Saturday, July 25, 2009

Week with the Norman Family

The week with the Normans was very fun. We were all very busy and and enjoyed spending time with eachother. We went to Whitney Water Park, Bounce U in Roseville, Day at Folsom Lake, Family BBQ, Galleria Mall Play Structures, and much more. Lucas loved hanging out with his cousins. He had so much fun he didn't know what to do with himself. We had a total of 7 kids & 5 adults staying at our house. You could say our house was a little hectic but tons of fun.
See below for all the fun we had.Grandma Sandy with Lucas at Whitney Water Park

Joe, Lucas & I at Whitney Water Park

Joe & I at Whitney Water Park

John & Christina at Whitney Water Park

Lucas & Ian in John & Christina's van on our way to Galleria Mall. Grandma Sandy got them t-shirts from Texas so they are both wearing the same t-shirt. Sooo cute!!!

The twins in the van, Kylee in Front, Kaylen in back.
(sorry christina if I didn't spell their names correctly)

Lucas in one of the trucks at the play structure at the mall

Ian & Lucas at the Mall

Ian & Lucas in the Jeep at the Mall

Christina, twins, Ian, Lucas & I at the mall

Grandma Sandy got Lucas his Birthday present for his 2nd B-day while she was here. Lucas loves ELMO so Grandma Sandy got him an Elmo chair. He loves it. It is cute when he is sitting on his Elmo chair watching Elmo!!

Grandma Sandy also got the girls some b-day gifts too. This is Grace all dressed up in her princess outfit that Grandma Sandy bought her at Toys R Us.

This is Sandy and her kids and grandchildren. John is on the left of Sandy, Joe is on the right & Sandy (her daughter) is on the right of Joe. Believe it or not this is not all of them. We are missing David & Laura.

Here are the kids & John at Bounce U in Roseville. We had so much fun. The kids really loved it.


Here is Uncle John, Lucas, Ian and Laynee at Bounce U. They spent a lot of time in the air soft arena. They had 4 guns that you could shoot at eachother. Lucas really liked this place.

Here is Lucas & Uncle John. Lucas loved shooting the balls.

Here are the twins. They spent a lot of time in the stroller because they weren't walking yet.

Here are the kids & Uncle John at Bounce U. Lucas wasn't cooperating very well.



Lucas' true Personality. He is such a character.

Norman Family: Day At Folsom Lake

The Norman Family spent a Day at Folsom Lake at Beals Point. We had a lot of fun. There were a total of 18 of us. We brought out 2 canapies, chairs, food & a boat and hand some good family time. The kids loved the boat, even Ian( 3 years old) went on the tube. I was very impressed. The 3 brothers: Joe, John & Dave had a tubbing contest: Joe won an award for his flipping capabilities. Dave won due to his strength & John won for participation. It was awesome watching the boys try and show off with each other. John & Grace

John on the tube

Christina, Grace, Laynee & Ian

Grace & Laynee

Laynee & John

Lucas driving the boat, what a Big Boy!!!


Christina & Michelle

Aunt Christina with Lucas

Where we hung out at Beals Point. In this picture is Robbie (sleeping) Sandy (holding one of the twins) & Sandy (Joe's Mom)

Joe & Lucas with Uncle Robbie's Hat

Uncle Robbie with Lucas' Hat

Dave & Michelle (Dave's Girlfriend)
In the Norman Family we have: 2 Michelle's, 2 Paul's, 2 Sandy's & 2 Christina's
What is up with the Norman Family!!!!
Robbie & John
Robbie driving the boat

Our 5-Year Anniversary in Monterey

Joe & I celebrated our 5-Year Anniversary on July 10th with a trip to Monterey for the weekend. Joe & I have never been to Monterey together. We had a wonderful time. We first went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Walked around and saw all the beautiful animals. They just opened the seahorse exhibit which was really cool. Also while we were in Monterey we drove the 17-mile drive which we really enjoyed. It was very beautiful and enjoyed the scenery. Lastly we went to Canary Row & Fisherman's Warf. We had a wonderful 5-year Anniversary.








Us in the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Our hotel was only about mile from Canary Row & the Aquarium. So we were able to walk down there from our hotel. The walk was beautiful right along the ocean and our hotel was behind me to the right. We were right on the ocean at Lovers Beach.


These Seals sun bathed all day on Saturday. Didn't move. It was crazy to see so many.

These pictures are from 17-mile drive. There are 5 golf courses, beautiful houses and beautiful beaches.
Joe got really good of taking pictures of us with his hand. I was truly impressed.




This is Canary Row.

This is us on Fisherman's Warf.