Monday: The Sink Hole

It was raining so much the whole time we were there. It wasn't like hardcore raining it was just drizzly all day!! It was raining so much that the road sank in on both sides of traffic!! So we walked down there and checked it out!! It was pretty crazy!!

After that we pulled out the icecream roll and played some games!! We played Outburst Remix, Taboo and Guesstures. It was lots of fun. Im not good at guesstures. Especially when you get hard words. Luckily I had a good team that could understand my crazy actions!! I love playing games!!!

Sunday: Gabe's Blessing!

Sunday was Gabe's blessing. It was a good blessing. Ryan is such a good daddy, and Nic is such a good mommy!! After church we came home and took some family pictures for grandma and grandpa.

Since it was Mother's Day we all cooked instead of Carol. It was fun all of us in there pitching in and letting Carol have a break. We set the fancy dishes out, and goblets for Mother's Day, and ate spaghetti!! It was amazing!! Chett and Bobbysue are Chris and Brindy's friends and they are selling pest control. So they came to church and ate dinner with us!! It was a lot of fun!! Of course that night we played games!! We played ticket to ride!! It was a really fun board game. It was a good Sabbath.

Saturday: Ultimate games

Saturday was a pretty good day. We went for a ride and visited this little town called . It was amazing to see how huge all of those houses were!! It makes me wonder what kind of jobs those people have to be able to afford houses like that. When we got back to the house there was a ladybug on the ceiling. It flew down and landed on Tyler. He held it on his finger. He thought that was pretty cool.

That night we all went to the church and played ultimate frisbee. Carol, Randal, and I just sat on the sidelines and watched!! It was pretty intense. So intense that Nic dove for the frisbee and fell. It was pretty impressive. I don't know who ended up winning but I can imagine it was a close game. (I don't know though cause I didn't stay for the whole game)

Then we went inside and played basketball, and dodgeball. Once again I sat on the sidelines and cheered. It was a pretty wicked game of dodgeball. Brindy got hit in the ear and was kind of deaf the rest of the night. They all had fun and so did the cheerleaders!!!

Friday: Girls Night, Father and Sons

Friday the boys went to father and sons, and the girls stayed home and watched movies. We watched "27 shoes." (Carol the night before messed up and called 27 dresses 27 shoes. So it's our inside joke about it) It was fun. We all enjoyed our little girls night. Justin took Tyler so it was officially a girls night. Tyler had so much fun being with the boys!! He loves being outside, and he loves campfires so he was in heaven!!! Grandpa, Justin, and Chris took him for a ride on the canoe!! Oh boy did he love that!!

Later that night he caught a frog. He kept it in a cup. He was pretty excited about that frog. He wasn't too happy when he couldn't keep it though. There was a swingset there too so of course he enjoyed that. What kid doesn't like swings!!

When they got back Brindy, Chris, Becky, and I played Sequence. Becky and I won the first game, and Brindy and Chris won the second. It was fun!!

Thursday: Zoo Day!!!

So Thursday we all went to the Zoo!! It was kind of a drizzly day, but it was warm and a blast! We saw the Seals and they were swimming around and splashing! Tyler really liked it!! Zoey was just all smiles!! Probably because she was being pushed around in a stroller all day!! After the seals we saw the Reptiles and stuff!! That was Tyler's favorite exhibit. He would look at the picture on the plaque and then find it in the exhibit. He would even tell Justin, and Grandpa where they were! It was so cute!

We looked at the elephants, and he was telling Nic what sound they would make. He would tell her everything they were doing. We saw the lions and the big lion came out and was roaring and Tyler would roar back!! It was so cute!! We saw the Hippos!! Holy Cow!! They were HUGE!! It was great!

Later we went to Monkey building. There was this Orangatang that had a blanket on him. He was the Yoda of the Monkeys. It was hilarious!! I was taking a picture of the Gorillas eating and right when I took the picture he looked at me. He got redeyes from the camera and everything!! It looks kind of freaky!

Tyler was held by almost everyone. Even two people at one time!

I would even say that Grandpa had fun!! He rode the cart of food down the hill. He had that much fun.

Gabe was the cutest and the dryest!! He had this plastic cover that covered him and the stroller. You know Bubble Boy, he was Bubble Baby!! It was cute!! Overall I think everyone had a good time!

Later that night we had a tornado warning. It was really scary. The tornado was like 20 mins away and we were told to stay in the basement!! That would have to be the scariest thing ever! It never did hit, but just knowing that we had a warning was scary!! Despite the weather we all had a great day!!

Wednesday of our Vacation

It took us forever to get here but we made it!! I don't think I will ever fly redeye again!! That was really rough! We left Tuesday at 6:15 from Las Vegas. We had a layover in Long Beach, and left there at 9:50. We arrived here Wednesday morning at 6:00!! The kids did good on the plane. They slept almost the whole time, but I didn't get much sleep.
So as soon as we got here Grandpa wanted to set up the tramp. So Tyler, Becky, Justin, and even Grandpa jumped on the tramp. It was so fun!

Then we left at 2:30 to pick up Brindy and Chris!! Tyler loves Brindy and Chris, and he was really excited to see that they were here too.
Later that night we played games. That is one thing that we do almost every night is play games. I love it!! We play new games, and games that require teams. It's just a blast!! It's like my favorite part. I look forward to the games everytime we come. We don't just play, but we whip out all the goodies, and snacks. It's almost like we make a party out of it!! Justin got a little excited about the candy!!

Then we all went to bed! Wednesday was a great day!!

Weekend With Lins!!!

We also had a great time with Linsey!! It was fun seeing her after her procedure!! She was so drugged!! It was hilarious!! She would say that she was glad I was her friend, that she was the doctors special patient, and she felt like her head weighed a lot!! It was GREAT!!! But as you can see she recovered well!! We rented a movie and I wanted to see if I could take a picture in the dark. It worked!!

Tyler also enjoyed flying his buzz kite! He did it himself a couple times then he would just let it go so Justin had to be by him so he could supervise.

Zoey enjoyed the first 2 days we were there. She was moving all over the place! It's like she can tell that she's not at her house. She will be fine for 2 days then whine all day the next! We had to leave early cause I just couldn't deal with the whining. Of course as soon as we got home she was fine! She is such a girl!! I'm not used to it. Tyler didn't whine nearly as much as Zoey!! It's funny how each kid has their own personality!

We will be doing it again soon!! You're in trouble now you have a house Lins!! So prepare yourself for the Stokers!!!! Here's to a great weekend!!