Ode to Summer... part IV

We went to the zoo with Aunt Robyn and cousin Sydney as our last trip with them before they move to Berkley. We already miss them so much, but we had a lot of fun that day! Then it was off to Utah again. We went River rafting down the provo river with the whole fam. I haven't done that since I was childless and it had some pretty rough parts as grandma and grandpa Ricker will attest to, they got tipped out of their boat along with Mindy and Benson and I still feel guilty for laughing so hard!!! The next picture you will have to look hard but that is Rigdon way up high on the rock. He made it almost to the top so I had to run down the trail to get the BIG picture. He is a great climber! Lastly we got to go to Aunt Sarah's baby shower, I feel lucky to have been there for that and can't wait to meet their new addition.

Ode to Summer... part III

Rangi and I celebrated 9 years of married bliss this summer, I couldn't love him more! The girls are partners at the beach because Rigdon has turned into an ocean shark, he loves being in the water the whole time, you would think he would get cold for how skinny he is. Farewell to Roxanne this was her last day with us this summer.

Ode to Summer... part II

We made a trip to Arizona for my mom's graduation. Way to go mom! She set a goal and worked hard to accomplish it, we had a lot of fun in Arizona, my grandparents and uncle from Maryland even made the trip so it was fun to see them. Next we are off to Hollywood to eat at the world famous PINK'S Hotdogs and get some PINKBERRY yogurt and see the sights. Lastly you can see that Rigdon thought it would be funny to pour some cold river water on Rangi, but Rangi got the final word. It was pretty funny and they both came out laughing.

Ode to Summer... part I

The following posts will simply be "the best of summer" seeing as how there is FAR TOO MUCH to catch up on at this point. We started summer in Utah for the Strawberry Days rodeo carnival and other fun events. 

Strawberry Days is one of our favorite things to do in the summer, Huck Finn Day was a real highlight this year, the kids got to catch fish with their bare hands (or at least try). 

As you can see Rangi's sister Roxanne was a real help to have around this summer, she came to help while I was at girl's camp but stayed for three weeks and made more trips to the bathroom than ANYONE ever should have to in a three week time period. Roxanne I can't thank you enough! We love you!

Caroline loves to just float around the pool by herself and enjoy life. Rig and Livi love to "sub skate".

Just in case...

Just in case you want to see more pictures from our channel Islands trip you can go to Rangi's World and see a lot more cool pics from the trip. (This post is to give you faithful blog checkers something new to see with out exerting a lot of my own energy).

Surprise Trip!

When I got home from girls camp Rangi let me know that he had a surprise trip planned for me (and because we have his sister Roxanne here to help that made it possible to leave the kids.) We left on Friday around 2:00 and started driving when we stayed on the 210 until we had passed all the freeways I assumed we would be taking I asked where we were going, he told me to Ventura. When we got there I asked WHAT we were doing... here it is... we ate dinner that night (CPK) and stayed in a hotel the next morning we woke up early to catch a boat that was taking us to the channel Island- Santa Cruz. Once there we kayaked all around the island, it was awesome!!! We saw tons of huge colorful starfish, 2 jellyfish, tons and tons of dolphins and seals, fish of all colors, pelicans that were not afraid of us, sea caves and tunnels, and huge sting rays all over underneath us and remember that is what finally killed steve erwin so I was a little nervous. All in all it was a great trip very fun and relaxing. FYI The channel Islands are a group of islands about 20-30 miles off the coast of California, that is where an indian girl was left that inspired the book island of the blue dolphins and they are a national park.  

An apology

I'm sorry my blog is so outdated, but we have been gone for almost the last month and being pregnant I am trying to survive just getting the essentials done. First we went to Utah, then were home for the 4th and a couple of days later I was off to girls camp ( I am a stake camp director and the primary president right now) but before camp I had a stake baptism our ward was in charge of and sharing time this month. I love my callings but now maybe you all will understand why my blog is so shabby. Once again if you want to hear about our trip you can go to Rangi's blog and check it out (he's inactive) JUST KIDDING, he just has a lot more energy than me. 

Rangi is the bomb!

Seriously, I know I am married to him and I am a little biased but he is the best dad and husband. The first picture is of him carrying Rigdon up the hill so he didn't have to unstrap his board (which went on for hours!). Teaching Livi his secret golf swing and look at the smile on his face dancing with Caroline! When it is HER wedding their expressions might be swapped. We Love you Rangi. Also to my own dad I love you, and give you credit for showing me what to expect in a husband. Thanks! 

Snoopy snow scam

So for the last day of school I was so excited to give my kids an exact replica of the snoopy snowcone machine that I had as a kid and loved! (I bought this months ago waiting in anticipation for the last day of school). Needless to say we did manage to squeak out 2 1/2 snow cones, the kids were thrilled and it only took about one hour (we had to put the other snow cone in the freezer so it wouldn't melt while we made the other). So much for happy memories of a childhood toy, did I really like that as a kid? 

School's Out For Summer!

This is a picture of Rigdon on the first day of school and the last day of school. He actually has grown and if you can't tell he has lost a lot of teeth this year. I can't believe how time flies and that another school year has flown by. It is so fun to watch him grow and learn but it is going too fast!

Graduate in '08...

Livi graduated from pre-school and I was lucky enough to be her teacher, it was so fun to spend the last two years teaching her and watching her grow. As always I am so sad to see another one of my kids go to school 5 days a week, they grow up so fast! On the flip side it is fun to watch them grow and see the person they are becoming. 

A.R.m

Yes and for those of you that were wondering... Rigdon did break his arm AGAIN, same arm different bone (humerous last time, radius this time, ulna next time J/K I hope!!!) Just jumping off a chair??? Anyway social services hasn't contacted us and he didn't need surgery, so that's good, but let's just say his summer will not be filled with swimming!