A whole lotta Pics...

Of a whole lotta fun!

Jaydon, fishing for the first time with his new pole.

Joel, doing the same (but fishing for something up the in the trees?).

This girl LOVES the out-doors! camping at Donner was
so much fun for her! (she loves camping anywhere!)

Does this even need words?
He was in HEAVEN

Emily and Kale, loving the boat ride on Donner Lake

She actually tried, and loved, water skiing.
(although, in her own words, she went "face skiing").

Emily and Cousin Ross,
swimming one last time before heading home.

Popular Nana with most of her Great-Grandkids
(we missed you Jonah and Lucy!)

I can't believe my boys were paddling by themselves,
and actually arrived at their destination!!

It's not a complete camping trip until we all beat G'ma
at a game!

battle with the water noodles...best idea ever!

takin' it easy in Truckee

the big bocci ball competition...things got a little heated!

trampoline - water-balloon fun! what's better?
all in matching outfits at that!

Hello China

Every time the Olympics end I always think to myself  "how can I wait another FOUR years?" Well, I totally cheated and looked online of photos from the opening ceremonies since they happened almost 10 hours ago. WOW. I am so excited I can hardly wait. What am I going to watch? Trampolining may make my list but it's more out of strange curiosity. Always at the top of my list are Track & Field, Basketball, Soccer, Swimming, and more. 

When the 4x100 relay or the 100m (track or swimming) come on I always get sweaty palms and an overly accelerated heart-rate. 

Sadly it was more fun when Marion Jones was in there...another tale. 

But nonetheless, with all the issues we've already had this week with China, they are only fueling the rivalry more, and the men's basketball opening game is against China. Welcome Kobe. Don't let us down. There are over 300 million chinese basketball fans and Pres. Bush will be there too. There's no doubt this game will be huge. It's comeback time and we aint messin around now. 

One of my favorite moments in the Olympics was watching Carl Lewis run the anchor leg in the 4x100m. Let's have a chat. Favorite moments? (besides the British dude who pulled a hammy in the 400m and got back up to finish the race with his dad, I still choke up thinking about it).

Time to go check my popcorn supply.

2 Weeks of fun...continued

So, we got to celebrate Dad's 60th birthday
at The Happiest Place on Earth!
Happy Birthday DAD!
(driving this little old car, at Disneyland, would be his dream retirement "job")

We now have three new Jedi-in-training members
in our family.

After jumping up and down for about 10 minutes solid,
Joel finally got picked...very last!

This kid is STILL talking about this day, and the
certificate he earned after defeating Darth Vader

The Buzz Light Year ride was the absolute favorite!
we had to - I mean GOT to -ride it 3 times.
I must say, the laser-tag part of it IS really cool.

After all the talk about Pirates of the Caribbean,
THIS is how Joel decided to "enjoy " this ride.
(in case you can't tell, he's on the floor of the boat, huddled up by Ryan's feet)

I think he takes after a certain uncle of his...you know who you are!

These two got the best seat in the house to watch the fire works!


After miles of walking, hours of line waiting, and TONS of fun,
this group was pretty wiped out!!
Thanks G'ma and G'pa for a fun day!!

just the beginning...

...of our 2 weeks of FUN!!

G'ma and G'pa Jibson came to play for a few days!
The kids loved spending time with them.(despite the look on Em's face)

G'pa's helping the boys with their new dinosaur work-books.

Ezzy's loving his new little tractor!

The kids decided to make a giant pile with EVERY pillow/blanket/towel we own!

Little did I know...they were burying G'ma!

G'ma and G'pa were able to see Emily in her piano recital.
She was nervous, but did a great job. Too bad Mom's video skills are lacking...otherwise you could watch it!