Camping, Puppies, and Bears

Gabe has been obsessed with putting blankets on himself like capes. He usually puts the blanket over his head too like a hood.

Driving up to Rollins Lake --- Jill and me

I still can't get over how weird Jill looks in this picture. She looks like a Brat doll that mated with a Chihuahua hahahaha. So funny.

Jill and Dad hanging by the campfire

Two of my favorite boys -- Zander and Keaton (love K's smile)

Chillin' with Keaton .... this was after he recovered from holding a flamin hot briquet  from the campfire. He was crying and screaming for about an hour and a half. Thankfully his dad was able to give him a father's blessing to help speed up the recovery :(

Gabe cannot sleep without all his buddies ...and yes, he is usually having this good of a time when he's going to bed! 

We went up to Rollins Lake last weekend for a little camping trip. Well, actually, Gabe and I didn't actually camp. We just went up for a couple of hours. I moved into a new apartment the day before, so it wasn't really feasible for us to stay over night. I should've taken a picture of how much he was covered in dirt when we left. He LOVED touching, eating, and throwing the dirt and rocks. What a boy! :)

Cruisin'

This is Gabe on one of the satellite cars my nephews have. One day I'll get a video with me on them and my nephews pushing me. It's quite a ride!

State Fair 2011

Yep, we've been keeping busy. There's so much to do in California, and I love it! We've been to the lake, the river, the water park, and to friends' pools. We love swimming! I really don't take Gabe to the park very much because all he wants to do is stand wherever I am. So I have to go down the slide with him or whatever. And to be frank, I'm not as young as I used to be, so it kinda hurts to fit through those little holes to go down the slide. :) We did go to the State Fair with my parents and a couple of my siblings; it was fun -- but so freakin' hot that I almost died. Gabe loved all the animals, especially the bulls and llamas. They had already taken the pigs away; I was kinda disappointed. I love pigs. Then we've just been doing lots of hanging out with Aunt Jill, Stacie, and Tiffany, and all the cousins. I play a mean game of Wii Dance. I would challenge you to a round, but the results would be kinda rough. :) Okay, so here are some pictures from our happenings the last few weeks ...

Gabe looking at the bulls

Me and Jill

One of the cutest pictures on this planet ...
Gabe and Grandpa

We found some John Deere tractors. We couldn't pass those babies up!

I asked them to take a "normal" picture with me.
This is what I got.

All the grandkids gathered under Grandma's table. It was their special hideout.

Happy to be alive ...
hahaha

Hangin' with Aunt Jilly

This is how I found him this morning in his crib .... ???
Getting undressed? His faces cracks me up! 

Hello Busy Week

Driving home from the home the airport

We went out to eat this week for my brother Nick's birthday. It's so good to be around family and be able to be here for all the fun activities.

The little group that sat across from me at B.J.'s

Nick, Dad, Moi

The group at the other side of the table -- Lacie, Tiff, and Zander (love  Z's face)

Trying to take a picture with Grandma and the grandkids?

Pretty hard ... and funny.

Seriously, just look at each picture and what all the kids are doing. We have been laughing so hard over them.

Trying to escape!!

The following few pictures are at Sione's welcome home party.

He could barely move his neck


We had another birthday party with my grandparents for Nick's birthday:

Yes, I let him have cake, and he thoroughly enjoyed it.  

I love how Gabe's looking up at Grandma

Easter & the Temple

Don't those two words just go together quite nicely -- Easter and the temple? What a good weekend we had! Saturday was the Easter egg hunt out at our friends' the Felts, then we had a good nap time, and to top it off, we went to the temple for our Stake Temple Day. They had babysitting at the stake center next to the Sacramento Temple, so Gabe was able to go with us (me, my mom and dad). We did some family names, and what a special occasion that was for us. I can't properly express how much I love the temple. It's where Gabe and I are sealed together for time and all eternity -- and it is where I can do the work for people who cannot do it for themselves. Truly a happy and holy place!

Then today, as it being Easter, Gabe was able to "find" his Easter basket ... really, I just put it at the end of the hallway so he would see it right away. We went to church later (very, very good testimony from my mom about the Atonement ... strengthened my testimony significantly), and then had an Easter/Birthday dinner at my sister Tiffany's. My sweet little niece Lacie had her 2nd birthday today. Good times with the family! I absolutely LOVE being home with them.

And for some odd reason my pictures have been uploading out of order. Sorry!

Handsome Easter pics

Let's get this Easter egg hunt party started!!!

What egg-finding CHAMP

The bag got so heeeeavy

"Stacie and Tammy looking hot." --Drew, my brother in law.
Thanks, Drew, that made my day. :)

He only liked the Easter Bunny after she let him down.

The bomb.com basket

Family picture @ the temple

Another handsome boy picture this morning

Nope, he didn't like her.

***Another new post below***

Spring Breaksky!

So this past week was my oh so wonderful week off of work (a.k.a. SPRING BREAK!). I enjoyed and savored every moment of it. It was busier than any normal week because of all the stuff we packed in! We went to the Railroad Museum in downtown Sacramento, Wacky Tacky (hugest, most fun indoor playground ever), and pretty much just kicked it with each other. :)

There will be another post covering the Easter activities of this weekend, including Gabe's first Easter egg hunt, meeting the Easter Bunny, finding his basket Easter morning, and his freakin' handsome Easter pictures. Stay tuned! 

The whole crew @ the Railroad Museum ... from L-R: Keaton, Gabe, Zander and Lacie. I love all of their cute faces.

In front of one of the huge trains

Gabe in the "toddler" area of Wacky Tacky. He only stayed there for five minutes ...

How could he stay there when there was a room full of BALLS?!

Don't worry I hit this ball out of his mouth right after this picture. He was obsessed with chewing on them!

Haha ... his face!

Screaming with excitement. Seriously, this place is so awesome for kids! We stayed there for three in a half hours. 

*Love him*

Silly faces  (above: Lacie; below: Zander) ... there's no such thing as a kid being too young to learn ugly faces. 

CAUGHT: READING!!!!!

Mama was very proud of him for "reading" on his own. And that is one of his all time favorite books -- Llama Llama Red Pajama. 

I don't know how this got out of order, but this is Tiffany with Gabe at Wacky Tacky. You put balls in this shoot and it would "shoot" them out all over the place. I wish I took a video of Gabe's reaction. He was pretty much really ecstatic about a shower of balls over him.