Another river trip.

Yep, thats right, our most favorite place to be, on the water!

Luckiest enough to have in-laws that let us use their place.

Hannah thinks she wants to kneeboard.

However, don't even think about hooking it to the boat.

 Last weekend it was so beautiful, no wind!  Absolutely no wind!!

Hardly anyone on the water.  Felt like we had the lake to ourself.

 This girl is getting awesome on the knee board, she shreds, she stands on it and surfs it, she sits criss cross applesauce with no hands and goes in and out of the wake. 

 Check out that form.

 This one gets tired of watching her sister do EVERYTHING.

 This guy

 does a little of this and a little of wake boarding.  I am driving the boat so I don't get to watch. ;(

 Then she does this for a while.

 and then some of this.

 Finally a little relaxation.  Daddy played while I was able to nap.  HEAVEN.

 Then we do this.

 and more of that.

 She is so relaxed out there, waiting for daddy to turn her around.

 So she can do this one handed.

 Why are you in the passenger seat Kent?

 Oh, because this one drives the boat too!

 Notice who is standing on the tube?  Yep, Hannah is getting so big.

Thanks babe for another amazing river weekend.  You are such a great daddy and hubby. I love you. Now if only you could get me up on the wake board and a single ski.  

Oh, and I did knee board this trip.  Kent was driving the boat and Amy was pouting and wouldn't take pictures of me.  Maybe next trip I can get someone to take a picture of me on the water!  

Mount Rubidoux

Still catching up on my blog.  Last Wednesday after the swim party and after dinner, I suggested we go walk up Mt. Rubidoux.  Kent and I have never done that, it sounded like fun, besides it was a really nice evening.  So we tossed the kids in the car, googled how to get there and off we went.  We ended up parking at the dog park, next time we will park in front of doctors house and walk.  We hiked up an area that had been burned not long ago, we didn't know where the trail that was paved began.  Let me tell you what we walked up was VERY difficult.  At one point I had already gotten up an area and then had to reach down to help Kent with the stroller.  I asked someone along the way if this was the only trail.  She directed us for the next time. No stroller the dirt would have been fine, I recommend if you have a stroller enter and walk the paved area only!! HAHAHA

We made it to the top!

 The cross looked so pretty up close.

 I love the american flag.  I think we have the most beautiful flag there is.  When it is waving in the wind it looks amazing and makes me thankful for the soldiers that have fought for our freedom.

 She is a mess from swimming, I didn't even comb her hair we left so quickly.

 This little one didn't want her picture taken.

This was a very fun evening with the family.  I couldn't believe how crowded it was there.  The different types of people that walk it too was crazy.  

I think I am finally caught up on old stuff, next entry will be last weekend at the river!

Swim Play date

Last Wednesday I hosted a swim play date at my house.  I invited a bunch of kids from school.  

We had a great time, laughing and talking. I BBQ'd hot dogs and each family brought something to share.

 So silly, she LOVED having friends over!

 Jake, one of Amy's BF's from school

 Amy and Mia

 Ashley is a cousin of one of the boys.  So cute.

 Kids every where.

Thanks for the fun day! Lets do this again soon.

Still catching up

Shesh, I am still behind on blogging.  I came across some more things that I wanted to post.  A couple of weeks ago, Kent was wondering the lawn early in the morning.  The girls wanted to run in the sprinklers, so I let them.  They played for a long time in their jammies out in the water!

 This one is a little blurry but I thought it was cute of Hannah.

 Awe, my babies!!!  Aren't they cute?

 We had Cynthis over for dinner, she is Ricks ex gf, who now has a baby girl. You may remember her from a couple of posts ago.  Anyway, I haven't seen Allyson since she was born.

 The girls LOVE Cynthia and Allyson too.

 I have the baby itch!  I LOVED holding her.  She is very sweet.

 Oh my gosh, this made Hannah's day to hold a real baby!

I will try to come back later today and post some more catch up stuff!

How did I miss 4th of July?

Wow, I forgot to post 4th of July pictures!

We were at the river for the 4th, we had lots of fun in the sun.  The girls did all their usually stuff, tubing and knee boarding etc.  Since 4th of July was on a Monday this year, the Riverside Hotel in Laughlin had 2 shows. First was Saturday night and then again on Monday night.  We went to the saturday show. We enjoyed a great day on the water, cleaned up ate dinner and launched the boat on the river.  We headed up towards Laughlin.  we anchored in front of the Golden Nugget hotel, there we could hear the music playing. 

Kent and I.

 My sweet girls.

 Blue sucker.

 Green maybe?

 The fireworks are amazing!  Don Laughlin does a great job every year! Plus being out on the water and watching them over head makes it even more exciting.  They twinkle off the water and the sky!  So pretty.

Happy 4th of July.   ; )

Pictures from a week ago.

Blog slacker again!

Anyway, last Saturday Kent said lets go to Knott's Berry farm.  So Amy had a birthday party at 1:30 p.m..  We didn't know if we would be to tired to go so we thought we would wait and see how the day went.  Hannah napped while Amy and I went to the party, then when she woke up Kent called and I ran home to pick them up.  We left the party about 5 p.m. came home again, grabbed sweatshirts, changed the girls from bathing suits and hit the road.

It was packed!  We arrived about 7:00 p.m., just as Soak city was closing and I believe that everyone from Soak City walked over to Knott's.  (Knott's closed at 11:00 p.m.) Anyway, we made the best of it.

We went on the log ride first.

 Then Amy wanted to go on Perilous Plunge.  Kent said what the heck and went for it with her.  No one ever wants to go because you get soaked.  Kent and I both do not like to get soaked and have to walk around the park wet, cold and sticky.  He took one for the team.  They got SOAKED!!!!

 We walked back over to Camp Snoopy, the girls rode the small coaster.

 Hannah and I went on the Skateboard, while daddy and Amy went on the Spinning roller coaster.

 (Can't remember the name)

 They were still in line at the other coaster, so Hannah went on Red Barron.

 HA! Waiting for daddy and Amy to get off a ride.

 2nd time on the log ride, Kent was able to get the girls to sit together for the first time ever.

 Then we got to ride together!

Then we headed over to Ghost rider, this is Amy's most favorite ride.  Kent and I both don't like it.  Its the old wood coaster and very rough.  We both get a headache and a sore back after riding it.  Since Kent took one for the team with the water ride, I took one for the team with ghost rider.  Amy and I were in that line for at least 45 min., we finally got on the ride at 11:15 p.m. I don't know if its all the weigh I have loss or what but I didn't get a head ache and I didn't have a sore back!!  woot woot

All and all we had a great few hours and Knott's.  The girls were exhausted and fell asleep in the car. They were so tired we let them sleep in on Sunday and went to the 10 a.m. service instead.

Thoughts

 On Sunday at church, Pastor Jim talked about loving people, forgiving and letting go of your anger, grudges and hurt.  I have been working on this personally for the last couple of weeks. I realized I had a few things that I need to change and work on within myself. I am like everyone else a work in progress. I have let go of some hurt and it feels really good.  I am realizing the grudges and anger I have held onto was not only hurting me but people I love. 

 The below saying really hit home.  I thought I would share it with you all.

Laugh when you can..✿. Apologize when you should..✿. 


And let go of what you can't change... Love deeply and


forgive quickly... Take chances and give your 


everything..✿. Life is too short to be anything but 


happy...✿ You have to take the good with the bad...✿ 


Love what you have... Always remember what you had... 


Forgive and forget.✿..and always remember.. that life 


goes on..✿. Life can be short

Love people and forgive quickly is my new motto.

Wakeboard

I tried to blog from the river and every time I tried I was told I needed to purchase more space.  So I haven't blogged and this morning I was trying to get to where I can buy the space and my pictures uploaded.  So this is actually Monday 7/4/11.  Amy had been skiing and tubing for 2 days and really wanted to try out dad's wakeboard.  

Daddy helped her into the boots then lifted her into the water.

 Are you ready baby?

 Yes, daddy.

Hit it!

 Oh ya!  First try popped right up!!!

 Who is my wakeboarding girl?

 Amy!!!! 

 I am a proud momma right now, can you tell?

Now that I can blog again without purchasing more space.  I will update with the whole weekend soon.  

Help

I have been trying to blog since the weekend and I can't add anymore pictures.  It says I have used all my space and need to purchase more.  WTH?  I never had to purchase space to start the blog 3 years ago.  So is this legit?  Has anyone else had to purchase more space?  Can anyone explain this to me?

Thanks!!