Quinton Baseball

 He was a great hitter.  He would get a triple or a homerun each game.  And he always wanted to be catcher.  The summer nights were spent at the park most nights.  It was fun watching him.

August Happenings

 

Funnies

December 2004 Lucas 6 years old.  "Can I have a vending machine for Christmas?"

April 2025  

--6 years old Lucas: "Mom makes us clean everyday. And that how she destroys our lives.  

--"Mom can you let me into the computer?  Come on mom I haven't got all day!"  His plans just changed.

--Lucas: " Mom should we get rid of all the spider webs in our house?  I don't like spiders."

--Jessa: "Lucas why do you like jello so much?"

                Lucas:  IDK because its so jiggly."

--Quinton: "I don't have a girlfriend.  Moms my girlfriend.

 June 2025 

--Quinton 9, Lucas 7: My conversations on the way to swim lessons getting Gas.

    Lucas: "mom! Can I roll down the window to smell the Gas?"  Takes a big whiff..."that's the stuff."

    Quinton: "how much is a cyber truck cost? 

     Mom: "Siri, says 40-130,000." 

    Quinton: "Whoa!  If we got that w would have to start acting poor.  We would have to borrow money."

    Lucas: "And cut holes in our shirts!"

--Next time on the way to swim lessons. Lucas: "Mom! Can we go get Gas so that I can smell it?"

--Lucas talking to Jessa while she's driving.  "You're driving slow like an old grandma!"

--Lucas comes in and sees Jessa's free hair and says "OOOOOOOooooOOOO.  Jessa your hair is so fluffy.  Not as fluffy as mine.

Trapped Tuesdays

 I would make the kids hang out with me all summer and called it "trapped Tuesdays."  The best thing I ever did.  They would fight non-stop this summer.  But somehow looking back at all the pictures you only remember the good moments.  We deep cleaned the house, went to the planetarium, went swimming, went to Lagoon, to go get ice cream.  We never made it to Pineview.  We seemed extra busy this summer with sports and what not.  As always it went by too fast.

Swim Lessons

Just down to two kids now for swim lessons.  I remember doing this from the very beginning always with a little baby in tow, but now I'm down to two.  I've had fun every summer.  I'm going to miss this so much!

 

Muir Woods

We went hiking around Muir Woods before heading into San Francisco.  It was gorgeous.  The trees were so crazy.  We hiked a beautiful trail and spent a few hours there.

Lake Tahoe and Truckee

 We spent a few days at Lake Tahoe and rented and Airbnb in Truckee.  We decided to stay at Kings Beach near North Shore.  The water was supposed to be a little warmer up North.  I never got in the water but the kids didn't mind at all.  The sun finally came out to warm things up a little bit more.  The sand was amazing and the views were gorgeous.  The kids paddle boarded and Uncle Matt rented a jet ski for all the kids to take a turn on. We ended up popping the Kayak, but we had the other paddleboards to use at least.  We ate lunch on the beach and just chilled for most of the day.  It was really nice and relaxing.

I broke my toe the night before the trip trying to pack and get everything ready, so I couldn't get in the water.  I was ok since it was freezing cold water anyway.  I was able to go on the paddle boards.

Jayla took the kids out on this tube for a good hour.  They would have her spin them around.  It was great that we didn't have to get in the water or anything!

We went on this gorgeous hike in Truckee but unfortunately didn't bring enough water so we had to turn around before we could ride the tram back down.  It was too hot to go without more water.  It will be a good excuse to come back again another year.

We passed 3 water falls.  It was such a beautiful hike!  I loved it!  The kids tolerated it, but had a lot more fun with cousins.  Jessa started a chant and all the kids followed suit.  She made it even more fun. 5..6..7...8...

I borrowed a boot from my friend so I could hike no problem.  It made it really nice so that I didn't have to use that little shoe that was just hard to walk in and impossible to hike in.  It was totally fine with the boot.  Who knew that a little broken tow would be so annoying.

Lucas of course made sure that I was taking plenty of pictures of him.  Its pretty nice how he loves getting his picture taken.  It makes my job easier.  Now he just needs to rub off on everyone else.