We're Back

We have been to Disneyland and are back already. The trip went pretty fast. (I knew that it would) We kind of got a rough start. For some reason I came down with a case of the hives on Wednesday. I went to the clinic and got a shot to get rid of them. I was also taking alot of bendryl. They got a lot better and I worked on Friday. Friday night as I was getting things ready to go, Rylee and Jim had gone to a basketball game with Richard and I was home alone. I was almost done packing and Kenzie got home about 8:30. She immediatley noticed that my face was really swollen and I had started to itch again!!! argh!!!!!!!!!!!!! we got in the car and ran down to the ER where they treated me with a bag of IV fluids and gave me a prescription for an EPI pen and other things. We got home about 1:30 am. I felt alot better. Kenzie and Blakeley got packed and we headed out for the airport about 8:30 on Saturday. Other than being drugged and going on rides I did not have any more problems. Thank goodness!!

We headed to the beach first thing and the kids went nuts. It was not really that warm but we let them play anyway.

We had bought a pass for a shuttle to take us into Disneyland, and it came around every 20 minutes. We got in line but it was pretty full. We were walking back to the lobby of the hotel to wait for another shuttle and this limo driver came up to us and asked us if we had missed our bus? We told him sort of. He said, " For $10.00 he would take us to the main entrance of Disneyland". We thought that was pretty cool so we climbed in. You should have seen the people try to get a glimpse of who was important enough to be taken to the front gate in a limosine. He was very nice and gave us his card and told us that for $10.00 he would take us anywhere we wanted to go. It was really fun.

The Disney Characters were all over inside the front gate as you went into Disneyland. Blakeley got alot of autographs and pictures. Rylee already had a lot of autographs so he just wanted the pictures.

We had a really good time and nothing else went wrong. We got home safely and that is really what matters. It really is the "Happiest Place on Earth".

GUESS WHO IS ONE!!!

Tagg is one year old. We had a great party at Zac and Cj's and he had alot of fun. He is such a happy little guy.

Grandma Richins was there to do her traditional "Roodle Doodle Doo" (which Taggs loves).

The cake was really good. Tagg got a cake all of his own and he loved it. Treyson ate alot of the decorations off of the big cake. CJ made the cake all from scratch (and some boxes) and was very proud of it.

He is lucky enough to have 7 Great Grandparents at this first birthday party. They are Lee and Veloy Dickson, Ben and Luanne Rich, Florence Mae Richins and Ellen and Jim Wilkerson. Thanks to everyone for coming and making this night great.

Dad was pretty brave to get this close, within grabbing range!

Grandpa Jim gave the traditional Noisy Popper toy that he always gives to the grandchildren. For some reason, the noisy toys always seem to disappear.

ANIMAL PUNISHMENT

Or should I say "OWNER PUNISHMENT" Tia was left in the kennel a little longer than she usually is and I guess this is her way of paying me back. She kept getting out of her bed and I followed her a couple of times and then I finally fell asleep. When Jim got up the next morning this is what he found.





She had gotten into all of my yarn and scattered it throughout the halls.














Good thing we really have grown fond of this little puppy.....




She even tried to eat one of the hooks as you can see in this picture.

SUPER BOWL PARTY

We had a great Super Bowl
Party. CJ and the boys came over and we cooked "Lupia", French Fries, and Lil Smokies. Treyson kept stealing Grandpa's lil smokies. He really liked them.

Look at that mischevious look.

"Hey did you steal my smokie"

Then Tagg had a major diaper fiasco because he is on a heavy duty dose of antibiotic. Looking at this picture, you would not realize that he is even sick. Anyway we decided that they both could benefit from the bath tub. Tia even decided that she needed to bath.

Then at half-time Treyson decided that we needed to have a game of Nerf Darts. Hence the lovely Nerf vest.

Finally Tagg went to sleep and we got to watch a little of the game. It was fun to have the kids over and we missed Zac. Oh, the game was pretty good too.

Scout night

A couple of weeks ago, (I can't remember when) we had a Pack Meeting. It was an "Arrow of Light Ceremony" We had 4 or 5 boys earning their arrow. It was an awesome night and the leaders put in a lot of work to get this done. The boys were excited.

Listening to the Chief

Big Chief and little arrows?

The Cool Arrow of Light.....

Lunch with Mom

1. Saturday we had a nice lunch at Mothers house. Monica, Eden and Pauline came up and brought soup bowls. Mother made a cake and I had put some soup into the crock pot before I left for work that morning. We visited and ate lunch and had a a reall good time. Then we went over to Shirlee's house and played bowling on the WII. It was a very nice day.

Eden, Rylee and Treyson


Pauline

Rylee and Treyson

4 generations,

Monica, Eden, Pauline and Florence Mae

All that attended this day were: Shirlee, Jimmy, Rylee, Treyson, Florence Mae, Pauline, Monica, Eden and Natalie and CJ stopped by for a few minutes. CJ was on her way to the dr with little Tagg he has not been feeling very good. Natalie already had a prior lunch date.

Winter Fun 2009

We were able to go to the property with Zac and CJ again this year and take the kids behind the snowmobile. It was a good time. I hope that you can enjoy this photoshow.