Home again, home again

We are back from our trip and I am working through all of the pictures that I took... so for starters here are a few highlights from Six Flags Discovery Kingdom:

Here we are just starting out

Here is Matt in Bertie the Bus

And Matt feeding his new friend

Amber on Bertie the Bus

And here is Amber's new friend.

More pictures from the rest of the trip will follow shortly, stay tuned!

All Aboard!

Saturday we went to the last train rides of the summer at Fort Humboldt
and the kids were delighted by the only working trains in the county. Until it was time to climb aboard, Matt was ready:

then Amber wasn't so sure:

After the train ride and some serious running around Matt discovered that this "park" lacked a slide. So we had to go here:

The bad, the good, and the cute

The bad: The flash on my camera is completely dead, allowing pictures to only be taken when the flash is off.

The good: Today was sunny enough that I thought I could take a few non Picasso style photos of today's adventure.

The cute: We touched sea stars and put our toes in the ocean. (No pics of the ocean, my hands were too full trying to ensure that only the toes got wet!)

Then we had to go and tell Dad "Touch a sea star me" (Amber) and "Toes go in ocean, dad" (Matt)

Quickly followed by "Cheese in burger with fries and milk"

I am not a slacker...

Just really really busy! I have been: being a wife/student/mother/employee and still knitting...

Here are 2 pictures from our trip this March down to the Bay area. The picture of Chris and Amber is on the little train at the Oakland zoo and the picture of Matt and I are at the Wiggles concert in San Jose.



So, graduation is only a few short weeks away (May 12) and I look forward to having much more free time then...

Halloween

Amber was going to be a princess, but I didn't finish her costume in time, so she was a "moocha-bear" instead. Matt was a musketeer complete with a makeup goatee.

At the Fair

We went all out at the county fair this year, with our all ride wrist bands. Matt loved the big slide and after a few minutes, the carousel was a hit as well. He tried the dragon roller coaster, but got let off after 2 times around the track.

I even got Chris on the Gravitron!

That yellow thing around Chris' neck is a duck call, which makes an annoying sound that the children love.













I even got a few ribbons~ check the knitting page for details. Hopefully next year will be just as fun for everyone.

Fun at the pool

Chris found a new girlfriend:Matt learned to jump into the pool. (With 3 adults standing guard):
And Tater learned to captain a boat. (With Uncle Mike providing propulsion, sorry Ben!) :