Bike Riding

Any time I can get Dan to ride a bike I take full advantage of it. He is always telling me to think of something new to do but I love riding bikes especially down by the beach.  He recently bought a new bike while we were at beach camp in August.  His poor black and red bike go ruined after they fell off an unsecured bike rack!  While at beach camp the gears completely warped so Dan found a near by bike shop and purchased the Electra! 

Here is a bike trip that Dan refused to go on.  I rode the boys by myself to McDonald's and then stopped at the park on the way home. 

My all time favorite bike route is in Coronado, the boys love going under the "blue bridge."

This was the first time everyone in the family had bikes during beach camp so we all rode down to the donut shop in Leucadia.  It is no Mary's donuts but I can always enjoy a glazed twist donut!

Lakeview to Riverview (Wintergardens)

Noah attended Transitional Kinergarden 2013-2014 at Lakeview elementary.  He had a hard time knowing he wasn't coming back the following year.  We sure loved how great the staff was and the great kids in his class.  I loved that they had a music program and so wish they have it a Riverview.  Senorita Rivera was so kind to make a video of all the performances and parties in the class.  After Noah finished watching the video I found him under the kitchen table crying.  He said, "I don't want to go to a new school.  I won't know anyone, my best friends won't be there."  I felt so bad but Noah has since started at Wintergardens and hasn't complained once in lacking any friends.  It is only the third week and when picking up Noah there are tons of kids saying "bye Noah."  Noah never seems to know their names, guess he is just too cool!

Noah started at Wintergardens September 2nd and has been doing awesome.  TK definitely helped him so much.  He is already ready to try reading, when he's in the mood of course!  Cannot believe how much he has grown

St. George

My parents and our family thought it would be fun to take a little trip to visit Robert and Michal in St. George this past May.  We had so much fun exploring, eating, and just hanging out.  

So much fun exploring in Pine Valley. As you're driving to Pine Valley your surrounded by the red rocks but as you drive down into the valley you are surrounded by green pastures and beautiful green pine trees.  It was hard to believe this awesome place was just 45 min from St. George.  We were able to take a tour of a church that was built in the 1800's and is still used as a meeting house for the people who reside in this small town.  Such a fun place for the kids to explore, it reminded them of their favorite place Yosemite!

My dad was kind enough to rent a razor for us non-motorcylce riders!  The boys loves it and so did I.  So awesome to see the red rock formations and sand dunes.  It was a little hot but nice to cool down with SWIG!  Let me just say swig is the best place ever.  Delicious ice cold drinks and my favorite, big soft sugar cookies with pink frosting.  Dan pretty much lived here because he couldn't get enough of the Tripple D otherwise known as a Dirty Diet Dr. Pepper!  It had coconut and mango puree in it,.  Lets just say he was detoxing from sugar by the time we left.  

We also had the opportunity to take a tour of one of Brigham Young's home's. The boys liked collecting pecans that had fallen from the ground as you can see Grant is holding it up in the picture!

By far the highlight of our trip was hiking the Zion Narrows.  We started out early, which was good in the end but so cold when we first arrived.  We were parked and getting are stuff ready  when my dad thought it would be a good idea to take a pee out in the wilderness.  So when the shuttle showed up he was still busy getting his things together.  We then had to sprint to the bus which the driver was so nice to stop in the middle of the street and let us on before the actual bus stop.  Once on the bus everyone aboard started clapping for us in our fast running!  It was so nice to be the only one's on the trail because on the way back it was like fighting crowds at Disneyland.  The water was pretty cold but bearable since we kept moving and my dad was smart enough to make sure we were well prepared with our neoprene boots which I must say were so fashionable!!!  Such a beautiful place and would love to go again.

Seaworld...

We are always spending the day at Seaworld!  Recently they have some awesome art displays.  A non-profit organization in Oregon takes all the trash they find on the beach and makes art out of them.  This fish is made only from trash on the beach. 

Dan finally was able to go to Seaworld with us.  We went over Memorial weekend which was a big deal because Noah's favorite show had just started up again for the summer.  Every time Noah asks to go see the Cirque De La Mer show and I always have to tell him it isn't open yet.  So he was so excited that it was. We got there nice and early so we could get front row seats.  Noah wasn't happy with this choice and I didn't quit understand why.  It wasn't until the opening act that I figured out why.  He is so shy and was afraid he would get picked to come up to the front and perform with the sea creatures!  So being the nice wife that I am when they were looking to pick someone I secretly pointed to Dan!  I was so excited when he got picked, him not so much!  As you can see in this video he was at least a good sport about it.  In one of the videos Noah is trying to stop me from filming since he wasn't happy Dad was up there!!!  Such a fun time, something I won't forget.

This is a prime example why I am sad to leave Lakeview.  Noah's school is so small and intimate.  I hope Riverview with its 13 Kindergarten class's next year won't overwhelm Noah.  I am hoping they still do special things like Lakeview.  The Spanish classes (5 total) put on a Mother's Day program.  They did a dance and a song, it was the cutest thing ever.  Though Noah and his partner were behind the 3 boys in the front I could see that Noah loved every minute of it.  He had a huge smile on his face and he didn't miss a step.  At the end they then passed out roses to the mothers and the kids had made a flower with a picture of Noah and I in the middle.  Such a fun night.  Noah performed it for the whole family the next couple of days with Charlotte as his partner!!

Dan's Birthday Celebrations...

It was so fun to have Dan's parents come and visit us for the day in May.  We first went to the Ruben H. Fleet Center at balboa park.  We watched a movie in the awesome dome theater then played around with all the fun things the museum had to offer.  The fun little tower Grant is sitting by inspired me to have some fun then Dan later joined in.  We then went to Mission Vally where Dan proceeded to buy 3 pairs of shoes for his birthday, mine and his mom's treat!  We finished the night at the delicious cheese cake factory.  After waiting an hour for a table we finally got sat, only to find out we were to sit outside where it was getting cold and windy. Luckily Dan's dad spoke up and got us a nice spot inside.  Dan got his usual parmesan crusted chicken and I of course got the delicious chicken madera meal.  By then we were stuffed but it was a celebration for Dan's bday so we had to get some yummy dulce de leche cheesecake!

We always seem to find ourselves in Vegas for Dan's birthday.  This year however we were unable to find tickets to attend Coachella with the rest of the clan so we settled for Vegas!  Since we were to go to Utah the end of May we figured we could squeeze Vegas in the month of April instead.  Besides having hotel reservations at our favorite spot at Mandalay Bay we had no other set plans.  During our drive to vegas I decided to look up ticket master to see what was going on for the weekend we would be there.  We were so excited to find out that Ellie Goulding (one of the performers at Coachella that we were sad we were missing) was playing op top of the Cosmopolitan.  It was so crazy when we got there, the end of the line was clear to the opposite end of the hotel.  We were afraid we were too late but found ourselves close to the front of the stage.  She put on such an amazing show, we had so much fun.  The view on top of the hotel was awesome, able to see the whole strip.  We can't wait to see another show here, such a great venue.

For the actual day of his Birthday I got reservations at Ruth's Chris which is always delicious.  Dan is all about fancy restaurants, calamari, steak and a good date!!!  We then walked around downtown and enjoyed the views of the harbor and great weather.  I feel so blessed to have such an amazing husband and thankful I get to celebrate the day of his birth every year.

Easter 2014

 Noah's first Easter egg hunt at school.  He was so excited when he found his #5 eggs!  Love that Lakeview does this (sure gonna miss this school next year).

 Fun day at the zoo with friends and the creepy Bunny!

 So much fun at the Eggstravaganza this year, lots of free stuff.  We were especially excited about all the free chic fil a food!!  Since we went to Grandma's house for Easter we enjoyed a yummy bar-b-q and an easter egg hunt the day before at Nana's house.

So their outfits aren't super eastery but I sure think they are pretty dang handsome!