Summer all wrapped up....

I put this by mistake and can't figure out how to delete it. We took this at my grandparents 70th wedding anniversary.

Cousins hanging out at the cabin.

Jordan and Maddox sharing a moment at breakfast. :)

Cricket being her cute self as usual.

Jordan and Buster hanging out at the lake.

Maddox trying to wake Jordan up.

This was a trip to Great America we took. Jordan and his friends Spencer and Torin (with the whip cream smiles) and Drew's friend Jamison. I hung with the two little boys and Jordan and his friends split. This is the only picture I got of them right before we went home. :)

The little Drop Zone.....

This summer we took a weekend trip with my family to the cabin too. It was so fun. Lisa and Dave and the girls were not able to come because Kiana had a softball tournament that weekend, but maybe next year. I know the girls will love the lake.

My nephew Jamal with his girlfriend Angie.

Jordan at the diving board.

And Drew at the diving board.

Drew, Shelly and I. We have never rented these bikes before but my mom paid for Jamal, angie and Jordan to go. They got bored half way through so we hoped on. Now we can say that we tried them, but they are not as fun as they look.

Jamal and Angie

Shelly and Angie getting ready to go out on the rafts. Shelly was hysterical trying to get on this thing! I think it took her like 20 minutes.

Drew....are you serious mom?!

In no paticular order....

Jordan's baseball team in Omaha! They had sooo much fun. Jordan and Tim I mean. I am so thankful they were able to go. Jordan hit two home runs while he was there. Way to go Jordan! :)

This is the shot of the outdoor movie at the Championship village in Omaha! Doesn't seem like it was a great movie huh?! Well I gave Tim the camera and BEGGED him to please take some pictures for me. I got very few, they were all at night (because he was coaching and watching the kids during the day) and nobody is in the pictures!!! He's too funny. My friend did send me all her pictures though so I did get to see more than this.

This was at the college world series championship game! They said it was soooo hot, but what good timing. They saw the final game of the series and the last game ever to be played in that stadium. They are building a new one close by.

This is one of the boys looking for home run ball! They had some terrible rain the week before and this water is not usually there, but it was knee deep in some spots....and we know that because one of the Dad's and a Grandpa waded in the water to get a home run ball. :)

This is Drew's team being silly. They did well this year, came in second place.

Jordan and Grandma at his 6th grade graduation. :) He's a keeper.

All the kids from Dalton common.....sad thing is Drew will be all alone and Jordan had this whole gang of kids his age. :(

Maddox showing Jordan all the fishies (grass) in the water! He's so cute, and he loves his cousin Jordan.

Drew's team with all the hardware!! Drew was voted MVP of his team! Good job Bubba! We love watching him, he is such a funny kid. It was so hot and he actually was sick this day, throwing up in the morning so I haven't taken one of him alone with his trophies yet....bad mom.

The morning that we dropped Jordan off at the Amtrak station to leave for Omaha....Drew and I made a spontaneous stop at the Oakland Zoo. We had a good time, but for some reason the pictures never seem as good as the real deal.

Sun bear....there were two of them and this was the first day they let them out together to meet each other. I was loving watching them follow each other around and feel each other out and Drew on the other hand kept asking me "Are you done yet mom?" haha

Drew and his buddy Mateo at the Memorial Day All Star tournament.

This was one of Jordan's projects......the one that he told me a huge made up story about how he lost the report and we stayed up until 1:30am DOING!! I think he got an A- on the display part. UGH! I wanted to kill him. So, he paid for my pedicure as punishment for making me stay up all night helping him with his own money! My idea....I thought it was a good one anyway. :)

Here is Bub, sleeping at a 40th birthday party for our friend...in a restaurant...on two chairs put together....while the party went on. This boy may never grow out of this. I love it!

Spencer and Jordan after winning the Mother's Day tournament in Modesto. All smiles.

First place! Go Hurricanes!

I took this picture of my grandparents in January. They will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary this year and they will turn 89 and 90 I believe. Aren't they cute?

Ok....so I still have some more random pictures to add but I have this pattern of posting about every 4 months or so. I will try to post the rest soon. Now that I have finally put up some baseball pictures, this weekend football began for Drew and today for Jordan. I love that they stay so busy!

More to come......

The Barnums and Montoyas hit the slopes...

Jordan posing in the same jacket that so many have posed in before! haha

Getting ready to hit the slopes. The kids have been asking to go to the snow forever! We made a last minute decision to go this weekend and took the kids out of school on Friday. It was such a good day. Actually a little bit warm and no rain or snow. It started out just to go to Leland Meadows snow park, but when we could not find any snow boots for the kids for less than $30 each. We looked into Dodge Ridge prices. The kids lift tickets are pretty cheap and to rent gear at Heidi's ski shop on the way up the hill was very reasonable also. They get you on the adult tickets though...$60 for the day, so Tim was going to go and Deanna and I were going to watch and hunker down in the lodge. As we got to Heidi's we realized it wasn't a good idea to have Tim the only adult trying to teach all four kids. So Deanna rented skis and I was going to share with Alyssa who wears almost the same size shoes (hers are bigger) and the board would be fine. Then Deanna and I were going to get one ticket and trade jackets and split the day on the slopes. We chose skis for Drew since we thought it might be easier for him, but the older kids were set on snowboarding. They all did sooooo good! Drew took a really bad fall off the lift the first time, it was an intermediate chair and a little much for his first try, but he didn't give up and by the end of the day he was skiing straight down the hills with no poles and no falls even on his last few runs. Jordan Montoya actually caught on the fastest to the snowboarding and he too was going without falling on his last run of the day. Alyssa tried and almost got it, but was too fearful of the falling and the speed and gave up for the day. Jordan B. started out slow, getting really frustrated, and then just said screw it and went up the lift with Tim and came down all smiles as he was starting to get it also. He had a hard time keeping himself out of the ditches and little streams of the sides of the runs, but he did pretty good and really enjoyed it. Tim got right back into it after just a few falls. I think it has been about 10 years since I have gone and about 8 since Tim had. I used Alyssa's board and boots and went after lunch. Deanna and I weren't planning on going at all so I was in my jeans! So if anyone has ever gone with me to the snow they know I fall EVERY time getting off the lift and then am very conservative getting down the hill, going across the mountain instead of straight down. I did fall every time I got off the lift and I did have a wet bottom, but once I was on the hill I did alright and only fell like twice. Deanna was great on her skis like she never took a break. We had an awesome time and the kids already are trying to figure out when we could go again. Saturday we took them to Little Sweden to sled. That didn't last long as it was much colder, a little snow for about 5 minutes, but without snow boots their feet were frozen almost instantly. We headed back to clean the cabin and then headed home. So fun that the kids are at such great ages for this kind of stuff. Enjoy the pictures!

Jordan and Alyssa

Tim posing after a fall. :)

Jordan Montoya getting the hang of it.

That's Deanna and Drew learning on the bunny hill.

Alyssa making her way down the bunny slopes.

Bubba, he was a little disappointed at first that we made him ski, but once he was doing better than the older kids he was much happier. Now he wants his own skis for Christmas! hehe

Tim and the Jordan's' on the way up the hill for their first try.

Tim and Alyssa on her first go at it.

Alyssa and Deanna

Jordan M.

Drew taking a spill.

Drew making his way down, while he was still slow enough for me to take a picture.

Tim

Jordan...smiling because he is starting to get it!

The boys and I on the bunny hill. It was cool that I could walk up the bunny slopes with them while they were trying to learn without a lift ticket and got a few pictures before they took off on the big hills.

The boys~

Our family~

Jordan and his best friend Jordan

Jordan and I~

Deanna and I

The Montoya's...Norm had to coach for Chabot Baseball and couldn't make it this time.

Tim and his straight down the hill partner! They were a cute pair for the last half of the day.

There next to the orange sled is Drew. :)

Cute little snowman, wasn't ours but it was cute.

That little speck of orange on the hill is Jordan B.

And this orange speck to the right is Jordan B falling off the sled.

Leave it to Alyssa to sit on the sled and make it all the way to the bottom of the hill without falling off! Such a lady. We definitely have created some monsters! All the kids have talked about is when can we go again. Mission accomplished...the kids had fun and so did we.