Spring Break

This last week we all went to Mesquite for spring break. It was one of the funnest trips I have ever been on. It was also really nice that we got out of the nasty weather in Idaho for a while. Thanks Aunt T for letting us stay with you!

At Grandma and Grandpa DeJongs house before we headed out on the long drive.

We got to go dirt biking while we were down there. The guys were so patient with me and how slow I was. I was so frusterated with riding in the sad and Jake was so good with me. He let me ride his big bike so that I could make it through the sand easier. Mitch also crashed his bike trying to go over a cliff. He ended up putting some holes in his radiator but the boys worked on it all day the next day and they were able to get it fixed so they could go riding again without the girls.

My cute hubby on his dirt bike.



Everyone checking out Mitch's busted up radiator.

A hill the boys were climbing. It doesn't look that steep, but it really is!

The cliff at the top of this pic is the one that Mitch smashed his radiator on.

While all the boys were trying to fix Mitch's radiator us girls got to hang out at the pool. I can't even tell you how nice it was to finally have sun!

Baby Kade thought that being stuck through the pieces of plastic in the chair was the coolest invention ever. He jumped around in there for a few minutes until we were afraid he would fall all the way through.

Conner and Kade

Chelsea and I were the Queens of Guitar Hero at the hotel. It was sad how much we really played!

All the boys in the hot tub after a day of hard riding without the girls.

Mitch thought he needed to wake Conner up so he tipped his matress over while Conner was in it! Needless to say, Conner was not very happy with this whole scenario.

While we were packing our suitcase to go home we were also keeping an eye on Kade while Mitch and Chelsea were getting ready. We stuck him in our suitcase and he loved it! There was so much to play with!

Conner and Jake decided that they wanted to be on a bobsledding team so after we were done loading all of our stuff into the car they took the luggage carrier back to the hotel.

Some very sleepy boys on the way home.

I really do have the best in-laws ever! I am so glad that they do trips like this as a whole family. It is something that I look forward to all year long.

San Francisco

As many of you may know, my little sister Cayla competes on the Sacramento State Gymnastics team. Jake and I decided that since I had a long weekend for presidents day that we would go and watch one of her meets and then head to Alcatraz for fun.

Cayla did very well on her meet, and to my surprise it was only 2 hrs long! That is a great improvement from the all day meets that she used to have before she went to college.

On presidents day we headed to San Francisco with my parents. I was expecting there to be really nice weather, but instead it rained the whole time we were in California. Basically I'm trying to give a reason why my hair is so ugly in these pictures and why Jake is wearing his gross hat.

This was the cute boat that we got to travel to the island on. The water was very choppy and I hated the whole ride.

San Francisco has such neat bridges over the ocean. This is a picture of the Bay Bridge from inside of the boat.

When we got to the island the first place we wanted to go was on a tour of the prison. Now this is the first time that I have ever been on an audio tour. I thought it was a little strange at first but ended up really enjoying myself. It was nice because you could stop and take more time at different parts of the prison that you found more interesting. It was very funny to see all of the people in the prison walking around with headphones on and this thing dangling from their neck. So these are some pics of the jail cells.

As you can see they have three rows of cells all stacked on top of each other. To be quite honest, the whole place reminded me of the movie Shawshank Redemption.

This is a picture of their exercise courtyard. You look out and wonder how they ever stayed inside the walls, but if you actually go out in the courtyard, you will see that the walls are much higher than they look.

San Francisco is only 1 1/2 miles from Alcatraz. It looked absolutely amazing from the island.

This is us all grungy from all of the rain out in front of the Wardons office and guest entrance to the prison. That is San Francisco behind us.

This is a picture of Alcatraz as we were leaving on the boat to go back to San Francisco. The ride was much better on the way back.

I just realized what a horrible sister I am because I didn't take a single picture of Cayla at her meet. Next time I will record a routine so that everyone can see it. This was a very fun trip for both Jake and I. The only crapy part was that we hit bad weather on the way home and it took us 20 hrs to drive. I have never been more angry at people than I was on Donners pass with all of the California drivers holding up traffic so they could put their chains on. Please! I have worse roads in my subdivision people!

My wonderful family.

Today I have been thinking of how lucky I am to have such a great family. I was raised in the church with wonderful parents.

Not only that, but I have been blessed with In-laws who are wonderful. I have never met such loving and giving people. We are truly blessed.

My mid-life crisis

I am going through a mid-life crisis with my hair! It is not growing in as curly as it used to be! I wouldn't call it straight, but it is definetely not my normal curly hair. I don't know how to fix it anymore!

Christmas and stuff

We had so much fun during the Holiday Season. I just love being married to the most wonderful man in the whole world. The one problem with the holidays is that we both have gained some weight.
Big diet here we come!

The best husband in the world!

I was upstairs taking a shower and getting ready. I hadn't talked to Jake in a while so I came downstairs to see what he was doing. I came around the corner, and Jake was scrubbing the floor! My cute husband was doing a job I hate and without even being asked!

It's Christmas time!

It is the first Christmas that I have decorated my own tree. It looks a little silly in this pic, but It really does look so cute in real life!