Spring Break-day 4

It's always hard to go back to reality after vacation.  We took our time getting ready to leave.  We had a nice breakfast, packed and played outside one more time before we got in the car and headed back down the mountain.

It was a great break.  We are all glad we did it.  It's wonderful to be together.

Spring Break-day 3

Damon was in charge or the activities today and he didn't disappoint.  After a slow morning (love not getting up and rushing out) we headed out to do some geocaching and a hike.  We hiked Castle Rock and did the Royal Flush geocache.

 We couldn't find the first cache because it was buried under snow.  Damon stood on top of it though.  It was quite a fun hike and the kids didn't complain much because we were looking for the caches.

 We had lunch on top of Castle Rock and enjoyed the views of the Lake from the top.  We made it down in record time with only 1 fall.  No one got hurt though and Damon managed to save his camera during the fall (that was the first thing I asked, "Is the camera ok?).

After we returned back to the trail start the kids wanted to take over the activities for the rest of the day.  We headed for the Alpine slide and the Go Karts.  Both were fun, but on the second run down the slide Lily and I lost control and flipped over.  She was crying the rest of the way down.  She got a bit of a burn on her head.  The Go Karts lifted her spirits and so did pizza for dinner.

 We had dinner alfresco at Boulder Bay Park.  It was a beautiful setting.  The kids met some dogs and their owner let the kids take the dogs on a walk.  They loved it.  After showers we had movie night and watched "Phineas and Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension".  The kids fell asleep pretty quick after that.

Spring Break-day 2

Skiing!  Lily wasn't going to go so Damon was going to stay home with her.  She was scared to try skiing.  I was set with just going with the boys, but then Damon decided he wanted to go as well.  We ended up telling Lily she was going to try skiing.

After a nice leisurely breakfast we went to the ski shop and got fitted with skis.  Lily cried because she was the only one who didn't get poles.  It's been 16 years since I've been skiing and I must say that I enjoy the newer style of skis better then the long, narrow ones. 

We skied a half day at Snow Summit.  I was glad for the half day because after 4 hours I was done in.  The kids had never been and I didn't want to bother with lessons so they got a real basic ski class from me.  Here is how it went... 1)If you want to go fast point your skis downhill.  2)If you want to go slow make a triangle with the tip in front, it's called snow plow.  3) If you fall down fall to the left or right. 4) When you fall down point your skis perpendicular to the hill so you don't start going down the hill. 5) Have fun and don't fall when getting off the ski lift.

 It was a little touch and go at first and a bit of yelling from me, but after the first run everyone seemed to have figured it out and we all had a great day.  By the end of the day the kids were all bored with the bunny hill.  We were all very exhausted afterwards.  It was a great day!  The kids are already talking about doing it again next ski season.

Spring Break-day 1

 This year Spring Break is a bit different for us.  We only really have 1 week.  We've always have had 4 weeks.  With Noah on a traditional schedule now at school, he has 1 week while the other two have 4.  We decided to make the most of the one week we had together.

Monday morning found us loading up the car with all sorts of winter gear even though it was 75*F where we were.  We drove up to Big Bear Lake.  We started climbing the mountain and the kids were so sad there wasn't any snow.  We rounded a bend in the road and then there were screams of delight, "SNOW!"

Our cabin was nice and cozy.  The kids had the upstairs loft all to themselves.  We spent the rest of the day getting acquainted with our surroundings.  The lake was beautiful.  There was enough snow in the back for the kids to sled down a small hill.  Damon and I started to unwind.

It was a peaceful evening.

fun times!

It's almost spring break and I am glad.  I've never really felt so ready for a break.  At the end of each week I am so worn out and tired.  I'm not the only one who feels this way, but that's never seemed to have happened to our family before.  It is sad.

 Our great friends, the Melanson's, came down to visit during their spring break. We were so excited to see them even if it was only for 2 days.  My kids have never really not known them.  It's fun to watch them grow up.  The adults were able to go out to dinner.  It seems so easy now that we don't have to find a sitter and all of them pretty much take care of themselves.  It used to be such a hassle when they were little.  We were sad to see them go and sorry we couldn't join them at Disneyland. 

 Lily's class went on a field trip to Sea World.  We had a lot of fun together.  It was a great day.  Lily went on Atlantis for the first time as well as Riptide.  She can't wait to go back and ride them again.

 baseball/choir-Adam seems to be keeping us very busy these days.  This week he had 2 baseball games and a choir concert.

 new cake-I made a chocolate marble pound cake.  It was good.  I also made a Chocolate sour cream cake.  That was good too.  I made them from scratch.  It wasn't to hard.



tennis-Lily just finished up a month of tennis lessons.  I'm a horrible mom and didn't take any pictures.  She enjoyed it though.

swim/carpool-Noah just finished up cotillion (which he is so very sad about.  HA!)  We are also still going strong with swimming (he set a goal to do a 50 free in 33 seconds).  Mom is happy to be done with carpool for a week.  No pictures of carpool.  Just picture 6 tweens who are grumpy and loud.

It's a fun time of life!!  Can't wait for conference this weekend.  Should be great.

Busy times

I've been wondering why we are so tired all the time and the weekend always seems to fly by and when Monday comes again it is even harder to get out of bed.  We are busy.  Thursday and Friday used to be our down days and now they are just as busy.  Since baseball season started even our Saturdays are gone.  We realize this is just our phase in life right now.  We love it, but we are tired every night.

Today I decided to relax and do some creative baking.  I did a yummy vanilla cupcake with a chocolate butter cream filling and a mint butter cream frosting.  It was fabulous.  I managed to only eat one, but there was also a lot of finger licking.

We had Noah's Court of Honor tonight for scouts.  Noah earned 4 merit badges and is now a 2nd class scout.  Way to go Noah.  He is only 4 activities away from getting his 1st class badge.  We are so proud of him.

Girls day Out!

 Today was a fun day.  My crazy friend Heather thought it would be fun if a bunch us went down to Mission Beach and rented Segways.  She was right.  It was so much fun.  We live in an amazing place and it's nice to actually go out and enjoy it.  We always get so busy with life that we forget to enjoy what millions of people come to vacation to.

We live here.  How cool is that!!

 We rolled right past the hotel that Damon and I spent our Honeymoon at.  We were laughing because Heather was rolling while trying to take the picture and I was rolling into the plants.  Fun day!