Spring Break, Part 1

We have been having so much fun this Spring Break that I am a little disappointed it's flying by so quickly!  I was looking forward to a calm and relaxing week since we didn't have any travel plans!

On Monday we had friends come over to play.

On Tuesday, we went to the zoo with some family.  It was the hottest day of the year so far..the last time it was this hot was in November.  We..let me rephrase..I am NOT excited for summertime!  My boys can hardly wait since they know when it's hot they can go swimming!  They have been frequently asking and I keep reminding them the water is too cold.  Not for long!

Here are some shots from the zoo:

Jacob: "I think he's in time out."

This poor mandrill has probably feels like he's been in time out his whole life being locked up in this zoo! 

Dear Mandrill..Thanks for sacrificing your freedom so we can come gawk and make monkey noises at you!!!

These little guys were just hanging out by the window when this baboon jumped up to get a closer look at them.  Maybe he thinks we are his zoo!!

Jacob decided to tease the baboon and try to offer him a fruit snack.

Is there anything cuter than this monkey??  He was in a tree right next to the trail in the monkey exhibit.  We could literally reach out and touch him.  I had to warn the kids that if they did, the monkey would scratch them.  True??  I don't know, but I didn't want them to get any ideas.

The poor kids were SO looking forward to playing in the water area, which happened to be closed that day. BUMMER!  This automated mister just didn't cut it!

Cousins having fun!

Sometimes I feel a little sorry for my kids.  They don't have any fuzzy animals to snuggle up to.  Jacob's serverely allergic to cats.  Turtles just don't give off the same warm fuzzies.

He was in heaven!  These goats were most likely in a different place..

The girl in the background holding her baby is a little peeved at me for cutting in front of them.  I didn't realize it until after all the picture taking.  I apologized and promptly removed Hunter from the tractor.  Whoops!

I have found it's impossible to get a picture of all 4 boys looking at the camera simultaneously!

Trevor's mom treated us to In-N-Out afterward (THANKS!!).  We (the adults) were all exhausted!  It was probably from the heat since we haven't subjected our bodies to since November, apparently!!  My boys had fun making body art out of their In-N-Out sticker sheets!

More Spring Break fun to come...

Pasta Roni

I have been trying to use some of the older items in my pantry and manage them better.  We were having pizza tonight and Alfredo noodles sounded perfect to go with it (I am always craving carbs).  I knew we had a boxt.  I have this whole stash of boxed pasta dishes I hardly ever use.  So I grabbed it and started cooking.  After a few minutes, I noticed it smelled like cat urine..no joke.  I got suspicious and decided to check the expiration date...SEPTEMBER 2003.  That means I have had this box almost as long as I have been married, through 4 different homes and even before I had any kids.  Crazy and GROSS!!  I don't think I can ever look at Garlic Alfredo Pasta Roni the same! 

Crush

I think Jacob has his first crush on a girl at school.  He told me today that he wants to draw a picture for a girl named Emi in his class because he likes her.  Here is our conversation:

Jacob:  I want to draw a picture for Emi cause she's going to draw a picture for me, but I'm not supposed to tell anyone.  (Pause) DOH!  I wasn't supposed to tell you!!

Me: It's O.K. Secrets don't count with Mom.  You can tell me anything!!

We'll see how long that works!  I don't like being on the outside of secrets!!  Especially between him and some girl!!

Sports Injury

I've been playing volleyball with the women in our ward and I am LOVING it!  I haven't played in a very long time!  Our first game was last week and I was very graceful.  I only fell down twice..I had very slippery sneakers.  I didn't know when I left the house that evening for mutual that I would end up playing volleyball with the women.  My arm looks worse than it really is.  Trevor warned me that I'd better not try and tell anyone he did this to me! So here is my public post to let everyone know that this injury is from "volleyball."

Enjoying the Ride

It was a regular Saturday.  We were puttering around, cleaning and getting things done.  Then Trevor asked me if I wanted to go riding.  Um...sure.  It wasn't my first idea of how to spend my Saturday, but it turned out fun. 

We went to Bull Dog Canyon.  It is nice to have a riding place that is nearby and just as beautiful as the other spots we have been.  We packed a picnic and set out.

After about an hour of driving our bikes, the boys and I informed Trevor that we were ready for our picnic.  Trevor found this cave-like cove.  The boys had a blast climbing up the rocks and throwing rocks into the nearby stream.

We drove through lots of water left over from all the rain.  We had a few scary moments. Trevor's ATC started to tip but he expertly grabbed Hunter by the arm and flung him to safety.  Then I was going up a hill and got stuck on some rocks.  I tried to accelerate to get out of it and my front end started to come up.  I really thought it was gonna tip over on us.  I jumped off and held Jacob so he wouldn't fall and held the bike steady until Trevor could come rescue us.  I was a little hill-shy after that and passed the honors over to Trevor whenever one would scare me.  It was much easier for us to just walk up them and let him do the dirty work!

We stopped by his parent's on the way home and visited with them for a bit.  It was nice to spend time with them since it seems like such a rare occasion lately!  Hunter didn't make it home awake.  I tried to keep him up so he could eat his Burger King dinner, but he was "really really tired."