August-September 2010

Grandma- I'm updating this for your birthday. I thought keeping a blog up to date would be a little easier than I have found it. I'll try to put another update for the past month on in a few days?

Chad, Dane and I went to the fair and checked out all the "puppies". Dane calls all animals puppies which we refuse to correct because it is so darn cute. Chance and Emi went to Burley for Mimi and Papa's annual back to school sleepover so they missed all the fun. They sure didn't mind!
We have talked about getting a bunny for several years and finally did it this year. Dane and I picked out the most cuddly "puppy" there. She just sat on Dane, and he snuggled with her.

Chance, Emi, and Bridger helped us bring her home and introduce her to the house. She was a little smothered. The kids named her "Roxie". Now that we have had her for a while, they pretty much ignore her :) Dane likes to go to her cage and say "Rok-the, what sup?" I tried to add the adorable lisp.

Chad is "living the dream" and is now a carpool mom. Here are the kids on the first day of school. Chance is in second grade and Emi is in kindergarten. They were both up really early ready to start the school year. The excitement has worn off for Chance, but Emi is still loving it.

Emi and her best friend Hazlee in their classroom.

Walking Roxie

Don't let this picture fool you. Mimi and Papa are NOT leading Dane around. They are being LED!

Papa is showing Dane how to wash the "tatoes" they just dug up.

Dane taking one of his many trips in Papa's jeep. He loves to ride in it and no one can seem to tell him no.

The double birthday party. Teagan turned 15 and Dane turned 2 on September 18. They shared a cake and a party.

Dane received lots of help unwrapping his presents. I can't believe my little miracle boy is 2 already!

Grandma, this is for you. I am officially a blogger. Here are some pictures of our recent vacation.






Cody, Patrick, Rylie, Ian and Jax came to Utah on the way to California. We went to Bear Lake where Dane and Patrick enjoyed some quality time together. Dane loves "PoPo"! We thought it was funny that Dane called him that since Patrick is a policeman. (For those of you who still don't understand, popo is what they call policeman.)

The Muir Woods were really cool (literally). Yes, we have blankets on.

Alcatraz was a highlight of the trip. We rode a ferry to the island and put on headphones for a tour. It was really well done and we all enjoyed it.



We went to the famous Pier 39 in San Fransisco. I would love to spend more time in San Fransisco next time we go.




The kids went to Disneyland for the very first time! Chance and I made a quilt for the "Give a Day, Get a Day" volunteer opportunity they did this year. We were able to get free tickets. They gave us a pin the wear when we got there and the workers would tell us thanks for volunteering when they saw it. We had a GREAT time!

Some of the great grandkids

Some of the grandkids

The kids

Dane and Grandma Texas are twins!

The main reason for our visit was to go to my awesome grandparents 70th wedding anniversary. Look at what they started. This isn't even half of the family! The kids had fun visiting them and riding in their "pimped out" little red sports car (aka the golf cart). They had the best golf cart in the whole park! Once I find my picture of it, I will post it.

Emi got to go to a gymnastics class with Miranda...

Dane got to snuggle with Tai and Bailey...

We went swimming in Miranda's parent's beautiful pool...

We went to Sequoia National forest and saw really huge trees...

We went to Sutter's Fort and Sutter's Mill (where gold was discovered)...

We played with Bailey and cried when we left her....

We went to Lake Tahoe on the way home. Thanks for coming with us Pop Pop! We probably wouldn't have made it without you! We had a great time. The only thing that would have made it better was Chad coming with us. Maybe next time he will have enough vacation time.