Monday, October 12, 2009

Wow, has it really been that long?

Happy Anniversary to us!!!
7 years ago today we were sealed in the San Diego Temple

First Race!

This past Saturday we let the kids do their first race. They've been begging us to do it, and since Jared moved up a level, he no longer races first thing in the morning, so we were still there when it was time. Needless to say, I think we will have to bring their bikes with us to every race now, they LOVED it.

Getting ready at the start line.

So ready!!

Theres my cutie!. She kept trying to ride her bike onto the adult course, she wanted to race so bad!

Go!!

You can see Belle with her red shirt and blue helmet behind the big pink bike.

This is when Caleb was coming around to do his second lap and was lapping all the little kids.

Go Belle go!

The final climb. Caleb had a huge lead, but another boy (who was 9 years old) caught him here.

Going across the finish line, he lost by about 2 ft! He did so good!

Belle rolling down the hill about to turn towards the finish.

She got a medal for being the smallest racer!

All the kids got free snacks for participating


Thursday, October 8, 2009

The Fair!

We went to the LA Fair on the 1st and had a great time!! I love the fair, and we've gone 3 years in a row now.
The kids loved these things and asked for their pictures to be taken at every one that we saw.

Looking at a goat

Hello cow!

In the petting zoo. It was filled with sheep and goats.

Belle making new friends.



Caleb almost fell over that sheep behind him.

Belle loved feeding them.



Caleb had a good time too, just not very into letting them eat out of his hand.

Belle's buddy.

Driving a tractor!



My two little cows :)

Belle the scarecrow



Caleb liked making faces to go along with the pictures.

Belle the mermaid

Belle and her pickle.

Yummy!!

Last year they had snow, this year Dinosaurs!!! Caleb loved it.

Belle felt a little dwarfed.

The kids liked this one.



Fun rides were up next!

Caleb loved this ride last year and was happy to find it again this year.

Riding the pink elephants

Belle was very happy to ride her pony.

We found where they do a dog stunt show, and even though it wasn't show time, it was practice time! So the kids still got to see some fun dog tricks, and there wasn't a crowd, so front row!!



They loved doing this jumping thing.

Caleb got a little help from the worker, so he was able to get really high, and even managed to do a flip once!



Isabelle's worker wouldn't help her out, so she was a little upset that she didn't get to do a flip too, but she did awesome at jumping by herself!



We ate dinner at Hot Dog On A Stick, and the kids had to pose in the Lemon cutout.


The kids each had two rides left on their fun cards, so after we ate we went over to let them each do their last rides.

Belle was a crackup!! You can see she kept putting her hands up, but then she'd grab back on real quick when they hit a bump or turn.

They loved it, so off they went to the other little roller coaster for their last ride.

Hmmm, Belle was a happy girl, but Caleb started to look a little green around the edges by the end. Probably not a great idea to do two roller coasters right after eating.

He gave us a big smile on the last go round though!

Whats the fair without a blow up souvenir? Belle got a monkey, and Caleb helped Superman fly out of the park to our car.

And for me, it ended with some yummy chocolate covered bacon. Love that stuff!!!