Idaho trip

 This cute man is my Grandpa. He passed away a couple of weeks ago so we made the trip up to Idaho where he lived with my grandma for the funeral. He was a wonderful, funny, hard working man who lived a very full life. He worked as a volunteer firefighter and so they had a fire engine there to pay tribute at the church where the funeral was. He was also in the military so he was able to have the 21 gun salute at the burial site. It was a bitter sweet day because my grandpa was ready to go for a few months now. He had Alzheimer disease and didn't remember who anyone was or where he was most of the time. So it's nice to know now that he's out of his misery but we will miss him a lot! Many tears were shed that day!

 This is Cody comforting my his great grandma at the burial site. He kept giving her hugs the whole time we were there. But he was strong and didn't cry at all. 

 later that week we attended a cousin's birthday party and the community pool for the cousins to swim and play. They all ended up laying on the sidewalk within half an hour after getting there.

 There was a lot of Lego playing at great grandma's house. The legos are over 30 years old but still have lots of fun to be had.

 We also attended the rodeo before coming home. Cody was pretty impressed and entertained. 

Vegas baby!

After a lot of time spent at Grandma's pool we decided to take a mini vacation to Las Vegas. Instead of staying at one of the hotels on the strip we decided to opt for my parents timeshare that was about a mile before the strip. This is the first time we've used the timeshare and we are so glad that we did!! This place was much nicer than a hotel. It had two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a full kitchen, washer and dryer, and living area. 

 We took our neighbor, Tyler with us so Cody would have a friend to play with. They had a blast. We first hit up the outlets and bought them these rashgards. They were so excited to hit the pools.

 We headed down to find the lazy river first. We stayed there for quite awhile. It was so nice to just lay back and relax. And Cody and Tyler played so well together and had so much fun.

 Daniel did some relaxing too. We usually go to a water park this time of the year but the one we liked was closed down this year so they could build it up and add stuff to it. 

 This was one of the Jacuzzis. The boys loved the waterfalls.

 This was another jacuzzi. We explored every pool and jacuzzi. The place had 4 pools and 2 Jacuzzis. 

 We were sad to leave. We are definitely going to go back again next year!!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!

We had a fun day. The people on our block are big 4th of July people. All of the kids play all day, swim, have water balloon fights, play, ride bikes and scooters, eat and socialize. The adults hang out, socialize, eat and watch the kids play. Cody and his best friend played a little ping pong in the morning. This year there was a band on our street and the street next to us so we had plenty of music and entertainment. 

 We decided to stay at home and let Cody swim next door with his friends instead of at Grandmas this year. 

 300 water balloons lasted about 5 minutes and then the water guns came out!

 This is just to show how many fire works our neighbors buy. There were about 3-4 of these big boxes and the rest of us who had our smaller boxes. Needless to say...there were a lot of fire works going off on our block!

 This was the small bad on our street that played just about every type of music.

 Cody loves to climb in our tree.

Hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday!

busy weekend

This past weekend was a bit busy. We started off on Wed. (I know, not really the weekend yet) by going to the beach with my sister and her three boys and my brother and his family who are visiting from Utah. The kids had a blast.

 Cody's newest thing is standing on his head. Why??? I don't know, maybe he will be a break dancer someday.

 On Friday we had Daniel's sisters wedding in Utah. We flew out on Thursday. Cody was just hanging out while everyone was taking pictures. The wedding was very nice and Elyse looked beautiful of course.

 Not the best picture but it was unfortunately the only one we ended up taking as a family. This was at the reception hall out on the balcony. It was a really nice place and a really nice evening to be outside.

 Saturday night we headed up to Kaysville to visit my parents. They were out of town until late that night but we had a little bit of gaming going on before hitting the sack. We spent Sunday in Kaysville and enjoyed visiting with my parents and my other brother who lives in Utah. It was good times for all.

 Cody absolutely loves his grandparents dog, Mollie. He is quite the dog guy. But hanging out with Mollie made him miss his own two dogs at home. We flew home early Monday morning. We went from 100 degree weather to an overcast sky and a perfect day once the clouds went away. It was nice to get back to California weather. 

But it's always fun to spend time with family in Utah. Too bad the trip had to be so quick. Maybe we'll be back around in the fall. (My favorite time of the year!!)

Let Summer Begin!

This past week we've had perfect weather! What's better on a warm day than a water fight?!! Cody and some of the neighborhood kids had a squirt gun fight one day. And the next day Cody and Daniel had a water balloon fight. And then after that we hit up the pool at Grandma's house! So it's been a very water filled week!

Graduation

 We did it!!! Cody graduated from the second grade. He had a wonderful teacher who made this year great. She was very patient with Cody and really encouraged him to do his best. We are so grateful for her help. Academically he's up to speed and ready for the third grade. 

 I like to make a big deal when Cody graduates a grade level so that he knows we are proud of him and he should be proud of himself also. I took him to get a treat and decorated the house. He's very happy that it's now summer time. We are planning lots of swimming at grandma's and lots of beach time this summer and a couple of vacations to Utah and the Dominican Republic. We want to have lots of fun before we get back to school in September.  

We've been pretty busy painting a few walls around the house and doing housework. (Me), working some overtime (Daniel), taking state tests(Cody) and trying to get through the second grade.

 But...it's the beginning of swim season in our family!! The boys have been taking advantage of the warm weather. We've been going to Grandma Titel's home to swim. Cody and Daniel were showing me their tricks on the diving board.

Cody's favorite thing to do is swim. As you can tell we haven't been in the sun too much lately. We feel like we are pretty pale.

And then there's me...I had to have a gum graph done this week so swimming hasn't been an option for me. I am recovering well though.