Apple Hill

October 18, 2008: Today Sara, Ryder, Mike, Mason, Deke, Tyler, and myself all went to Apple Hill up in Placerville, the weather was beautiful but it was really crowded. We had lunch at the Apple Cafe and then headed off for pony rides. Tyler was only able to spend about an hour with us before his father came to pick him up, as you can see in the picture below Tyler was really tired. The rest of us had fun relaxing by the pond and eating cream cheese apple pie for the remainder of the afternoon. I LOVE FALL!!!

Kim and sleepy head Tyler in front of the Fudge Factory

Mike, Mason, Deke, Kim, Ryder, and Sara

Deke and Kim - Cool picture huh?

Deke and Kim

Kim and Sara relaxing by the pond

Sara and Kim

Deke and Mike - Should I be worried???

Happy Birthday Tyler!

So I will start off by saying, I can not believe I have a child that's 5 year old!!! It makes me feel so old but oh well. Tyler's birthday was actually yesterday, September 25th however, his friends party was last Saturday. Tyler decided he wanted a Transformers themed party, I thought it was a lame choice but it was his party so his decision. I thought I would tone it down some compared to his party last year. I went way too overboard last year and Tyler actually hated it so this year I kept it simple. We had the party at Cameron Park Lake in the play ground section.

I only invited about 8 kids (last year was 15), they played on the play ground, ate food, played "Transformers", and had a pinata. Tyler actually enjoyed his party this year so maybe less really is more... and not to mention cheaper!

Birthday boy!

Look at all those Transformers!

Tyler was very proud of his new Optimus Prime toy.

Full of hot air?

Uh-oh, Tyler with a baseball bat....bad idea...

See...
Give me the chocolate!

Looking at these pictures makes me want to go buy some gummy bears :/

Gotta love the swings!

What a cutie!

Tyler and Alexis

Labor Day

Tyler was with his dad for this past Labor Day so some friends and I decided to go to "Happy Valley" up in Placerville. I had never been there before and it was absolutely beautiful! It reminded me of the Seven Sacred Pools in Maui, Hawaii. It was about a 10 minute hike to the exquisite levels of waterfalls. We jumped off cliffs, swam, laid out, and just had a good ole' time. Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures of the falls so just us your imagination, trust me they were breath taking.

From the Left: Deke, me, Sean, and Kimi

The Kim's (Oreo cookie) getting some sun

From the left: Sean, Kimi, Brother Brian, and Deke

Twilight Fanatic!!!

As I have mentioned before Twilight is my newest addiction. I have never read a book that was so captivating. If you have never heard of it, it is a love story between a vampire and a human. I know that sounds silly right? But trust me it is the most well written book I have ever come across. The story line is parallel to the Romeo and Juliet play. There are 4 books in the series and I am just finishing up the second book. I just started reading these 500+ page books a week ago, that is how addicted I am I just cant put them down! I read till the late hours of the night and then read at my desk while I pretend to work. My boss even accused me today of sneaking in extra breaks to read my book (he was kidding but he doesn't know how true that is..hehe). I highly recommend reading these books if you haven't already. I guarantee you will fall in love with them as much as I have. In my blog I listed a poll of some of the male characters in the book. It will be posted until December 12, the day the Twilight movie comes out in theaters(http://www.twilightthemovie.com/). Read the book and vote for your favorite! I will admit that Edward (the one in the middle of the pic) is my favorite...for obvious reasons of course ;-)

Kayaking fun!

So I bought this tandem kayak at the beginning of the summer and Thursday August 14th was only the second time taking it out! I love to kayak but the thing is such a beast that I cant take it out alone. It has been harder than I thought trying to find people to go kayaking with me. Hopefully I can get it out in the lake a few more times before the summer ends! In this picture starting from the left we have Kimmi, Sean, me, Sara, and Ryder. It was a blast!

Dinner with my sibs

Tuesday August 12 2008, Tyler and I went to BJ's to have dinner with my visiting siblings. My brother Alan and his wife Amy are visiting from Boston for Amy's 10 year high school reunion. Cynthia, her husband Josh, and their two children, Travis and Jenna are visiting from Pennsylvania to attend my youngest brothers mission homecoming. We had an enjoyable evening despite all the mayhem coming from the three children at our table. Tyler and Travis are very devious when together. From the left we have Alan, Heather, Cynthia with Jenna, and me. As you can see I am clinching onto my newest addiction in life...Twilight, the first book of the series. I couldn't even go one evening without trying to sneak in a few more pages of that captivating book. I love it!

Dinner with friends and Ty Ty!

Kimmi, Amber, Tyler, and I decided that we would go to dinner on Wednesday night. When we got there Tyler told the hostess that he was having dinner with his mommy and his two girlfriends! He thinks he's such a stud, well OK he is a stud. He is also a photographer, check out the pictures he took with Amber's camera, not too bad if you ask me!

Day trip to Lake Tahoe!

Can you see us? We are up in the Tea House on the island in Emerald Bay

What a stud!

Man, I need a tan.


Watch out for that hair!

Kimmi, Tyler, me, and David in front of Vikings House

Make a wish!

We all went up to Lake Tahoe for the day to play on my uncle's boat. We boated to Emerald Bay and just played there for a few hours. The weather was beautiful! We hiked up to the Tea House which is on the little island. We also walked around Viking's House, I wanted to take the tour inside but I had no money in my bathing suit :-(
We had a wonderful time, Tyler especially enjoyed it. I however, got extremely sunburned...this was no bueno. I put sun screen on twice but that didn't seem to help. Oh well...Till next time!