California!

Auntie Lindsay has a snow cone machine and she makes home made syrups for the shaved ice. The kids made a lot of snow cones on this trip.

 We swam at her pool and took advantage of the hot tub.

 Where Travis and Valen play ice hockey, there was a $5 skating night, so we got to go ice skating! The kids loved it.

 Then we used some coupons and got everyone some ice cream that was made with Nitrogen gas. The gas made clouds of mist when they froze the ice cream mixture.

 And while we were there, Lindsay's contractions became more and more uncomfortable. So Travis and I left Sarah (one of Lindsay's friends) at the house and we drove down to the hospital. Lindsay's contractions were 1:45 seconds apart.

 Once we had been at the hospital for a while, the contractions slowed down and lost their gusto, so we finally went back home in the morning after being up most of the night. Lin and I slept for a while in the hospital bed. It reminded me of old times when she and I shared a bed when we were kids and when she came out to visit me for college and we shared my twin bed.

 Poor Lin's feet were so swollen!

California!

Auntie Lindsay has a snow cone machine and she makes home made syrups for the shaved ice. The kids made a lot of snow cones on this trip.

 We swam at her pool and took advantage of the hot tub.

 Where Travis and Valen play ice hockey, there was a $5 skating night, so we got to go ice skating! The kids loved it.

 Then we used some coupons and got everyone some ice cream that was made with Nitrogen gas. The gas made clouds of mist when they froze the ice cream mixture.

 And while we were there, Lindsay's contractions became more and more uncomfortable. So Travis and I left Sarah (one of Lindsay's friends) at the house and we drove down to the hospital. Lindsay's contractions were 1:45 seconds apart.

 Once we had been at the hospital for a while, the contractions slowed down and lost their gusto, so we finally went back home in the morning after being up most of the night. Lin and I slept for a while in the hospital bed. It reminded me of old times when she and I shared a bed when we were kids and when she came out to visit me for college and we shared my twin bed.

 Poor Lin's feet were so swollen!

California!

My sister had these free bowling summer passes for the kids so we got to go bowling!

 Both of the boys wanted to sleep in my room. This was what my morning looked like :)

 It was SO hot in Santa Clarita! It was 120 degrees. When I went back to see the Hamills, Curt and I took the kids swimming because it was so hot.

 Sammy and Lizzie take after their mom. She has taught them amazing make-up skills. My girls like to get their make-up done by them.

 In Sammy's room, I saw this picture of Hideki holding Samantha when she was little. Hideki was my step-grandfather. He was married to my grandmother for as long as I can remember and until she died. I have lost contact with him over the past 10 years or so. It was neat to see his picture.

 On our way back to Moorpark, we stopped at a road-side stand to get Carley some Mexican candy and treats. She was thrilled.

California!

My sister had these free bowling summer passes for the kids so we got to go bowling!

 Both of the boys wanted to sleep in my room. This was what my morning looked like :)

 It was SO hot in Santa Clarita! It was 120 degrees. When I went back to see the Hamills, Curt and I took the kids swimming because it was so hot.

 Sammy and Lizzie take after their mom. She has taught them amazing make-up skills. My girls like to get their make-up done by them.

 In Sammy's room, I saw this picture of Hideki holding Samantha when she was little. Hideki was my step-grandfather. He was married to my grandmother for as long as I can remember and until she died. I have lost contact with him over the past 10 years or so. It was neat to see his picture.

 On our way back to Moorpark, we stopped at a road-side stand to get Carley some Mexican candy and treats. She was thrilled.

California!

We went to Gudrun and Dave's house to set up waterslides. The boys had a ton of fun on the little slide.

Gudrun had the BEST blackberry vines! She let the kids pick and eat as many as they wanted! ...and the kids took advantage of it! We ate SO many wonderful fresh blackberries. The black berries were sweet and wonderful and tasted like what flowers-smell-like.

We tried to set up the big slide but it wasn't holding air very well...and Carley ended up trying to climb it and she rolled off it. It was pretty funny, but kinda dangerous, so we decided to put down the big slide

Bubs gave me a flower and said, "Mom, will you marry me?" I melted. What a cute little guy.

Then we went to a fireworks party at a church. There were tons and people and we watched the city fireworks from the parking lot.