Sea World

We love going to Sea World! 

The kids were excited to find this sea star with six legs!

One of my favorite parts is seeing the polar bears

We watched the "new" dolphin show for the first time. It was pretty weird show. The show involved people dressed as birds and trapeze tricks. Matt kept looking at me and saying "aren't we at the dolphin show?" 

School Pictures- 2012

Teras Easter Celebration

I was able to help out at Teras school Easter celebration. I love being able to volunteer at school. They had a Easter egg hunt, dyed Easter eggs, and did a Spanish tradition of smashing an Easter egg filled with confetti over each other's heads. It was fun to watch and participate! 

Tera with Princpal of Rice Canyon- Mr. Ricatto

Chef Ashton

Ashton is pro at making cheese noodles. Today as he was making them I told him "You will need to grate cheese because we are out of grated cheese." His response made me smile. "Booya! Cause if there is one thing I am good at it is grating cheese!"

Snow camping

Over Presidents weekend we went camping up at Joshua tree with our friends the Hannons and Russels. We knew it would be a little cold, but we grew nervous as we arrived and saw snow covering a lot of the ground. We were not prepared for such cold camping. The kids didn't mind the cold and loved climbing all over the cool rocks that surround the area. The guys also weren't bothered by the cold and even enjoyed a snowball fight with the kids (and each other). It was the women who minded the cold the most and spent most of the time sitting right next to the fire that blazed the entire time we were there. We had a fun, memorable, albeit cold, time there and are glad we went.

Tera's first bee sting

I happened to have the camera right next to me when Tera was stung by a bee for the first time. It was quite sad, and yet impressive that she has gone six years without ever getting stung. She was sad for a moment, but quickly turned her frown upside down for another picture.

Flashback to the 80's

I looked at these pictures of little Mazzi in this jean jacket, high pony tail and yellow beaded necklace and was reminded of the fashion during my childhood. She is proudly showing off her latest tattoo.