Our trip to RENO

Since we were going to Cary's sister's wedding in Reno, we decided to make a road-trip out of it. We toured parts of Yosemite and saw the giant Sequoias. We went over Tioga pass which is the highest road in the U.S. and went through Bodie, a real Ghost Town. The kids were so funny because when we were on the hike seeing the Sequoias they were complaining practically the entire time about how tired their legs were. Cary and I didn't think they enjoyed themselves and then the next day they were talking about how great it was. Who would have known with all the complaints.

Beth's Wedding in Reno

Cary's youngest sister's wedding. Truly Rockabilly style.

I LOVED IT!!

I really wanted to Blog about our going to the WICKED musical because it was SO SO GOOD! We took Chaz and Ali and had 2nd row seats. Needless to say, they both loved it too. As Cary and I say, we're making memories!!!

THE BAPTISM--on May 31st

I'm so proud--

More of the BAPTISM

Only one official blood injury---(jump at your own risk)--

The barbeque bunch--

Great Grandma Harper and Grandma Harper--

Some of the best friends I could ask for--(all very hot too!!)

Lots of help in the kitchen--

More of the BAPTISM

Chaz--grossing people out with the slug. He likes to collect them!!

My brother, Mom and sister's husband Joel--

Both Grandpa's--

My sister Teresa and my brother Drew--

Cary's brother Jamie and his wife Karmel--

More of the BAPTISM

My sister Arlene with her husband Mike and daughter McKenna

The proud parents....

What is a party without SMORES?

My sister Desiree--who by the way--has the same tissue type as me (we found this out when we were all tested to try and find a donor for my brother who had leukemia). She is my donor if something goes amiss with me.


Just a big THANKS for all the support from family and friends!! Ali is really loved.

Memorial Day

We started the day out with a photo shoot with Ali in her Baptismal dress. The pictures turned out great. I'm getting a shot of her printed on canvas to hang on our wall. Her Baptism is this Saturday!!!

After pictures I promised Ali she could use some of her Birthday money and buy another Webkinz. We went to the store and they were having a one day sale so I bought Chaz one too. Ali owns the Webkinz on the left-Henry, Starfire, Sammy and Sally. Chaz owns the one on the right-Hatcher. The kids are crazy about their Webkinz. With the Webkinz, after you purchase the animals, you can enter a unique code for each animal into the Webkinz program on the computer to activate the online Webkinz. Once activated, you can take care of the Webkinz in every aspect--food, exercise, health and etc.. The online Webkinz is where the fun is.

Next, a quick stop at Balboa Park. The trees are amazing so I just had to capture a picture.



Finally, a day at the Zoo. It was the perfect day for the zoo because it was cooler so all the animals were out. Every exhibit had active animals which is hard to find at the zoo on most warmer weather days. Afterwards the kids told me the funnest part of going to the zoo was the Tram ride (who cares about the animals).


To end the day, both kids are coughing and I think I'm going to keep Ali home from school again.
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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!!!

The other weekend we met up at LaJolla Shores beach with the Heals. Guess what I did? It was a lot of fun!!

The Birthday Parties are over........

For Chaz, we had a Buzz Lightyear party. I wanted to make a Buzz cake but it is rather complicated so I ended up making Alien cupcakes and Chaz absolutley loved them!!!





For Ali's birthday we had a Pony Party. Ali is really into horses and is going to a horseback riding camp this summer. I found a cute pony cake online and made it for her party. Her and her friends thought it was so cool!!!