Father~Daughter Dance

AMGEN Tour de California

I took the girls to the tour de California so the girls could see Lance Armstrong go by in the blink of an eye. The waiting fun, but it was really exciting as the bikers rode by at 30-40 mph!! A van of officials were driving around marking the last "meter" mark to raise an arch so the bikers would know how close they were to the end. They got out of the van and gave each of the girls a cow bell to ring as the racers went by.

Fun in the Utah Snow

We had a blast while in Utah. We found a basin right in the neighborhood to go sledding on. The cousins had tons of fun! we built a little jump and we all would get lots of air. We love to be with family and enjoy the snow with them.

Superior Dairy ~ Hanford

We decided to take the train to Hanford (about 30 minutes) to get some super YUMMY ice cream from superior Dairy. The girls loved the train ride and loved talking to the conductor. 

The ice cream is home made and comes from a local dairy. It is very good and the girls love going. The ice cream scoops are HUGE!

After ice cream we went to the local library and walked around old town. The girls ended playing in the leaves before we left. looks more like fall that winter.

Lauryn's 8th and Teagan's 7th Birthday Party ~ Cal Skate

This year we had the girls birthday party together. They both decided on roller skating.  We went to the local skating rink. They each invited 10 friends. I had the bakery make the cupcake "cake" into the shape of roller skates. They turned out really CUTE! The girls loved them and so did I. I wish I hadn't been running around like crazy. There were so many pics that I wanted to take, and didn't get a chance. Everyone needed help putting on skates, changing skates, help getting onto the rink. All the girls had a blast! So here are a few of the pics I took.

Disco Jeff got into the action as well. He was the official helper on the rink for the girls.

Lauryn's Baptism

Lauryn had a great time at her baptism. We had a close babysitter give the talk, Thanks Maddie. A another good friend sang a beautiful Hymn "I Know My Redeemer Lives", extra funk remix. Her husband did a wonderful job conducting. We couldn't have done it without them. thank you.

Sequoia National Park

On Veteran's Day we had an extra off so we decided to go Kings Canyon National Park. It is truly amazing seeing these Redwoods.

This pic should be the end.

This was a tree that had been knocked down (by lightening or something) and it was made into a tunnel/shelter for when the soldiers were stationed here.

Hi HUGE!!!

this was an old cabin that was built by a general while some soldiers were stationed here.

"Where's Waldo/Amy?"

the girls were crawling into the tree base like it was a fort. They had a blast.