Dolphins at Santa Cruz

You can see the dolphins splashing. This video doesn't do it justice. There were literally tons of them, and they would jump totally out of the water, it was so cool!!!

Santa Cruz with David and Nicole

This weekend we went to Santa Cruz with James' brother David and his wife and son Josh. We had a blast. Every time I go to the beach I forget how easy it is and how the kids just love it there. The cool thing is that we saw a big pod of dolphins right off coast. It was so cool and they were jumping all over the place. It was amazing, I almost thought I was in Hawaii for a minute. Very Cool!!!! I'll try to post a video of it.

Karlee's Summer Camp

So I'm trying to get the word out for one of my darling Young Women. Actually she graduated in 08 and has allready attended one year of college. She puts on a summer camp which is so stinkin' cute to earn money for school. She sent me this today with all the info so sign your daughters up!!!!

Girls Camp for the Summer!

July 13-17 and July 20-24
3-5:30 PM
$50 per week
girls ages 6-11

This is a fun week for girls to do cooking, sewing , crafts, games, and just have a good time with friends their age. If your daughter would like to participate please calll Karlee Rudd at 925-634-1690 and reserve a spot as soon as possible.

My kids are famous!!!

In July's issue of The Friend ( an LDS church magazine) our Brentwood 3rd ward primary has a picture in there. Derick is at the top a few over from the left, Kaitlyn is in the middle row smack in the middle, and Taylor is in the bottom row on the very left. The kids were pretty excited especially since Kaitlyn has been looking in the Friend for the picture for the past 9 months.

Here's the site if you don't have it. They are on page 42.

http://lds.org/churchmagazines/FR_2009_07_00___04267_000_000.pdf

Zucchini anyone?

So our garden is growing awesome and we are getting a ton of veggies. My tomato plants are struggling this year but we have a plan for next year to help. I have quite a bit of zucchini and yellow squash. I have tried so many new recipes with my zucchini from chocolate chip muffins, to pasta with squash and on and on. My kids can't get enough of it as well as me. I go and check on the garden every other day and I'm always coming in with armfuls of food. The top pic is of our watermelon and cantaloupe. I had know idea they were producing anything until James ran in the house today yelling," you got to come see the watermelon," There's watermelon and cantaloupe everywhere. It is just below the vines so I couldn't see them. So exciting!!!!

Kaitlyn's Baptism

Kaitlyn got baptized today along with 4 other kids. She has been anticipating this day for quite some time. After she was baptized and was putting on her dress she kept saying I feel so warm. I just love her to death. She is such a cute, fun, smart girl.

All Star game

Derick made the all star team this year and they have a game at the end of the season. He had a good time but we are all glad baseball is over for this year. He said his favorite part was when they announced his name and he ran out from the dugout onto the field. the coach even had them tip their hats to the stands it was pretty dang cute. . . . I mean awesome.




Look how little he looks compared to some of the other players. He says that's good because the short ones are the quick ones, I agree.