California

We set off on Friday August 13Th towards California staying the night in price, UT. at my grandparents house. We packed up the van and got ready to leave there house when Derek noticed a puddle under the Van. Derek inspected the puddle and found that the puddle was from our water pump, So we got a late start from price after having the water pump replaced.
We spent the next night in Fernely, NV. we were all very tired and crashed as soon as our head hit the pillows. The Hotel has a breakfast and we ate and were on our way again. The Drive was very beautiful and the kids enjoyed seeing all the stuff along the way.
We arrived at Grandma Lovoi's house and she finally got to meet all the kids. We went swimming shortly after getting there and enjoyed not being in the car for a while. The next day Aunt Suanne took us to the Children's Discovery Museum. The kids all had a great time with all the stuff that they had there they played with bubbles, painted there faces and learned how 150 different interactive things worked. They had a great time.











The next day we took them to Santa Cruz to see the ocean. We went on the wharf and played in the ocean, They enjoyed getting shells in the ocean and looking for crabs. Jacob found some seaweed and thought that it was cool, Hope was a little nerves about the water at first and played in the sand allot, Christian was having fun splashing in the water and I threw him in the water which he thought was fun and Faith giggled the whole time and just has fun trying to out run the waves. Mommy was only going to go in the water up to her ankles but some how was having so much fun ended up getting wet up to her waist.
The next Day we took the kids to Monteray bay, Ca. to the aquarium. They way sharks, seahorses, penguins, and lots of other fish. The kids got to touch starfish and thought that was cool, mommy toughed a sea urchent. we spent several hours at the aquarium. My mom had made the kids shirts that said thing 1(Chris), thing 2(Jacob), thing 3(Faith) and thing 4(Hope) so we got allot of comments about that.




The next day we took it pretty easy and hung around at Grandma's for a while. Aunt Suanne decided that she would take us to the movies so we gathered up the kids and went to Toy story 3 and the kids all sat still and watched the movie they all enjoyed it.
During our trip we spent time with Grandma Lovoi, Aunt Suanne and Uncle Kirk, Lynn and uncle Ernie it was a great time with great people eating great food. But by now it was time to start home. So on Friday the 20Th we gave our hugs and set off home. We plugged in our address to the GPS but it lead us home on a different way so down through Yosemite National park we went the drive was so pretty and we even had a little fun telling the kids that's where Big Foot lived. We stayed in Ely, NV for the night and continued on the next day making it home about 7:30pm Saturday the 21st. Its great to get away but also great to be home also.

crazy week

So we are leaving for California on Friday the 13th. I came down with strep last Saturday and had the kids all tested on Monday and all 4 have it. Ive got them all on meds and all is doing better. Derek went in just to get tested just in case and wouldn't you know it that nope he doesn't have it , that's just messed up. Yes I'm glad he doesn't but me, my 4 kids, Matt (my brother), Nickolas (nephew), Harmony (niece) all have strep.
In California we are going to San Jose to visit Derek's grandma Lovoi. We plan on doing some fun things while we are there with the kids. We are going to the science museum, the aquarium, and maybe go see the golden gate bridge.
Its a long trip to drive so were braking it up a little and stopping in Price Utah to see my grandparents and spend the night. We might also stop in Fernley, NV and spend the night. Derek has drove this trip several times and this will be my 2nd time but were bringing Katherine to help with the kids and its her first time. The kids were born in Florida and have seen the ocean there so they will get to see a different ocean.

Bear-E-Scary

Derek and I went to the cabin this last weekend with the kids. We had just got done with dinner grilled lemon pepper chicken, corn on the cob, and fried squash with bacon. We decided to play with the kids outside Derek had brought his RC 4x4 truck, and was chasing the kids around at the cabin. We were all having a good time making allot of noise, when the girls decided they had to go potty. I took the girls into the bushes and was helping them and sent them out when they were done, when all of a sudden I heard Derek Yell BEAR...... I came running out of the bushes to see what was going on when I saw what Derek had been yelling about 30 yards in front of us. Hope freaked out and started running towards Daddy which was straight towards the bear. I took off running trying to catch her when Faith latched onto me, So I dragged Faith towards the Bear to get Hope. Derek was in between the kids and the bear and informed us to walk slowly towards the cabin. I was dragging Hope with the help of Jacob, when her cowboy boot fell off. Hope not wanting to loose her boot was trying to get away from me to get her boot, I informed her to leave the boot it would be fine that we needed to get in the cabin where it was safe. While Derek was trying to scare away it was standing its grounds on its hind legs, when we got back to the cabin Derek grabbed his pistol and went into the trees to make sure that Snuff had scared it away. I'm sure that the kids will talk about the bear for a while.