Happy Birthday! David!

On Wednesday May 6 David will turn 17.
We celebrated his birthday today with a small gathering of family and friends.

Cake time.

David and his cake. Be sure to watch the video at the bottom of the page.

After David "blew" the candles out he licked them clean.

David gets the first piece of ice cream cake.

The kids are having fun waiting for David to open his gifts.

It is time for gifts.

This gift is from Jason, Lisa and Raven. It is almost as big as David.

David begins to open the big gift.

The box is filled with a few gifts and a bunch of balloons.

David pops all the balloons.

Inside the balloons were puzzle pieces.

David has to put the puzzle together.

Finally the puzzle has been put together.

There is a clue under the puzzle.

The clue led David back to the box.

He discovered the real gift. What is it?

He finally got his gift opened and figured out. Thanks for the fun Jason.

David and the kids spent most of the day outside playing AirSoft Wars.

Happy Birthday to you!

Raven in the Box

April 27, 2009

Gang of boys playing AirSoft Wars.

It is a beautiful spring day. I was inside cooking a new dish, Ratatouille.

David sat indoors, still in his PJ's.

Duane working on his golf swing.

Kirk on his bike.

Duane help Kirk with a wood project.

Colton has his own idea of a wood project.

Pride and Prejudice

April 23-25, 2009
After many late evenings and hard work as a member of the stage crew. Dakota was able to show us the class play of Pride And Prejudice. He didn't have any lines but made quite a few appearences on stage.
I brought the camera but forgot the memory stick at home...Bad mom!
Here is as good as my iphone gets. Dakota wore a butler costume.

San Francisco, California

Trica went to San Francisco for business, Duane joined her.

We spent April 18-22 in a very sunny and warm San Francisco. We spent 5 busy days touring the city. Coit Tower, the cable cars, Chinatown, Haight-Ashbury, The Golden Gate Park, Pier 39, Fishermans Warf and beautiful Napa Valley.

This is Pier 33, we left for our wine country tour from here.

The Wipeout. We had great fish taco's and mango shrimp taco's. Mmm Mmm.

We toured a WWII Submarine, the Pampanito.

Duane at the helm.

Welcome to the Rock.

Alcatraz Island.

Federal Penitentiary, 1934-1963.

Fisherman's Warf

Andretti Winery.

The Vineyard.

The V. Sattui Winery.

Duane in the wine cellar.

Trica enjoying a picnic of wine, fresh bread, meat and cheese.

Duane didn't even let me swallow my food before he snapped a picture! Yikes!

We enjoyed sparkling wine at Domaine Chandon.

Coit Tower.

What a climb.

Coloring Easter Eggs

Dakota goofs around but is really in a hurry to meet up with friends

Colton loves the red and the sports stickers.

David takes his time and dyes the darkest egg.

Kirk makes a tye dyed egg. Love that hair.

Spring Break

The Boys are on Spring Break. We spent our spring break this year close to home. After a long 5+hours of driving we arrived in Wisconsin Dells, one of our favortive places to play.
The Kalahari Resort.
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After the long ride the boys stretch out in the hotel room.

The Kalahari has added an Indoor Theme Park.

Kirk and I on the Ferris Wheel.

Dakota waiting for our meal at Damon's.

The family enjoys a round of Mini-Golf.

Kirk riding the hummingbird on the Carousel.

Colton rides the lion.

The family also played a round of bowling.

Kirk waits for his ball to strike.

Dakota waiting for his turn.

Colton enjoys a drink while he waits.

David spent all day playing Lazer Tag or Go-Karts. We didn't see much of him. He did not join our family for many of the activities.

The family challenged each other on the ropes course.

Duane was very nervous but did great!

Kirk on his challenge of the Ropes Course.

Many of these pictures were taken with my iPhone because my camera battery went dead. Bummer! The pictures we took were of the indoor theme park but we spent most of our time in the Indoor Waterpark. We love all the water slides. The MasterBlaster, Victoria Falls, the Rippling Rhino and the Lazy River with the Wave Pool. Love it, Love it!