Cub Scouts and Cars

A few weeks ago I took our Cub Scout troop to see the cars at Lithia, Mario's work. They had a blast! It was a little crazy but Tom did a great job of showing them around. The boys loved the cars and had fun!

Pre-Easter Celebration

Our friends were going to be out-of-town Easter weekend, so we did a little pre-Easter Egg Hunt the weekend before. We had hid 12 eggs for each kid at the church building. All the boys (yes, every child there was a boy) had their eggs within minutes. Poor Tyler, however, took ages to find his eggs. He just didn't understand what was going on. Every time he found an egg he would sit down and open it to eat the candy. Finally the other kids went and found the eggs for him to put in his basket. It was pretty cute.

Terrible Twos

Yes, that is Tyler eating Macaroni and Cheese out of a pan. The other day he asked for Macaroni and Cheese for lunch. I made it and he refused to eat it. He started crying in little kid gibberish and I had no clue what he wanted. Then I finally figured it out that he wanted to eat out of the pan with the wooden spoon. Usually I would never let him get his way after throwing a fit, but we were running late to get Adam from school. He won this battle for sure. All I could do was take a picture.

Gas, Weddings, and other Randomness

-Gas is expensive....like really, really expensive. Yuck!
-Bin Laden is DEAD!!! I can't believe I am actually celebrating someones death, but he was such a deplorable person. Thank you troops!
-K, I'll admit it...I LOVED the royal wedding this weekend. Kate Middleton is gorgeous. It is a modern fairytale.
-Kate Middleton is now my fashion icon. Is it so lame that I want to dress just like her? Probably, but I don't care!
-Church today was wonderful. I love my ward so much. They really are my Medford family.
-I get to go home in a couple days!!!! I can't wait to see my Mom and Dad!
-Life is pretty dang good. For reals.

French Fry Face

Doesn't this picture make you want to reach into the screen and pinch his little cheeks. I just want to smoosh him! We went to In and Out Burger in California and Alex was feeling the fries. That's my boy!

In the (Jelly) Belly of the Beast

I'm going to blame this title on my complete lack of sleep lately. On our drive how from San Francisco we went to the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield, CA. Mario thought I was crazy for wanting to go there, but we all agreed that it was well worth the stop. You have to wear a hat and they bring you through the factory to see how the Jelly Beans are made. Then you get a big bag to take home. All for free! It is a really fun atmosphere and completely worth the stop. We all had fun in the car eating the Jelly Bellies and guessing the flavors. Adam freaked out when he got a coffee one. The kid cracks me up. Biggest bonus of all: We got to see lots of awesome Ronald Reagan memorabilia. It made me think of my dad!

San Fran Photo Dump

I took a whole ton of pictures on our quick trip to San Francisco a couple weeks ago. I wanted to write more but I have so many new pictures and stories to tell. I've decided to just post a few of my favs from S.F. and move on.

My boys eating million dollar Ben and Jerry ice cream on the Waterfront. I swear, every time you eat something there you spend $50. Oh well!


Tyler loved the horse at the Muse'e Macanique'. The whole place is full of little coin operated games that are very old and mega creepy.


Adam and Tyler found their pirate buddy.

Ginita and Adam standing in front of the sea lions at Pier 39. They are so smelly! It was neat to see such huge animals out in the wild.

Alex and I over Pier 39. I know it's a tourist trap, but I love Pier 39. We shopped a little and had some amazing clam chowder in a sour dough bread bowl and, of course, fish and chips.

The kids did a great job and we all had lots of fun! We almost blew away, but that's San Francisco for ya!