A day at the beach

Today two of my best girlfriends, Leah and Amber, and I took our kids to the beach. We figured since it was the last official day of summer vacation we needed to do something fun! We had a blast, I tried the best that I could to relax and let the kids enjoy themselves, which they did. Ask my friends I always have this fear that my kids are going to get sucked out to sea, I know, like that could ever happen! Brandon and Carissa went boogie boarding for the first time, that is until Brandon had his first wipeout, then he quit!! We had such a great time! Thanks Girlies!! Love ya!

Disneyland

We made another trip to an amusement park!! This time we went to Disneyland, we have not been in about 4 years. We had a blast, the kids were tall enough to ride everything, it was so exciting!! Brandon has suddenly become this dare devil who wants to try all the rides. We managed to hit all the big ones that Disney is known for. The Hollywood Tower Hotel was a bit over the top for the kids, I still don't think they have forgiven us for taking them on that one. If you don't know about it ask a friend, it is not good for kids under 10-12 for sure, unless they are SUPER brave. All in all we had a wonderful time, can't wait to go again. I think that we will buy season passes for sure!!

So cute....

Okay so I am one of those crazy people who thinks that it is cute to dress up your dog! So I went out shopping with the kids last week, Carissa and I have been wanting to get a shirt for our chihuahua Juicy and we found the cutest one for her! I put it on her and she did not like it one bit, she froze and would not move! Then once she did move she just rolled around trying to get it off, oh well, we will just have to keep trying!!

LegoLand!

We took the kids for a trip to LegoLand. We figured that summer is coming to an end and we needed to go on some fun family outings before they go back to school. BOOHOO! I have really enjoyed my summer with the kids and can't believe they are going back to school already!

Happy 7th Birthday Brandon!

We had a party to celebrate Brandon's 7th birthday. He had a great time plying and swimming with all of his friends! He got some great Lego sets, thanks to everyone! Brandon loves Lego's and has already been busy working this morning assembling them. He also got lots of iTunes gift cards to load upi his new iPod! We enjoyed some yummy ice cream cupcakes and lots of tasty food!! Happy Birthday dude!!

Birthday Lunch At Red Robin!!

Today is Brandon's 7th birthday! Who said that my little guy could turn 7? He is so excited that his birthday is on 8/8/08, so we needed to do a little something special to celebrate. We went to Red Robin with Aunt Jen and cousins Logan and Gage. He even got a little surprise sundae after lunch with the Red Robin staffers singing "Happy Birthday." Tomorrow is his party and he is very excited, we will have lots of pics to share with you later!

The Annual Chicken Fry, Seligman Arizona

This year we were able to make it to Rick's Family's Chicken Fry in Seligman, Arizona. Now you may be asking yourself "Where in the heck is Seligman, Arizona?" Well, it is a little town on Historic Route 66 between Kingman and Flagstaff, Az. Did that help out? Last year we missed the Chicken Fry because as we were leaving, with the car loaded down, we sold our house. So we could not make the fry. All of my mother-in-law's siblings came, it was great to see everyone! This was the 53rd annual fry, good eating!! Rick's great-uncle Tommy is the town butcher and he coordinates the fry. We had a great time visiting the Grand Canyon Caverns, look them up sometime they are really neat! This year our friends Brian and Amber and their daughter Amanda joined us. There sure is not much for the kids to do, but they managed!