Class of 1990

Tony had his 20 Year High School reunion about a week ago. It was interesting to say the least!

What a strange experience that was! I really didn't know anybody, Tony couldn't remember anybody(or anything about High School, for that matter), and I really just felt odd talking to people about High School. It doesn't help that we just had Troy graduate, so high school REALLY seemed like it was forever ago for us!!! It ended up being fun though!

Tony set up a pancake breakfast at Staheli Farm for all the families. Kaylee had a cheer thing, so she wasn't there, but the rest of the kids had a blast playing, and Troy had fun just listening to people talk about all the stupid things his dad did in high school!!

That night, we had a couples dinner that the Pasta Factory catered at the Wingate hotel. It was a little more fun. Tony's friend from Phoenix showed up for that, we had a lot of good laughs, mostly at Tony's expense, and the expense of his Senior Ball date, Nicole. It was interesting to see where people have been, gone, and how crazy and wild some people still are, even though they left high school 20 years ago!
All the reunion planners! I am not sure how Tony got in this mix to become a part of planning this! He enjoyed himself, though!
Tony and his Senior Ball date, Nicole!!
He just HAD to wear all his MC Hammer gear from his concert a couple February's ago!! Seriously, will that ever die?!!!

Tony and his good friend, Tomas! How these two were friends is beyond me! Tomas is 6'8! A whole FOOT taller than Tony! Tony really looks up to this guy though! Him and his wife were a blast to hang out with!

Gone To Grandma's

My youngest two cuties have been at their grandma's house for the past week!!! I have felt a lot of different things this week, so I want to write them down before I go get them tomorrow, and my crazy life is back to the way it should be!!

*My house is soooo quiet without their little voices asking me hundreds of questions a day!!! I have really missed Kamren and her drawings and ideas for yard sales and cards for friends and family members. I haven't had to pick up a random piece of paper with a little drawing on it in almost a week!!! And Daxton just not being around has been hard! He is like my little buddy and I miss having a little buddy!

*My big kids could care less where I am or what I am doing!!! I have gotten out of bed after 9 for at least the past 3 mornings in a row and nobody seemed to care! My girls were already dressed, fed and had all their chores done before I even had my eyes open for the day! They even asked me when we were having scriptures, this morning!!! It is amazing how lazy you can become when nobody is dragging you out of bed asking for breakfast!

*I can see a light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the craziness of Sacrament meeting! As I glanced down the bench on Sunday, with only my 4 big kids on it, it was amazing to think that in 6 short years THIS would be how church would be every week! No trying to jump off the bench, no bathroom trips or drinks needed! Just sitting and listening! Wow! I can't even imagine such a thing, but I know it is coming because I got a glimpse of it!!

* I really miss being the mom of little ones! Yes! They can be annoying and aggravating and crazy at times, but I love the craziness that is my life! My life is not the same without all of them here!

*Boy can my house get clean without anybody messing it up all week! Since the big kids really don't need me, I put on my I-Pod and cleaned my little heart out this week! I cleaned Kamren and Daxtons rooms of any broken/Junkie toys! I cleaned the toy room under the stairs, to the point where there are almost no toys at all under there! I finished the girls room, finally!!! And today, the rest of my house got a good cleaning!!! So maybe I am not ready for them to be gone for a week again any time soon, but a few hours here and there would be nice!

Well, tomorrow life is back to normal! I am meeting my mom half way in Fillmore! I am so glad they have had so much fun at grandmas, but I am ready for my little ones to come home!!!

Anaheim

Though this trip was almost 2 months ago now, I want to remember all the fun we had, so it is just a little past due!!!

We went to Anaheim for National Cheer leading, our last year, YEAH!!! Kaylee did great! Her team, not so much! They ended up finishing 7th in their division! She is an amazing tumbler! Now she moves onto High School cheer for her senior year!

Cheer leading was just the beginning of our trip!!! Next we headed to the beach!!! Burrrrr!! Um....we didn't stay too long! It rained on us!!

Kenzie's 9th birthday was on Sunday! Her dad was so sweet! He went out to get her some medicine at 6AM that morning for a tummy problem, and came back to the hotel with an ice cream cake and a couple little presents for her! Nothing like blowing out your birthday candles on a luggage rack in a hotel!!! She still had a fun day!!!

The next day, we were scheduled to go to California Adventures with our free passes from volunteering, but the weather had other plans for us!!! After getting all the way ready and heading for the door, it started to down pour! We improvised and ended up at one of our kids favorite spots in Anaheim, the Discovery Science center! They had a blast and always seem to enjoy this place! We love it because they don't actually realize how much they are learning at the same time!!!

This is actually a wind simulator, that has wind speeds of up to 85 miles an hour! I laugh every time I look at this picture!

Later that day, we went to see the movie "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". Never see a movie in California!! $65 for matinee tickets for the 6 of us, Yikes!!!! We finished off the day by having dinner with our good friends, the Chapmans, who moved back to Cali a few years ago! We love seeing them! They are the only family that rivals us in numbers! It was so good to see them!

So, Tuesday ended up being California Adventures day!!! It was kind of fun to just do one park, and not enter the crazy world of Disneyland and all the autograph taking and princess pictures!!! We had a fun day!

I found out just how much of a "thrill seeker" our Kenzie really is!! This is on the big ferris wheel that literally almost made ME throw up! Not Kenzie! She went on any big roller coaster, dropping elevator, scary anything she could find and loved every minute of it! Good thing her dad is into that kind of stuff too!!
Oh thank goodness we found Woody! Daxton was in Woody heaven!!!



The Toy Story ride is our new favorite ride there!

I love, love. love this picture and these two guys!!!!

Our trip didn't end there, though we thought that would be the end!!! After California Adventure, we were going to drive home! As we got in the car, Tony turned to me and said, "You know, it is actually 9 PM at home, we won't get home until after 3 AM"!! We both are not good night drivers, so we decided it was best to stay one more night. We found a hotel, ending up at the one we had been staying at, just not getting the same great rate we had in the previous nights!!!!

Thank goodness we stayed!!! We started driving home the next morning with our tire gage light on. Tony went to a gas station and tried to fix it by putting more air in the back tires, but it stayed on! So we started to drive! We got about 10 miles out of Anaheim and our right back tire BLOWS!!!! Yikes! On the side of the freeway with a blown tire!! Nice!! But our Heavenly Father was watching out for us in more than one way!!! I happened to be on the phone with the insurance company about my lost wedding ring at the time, and so they were nice enough to inform me that I had tow coverage since we couldn't change our tire thanks to lug nuts that were too long!!! They sent a tow truck that piled us all in the cab(Daxton loved it), and drove us to a tire store! Too bad we were taken to the worst tire store on the planet!!! They got us a new tire but didn't have the right tools to tighten it properly!!! After an hour of waiting! I couldn't handle it anymore! I started asking questions, found out exactly what kind of tool they needed and started calling other tire stores in the area, asking if they had the right tool to do the job! After a few minutes, I found a tire store we could SLOWLY drive to back in ANAHEIM!!!!! We drove there, ended up needing ANOTHER back tire, and were back on the road!!! Quite an adventure that could have turned out a lot worse had we left the night before like we had planned!!! I feel extremely blessed that needing 2 new tires, and spending an extra few hours in a tire store was as bad as our problems got that weekend!!!