Justin and I got home last night from a trip to San Diego with friends. We had a great time. The weather was not as warm as we were hoping for but warm enough for a little sunburn after riding bikes for 4 hours.Some highlights were:
Mon: Wahoo Taco's for lunch. Walk down the beach to World Famous for dinner (about 1 mile).
Tues: 10:00 session at the San Diego temple (so incredibly beautiful!). Lunch at Old Town Mexican. Mormon Battalion museum in old town. Bit of shopping. Kimberly and Dan met us at our beach house for steak dinner and playing on the beach.
Wed: DisneyLand. Cheesecake Factory for dinner.
Thurs: Rent bicycles. Breakfast at Konos. Ride bikes until about 1. Hang out at beach house then shopping. Early dinner at PF Changs. National Comedy Theater. Bogart Yogurt for dessert.
Fri: Pack up and check out. IHOP for breakfast. Movie "Unknown". Airport.
Snoqualmie pass was slow going on our way Monday morning but even slower to come home Friday night. When we finally got home, we discovered that we picked up someone else's bag. Now trying to figure out how to return it to them.
While we were gone, Kai had his MS wrestling end-of-season party and received the MVP award! Seila went to the HS sports banquet on Monday night with her sub parents, Greg and Erin Pike. She also had New Beginnings for mutual on Wednesday, also with substitute parents.
The kids had so much fun here with Erin. One of the many highlights was pancake day. She also took them swimming at Grandma Kay's house and hot tubbing at Allred's. They really had a vacation of their own right here with Erin and Greg.
This morning is Zoe Noftle's baptism at 10. Then Justin is going to take the kids to Basin City to see the goats this afternoon. I'll stay home, I think, and try to get the laundry done and work on Heidi's baby quilt. I might take Seila to Moses Lake. She needs a few things and I left the curling iron in San Diego so, I need a new one.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
New Year
So, I finally changed the video at the beginning of our blog. It's about the new year and not looking back. I'd love to know what eveyone thinks about it. So, leave your comments!
I've been terrible at bloggin lately but I'm really going to try to keep up again. Of course, I can't remember all that I wanted to blog about. So now I am only able to blog what I do remember which really isn't very much. I always say that and then I go on and on about everything.
Santa left a letter on Christmas Eve that said he thinks it's time for the kids to learn to ski. So, he helped us find a weekend to take the kids for ski lessons. Kai is going to learn to snowboard and the others will learn to ski. We are going to hopefully borrow some equipment. If you wouldn't mind lending some to us, we'll take good care of it, I promise! Rentals are $30/day per person. Ouch!
Seila started drivers ed classes in the evenings. She turned 15 in December so she was eligible for the class that started a couple of weeks ago. I absolutely can't believe it! We took her in to get her learner's permit and forgot to take the birth certificate with us. So, we had to go back a different day. Justin took her a few days later and forgot to take the application that states she is in the class. So, he had to go find the office for the driving school and get a new application. Then she was able to get her permit. She can only drive with the instructor or one of us. I took her out on Friday to run errands here in town with me and I let her drive. She had stayed home from school that day because she was sick. Whe was feeling better by the afternoon so I took her with me. She had never drived a car before. I have to admit I did feel a little panicky once we were actually sitting in the car with her in the driver's seat. To make a long story short, when we arrived back home, I was very glad that we had signed her up for this class and that she will have almost an entire year to practice driving before she is on her own!
Kai had his first 8th grade wrestling tournament on Thursday. He did very well. I'm always nervous until the first match is over. He pinned his opponent in both of his matches. It looks like it might be a great season for him. Only time will tell.
Hadley was in the Red Rock spelling bee on Friday afternoon. She was the first one up to spell and the first one to get out. Her word was plumber and she forgot the b. When I went to give her a hug after it was all over, she started crying. She was so embarrassed to be the first one out. It bothered her all day. She kept talking about it after she got home. She says she got teased a bit too. She seems to have gotten over it though.
Kale's just so funny. At dinner today, we were talking about a boy in his class. I mentioned that I think the boy is a funny kid. Kale said he didn't think so because he is the funny one. Apparently only one of them can be funny, not both. We couldn't help but laugh.
Justin and the boys went clamming on Friday. They went to Friday Harbor. Clamming is something new for us and they wanted to see what it was all about. They only brought home about 20 clams but all of them said it was fun and we should all go. I think we might try to go next month when the kids have a day off of school.
I've been terrible at bloggin lately but I'm really going to try to keep up again. Of course, I can't remember all that I wanted to blog about. So now I am only able to blog what I do remember which really isn't very much. I always say that and then I go on and on about everything.
Santa left a letter on Christmas Eve that said he thinks it's time for the kids to learn to ski. So, he helped us find a weekend to take the kids for ski lessons. Kai is going to learn to snowboard and the others will learn to ski. We are going to hopefully borrow some equipment. If you wouldn't mind lending some to us, we'll take good care of it, I promise! Rentals are $30/day per person. Ouch!
Seila started drivers ed classes in the evenings. She turned 15 in December so she was eligible for the class that started a couple of weeks ago. I absolutely can't believe it! We took her in to get her learner's permit and forgot to take the birth certificate with us. So, we had to go back a different day. Justin took her a few days later and forgot to take the application that states she is in the class. So, he had to go find the office for the driving school and get a new application. Then she was able to get her permit. She can only drive with the instructor or one of us. I took her out on Friday to run errands here in town with me and I let her drive. She had stayed home from school that day because she was sick. Whe was feeling better by the afternoon so I took her with me. She had never drived a car before. I have to admit I did feel a little panicky once we were actually sitting in the car with her in the driver's seat. To make a long story short, when we arrived back home, I was very glad that we had signed her up for this class and that she will have almost an entire year to practice driving before she is on her own!
Kai had his first 8th grade wrestling tournament on Thursday. He did very well. I'm always nervous until the first match is over. He pinned his opponent in both of his matches. It looks like it might be a great season for him. Only time will tell.
Hadley was in the Red Rock spelling bee on Friday afternoon. She was the first one up to spell and the first one to get out. Her word was plumber and she forgot the b. When I went to give her a hug after it was all over, she started crying. She was so embarrassed to be the first one out. It bothered her all day. She kept talking about it after she got home. She says she got teased a bit too. She seems to have gotten over it though.
Kale's just so funny. At dinner today, we were talking about a boy in his class. I mentioned that I think the boy is a funny kid. Kale said he didn't think so because he is the funny one. Apparently only one of them can be funny, not both. We couldn't help but laugh.
Justin and the boys went clamming on Friday. They went to Friday Harbor. Clamming is something new for us and they wanted to see what it was all about. They only brought home about 20 clams but all of them said it was fun and we should all go. I think we might try to go next month when the kids have a day off of school.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Today the kids and I went into Moses Lake with the intentions of going ice skating. We changed our minds and decided to go to the movies instead so that we can invite friends to go ice skating with us another day. We saw Yogi Bear in 3D. When we got to the theater we only had 5 minutes before the movie started so we hurried inside and bought nachos to snack on. It was lunch time and we were hungry but waited until after the movie to get lunch. We had Taco del Mar after the movie and then headed home. It was a fun day.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Christmas Eve
Christmas was great this year. Grandma and Grandpa Sedgwick arrived on the 23rd. We had fun with them that evening and we were all excited for the next day. The next morning, we got up at 5 am and drove to the Ronald McDonald house to make breakfast for the people that were staying there. We had a crepe bar with all sorts of different toppings for them to choose from. We were there from 8 am to 11 am and fed 3 families with 3 people each. The numbers were a bit disappointing but we still felt like the trip was worth it. Dad and Grandpa left for home and the rest of us took Kale up the highway a few more miles so that he could get his Zoom Dog fixed. Zoom Dog's heart quit beating and he needed surgery to get it fixed. While we were at the mall, Grandma decided that she wanted to buy everyone new hats. They all chose the kind with ear flaps and braided yarn. We were a little late leaving the mall and didn't quite have enough time to go home before the Jenks family party so we met Dad and Grandpa in Basin City. We had dinner with the Jenks family at Great-Grandma and Grandpa Jenks' house and then watched a short video that Michael Christensen had put together for the ward Christmas party at the Elementary school. We headed home at about 5. We still had to make our last 12-days-of-Christmas delivery and reveal ourselves to the Cervin family. The kids were let down when they discovered that Mrs. Clause had not visited our house while we were at the Jenks family party.
When we got to Cervin's house, Kai and Seila took the last delivery and the puzzle with the message to look out the front door again up to the poarch. From the van we watched Juan open the door and get the present. Then he walked around, looking for the secret family. Once he went back inside, we all quietly ran up to their front poarch and waited. After about 5 minutes, Natalie opened the front door and we about knocked her socks off when we started singing " We wish you a merry Christmas". The whole Cervin family came to the door with big grins on their faces. We had big grins too. It was so much fun. They invited us in and we traded stories. They knew it was us just because they thought that would be something that we would do. After visiting for a few minutes, we invited them for breakfast the next morning and left. When we got home, we were surprised to find that Mrs. Santa Clause had visited while we were gone. So, the kids all put their new long fleece nightgowns (or robes) on and we visited and played until it was time for bed.
When we got to Cervin's house, Kai and Seila took the last delivery and the puzzle with the message to look out the front door again up to the poarch. From the van we watched Juan open the door and get the present. Then he walked around, looking for the secret family. Once he went back inside, we all quietly ran up to their front poarch and waited. After about 5 minutes, Natalie opened the front door and we about knocked her socks off when we started singing " We wish you a merry Christmas". The whole Cervin family came to the door with big grins on their faces. We had big grins too. It was so much fun. They invited us in and we traded stories. They knew it was us just because they thought that would be something that we would do. After visiting for a few minutes, we invited them for breakfast the next morning and left. When we got home, we were surprised to find that Mrs. Santa Clause had visited while we were gone. So, the kids all put their new long fleece nightgowns (or robes) on and we visited and played until it was time for bed.
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