Spring break in San Francisco

Spring break caught us off guard this year.  Since this is our first year of public school we are just now getting used to planning around the school calendar.  I didn't think about spring break till about two weeks before.  The kids had been bugging us to go camping since last fall when our camping trip to the local mountains had to be canceled due to the federal government shut down.  We agreed this would be a great time to go, but where?  Yosemite and Sequoia both too cold still.  Enter China Camp.  A state beach just 20 min. North of San Fransisco.  It was a perfect spot to spend our short time.  We arrived on Saturday afternoon and would spend three days exploring the area and then pack up the 5th day.  The only hitch, rain.  Lots. of. rain.  And did I mention there was rain?!

 The campground was great.  We'll kept, with many ammenities, even hot showers and flush toilets.  Camping is well and good, but, if you leave camping land and enter society I must have access to a hot shower.  If I'm in the mountains with no city in sight I can do without a shower.

 We were greeted by the camp wild turkeys and gaggle of quail.  That night we were serenade by a pack of coyotes, and I assume a honeymooning couple (if you know what I mean;).)  The next morning we where woken by the local wood pecker.

Day 1: San Fransisco.  Golden Gate Bridge, drive through the Presidio, Lombard Street, the Embarkedero,  historic cable car ride, J-town.  This was a beautiful sunny and warm day.  The kids loved the trolley car ride.  They could spend the whole day just ridding.  A short, but fun visit, to J-town where we met up with Auntie Janie and Uncle Eric.

Day 2:  Muir woods.  The trees are AMAZING.   The rain held off just long enough to get us through the forest.  We then had a picnic lunch in the car and a short drive over to Point Reyas.  It was raining too hard to get out but it was still quite beautiful. 

Day 3: Back to the city for a day of trolly riding,  aquarium visit, fortune cookie factory visit and taste test, dim sum trying, San Francisco Giants stadium looking and a late dinner. 

The rain got the better of us on night three.  Our tent is more of a summer time tent and thus we set out to find another bohemith tent when we got home.  We may be few in number, but we like our space.  When the rain is coming down you need room to entertain three lil ones inside the tent.  All in all, a great trip.  My kids are having such a great time trying new things and visiting new places.  It reminds me of my own childhood.  Thanks mom and dad!

And she's off!

Audrey has been riding a scoot bike for about a year now.  Her balance is excellent.  Her bike was the last one I bought, but I did find one on black friday.  Anyway she took off riding and hasn't looked back.  She is a natural.  Way to go Audrey!

Wizard of Bras

***Girl Talk Here***  Overt your eyes if you are a male***


It's been a while since I have had a properly  fitting bra.  It seems as I have had kids, lost weight, gained weight, had more kids etc.  I just haven't taken the time to get a proper fitting.  Well, I finally did it.  Thanks to my good friend Angela, for prodding me along with a birthday gift card, I made my way to Monrovia's Wizard of Bras.  There, they keep track of your size and the style of bras that you buy.  Now mind you, I haven't been there for at least 3 years.  The record indicated that my last bra was a size 34 E.  What size did I walk out in?  That would be 34 B.  Yea baby, I'm back to my original size.  Whoever said that being busty was fun, clearly hasn't been without.  I think being without is way better than being with.  I'm not sure most men would agree, but I'm sure the women can all relate.

Halloween 2013

It's almost Halloween again and I'm always amazed at how fast the year has gone.  The really bad part is that the rest of the year goes even faster than the first half!

We had our ward annual Trunk-or-treat on Monday night.  It's a really fun night for the kids.  Everyone is there in costume, even most adults.  This year I chose to have us all be Legos.  It was simple and fun and lets be honest, INEXPENSIVE.

The only problem is that sitting down to eat was a little hard for the kids.  Oh well.  It was only for one night.

Football and Pumpkins

Sunday was a marathon sporting day.  First game up was the Washington Redskins followed by the Red Sox World Series Game.   While Bjorn was watching the game I thought it would be a good idea to carve pumpkins with the kids.  It would occupy them for a long time and they wouldn't notice the fact that they couldn't watch "kid shows"  all day.

I started by cutting open everyones pumpkins.  Then I thought they would all enjoy getting out the "guts".  As it turns out, none of kids liked the feeling of the "guts" and I ended up gutting all of them myself.

Then on to the designs.  Audrey wanted an Ariel, Lydia wanted a Hello Kitty, and Myles wanted a little green alien from Toy Story.  They all turned out really well if I do say so myself.  I felt like the little red hen in the end.  I bought the pumpkins, I gutted the pumpkins and I carved the pumpkins all by myself!  Maybe next year they will be able to help out a little more...

Last Year

It's the first day of the last year of Pre-school for the girls.  I will be so happy to have them all at the same place next year.  I will also be happy to not be paying for pre-school any more.  It never seemed that bad when it was just Myles, but then the following year it was all three, and this year it's back to just two.  All the same I can think of other ways to spend that money!

The girls are eager to go and love that they have the same teacher as Myles did last year.  It's a fun, friendly, easy going place for them to spend the mornings twice a week.

Way to go Monkey class.  Next year it's on to Bradoaks to become a Bobcat!

Bubba turns 6!

Myles turned six on the 1st of October.  It was a low key day for the most part.  He had school and then we had our friends the Terrill's over for homemade pizza, cake and ice cream.

Myles was blessed with many gifts from all of you.  Thanks for remembering his special day.  He loved all of his gifts and is still in the planning stages of spending the rest of the cash that he was given.

I mad him a pirate ship cake for the event and as the night went on it became a ship wreck cake.  I guess the heat was too much for it and it split right into two.  Tears where shed, but I think it was still cute, even as a wreck!