Our Semi-Summer Break

OK...so it really stinks that my kids don't get a summer vacation this year. I DO NOT like year round school!!! So our "summer break" just ended and now the kids are back in school until the beginning of August. We did get to sneak in a fun trip to Fresno to visit the cousins. While there we took a trip out on my sisters boat. The kids had a blast and I got to try wake boarding for the second time. My other sister Stephanie also took these amazing pictures of the kids while we were there! Wish we all lived closer! By the way girls...Ed will return (those of you that watch The Bachelorette will know what I'm talking about)!!

Xtreme Teenager

Zach is obsessed with Xtreme sports and right now that happens to be the Winter X games that just ended. Did you see some of the CRAZY things these athletes attempted?? I mean, how do you figure out that you can do a double back flip on a snowmobile? Or how about spin around 3000 times in the air while on skis? Okay I'm exaggerating a little on that one! It is beyond believe what some of these kids are doing. With that being said I have informed Zach that he will NEVER under any circumstances try any of these stupid things!

He's already had one incident while mountain biking with Dave. This is Dave's new obsession, he's even built his own mountain bike. Crazy, I know. Anyway, while mountain biking over in Boulder City Dave calls me, "Um...we're coming home. Zach wiped out." Okay, I'm thinking, is this like a ER visit wipeout or a mommy kiss it better wipeout. It was kind of in between, he had a pretty deep gash. Well here's the first injury of I'm sure many more to come. And this picture is after a week of healing. Boys will be boys! And Dave is banned from taking Zach to the extreme course for a while!

It reminds me of my stupid brothers thinking it would be cool to skateboard while being pulled by a car. Yes, Spencer and Jared tried this one and Spencer had the roadrash all over his face to prove it. I'll have to find pictures, I'm sure I have them somewhere. They also used to jump off the roof into our pool! Are these the worries I have to look forward to for the next 10 years? Calgon take me away!

Gabe the Babe

So Gabe is my sensitive little boy, maybe that's because he is the baby. I'm not sure. He always says the sweetest things. The other day when I came home from work he came running down the stairs to give me a hug. He said "Mom I'm so happy to see you. Whenever you get home from work I get this funny feeling in my throat. You know...like when I drink my favorite drink, that Peach Kerns stuff."

Then yesterday he came in and sat on my lap. He said "I know why I love you so much. Because your name starts with an H and my name starts with a G and they are right next to each other in the alphabet." (I thought...where does that put Zach?! Back to my original thought.) Those are the things every mother wants to hear, am I right? It makes it all worth it! I still tell him he'll always be my baby.