Our fun Wednesday

My parents came down yesterday so my dad could take Anthon to a Diamondbacks vs Oakland game. My dad is an A's fan and Anthon is a D-backs fan. They were sitting right next to third base. Did you know there is a little restaurant under the seats by third base? I had no idea! Anyway, Anthon had lots of fun. I'm sure it's a lot more fun talking to my dad, rather than me, about sports. I just sit there and nod my head.

To the right is my daddy-o (in the center) waiting for the game to start. They got there early so they could watch batting practice. I feel bad for them because some lady came and stood right in front of them with all her kids and they could barely see anything. They were both too polite to say anything. Thanks for taking Anthon to the game dad!

Anthon was very nice and took some pictures of Chad Tracy for me! YAY Chad!!

While Anthon and my dad were at the game, my mom took me to

She knows that Anthon HATES Seafood and I LOVE it. So, she figured we should take advantage of Anthon not being there to eat with us :o). On my plate, I had a Garlic grilled shrimp kabob with about seven pieces of shrimp. Makenna ate all of them and four of my moms! This was AFTER she had a double cheese burger. She also ate some fries. DANG!

On Saturday, we spent the day swimming and eating pizza with the Barneys at Darren's parents' house. The kids had lots of fun. Every time Anthon took McKay down the slide McKay would make this really cute pouty face and he would look like he was going to cry but then he would start talking after a few second and get all excited. Makenna loved jumping off the diving board.

In the picture to the right we have Savannah, Makenna and McKay. I tried to get their faces but they all turned away as I tried to take the picture.

Thanks to the Barneys for a great Saturday!

So, my mom told me that she was disappointed that I didn't put more pictures of our sisters trip on my post. I just figured that most of the pictures would be boring for those of you who didn't go. But, here are the rest of the pictures from our trip. Enjoy!

Sisters Trip 2008

Happy Father's Day!

Anthon, father of 2

Anthon has been such a wonderful husband and father. He loves our children so much! And they love him. Any time McKay hears something that sounds like the front door, he runs to the door screaming DADDY!!. It makes me sad when it's not Anthon though because McKay looks so disappointed :o(. Anthon LOVES reading books to them. He tries to read them at least one book a day. He is very patient with our children and is always willing to help me out with them. He can tell when I have had a stressful day and volunteers to watch them if I need to get out of the house for a little while. I'm so thankful that I have such a loving husband and that my children have such a wonderful daddy! We love you Anthon! Happy Father's Day!

Larry, father of 6

This is my wonderful dad! I am so blessed to have him as my father. He is such a kind and caring person. He is always having fun and joking around. He is the guy to go to when you want to watch a comedy. He is so funny to watch them with! He is awesome at everything he does. Seriously! He has bowled a 300 and a 299 and his average was over 200 for a LONG time! He also almost became a pro baseball player. He made it to one of the last tryouts. He was also REALLY good in Track in High School. He is one of those dads that know EVERYTHING! Everyone that knows him, loves him. I love my dad VERY much. He and my mom have sacrificed so much for their children and I am more grateful every day for them. I love you dad! You are a great grandpa to my children. They LOVE you! Happy Father's Day!

Dorne, father of 3

This is my amazing father-in-law. I seriously couldn't have asked for a better one! He is SO SO sweet! He is very content with whatever is going on. He just sits and smiles. He loves watching his grandchildren play and is always willing to watch them for us when we need time away from the screaming :o). He did a wonderful job raising his children and I can't thank him enough for being such a good example to Anthon. He is the kind of guy you could NEVER think ill of. He is perfect! Thank you so much for being such a great father, father-in-law and Papa! Happy father's Day Dorne! We love you!

(And yes, that's Makenna in Dorne's arms. Crazy, huh?!)

Oops

So, I forgot to mention a couple of things in my last post.
The first thing I forgot to mention was, when we were at Coronado Island, we were eating at some 50's diner and some guy came up to us and asked if he could take our picture for a magazine. They were doing a story on the diner and he needed some pics. Don't worry, it was a good story. I thought it was pretty cool. I would look for the magazine but I think it was just a local one. If anyone happens to see it though, let me know!
Now, the most important. I forgot to thank my husband for watching the kids. People were leaving comments about it and I realized I totally forgot to thank him! He has always been so good about watching the kids for me while I'm gone. He is a great daddy! The only thing he complained about was not being able to see me for so long. Awww! But I mean, come on, who can blame him? HAHAHAHAHA! Just kidding. Thank you TONS for watching our children Anthon! You're the greatest!
Also, Anthon couldn't take Tuesday off so Dorne and Nancy watched our kids. I really appreciate that! :o) Thank you so much you guys!

What a weekend!

On Friday, at about 4:30, I headed up to Strawberry with some friends in the ward. We stayed in Anthon's Grandma's cabin. His Grandpa built it a LONG time ago and did an awesome job!

We stopped in Payson on the way up and ate dinner at El Rancho. It was really good but we ate so much that we barely snacked on any of the goodies we took with us.

This is Carrie, Danielle and Julie.
We had fun making bows and playing Poser and talking... A LOT! We barely made it through one round of the game. It took us forever because we kept talking between turns. Right in the middle of the game I mentioned a noise that I was hearing. All of them had heard it too but we all thought it was each others' stomachs growling. We decided it was something outside and we booked it upstairs. Anthon later told me that it was javelinas.
Also, I was needing to use the potty but I am TERRIFIED of bugs so I had someone check the toilet first. This is what we found

It's a mouse!! So gross. Luckily, there are two bathrooms there so we used the other one. it was bug and rodent free :o).

Anyway, we went up stairs and got ready for bed and then we were going to put a movie on to watch it but we ended up talking until 4:30 in the morning. We finally went to sleep and woke up a few hours later and had some amazing breakfast burritos. We left after breakfast :o(. We were sad that it was so short but we had tons of fun!!

When I got back home, we met my parents at Sam's club and hung out with them for a while. I went home and packed for yet another trip.

I went on a sisters trip with of course, my sisters and my sister-in-law. We left Sunday morning to head to San Diego.

Left to right
Allison (sis-in-law), Sarah, Emily, Julie, Amy & Me.

The last time they went on the trip, they made shirts that said 'She's Crazy' and had arrows pointing left and right. So, this year, they made shirts that said 'Esta Loca'. I think we decided we are going to do it in a new language every year. It should be interesting.

We paid for one of the trolleys that takes you on a tour of some parts of San Diego. The men driving the trolley tells you all about the history of San Diego and stuff. It was pretty cool. It lasted all day so it was worth the money.
This is the bar they used to film the movie Top Gun. Cool, huh? It's the bar where Goose plays the piano. We also saw some other spots where they filmed parts of the movie but I didn't take pictures.
Apparently, this ship was used in a movie too. I forgot what movie the guy said it was. It was a movie with Russell Crowe in it.

This is the oldest boat to still be used for sailing. It was built in like 1860 or 1850 or something like that. It has sailed around the world 21 times! Crazy, huh? Personally, I don't think I would trust it. I would rather take a new boat. :o)
This is just a fun picture of me and Amy. I'm about to eat a spoonful of ice cream. It tasted an awful lot like wood :o).
This boat is owned by one of my favorite comedians ever. Jerry Lewis! It's the red and white boat. I just had to take a picture. I don't think anyone appreciates Jerry the way my family does :o).

This was at one of the shops we went to. This guy was selling pearls from clams. You pick out your clam and he opens it and takes out the pearl. Then he cleans it and rubs it in salt and then cleans it again. Then you can pick a piece of jewelry to put it on. He was making it out like this was the first time he had seen the pearls but I doubt that. It is a cute idea though.

I put my pearl on a flower :o)

Anyway, we got back last night (Tuesday) and I am still recovering. I'm glad to be back with my husband and my kids.

Sad day

This is my broken toe ring :o(

I have been wearing this toe ring since I was 12 years old. I bought it in San Francisco from one of the venders on the side of the road. It is sterling silver and was hand made. It was actually made to be a pinky ring but it was too big for my pinky and too small for my ring finger. So, I got the brilliant idea to use it as a toe ring. My foot looks weird without it on :o(.
Anyway, I'm sure nobody REALLY cares :o) but it does make ME sad :o(. Does anyone know where I can get another one (that won't break in a couple of months)?

A couple of my favorites

So, I was looking at my Myspace profile for the first time in a long time and I remembered I had these two music videos on it. I don't know why but I thought I would share them with you. I hope the second one doesn't offend anyone. I think it's really funny.

This first one is Nickel Creek. I absolutely love them. They are a blue grass band. This is my favorit song that they sing. It is so beautiful.



This second one is Unwritten Law. They are one of my favorite bands and this is one of my favorite songs that they sing. I just thought I would put this video on here because I think it's funny. Also, I have no idea why the drummer is wearing tape on his face. It's really weird. Anyway, I hope you enjoy :o) You'll have to copy and paste this one. I don't know why I can't get it to work.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=9391533

Ok, one more. This is also one of my favorite Unwritten Law songs. I LOVE it!