Fun Times

We went camping for labor day weekend with my mom, dad, gabe, & my nephews. We had a blast, the kids loved it. We went hiking, sat around the campfire told scary stories, went to a fish hatchery. We just stayed one night which is long enough when you stay in a tent. It was nice & cool 70-80, a nice escape from the 100 degree weather.
Gianni & Bella sitting by the campfire.

Happy 5Th Birthday Gabriel!! We opened presents when he woke up, ate breakfast. Played with toys. We had his bday party that night at Bounce Jungle. It was soooo nice not have to do anything but show up, have fun & leave. Gabriel loved it, the kids have so much energy.

They were tearing eachother apart in here.

Happy Birthday to Gabriel! My little boy is 5years old! I can't believe it, time goes by too fast. He is such an amazing little boy. He was so excited to turn 5. He thinks he's so big, all morning he was going around the house saying "look mommy I can turn the water on all by myself, I'm taller than the table because I'm 5" he could do all that stuff before.

July

Happy 4th of July!
We had a BBQ at my moms, the kids swam then we went to watch the fireworks. The kids watched the fireworks in the back of Ryans truck. It was fun.

The kids loved the fireworks but got tired of them after awhile & was wondering when they would be done. Ryan was so fascinated by the fireworks, you can tell by the look on his face.
SUPERMAN!! Gabriel love's to be catapulted through the air. He's my little fish. He love's to dive & will swim halfway across the pool under the water. He's really good.


Putting on a show for mom, they all tried to jump in at the same time. My kids can swim all day if we let them. Bella does have a swimsuit but prefers not to wear it.

Gabriel's test for the Gold Stripe white belt

Gabriel was so excited to get his gold belt, his test consisted of having to do their fight stance and their form Kamsa & a bunch of things but the one thing that amazed me was they had to sit with their legs crossed & their eyes closed for about 2minutes, if they opened their eyes they wouldn't receive their belt. I was nervous for Gabriel because how many 4year olds can sit still with their eyes closed for 2minutes. I was so proud of him because he really wanted his belt & he worked hard for it. I can't wait for his next test.
Gabriel doing his Kamsa
Doing punches
He had to hold this position for a little bit.

Gabriel receiving his belt. Congrats Gabriel!

BRAD PAISLEY

JEWEL
Julianne Hough
Chuck Wick

This was the best time EVER!!! It seemed like such a long time up to the night of the concert, I felt like a little kid waiting for christmas. It was so worth the wait. The concert started at 7:30pm, we got there a little after 6:30. They had all kinds of booths & radio stations. That's where I got the Brad Paisley hat. We also bought two bottles of water that cost $10, I've never spent so much on water but I'll tell you it was good water! We were at the booth of one of the radio stations where they were doing kareoke(??) & I had to go to the bathroom so when I came out Ryan said "I think one of the
girl singers you like was just here(at the radio station) after figuring out it was Julianne Hough. I asked him if he took a picture of her cuz he was really close & he didn't! He was star struck & didn't even think about it. The show was awesome, it started with Julianne Hough, Chuck Wick then the amazing Jewel that everybody love's. She was so beautiful & funny, Ryan said he was in love. So when taking picture's of these three my batteries died in my camera but not too worry I brought extra batteries... I put them in & they were dead too! I wasn't gonna let anything ruin my night so I said oh
well can't do anything about it. Ryan went to go see if anyone was selling them, while he was gone one of the workers came up to me & said "When your boyfriend comes back you guys can move closer to the stage, we have some open seats." I was ecstatic!!! Ryan came back & saw me smiling from ear to ear( he thought I found some batteries) So we got to move closer. It was such an awesome show,so much to look at, my picture's don't do justice, I had to turn my camera on hurry & take a picture before it turned off so they aren't the best. That was the most fun I've had

in awhile. I sang all the songs with Brad Paisley along with the rest of the crowd.

We didn't know we were low on batteries here.

Indio Cont.

We went hiking in Palm Springs(just 30min. from Indio), it was really pretty your driving in the desert then all of the sudden there's tonz of palm tree's, an oasis. It was so gorgeous! We saw a lot of lizards, my little brother spotted a huge one, we saw birds. On the second trail we were going to go on I saw two rattlesnakes which I freaked out about, they were 3 feet away from me so I told everyone that we had to go. They were both sleeping but still it was scary. Ryan, my dad & the kids were all standing around them taking picture's & Gabriel being the boy that he is threw a rock at them, luckily he missed! That trail was a habitat for rattlesnakes so we decided not to go on that trail, the park rangers said they would not harm us as long as we didn't bother them but we still decided not go. I absolutely hate snakes. We had so much fun hiking, Ryan & Gabriel fell in the water jumping from one rock to another. There was so much to look at, we didn't mind the 100 degree temp we had a lot of water with us. It was nice to getaway for the weekend. I can't wait for our next vacation, hopefully it's longer. Were planning to go to Utah for the 24th of July, I can't wait!


Ryan getting ready to BBQ some steaks. We had a great view on the patio at the resort. We would come out here at night & in the morning, it was beautiful.

Indio Continued

Soak City. My little brother Gabe was there but he's 13 & was off by himself. After being there all day we(the adults) were ready to go but the kids could have stayed all night, luckily they closed at 5pm. So we went back to the condo & relaxed.

Our weekend getaway to Indio, CA

We took a weekend trip with my parents & my little brother to Indo, CA. It was nice to getaway.

We went to Knotts Berry Soak City, it was a blast! The kids loved the waterslides, Gabriel wanted to go on all of them but he was too small for some of the bigger one's, he was a little bummed out but I told him we would come back when he was bigger & that seemed to make him feel a little better. They had this big beach house with a bunch of waterslides for the kids & at the very top was this huge pail that filled up with water & when it was full it dumped over the beach house & it was cold water!!! It didn't matter if you were underneath anything you still would get soaking wet. Bella absolutely hated it & was screaming at the top of her lungs, Gabriel didn't like it either cuz it was cold, other than that they loved it.

The Beach House
Lounging in the lazy river with grandpa.
Ryan's crazy, this looked so scary. Gabriel wanted to go on this slide but he was too short.