Camping

At the last moment we decided to go camping with our friend the Arnolds. It was a little crazy because we are also leaving on our vacation this week. However the kids loved it!!!!! It was really the first time Tim and I had been camping together. We borrowed a tent from my brother, which was surprisingly a lot bigger than what I expected. There was so much dirt, the kids were in heaven, I think we brought half of the camp site home with us and washed it down the shower drain. The kids played with each other the whole time and barely took time out for their parents! I got home and felt like I hadn't seen the kids because they had so much time with each other that they didn't hang out much with mom and dad. When we went to the water all of them wanted to throw rocks in the water, I think they spent hours doing that. Here is a video of the kids playing with a frisbee, but it didn't turn out so well for Harrison.

Train Museum

The kids went with my friends Kim and Christina to the Train Museum while I had an appointment. Of course they loved it!! I was a little jealous that I didn't get to go with them and watch them see everything, but Harrison told me all about it. "Mommy we saw the trains"

Sacramento Zoo

We went today to the Sac Zoo, which is a pretty small zoo, but still large enough for the kids to enjoy. A couple of my girlfriends and I went together. Harrison would go to the zoo everyday if I would take him and if it were closer to us. On Monday i asked him what he wanted to do and his response was "go to the zoo" He really enjoys the zebras! Madeline still loves the giraffes and tigers. I thought I would share a picture of the kids and all their friends enjoying some crackers together at the zoo.

Here is my brother and I on the obstacle course with me in the grey shirt clearly in the lead.

Bounce Spot

On Monday Sandy, David, Harrison, Madeline, Austin and I went to the Bounce Spot by Aunt Sandy's house. This place is awesome, they have two seperate rooms to bounce in, one just for toddlers and then one for everyone. The kids loved it. We spent a good 3 hours there and we were completely worn out when we left. There was an obstacle course bounce house and my brother and I raced through, I of course beating him. They had a hugh slide. The first couple of times I would carry Madeline up, but she quickly told me that was enough and she could climb up the ladder by herself. She is growing up way to fast.

The Nevada County Fair

We went with my parents to the Nevada County Fair. It was so nice. It was 10x better than our fair. It was surrounded by these hugh trees and just has a great country feel to it. It had several horse shows that we watched. Harrison and Bailey rode on the horses. I did not think Harrison would because he is normally scared, but he loved it and is even that much more excited about about our trip to Ohio. He asks everyday if he can go see Grandpa Roy and he doesn't even really know that we are going there yet. (If we tell him in advance he doesn't like waiting) Anyhow's I only got picture of the kids while they were on the horses before my camera stopped working. Oh and at the end Tim and I were just wandering around and they had this contest to see who could best load a truck with hay. So they would load and unload this truck and Harrison just wanted to sit and watch this forever. Finally I got bored and it was late so we went home.

The last of the fair

Another day with more snakes painted on their arms.

And Papa ventured on the apple ride with the kids.

Lastly, I took video of the kids while on the apple ride. A feature I just started using on my camera and it acutally works pretty well.