I'm Back

OK ...so I decided I didn't like having a private blog because I wasn't motivated to blog so I'm back! I've added alot of posts and there are more to come...I have alot of catching up to do! I hope you enjoy what I've done so far and I look forward to blogging again! YAY!

Raging Waters!!

So now that gas is so much I decided the best way to keep my kids busy this summer was to buy season passes to Raging Waters. They absolutely love it and so do I! I just sit in a chair in the shade and watch them have a blast, then we go to the lazy river before we head home. We had so much fun I talked my whole family into buying passes! So now my mom comes down with Kim, Boo, Todd, Sierra, Greg, Trevor, Ethan, Kate and Shawn and we all go together then they spend the night and we go the next day before they head home. My kids have really enjoyed spending time with grandma and cousins. There were to many pictures to post so I made a slide. Stay tuned for more....we go every week!

4th of July

Some of you no that 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. We go to Utah every year, but this year we couldn't because I am so prego! So this year we went to Todd and Kristen's house for a pool party. We all had a good time, but I have to say Ccalifornia just doesn't do the 4th like Utah does! I missed seeing all the flags up and down Center street, the parades, the carnivals and performers and fireworks! But we still had a great time at Todd and Kristen's house, thanks for saving our 4th of July!

All the guys decided to play a game of Waterball.

Chad and Mike fighting for the ball.

Brig, Chad and Mike

Paul loves the waterslide! He would just go down the slide and go under the water and pop up with a big smile on his face. He is such a water bug!!!

Joseph had a good time just relaxing in his water ring.

Joseph's pre-school graduation

On June 20th Joseph graduated from pre-school. I can't believe he is going to be in kindergarten this year...they grow up tooo fast! He was really cute performing his songs. These pictures aren't that great and I can't figure out how to download the video, but when I do I'll add it to the blog.

Joseph and his teacher Mrs Bandhari. He just loves her, she is so great!!

Joseph and the teachers helper Mrs Garcia. She was new but he loved her too.

Brigham's T-ball party

Brigham's T-ball team had a party at a place called "Pump it up" with bouncers and stuff. The kids had lots of fun jumping and playing games and then we went into one of the rooms for pizza cake and trophy's. Of course I didn't remember to pull outmy camera until we were in the back room...duh!

The cake..what a cute idea!

The pizza party

This is coach Kenny giving out trophy's.

Brig and one of his best buds Cooper.

Camping in Big Bear

In May we decided it would be fun to go camping in Big Bear. We invited Chad and my parents to come along and we all had a great time.

Family picture

Paul in front of the tent with his truck. That truck kept him busy the whole time!!

Chad and his boys Grant and Drew with my mom.

We decided to take the ski lift at Snow summit and eat lunch at the top. The kids loved the ride and the view was gorgeous! That is something everyone should try. I'd like to do it again soon.

Chad and his boys on the ski lift behind my mom and Greg.

Lunch at the top of the mountain.

After lunch we went fishing at Big Bear lake. We didn't have any luck with the fish, but the kids had a good time!

Brig just didn't want to leave until he caught a fish. We bribed him by telling him we's take him fishing later. Anyway we had a really great weekend!

Paul's Birthday...2 months later!

I know it has been a while since I blogged but as I was looking through my blog I realized that I forgot to post Pauls 2nd birthday. We had lots of fun! Chuck E Cheese of course...that's always our back-up plan in case something goes wrong. Here are some cute pictures of him.

What a sweetheart!!!

Joseph is such a sweet boy!! He came up to me with these flowers from our yard and said "Mommy, will you marry me??? Do they get any sweeter than this?

Welcome baby Sydney!!!!

My brother Tommy and his wife Jaime welcomed a beautiful baby girl into their family on Monday, May 5th. She is so precious! She is a tiny little thing and never makes a sound. She has such a sweet face doesn't she?

My mom and her 4th grandbaby girl (out of 19 grandbaby's!)

This is the closest Joseph is ever going to get to having the baby sister he always wanted. Sorry Joseph looks like it's gonna be all bro's for you! He was so excited to hold her.

The whole group. Bryce was so excited to see his new baby sister. Jaime has cute pics of that on her camera. Congrats Tommy and Jaime, she is sooooo cute!

Womens Conference

We had such an amazing time at Womens Conference last week. I always love to visit Utah, but I especially love it when I go for this conference! It was so spiritual and uplifting. It was a great opportunity to rejuvinate an put things into perspective. In a later post I want to share some of the things I learned at Conference, but because of time I'll just tell you a little about the trip and show a few pictures. I went with my mom, my sister and my 2 cousins Emily and Amber. We had such a fun time eating out, shopping, going to the movies, going to the Temple and of course attending Conference. Here are a few pictures from our trip.

First stop....Cafe Rio of course!!!!

Here we are at Conference standing in front of the Marriot Center. Aunt Lynda joined us for the last day! Left to right: Emily, Amber, Kim, Mom, Me, Aunt Lynda.

The Thompson women.

I met up with my friend of 18 years, Malinda (Bradford) Barnes on Friday and we attended some classes together, went to dinner at Rubt River (YUM!) and attended the Thurday night concert with Hillary Weeks, Kenneth Cope, Michael Mclean and many others. I'm so glad we have kept in touch all these years we always have so much fun together.

My mom and her sister Aunt Lynda. Aren't they beautiful!!

Speaking of beauty....here is a picture of some of the flowers on Temple Square. It was absolutely gorgeous this time of year!

My mom and her girls at Temple Square.

The Temple is always so beautiful! This was just before we left for the airport to come home. I had such a great time, but I was soooo excited to see my hubby and my kids!

Any Ideas???

OK so our oven has been broken for about 2 months now and I am desperate for some good dinner recipes that don't involve an oven! Crock pot and stove is about all I've got! I have made the same spaghetti, roast, chicken gravy, crock pot chicken and cheeseburgers for the last month and I'm really tired of it. If you have any ideas please let me know!!!

I thought this was pretty cute. This weekend we had to stop by my office for about an hour and Brigham decided to write me a story while he waited for me. He left it on my desk and I found it this morning when I went in to the office. He wrote it in exactly the same format as the stories that he has to read for kindergarten. Also I just like how he sounded out the words phonetically. For those of you who don't read kindergartner I have translated for you below the picture. Brigham Brigham found a ladybug
Brigham and dad found a ladybug
Brigham found a ladybug (he drew the bug after lady just like his book would have)

Camping Trip

Last month Summer and I took the boys camping for the weekend. We went up to Lake Kaweah by Visalia. We camped for 3 nights and took the boys up to see the Giant Sequoia trees. Here are some pictures from our trip.