacoby made me these awesome food storage rotating shelves. My mom actually wrote the book on how to make your own shelves if you want to check it out at http://www.spacesavvy.com/. She had given us a copy but her design is for front to back loading which when you have a basement with space works great. But we had no way to set it somewhere that we would be able to reach the front and back so we decided to make ours front loading. Using her book and the idea in our head we were able to modify the directions to make this awesome storage rotation which I have loved (except for the fact that the boys love it too and everytime we go in the garage Rett runs over to move cans about!)
You ROCK Jacoby!!!!
1.We have been looking for a new double jogger since the one we have is really hard to steer. The other day I found this one for free on Craigslist (okay so he has the fixing skills and I have the finding things free skils:). It's a BOB Sport Utility Duallie, that normally costs around $400. They were giving it away since the shocks were broken and the brakes didn't work. We bring it home and Jacoby takes apart both the shocks and brakes and is able to fix them both! Now it works perfectly and is such a nice stroller, so much lighter and easier to push (which means a lot when your kids weigh close to 80 pounds together!).
2. Last Christmas I found this exercise bike on freecycle that they were giving away because the power circuit no longer worked (or something like that). Jacoby took the wires apart then resaudered some stuff and got a new power plug and now it works awesome! Once again this thing would be like $300-$400 brand new but with my finding and his fixing skills it was free!
3. Last but not least, about a year ago Jacoby made me these awesome food storage rotating shelves. My mom actually wrote the book on how to make your own shelves if you want to check it out at http://www.spacesavvy.com/. She had given us a copy but her design is for front to back loading which when you have a basement with space works great. But we had no way to set it somewhere that we would be able to reach the front and back so we decided to make ours front loading. Using her book and the idea in our head we were able to modify the directions to make this awesome storage rotation which I have loved (except for the fact that the boys love it too and everytime we go in the garage Rett runs over to move cans about!)
You ROCK Jacoby!!!!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Back to school!
I got word today: I am going back to school! Above is the Jacob School of Engineering where I will be studying this fall.
This fall I will be attending UCSD to get a master's degree in Electrical Engineering. I received the Department of Defense SMART scholarship which will pay my schooling, allow me to go to school full time, work part time, and get paid my full salary. It was a deal that was too good to pass up. Hmmmm, lets see, that's 100% of my time to school and 50% of my time to work. How much does that leave for my family? Although Heather is excited for me and supportive of this plan, she is realizing that she might not see me much for the next two years. I guess all that studying for the GRE paid off.
Along with this change, we have applied for on-campus housing in beautiful La Jolla (the most expensive area in San Diego and right by the beach), which will save us a bunch of money because they keep the prices low for students, and will allow me to be very close to school. However, after living in a house with a backyard for two years, a small 800 sq. ft. apartment will be tough. The good news is that there are parks and playgrounds right outside the door and they even have garden plots we can use to grow whatever we want.
This fall I will be attending UCSD to get a master's degree in Electrical Engineering. I received the Department of Defense SMART scholarship which will pay my schooling, allow me to go to school full time, work part time, and get paid my full salary. It was a deal that was too good to pass up. Hmmmm, lets see, that's 100% of my time to school and 50% of my time to work. How much does that leave for my family? Although Heather is excited for me and supportive of this plan, she is realizing that she might not see me much for the next two years. I guess all that studying for the GRE paid off.
Along with this change, we have applied for on-campus housing in beautiful La Jolla (the most expensive area in San Diego and right by the beach), which will save us a bunch of money because they keep the prices low for students, and will allow me to be very close to school. However, after living in a house with a backyard for two years, a small 800 sq. ft. apartment will be tough. The good news is that there are parks and playgrounds right outside the door and they even have garden plots we can use to grow whatever we want.
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