Here we go again..

Ok so we have had a lot happen since I posted last!

On March 22, 2010 Brad and I had our 13th anniversary! Time flies!! We didn't have a babysitter to go out of town for our anniversary so we decided to make a mini family vacation out of it! I won tickets on the Breeze radio station to Monterey Bay Aquarium, so we planned a trip in that area. First we stopped in Santa Cruz, where we lived 13 years ago, right when we got married. (What a awesome place to start our marriage!) We stopped by the Boardwalk to play mini golf at Neptunes Kingdom and to ride some of the rides. Our kids want to move to Santa Cruz, and so does Brad. I would love to again but I rather be near family!

I had to get a picture of the first place we lived in! Yes it was a motel and yes it was a little scary! We borrowed pots and pans to cook from the manager. Haha. It was an adventure! Then while we were trying to save money to get into an apartment our Bishop at the time, Pete Pearson and his awesome family let us stay with them! Our payment for staying with them was to plant a ton of flowers etc. in their huge garden. Well I feel sorry for them because anything I plant does not stay alive for long! I don't think any of the things we planted even grew a bit!

After we took the kids to The Boardwalk we went to Monterey and stayed in the PG&E beach houses. They are tiny but pretty nice actually. We went to Monterey Bay Aquarium the next day. I had been there a long time ago, and I forgot how cool that place actually is! My kids loved seeing all the sea creatures!

Check out this Sea Horse! Amazing!

Here is a hammer head shark and a huge school of sardines!

I made Brad strike a pose! Haha.

We had a blast and the rest of the day we spent at the beach and watching "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". I am glad we decided to spend our anniversary with our awesome kids! Next year though, will be just the two of us! :)

You know school is almost out when the school tries to fit in so many different activities! They just had their school track meet. Carsyn and Caden were pretty excited to compete in the races. Carsyn ran the 100 yard dash and did the softball throw. Caden ran the 280 and the relay. They both did great!

Here is Carsyn coming in second! I was so excited for her. If you know her, you know she is not an athlete! But she sure was that day!!

Here is Caden getting ready for his race!

To start out our Spring Break, we decided to go to the beach with my cousins Amy and Emilee and their kids. We went without our husbands, it made me appreciate Brad, because normally he hauls all the crap down to the beach! We handled it though!

Here are the kids before going out to the beach. Caden wouldn't get in the picture because he was mad that I forgot his swimsuit! I at least brought him an extra pair of regular shorts!

After awhile Caden forgave me and joined the kids in playing in the sand!

The kids had a blast!

During "Spring Break" there was this day called EASTER, That we thought we'd celebrate! I love Easter and hanging out with our families! We had 3 different Easter egg hunts! The kids ate their share of candy, that's for sure! So did I actually, haha!

Here are the Race kids minus Charley in Indiana!

Torturing our kids by making them take lots of pictures!

Here are the Simpson grandkids minus quite a few others that we really missed too!

This is at the first Easter egg hunt at my cousin Amy's house. Did I mention how much I love to spend this time with family!!

Caden hanging with the little ones!

This week the kids returned to school! Yay! But with school returning so do all the school activities!

Nixon had a class field trip to the most popular school field trip spot, the little fake zoo, Calm. I usually hate going to Calm, because when I've gone in the past it has been really HOT! This trip was actually pleasant since the weather was really nice that day!

Here is Nixon with his two best friends at school Faris and Breyden.

So now I'm caught up! I'm sure I will have a lot more to post about in a week or so since there are so many different activities coming up, like birthdays and us moving!