Well my friend Debbie is the one that encouraged me to do a recap of my summer. I am so bad about blogging. I just get so busy with my kids, but I love to read everyone else s blog it makes me feel close to you. but anyway this is our trip to california. we went in July it was so much fun. we went for 8 days. Jon and Alex stayed home because they were too busy. That made me sad, but we still had a lot of fun. That is me and Jocelyn at the beach when the sun was going down isn't it beautiful. She loves the water. At this beach we came and saw the seals. I have a picture of the seals later on.
Here is mom, Jocelyn and Lexi. Lyle and tracys little girl. Jocelyn and Lexi had a lot of fun together.
There is my beautiful Jocelyn posing. She is good at posing. She is my princess.
Here everyone is except for me of course I am the one always taking the pictures.
Jordan has a sand dollar stuck to his head. he also found a little baby crab. it was cute. christian loved it too.
Heres the seals that is just a picture of one. Their was a lot of them. It is so gorgeous in San Diego. i wouldn't mind living there. A little expensive though.
Here we all are Billy, Jordan, Me, ever and Mom in the back. Jocelyn, Christian, and Jackson int the front. yes that is a leash on christian. We have to keep control of him some how. If we didn't have that on him we would lose him. He is always trying to take off.
Here is the beautiful sunset. That was worth going to the beach for.
This is another day at the beach. Christian covered in the sand. that kid could not stay clean. 
My brother Lyle, JOrdan, and My mom with the star fish Jordan caught.
Lyle and Tracy had boogie boards so the kids had a lot of fun with that. There is Jackson. It was a lot of fun. Even I went out and boogie boarded for a while the waves were beating me down. it was a blast.
Lyle and Tracy have a swimming pool in their backyard so if we weren't at the beach we were swimming in the swimming pool. here is Jordan and Lexi.
Here is the whole gang Lyle's kids and us
After we got back from California we headed out to our reunion. Another favorite place for the kids. we love to camp. That is our favorite thing to do as a family. Here is Jocelyn, Christian, and Ever.
Jackson and billy with their cousins Shally, Shania, and Serena. They hung out with their cousins the whole time. I didn't even hardly see them. They had good times. Jordan wasn't here at our reunion this year. which is odd for him, because he loves to camp, but he had the opportunity to go to the Xgame in California. His Friends dad does all the dirt and stuff for the exgames so they get free tickets so JOrdan spent another week in cali.
Jocelyn wanted Alex to be a princess like her so he make his hair really pretty just for Jocelyn. Doesn't he look so pretty.Then Next on our summer list was Jacksons Birthday party, but we were so busy in the month of July when his birthday is so we had it close to the middle of August and decided to make it his bday party and back to school party as well. They had a blast. There was a lot of kids over. And they are all really good kids. we put up the slippery slide in the back yard and they did that. and we had a fire pit so we cooked hot dogs and smores. And I baked a lot of treats for them so they just pigged out played rock band and hung out it was a great party.
Here is the whole gang
billy always has to pull some kind of weird face
Our next thing we did for the summer was go to Lagoon. We went the week before school started. And Jocelyn was so excited. she had a blast she loved all the rides. And she is so tall she got to go on quite a bit of the big rides to with me. We had a good time.
Here is JOn and Christian and Ever. They did not enjoy it so much. I thought they would love the kiddie rides for sure. Jocelyn at their age loved lagoon. she went on all the rides and that Lagoon was the best place ever. but these 2 little ones hated it . Christian screamed and would not go on anything. ever wasn't quite as bad as him, but she didn't like it too well either. Maybe next year. so Jon really wanted to get this German Shepherd so he left an went and checked it out. It was an hour and a half from Lagoon. And he ended up buying the dog. But he took the babies and left. so I spent a fun day with Jocelyn. Alex didn't go because none of his friends could go so he decided to stay home. JOrdan, Jackson and billy were there , but they were off having too much fun so I didn't get any pictures of them. And then when they met up with me to ride rides with me and Jocelyn Jon took the camera with him. but they had a great time too.
And here is a picture of Jocelyns first day going to her pre school. She is so cute. There she is posing again. That is her best friend Kaycee. She doesn't go to school with her but we watch her everyday for 5 hours so she was there when Jocelyn went to school. She is here in the morning when Jocelyn is trying to get ready to go to school that makes it a little hard, because all she wants to do is play with her. but Jocelyn has school on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursdays so she can play the other days with her. but Jocelyn loves school though and is doing so well. She is getting really good at writing her name. She is smart. I didn't get any pictures of the boys this year they were off the early. But Jackson and billy are in 7th grade this year they started Jr High. I can't believe that. And JOrdan is in 9th grade. alex is a junior and he just got his license. He just got his car all ready and tomorrow is the first day he gets to drive it to school. And he is going to the homecoming dance on Saturday. They are all growing up so fast. this summer just flew by so fast. i love summer. and I am not ready for the cold yet. But I love my family we had some good times and some good memories.
