Bike Ride to Ruby's

We really love riding our bikes. We got them 2 Christmas' ago and have really enjoyed them. We've even got the neighbors into it now. We often ride our bikes to Ruby's or even the beach.

We usually have to take over several booths with our big crew. Adult table...

Boy table...

Girl table.

The kids love it and could probably do it by themselves now cause they know the way so well.

Cousins Photo Shoot

I wish we would have known they were going to be so cooperative. We would have dressed them better!

After every picture the would both run up and say I see then go back and take another picture.

Too Cute!!

I think this is my favorite.

Vegas!!

The kids and I took a trip to Vegas to help my sister in law. She was diagnosed with colon cancer and was going through chemo and I wanted to help her. The kids had lots of fun with their cousins. D and her cousin her age have a love/hate relationship but the last night we were there they put on a little photo shoot for us and we got some great pictures.

This was right before the photo shot happened.

We watched a lot of RIO cause Vegas was of course to hot to play outside. The kids would dance to the songs.

One of the days we headed to a neighbors pool to cool off.

Another day we went to Target to buy a slip n slide. I found a great deal on one so we played in the back yard and had popsicles. I was so glad we were able to go to help out and play.

Day Trip

We took a day trip to LA. We did Hollywood, got yummy ice cream sandwiches by UCLA, went to see the Grey Stone Mansion, the Donheny's house, (since my parents now live in the Doheny beach house), and of course we took time to stop at the temple.

The last time we were there the visitor center was under contraction and now it was finished to we got to go in and take a look.

This is just a random picture of a summer store we had. We never get summer storms and that is one thing I do actually miss about living in Utah.

Beach Days with the Neighbors

We headed to the beach with our neighbors to get off the alley for a little bit. There was lots of fun in the sun!

B found a rock to jump off like a diving board when the water came in.

The older kids loved being in the water.

And getting right in the big waves.

This year the beach has been lots of fun and we haven't got to be there near as much as we would like. Glad we got this trip in!

County Fair

Every year we try and hit the county fair. This year we started out looking at the animals and we were lucky enough to see the baby pigs. The kids could have watched them most the night.

We let the kids to just a few rides. This was their first choice.

They let D go as long as she went with A. I'm so glad have A as my helper!

It didn't take long before we had to hit the good fair food. We had al types of yummy things. This HUGE corn dog was a hit.

The only reason Big B really likes to go to the fair is the food.

We had to explain to the kids that we would get lots of food but everyone would only get a few bites of everything. That way we could try more things. We also tried deep fried Klondike bar, BBQ corn, lemonade, and more.

County Fair, part 2

There was an ice house with some very cool ice sculptures in it. This was in there but the lighting wasn't good enough to see everyone.

The Chainsaw Chicks did a demonstration of ice sculpting. The kids really liked it.

The finished products were a dolphin and a penguin. Because penguins are black and white they made the ice turn black with the torch.

B guessed what the one chick was making and so she said he could have the dolphin. He didn't understand why we couldn't really take it home. But he settled for a picture with it instead.

This was also in the ice house. All ice, even the colored stuff. Pretty cool!