Visiting Family

Growing up we were very involved in our family. It was a very usual occurrence to have aunts and cousins at my house when I got home from school. I loved that! We rarely had a small group of people. Even now, here in Washington we are still the same way. Bringing my kids down to California was wonderful. My kids blended in with all of their cousins like they have always been together. We did a lot of fun things while we were there and we did a lot of visiting my family, I was so very proud of Marisa, Mattias and Jessica. They never complained...they never said 'can we go now' or how much longer are we going to be here?'. And I was waiting for it. They sat with us and answered all the questions my aunts asked and joined in on the conversations. They are good, loving kids.

In the City of LA

I love taking my kids to all the places my parents took me as a kid. My Dad would always have something planned for the weekend. We went to LA a lot. He would pack us a lunch we would go to the Natural History Museum, walk through the rose garden, Olvera Street, Hollywood, we did it all. We were short on time this trip but we did go to the Natural History and Olvera Street. The kids had a great time....just like me when I was their age. I am grateful to my Dad for so many great childhood memories! I hope my children can look back on their childhood and be a happy as I am. The museum was as great as I remembered it to be and we had a great time there. We all loved Olvera Street of course...the best food!!!! Marisa and Jessica got some clothes and Mattias picked out an accordion. I wanted to get a leather purse like I did when I was a little girl but I didn't find what I was looking for:( O-Well... It was a great day...hanging with Nanci, Becky, Jessica, Dad, Marce and the kids in the city of LA!

California Love

We packed up the kids and the car and drove and drove and drove and slept and drove. As soon as we got there we went to Aunt Patty's for a Bar B Que. It was so wonderful to see everyone! The next morning we ALL went to brunch, like 30 of us. So much fun! After brunch we went to Knott's Berry Farm. Maris had a great time running all over the park with her cousins. It took me back about 20 years when I was doing the same thing with all of my cousins! We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family!!!

When we moved from California to Washington all the kids were kids and now they are all teenagers! It was amazing to see how they have grown! This was also the first time we were all together, our family, Steve's family and Alice and Waters(we were missing Justin:( ) So ofcourse I was happy to get a picture of the gang! I can't wait to see them again. This time with Justin. Ok more of the trip to come, gotta run now! Peace!

BLOG ALREADY!!!!

This picture was taken on Christmas Eve 2007. It's been that long since I last posted. Marce started his blog last month and has 3 times the posts that I do:( So lets see......Christmas was fun....it was at our House and everyone came over, that always makes me happy. I scrapped our tree...that was fun. I put pictures that we took in 2007 and I loved it. New Years was very special, my Brother, Tyler, Parker and my Dad came up and it was a wonderful time. Brother and his kids are amazing! When I think about their trip up here I smile.

I have been trying very hard to get my life in balance...work...kids...home...love...fun times! I finally got someone to help me at work and now I can finally breathe! And during Spring break we went down to California. That was a great vacation! We saw lots of family...Disneyland....The Beach....LA....fun, fun times. The only thing missing was Justin and Jared. They stayed home to do life guard training at the pool, so now they can get more hours at work. Everyone in California was great and I am happy we took the drive down. Now its back to reality....work...school...swim lessons....TKD....Kick boxing (I'm so freaking sore)...dogs....the list goes on and on. Busy and Happy.