Kaeryn's new look

A couple weeks we took Kaeryn to the eye doctor. She has been complaining for awhile about her eyes. She was so excited to get glasses. She kept laughing and smiling. She choose the perfect pair for her. They are a pinkish color and they have diamond rinestone flowers on the sides. They are so cute and match her personality perfectly. We love your new look Kaeryn!

Along the american river

The powerhouse is set on a state park along the american river. We decided to go exploring and walk down to the river. It was such a beautiful day. The sunshine was perfect. Kati was happy that she got to come with us this time.

The kids had fun climbing on the rocks and Kati loved it too. She's a very curious dog and loves to explore with us.

I loved just sitting there on the rocks and enjoying the peacfulness I felt and watching the kids play. There were some geese that had swum up to us and I said we should have brought some popcorn for them. I think that's what they were looking for because after awhile of not getting anything they started swimming toward some other new comers.

After we were done climbing on the rocks we decided to follow where this trail went. We had fun but decided that it went no where we wanted to go because it got very overgrown and was not easy for the little ones to go through. So we turned around and decided it was time to turn back home. Ron still had to make my dinner. It was such a wonderful and happy day for me. I woke up to a breakfast in bed of chocolate cake, strawberries and chocolate milk( my Ron is so cute, he knows what I love). Ron and the kids gave me a digital picture frame. We went on a scenic drive which I love and then came home to a dinner of bar-b-que beef sandwhiches. They were so yummy and the first one's Ron has ever made. It was such a perfect day!

The Folsom Powerhouse

For Mother's day I wanted to go on a scenic drive. It's one of my favorite things to do. So we got into the car and started toward the mountains. We decided that we wanted to check out Folsom lake because the water levels are supposed to be back to normal and we hadn't seen it yet. But instead we stopped at the Folsom powerhouse. It's a historical point and we being history lovers stopped to see it. It's said to be one of the very first ones built back in the 1800's. It was pretty cool. Those pipes are absolutely huge!

We were really taken back at how big it was. Tristan couldn't get over it. he kept exclaiming wow! and look at that!

This is one of the old generators. It is also pretty big. In this room they had a model set up and the kids were able to turn a handle to create their own electricity. It was to show how the whole thing works to create power. Silly me, I was so interested in what the guy was saying that I forgot to take pics of the kids doing the experiment. But they did have fun with it.

The wall that holds the building up is the dam. It was built by prisoners in the penetinuary back in the 1800's. They carved out the rock and brought it here. It really was quite a site. You really can't tell from the pictures, but it was worth seeing for us.

The Book Den

So a few month's ago we found this used book store called the book den. We actually found it by accident as we were looking for a different bookstore that we decided no longer exists. Anyway, we've come to really like this store. They are affiliated with the local library system and they recieve books from the library when the library gets rid of books to bring more in. They also get donations from people too. So as long as you don't mind having a library sticker on your book, you can have some great finds. We have come to belive this. The prices are perfect and we feel like we've scored. Especially this weekend. They have a program where you can get a "Friends card" as they call it. The money goes to one of the local libraries and you get 10% off every purchase. And then about 3 times a year they have a huge sale where they open the warehouse and let you go through the warehouse. The first half of the day they open to friends only, so if you have a friends card you get to have first pick. When we first found the bookstore we thought it would be perfect to get a friends card because we love books as a family so much and were going quite often( with kids books 1.00$ each it's not so bad). So this weekend was our first sale we got to go to at the warehouse. It was so great! A huge section of books were 4 for a dollar and other's a dollar. Needless to say we were so excited we went a bit crazy and got a ton of books! And the exciting thing was, we didn't break the bank on all these books. I'm not going to say how much but I will say it was very much under a hundred and we got about a hundred books. We had fun and we look forward to the next one that's in september. It was definitly worth saving for. We totally scored the jackpot this weekend!

Sleepy little one

So monday was a busy day for us. Our water heater broke so our landlord had to replace it. They were here most of the afternoon until dinner time. Jaxen was excited and very curious about what they were doing, needless to say it was a no nap day. He seemed to be okay though, no melt downs and was pretty happy. That evening around 7:30 or 8:00 Jaxen and I were snuggling on the couch watching some TV( I can't remember what). I decided it was time for me to close the windows and doors so I got up and told Jaxen I would be right back. It only took me like two minutes to close the windows and I came back to find this cute little prescious scene. He had fallen asleep in those couple minutes. I thought this was one of the cutest sweetest things ever I had to get a picture. Isn't he the cutest boy in the world?! I just love him so much.

Western Festival Parade

This weekend in Elk Grove was the western festival. We looked forward to the parade because we had fun last year. The kids have been talking about it for the last few weeks.

To our surprise we woke up to a rainy morning. At first we weren't sure if we should go or not because we didn't want to drive all down there for it to be cancelled. But the kids really wanted to go. Yeah! It wasn't cancelled. We did miss some of the beginning of the parade but most of the parade we were able to see. Of course after we had left we realized that we had left our chairs at home. Ron did not want to go back home so we had to stand. The kids actually had fun, even Jaxen. We loved the horses and Jaxen and Tristan love the fire engine. There were alot of other cool cars and bands. The kids got lots of candy and one of the local grocery stores handed out reusable bags with bottled water. It was fun. While we were standing there watching in the rain, Ron and I looked at eachother and said that it felt like we were back in washington. I mentioned that we should go and get hot chocolate afterwards because that is what we would have done if we were in washington. But Ron had another idea. He wanted to do something different. Hot chocolate was our washington tradition and he wanted to start a california tradition.

So we went and got frozen yogurt instead! The kids love this place because it's a build your own place. So this is our after parade tradition now. Even in the rain!

Roses

So Ron and I were driving around Sacramento the other day and we found this park that had this rose garden. We decided to stop and take a look. I just happened to have my camera with me so I decided to take this oppurtunity to play photographer. Here are a few of my favorites.