A Hike with DJ

For DJ’s class field trip, we went to Mission Trails Regional Park for a hike and to learn about the Kumeyaay.

They started by listening to a Kumeyaay folk tale.

It was so pretty and peaceful up in the hills. (Well, as peaceful as it can be with 50 3rd graders.) It rained during the first half of the hike, but it was still a nice hike.

We hiked down to the river where the kids looked for “grinding stones”. There were quite a number of them still there.

DJ usually doesn’t like me taking pictures of him, but this trip he didn’t seem to mind. :)

The view overhead from the river.

I liked the look of these trees. :)

Isn’t it weird how the tree trunk is hugging this rock? It kind of looks like an octopus, doesn’t it?

There was a rock formation that looked like a chair and the kids kept calling it “nature’s chair". DJ preferred to sit on top of it instead of in it.

A cool path of rocks near the river.

DJ wants us to take his brother and dad back for a hike there. He wants to show them all the cool thing he learned about.

A Trip to the Zoo

Last month, Cody and one of his classmates took a trip to the San Diego Zoo with the other 2 “general ed” kindergarten classes.

He is usually scared of live gigantic animals, but this time, he loved it.

His favorites were all the different bears and the giraffes.

We rode the 2nd deck of the double decker bus and he loved it up there because he could see everything.

His favorite part of the trip was posing with the tortoise statue at the end of the field trip.

Happy Birthday, Cody!

Do you know what today is???

Today someone cute turns 6!

The annual picture with Mr. Bear.

This morning, the birthday boy had his hair styled in spikes.

Our Happy Little Dude!

Guess who’s birthday is coming up!!???

He’s Riding a Bike!

After a couple of years of us asking him to learn and him refusing, one day (the day before Easter) he hopped on his bike and just started riding – no training wheels or anything. Maybe it was the threat that I would teach him the same way I taught my younger brother and little cousin – I pushed them off of hills. They learned to ride right away! ;)

Happy Easter!

We’ve Moved

This post is a month late.

Everything happened so quickly that we didn’t get a chance to tell everyone goodbye.

We will definitely be back periodically so we hope to see you everyone when we are up there.

Doyle received a job offer that we couldn’t refuse and so we are back in San Diego. His last job kept him away for half of each of these last 4 years so it is nice to have him around again. The boys are fully taking advantage of their dad being home. They really missed him these last 4 years.

The kids have adjusted well and love their new school. It is a small school (almost 400 students) and we all enjoy the “Little House on the Prairie” feel of it. :)

The boys especially love the house. More specifically, this is their favorite part of the house –

This picture is half of the backyard. I can’t blame them for wanting to be out there every day. DJ calls it “the neighborhood without houses”. LOL

My favorite part is the kitchen! I’ve never had a kitchen with so many cabinets that I couldn’t fill them. It is usually the opposite. Oh and hidden behind the fridge is a walk-in pantry. I often catch Cody standing in there scratching his chin, saying “hmmmm” and debating on what to snack on.

The boys’ second favorite place to be – their playroom/game room. It still has work to be done to it, but they don’t seem to mind.

See that cool bench/basket holder thing in the entry on the first playroom picture? My super handy husband made that.

This is the most popular room in the house – the family room. It is Lexus’ favorite room. :)

I don’t have pictures of the upstairs yet because we haven’t quite finished up there. There are 2 empty rooms upstairs, the master bedroom and the boys’ room. The rooms, including my craft room/office still need decorating work done.