Our Trip to Monterey Bay

Here are a few pictures of our quick trip to Monterey Bay Aquarium.

We left Friday at noon, it was so nice to get away for the weekend. One last trip before back to school. It was 112 in Redding, but when we arrived in Salinas around 5:00pm it was 65! We had to put our sweatshirts on! Saturday morning Tim took the girls to see the houses where he had lived as a young boy. The last house he lived before moving to Redding had a giant hill right behind it that he used to take card board and slide down, at the bottom of that hill was a giant tree, the kind that makes for great tree climbing. So we took the girls to see where daddy had a fort by the tree. Sure enough there was some card board right next to the tree. (We found out later that night at Tim's moms house that his sister and her kids were there the previous week and she had taken them "sledding" down the hill and left the card board there!) After that we went to the aquarium. The girls had a blast looking at everything there. Following the Aquarium we went to Fisherman's Warf, then the beach. Tim and I were pretty tired after the busy day we had, but not those girls!

The day after...

Bekah had a nice small simple birthday yesterday. She gets a big party at Waterworks Park on the 30th of this month as most of her friends and family are on vacation this week.

Her older sister took her and Abby to the movies to see Journey to the Center of the Earth for the second time while I did a little shopping and decorating. Then after having Pizza for dinner she got to open her presents and have some cake and ice cream. Overall it was a nice day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY REBEKAH!

Today is our youngest daughter Rebekah's 8th birthday. Like all parents know, she is growing up so fast! Rebekah is an above average kid, ( well at least I like to think so ) she is very confident in most tasks she takes on. She was an early climber, fearless of most things, very self assured. She is also very headstrong, persistant, definately a leader, not a follower. She is our most challenging child, and her and I share a special bond. So today is her day. These pictures are from last year's Birthday party.

The things children say

I love the things children say, especially when the words seems so grown up and they are so little. I just read Jamie's blog where Emily said "now I have my ticket to Heaven." It filled my heart and made me smile. Today in the car driving back from Kids Kingdom, Rebekah put her hand on my arm and said, " Mom, I apologize for everything since I was born." I cracked up laughing. Now if you know Rebekah, you understand why that is funny. Rebekah is our most trying child we have. She is extremely persistant, and headstrong. She can negotiate like nobody's business. So I told her apology accepted and continued to drive home, with my heart filled with life's simple little blessings.

Go Karts Part 2

Ok so Tim took his office staff to Need 2 Speed today for a meeting and some racing. I was going to go along so that I could take pictures, however my wonderful, super sweet loving husband said that he'd video tape and I could race. YES!

Everyone who was going was pretty excited. Few had never been there before. Then there's Chris. Hardcore racer. And don't forget his brother Mark. The first race we had was a warm up. Mark took first place in that race. Then the second race we had Chris took first place. Surprisingly Holly our office manager took 3rd place in the first race. As for me, I took 6th place both races. =( Guess I need some more practice. Overall we had a blast.

Go Karts!

Amy and I had the opportunity to ride the Go-Karts at Need 2 Speed.
If you've never done this, I highly reccomend it! I absolutely LOVED it.
(When I drove my Pontiac Grand Prix, my kids were constantly reminding me "Mom, your not a race car driver.")
If I ever had the chance to go one one of those Fantasy Vacation Camps, I would choose race car driving.

These area few pictures of my cousin Amy and I out on the lake. I haven't seen Amy since I was 7 years old and she came to live with us for a while.
We did many things this week, indoor go-karts, hiking to Mossbrae Falls in Dunsmuir, visiting her father in Mt.Shasta, Sundial bridge and Turtle Bay Museum.
We had some minor communication difficulties, I wish my signing was better so that I could talk about more in depth subjects.