Monday, June 28, 2010

cedar hills family night owls game

we had a fun, beautiful evening with everyone at the game. The big kids spent most of the time in the outfield playing catch and the little kids went NUTS in the stands!
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the got to run the bases after the game... afterwards we had girls night watching bachelorette....

Friday, June 25, 2010

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Trip to Seattle to surprise Pop Pop for Father's Day!

We SURPRISED Pop Pop for Father's Day! yay!

poor Staci had the job of picking us up SUPER late at the airport (there was a lightning storm-boy were me and Zacky not happy! and then a delay on the ground when we landed-yuck) and then we stayed the night at her house and she made all of us a yummy breakfast!
we did some bead shopping with grandma :)
and took grandma and pop pop out for their 20th anniversary.
staci asked a one-armed man to take this picture for us!!!
Taylor made anniversary dessert for when we got back...
and the kids made a card....
zacky showed grandma how to make eggs :) he's the master of breakfast eggs and waffles!
Father's Day chicken dinner....
we had a few extra guests so the kids picnic-d with grandma :)
bryan found the biggest marshmellows ever for smores!
the NBA finals game was on, so we had family cheering night with pizza!



Zacky got very excited when the Celtics scored, but sadly ended up losing to LA. boo Kobe
Italian sodas and fishing on the dock.


LOTS of soccer time with daddy and the Olsens :)
play time with Matt
baseball with grandma
the weather wasn't happy, so no boating... the kids made due with the tube :)
smore time...and what is that we see...SUN??!!! We saw a quick glimpse that evening before we left!
marshmellow kisses! thanks mop mop and pop pop for a fun trip!!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Zacky's Dbacks Championship game win!

The d-backs went undefeated this season (14-0). This was the championship game (that they rescheduled so we could be there :). Zacky was in a weird mood before the game and I told Bryan that I didn't have a good feeling about him playing.....and the weather was super windy and yuck......boy was I wrong....
he got 2 singles and a triple in the last inning (we were down by 1) to put us ahead by 1! Then he got a double play to end and WIN the game. It was so fun!
He said he was so happy that he was tearing up...you can tell here a little. He's so tenderhearted...so cute!
He got the game ball too...which he signed and put in a special box in his room :) Such a fun moment!
We celebrated by picking up Panda on the way to the airport to go to Seattle....he wore his uniform on the plane :)
our flight was majorly delayed so we played uno while we waited for our plane :)

Monday, June 14, 2010

A new PARk :)

We were supposed to have a big rhino trip but couldn't find enough for our whole family, so somehow we ended up at a park in Day Break...mom had to pick Kelsi up and we decided to all go....ended up being a gorgeous, fun evening! We went for yogurt and then watched Bacholorette together :)
the kids had a blast!





Saturday, June 12, 2010

trip to DENVER with the Grieves

after a rain soaked drive that was an hour longer than expected (and one pull over! yet happily, no ticket) we made it to Denver.....the game was rain delayed and we walked in right when it was starting! We had a fun drive telling scary stories (Taylor had lots of new ones from camp!... we finally decided not to do our big New York trip with the Grieves and did this trip VERY last minute to compensate a bit....poor Taylor got home and had to jump back in the car to take off for a trip she didn't know about :) It was way fun except for the dumb weather! We weren't able to get on the field because of the rain, but we had great covered seats and the kids had fun together :)
Kimmy and Devin came up too...
Zacky had fun taking Seth and Alec up to the broadcast booth with grandpa ashby
we crammed EVERYONE into big whitey to meet grandpa at Cheesecake Factory...we laughed and laughed as bryan drove in circle!
the boys made their own fun during the wait!
We got to go to Cheesecake again to meet up with Wayne and Dilene. Wayne has cancer and it was sad to see him in such bad shape
...we love our caramel apples!
the kids had fun riding the tram to buy pens and gloves and blankets for game 2!

with no field time, the kids decided to explore around the park :)

...the kids tried to get some attention on the big board...no luck, but great dancing :)
We made it to Spaghetti Factory for Melisa...
balloon time was great!
but the kids had the most fun in the Hampton :)....playing tricks on Seth and Alec and playing baseball in the pool :)

how cute is this :)
our long drive home....Daddy had to catch a plane back to SF and we barely made it!! :)
We stopped at a rest stop and found LOTS of prairie dogs....zacky tried to pet one, and it bit him!!
Fun last minute trip!!