California Science Center

 

 

 

Carina's class had a super fun field trip this year. I always look forward to being a chaperone for the kids class. Carina class went to the California science center. The tidepools and the space center among the favorite exhibits. Carina made some nice friends this year and had a super cool (boy) teacher. He was a total hippie/surpfer dude and played the guitar every day. She learned some fun songs too. It was a great 3rd grade year for Carina. She especially excels in reading, writing, and art.

Santa Anita 5k

Maddie and Willie entered the Santa Anita 5k this year. They had a blast and it was a great daddy-daughter date. They didn't do too badly on the race either.

Easter with the Gagliardi Family

 

 

 

 This year our kids had two Easter egg hunts. We had one at home with grandma, grandpa, and cousins, and then on EAster we had a small one with Gavin and Renzo. We also celebrated Maddie's birthday on sat and sun, so that all the cousins could be part of it. We taught Gavin and Renzo a little lesson on the resurrection where every plastic easter egg contains a different object pertaining to the days leading to the resurrection. The last egg is empty symbolizing the empty tomb. We are grateful to be with family during these special sacred holidays.

A Visit with our Arizona Friends

 Our friends the Days came to visit. We love having them and spending time catching up. We ent to Portos(amazing bakery in town), this awesome park in Cerritos, out to dinner, and hung out. It's nice to see that even though the kids live far apart from each other, they can still play so well when they see each other, even though it's only once a year.

Charlie the gecko

Charlie is home again.  After a delightful stay at our good friends' home, he had returned.

While he was away, Charlie expanded his tastes from fruit goo food to a live meal.  Can you guess what he ate?  Do you think he liked it?

Tune in next week to find out!

And many thanks to our friends for taking such good care of the reptile while we were out.

Lucked Out

I forgot to move my car out of the road before leaving for Boise.

Somehow, the parking ticket gods smiled upon me, and only issued a warning.

Whew!

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Maddie and Emily sporting their "George Washington" hairdos in the pool.

Emily Visit

Our family is enjoying their cousin Emily this week. The girls have been enjoying each other. They've swam, done nails, talked, laughed, lit firewoks, painted, made cookies, and even cleaned the kitchen together.

Boy Scouts

Zach's been going to Scouts now for a while, but here are some pics:

Zach at a Merit Badge Day working on the Pets Merit Badge

Zach at the Fall Camp-O-Ree
with Cody Berg and his furry friend

Barker Dam at Joshua Tree

A cold and windy night in March a J-Tree

Seven of the nine boys who went.

Grandma Wilcox's 90th

It was fun to gather together and hear stories from Grandma's life, and about Grandpa, who passed away while I was very young.

Someone had prepared questions about Grandma's life, and we all tried to guess the answers.  This usually led to a story or two from Grandma.

Balboa Park

My first visit to Balboa Park was super.  The place is beautiful.  Being a holiday, many places were closed, so I definitely need to go back sometime.

The kids got to hold some exotic birds which have been rescued.

I still love my sweetie.

Mormon Battalion

For President's Day, we went to San Diego to play for the day.  We went to the memorial center for the Mormon Battalion, where we learned lots and had fun.  What a great place that is!

We also went to Mission Bay and played on kayaks, paddle boats, and stand-up paddle boards.