Dodger Game!

Yea! We finally made it to a Dodger Game this Season! It was super fun! We sat out in right field, right behind Andre Ethier in the All-You-Can-Eat Section. Yumm, Yumm! The Dodgers ended up losing though to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Oh well, the experience was fun in itself!

Camping at Big Pine Creek

We finally went camping this Summer! It only took us until the end of the Summer to do it...oh well. We headed out to Big Pine Creek, although my dad told me we were going to Independence (which is about 40 minutes South of Big Pine keep in mind). We headed out on Friday at about 3:00pm, which is 2 hours later than when we wanted to originally leave. Jacob and I followed my dad and doug in my dad's little Isuzu, which can only go so fast (about 60 - 65 mph). So we finally leave and we are puttin' along on Hwy 395 and we have about 180 miles to go. It is taking us forever and a day! But we finally get all the way up there and by that time it's about 6:30pm. Then when we get there we find out it's $20 a night! Plus $7 extra for another vehicle. So, my dad didn't want to pay that much, "Those low-life scumbag Democrats!" (My father's words of course). And we leave to go see if we can get into another campsite down the road. Turns out they're all $20 a night with $7 extra for another vehicle. So we turn around, and by this time Jacob is irritated, and go back to Big Pine Creek campsite and we finally find a campsite that no one has reserved and start to set up camp. Mind you the campsite it super duper small and there is not enough room for my big-ol' tent and my father's tent. So we end up clearing away some brush back in the boonies for my dad, 'cuz our tent is too big to fit. So by the time we get the tents situated and put up I start to cook dinner at about 8:45pm. Hoping that we'll get to eat sometime that night... Meanwhile the boys are trying to figure out what is going on with our lantern and are trying to fix it. Here's a pic... We finally eat about 11:00 at night and dying of hunger pains. And freezing cold, cuz it dropped like 20 degrees when the sun went down. And of course Jacob only brought shorts and a light jacket and I only brought a sweater and a little wind-breaker. We are smart, aren't we? So we all decide to hit the sack and I finally fall asleep. But, I woke up about 2 hours later with my feet frozen and my head totally cold. So, Jacob and I start cuddling (which we never do when we sleep) to try and keep warm. It was the worst night ever! But the next morning when the sun finally came up it was better. The rest of the trip went well, the next night my dad gave us two extra blankets he had in his truck (imagine that!). We were warm that night. Anyways, here's some photos of the trip, I hope you enjoy!

Tami's Visit!

Oh Tami! I'm glad you came to visit...it was fun and I hope I can be able to come out and visit you sometime...maybe Christmas.

So, Tami came to visit at the beginning of August with her son, Tyson! He's such a cute little boy. I love him. Anyways, I didn't get to take many pics but here are a few that I did get...

New Hair!

Yes, I have new hair!

Well, not really new hair, but a new cut and color. I know, I know, you're all wondering why I dyed my hair black! But, I gotta tell you, I like black hair. So sue me...not really though. Well, I needed a change with my hair and I did just that, I changed it! You'll have to live with the short, black hair for now. Probably until next year.

Atkins Family Visit!

So recently Jared and his family came down to California to visit! Yeah!

They were able to visit for a week but they stayed in Newport Beach in a beautiful house that sits right on the beach...jealous much? I was.

But at the end of the week they were able to come up to my mom and dad's and celebrate all of their birthday's except Noah, his birthday is in December! :(

But, all in all, they all had a good time and so did we! We miss you guys already! Hurry back!

February was a Blur...

I know I haven't blogged in a while, so I decided to just update you about what I've been up to. Well, since the beginning of the year I've been prep-ing myself for camp fundraisers for my church. And in February we had our first fundraiser. We sold giant 12" heart-shaped cookies. Man was that a mistake. My sister Emily and I were up everynight for a week until sometimes 2:00 in the morning trying to bake all of these cookies for the fundraiser! It was horrible...But, well worth it. My girls for my ward earned over $400 to get to camp. I enjoy helping out the girls, but hopefully I won't have to stay up 'til 2:00 in the morning next time!

Now, on to the Spaghetti Dinner!!! Now I've got to plan for this spaghetti dinner fundraiser, which I'm hoping will go smoothly...we'll have to wait and see. Wish me luck!

As for everything else, I have absolutley nothing to report! I need to overcome being so boring. Maybe I should start a hobby or something...

Christmas Time!

I know this is a little late, but...Our Christmas was great! On Christmas Eve we went down to Murrieta to spend the night with Jacob's family. They are a bunch of night owls so they wanted to stay up until Midnight to open all of the presents...of course, me being the weakling that I am, I fell asleep around 10:30 or so. But, I woke up long enough to open presents and have some dessert!

Then, on Christmas morning we woke up and got ready to visit with Jacob's Dad's side of the family. We had to drive from Murrieta to Fontana so we could get to "Crazy" Aunt Francine's place! She's a hoot to be around...She'll make you feel so uncomfortable the first time you meet her, but she's fun! Anyway, we stayed there for a while and left early to make it up to my family's Christmas Dinner.

And of course we were late! Jacob has this thing about never showing up on time! It drives me nuts! Anywho, everybody had to wait for us because we were bringing the Plinko Board so we could play our $5 Game. So, we got there and we were able to visit with my side of the family...

Here are some of my nieces waiting to play the famous $5 Game.

They enjoyed it a lot!

After we played "The Game" we played a boardgame called 'Partini.' It's super-fun...We ended up buying it the next day! Then after that we went home to relish in our Christmas Spirit!