Lemons.

When life gives you GIGANTIC lemons...

You shove it into the tail pipe of Grandpa's One Ton truck. SO GLAD we found that! At least it wasn't his brand new diesel! I went into the warehouse to find a flat head screw driver to stab the lemon and pull it out because I couldn't reach far enough in to get it out. It was pretty deep in there. While Lynn (Grandpa) and I went to go find a tool Bradley took care of it himself and got it out. He reminded me of Mary Poppins when she blacked her nose out for the Chimney sweep portion.

It took a lot of scrubbing to get the soot off!

A Very Pinteresting Day!

I decided to do some kid activities that I read on Pinterest. The first one was playign with baking soda and vinegar.

They had a ton of fun! I put some baking soda in a glass pan and then gave them paper cups with dyed vinegar. Tip for next time- don't use paper cups. The bottoms get too weak. We also did paper towel roll bowling. The kids have always loved to play with bowling kits but we don't have one. I read my friend's status a while back that she needed toilet paper rolls for her primary class. I teach 4 year olds in primary so I decided I should start saving my rolls just in case I needed them. So today I saw the rolls hanging in a bag in the closet and decided to set them up like pins and give the kids bouncy balls. They loved it- especially Kiersten! And we worked on their awesome counting skills and we put the pins up each time.

My bucket list- first draft!

So I decided to finally post my bucket list. Its only 40 items long now lol. I have completed a few so I took them off. Go on an Alaskan cruise Learn sign language Travel to Australia Be a home owner See the Aurora Borealis Snorkel Visit every state Go fishing and catch a fish Adopt a pet Be a foster parent Own a painting Get a fully pampered spa day swim with dolphins Visit every temple in US (completed all in CA,NV, and DC) Do a temple with a General Authority Earn my Bachelors raise a pig Complete a triathlon Go to girls camp as a leader Eat a meal mostly from my garden Make a stained glass window Take a cooking class write a basics cook book Attend a live filming of a show Hike Half Dome Go on an RV vacation Take the kids to Monterrey Bay Aquarium Learn to play the piano fluidly Go to Disneyworld Stay in a Disney resort Shake the prophets hand hike in and camp Make cement handprints with my kids Save a life bottle feed a wild animal/ volunteer at a wildlife reserve Go river rafting Donate my hair to Locks of Love Participate in Relay for Life Milk a cow Gallop on a horse

Temple Hopping!

I went temple hopping with my friends Tara and Andrea. I had such an amazing time! This was our first stop for gas on our trip. We drove to Las Vegas on Monday and did a session Tuesday morning. This was in the top three of my favorite temples and was very special to me because my grandmother who I was very close to lived in Vegas for a very long time. Las Vegas We drove straight from there to the San Diego temple. I honestly have never liked the design of the building before. In person- Oh my goodness! It was the most amazing temple! It was so amazingly beautiful. We got a little tour after our session of the temple. They showed us the atrium, the brides room, and let us walk around for a while. We stayed the night in New Port Beach with a session there in the morning. This temple was too...orange... and muave... and pink... But the terrestial room was so beautiful! Andrea has this thing where she takes pictures of her jumping in front of every temple. She tried to teach me how to do it. It didn't go so well in Redlands as you can see a little later. That afternoon we went to the Los Angeles temple. It was HUGE! Much bigger than I thought it was! Your driving down the street and see a starbucks, chase bank, and BAM! A huge hill in the middle of town! I Read a book so I wouldn't drive Andrea crazy since it was her first time meeting me. I do like to talk a little too much haha. I finished the first two books in less than a week but I didn't like the third book at all! Our last stop on our roadtrip was to the Redlands temple. It is the smallest temple! I think they only have 6 sessions a day there with a 5 hour break in the middle of the day. Andrea tried to teach us her mad jumping skills but Tara and I just didn't get it haha. We had such an amazing time but I was so excited to get back home to my babies!! I was gone from home for 2 weeks and from my Minions for a week. I had only been gone for weekend before. I sure missed them!!

The kids first trip to the beach.

To break up our three days in the park we took the kids to Newport beach in between the 2nd and 3rd day. It was overcast so I expected it to be chilly. Once you got in the water it wasn't bad at all. Kiersten had a lot of fun at first until a wave hit her really high and she got water in her mouth. After that she went and built a sandcastle with Adam for a long time. When she goes on and on about her Disneyland rants its really funny to ask her about the beach. She says "Ooh the beach was soooo cooooold (she will even fake shiver here). I went in the water and rolled around. It tasted Icky! Then I chased birdies and said GO AWAY BIRDIES!" Bradley had a ton on fun in the water- which really surprised me! He doesn't like to swim at all but he kept dragging me further and further out into the water. He tripped a few times and tumbled with the waves but he jumped right back up and tried to go further out. This picture was perfectly timed! I love Bradley's face!

Date Night at Midieval times

In the midst of all the chaos, Adam and I had our friends who we were staying with in the area watch the kids on Wednesday so we could get a date night. We went back to the park and rode Star Tours- which has totally changed since we had been there last. Then we went to Medieval times where we had such a great time!! They really switched up the story line since the last time I was there. Afterwards we had time to go back to the park on our way back to our "home" for the week. I FINALLY rode the Space Mountain ride, which we almost couldn't do because it broke down for the second time that day.

Disneyland!

The next day after graduation we took off for Disneyland to celebrate Adam's graduation. It was perfect timing because the kids are still 2- which means they are free. It was the week before memorial day so most schools were still in session, and it wasn't too hot yet. Just before the tram on the first day- we were all very excited! Pinocchio was just as we entered into the park. The kids had no clue what to do with a huge cartoon character. I LOVE this picture of Bradley! His face is priceless! Kiersten was in LOVE with Princess Aurora at Goofy's Kitchen. She kept running up to her and giving her hugs. It was well worth it! Kiersten and Bradley tell us everyday that the Pirates ride was soo scary but then it got silly. Then they tell us about every ride. The rockets were soo fast! The dinosaurs on the choo choo ride were soo scary. I Love Minnie, and Mickey, and Goofy, etc! They have seriously asked everyday since we have been home to go back there. Kiersten even put her shoes on and announced she was leaving to go back to Disneyland today when Adam was leaving.

Adam Graduated!!!

On May 20th Adam graduated from Chico State with a Bachelors in Music Education to be a band teacher. Here is Adam with all the students who graduated in their program and their Band Director From left to right with first names only there's Mary, Geoff, Ruben, Rose, Dr. Tevis, and Adam. Good timing too since they suspended the program for next year (which will kill it entirely, but don't get us started). Adam's Dad Ken and Stepmom Trina came into town from Utah- which was awesome since they hadn't seen our minions in over two years. It was a very bright and hot day with very little shade, Smiles were hard to come by after the ceremony. This picture sums it up wonderfully haha (Siiiiide story- do this a lot... So I had a conversation with a friend about the difference of sidekicks and minions. A Sidekick is a companion to a superhero and has their own agency to choose right. Pretty Cool. Minion is the companion if an evil person and they do their masters every will... My kids don't listen very well and I would like them to obey my will. And besides- doesn't Mitchell Minions sound catchier?! And end side note!)

100th Post!

Welcome to my 100th blog post! yay! Ok so there's not really any context to this post. But I'm about to post a TON of things! So much has happened in the last month- Adam graduated, We went to Disneyland, kids first time at the beach, I went on a girls trip to go temple hopping. So seriously blessed! Happy Blogging!