The Last Few Days In A Nutshell...

Wednesday A Day To Remember: Tanya took me on a tour of Santa Cruz. She was born and raised there, so knows the ins and outs and cool spots. We had so much fun. We went for a walk along West Cliff. She showed me her special place = some rocks where she would sit and watch the waves come in, her soul searching place. I immediately understood why she had chosen it, it's very beautiful! Then, we ate at her fav taco joint. Very Delish! We also visited Capitola and walked around. It was so cute. We saw where her and Josh spent their honeymoon, a very romantic little inn by the sea, we spent way too much $ on taffy and then I bought a kite for Eryn and we went to the beach to fly it because it was quite windy, a perfect kite flying day. It was so clear and just the perfect temp. Thanks Tanya for a great day, one of the greatest I've spent. We were exhausted when we finally got home, but it was well worth it!

Thursday Choir Performance: We attended Briggsy's choir concert and took brownies for their choir party afterwards. Briggs did very well! Besides the occasional yawn and fidget with his belt, He sang well and remembered all the words. It was a good show. Eryn was a little distracting. She found a 4yr old friend who is just as wild as she is and they got quite loud from time to time. All in all, it was a very good performance. Way to go, Briggs!


Friday Field Trip: If you haven't noticed, Briggs has been recieving a lot of attention lately. I think Reagan's been having some jealousy issues. So, I figured, the best way to resolve this was to be a helper in Reagan's class and go on their field trip. Tanya graciously agreed to watch Eryn Jane..thank you..and I was good to go. The first graders have been learning about careers lately and goods vs. services and all that fun stuff. We walked to the Wells Fargo Bank, Pasta Pamodoro (restaurant), Jamba Juice (they got a free sample, yum!), and Mail Boxes Etc. I'm sure you can bet what they were most excited about...J.J. There was a employee there that was dressed up in a big banana costume and then they let the whole class walk inside their big freezer. Who could ask for a better day? Getting shoved inside a freezer with your friends and free Jamba? I'm in! Yes, it was a success. I think Reagan, once again, felt loved by her Momma!

Saturday A Day At The Beach: Saturday we woke up early and got outside to help Jens take down the trampoline and pack it up. We only have so many more days, we thought we'd get started. It was actually quite fun. The kids were very helpful and had a good time. It was probably due to the fact that we promised to take them to the beach. Yay! Which we did, we took a beautiful drive up to Half Moon Bay. It was gorgeous! We were driving along the coast and Eryn said, "Look there's the lake!" The kids disagreed with her, but she finally got her way. We finally stopped at the "perfect" beach. The wind was cold, but the sun and sand were sooo warm! The kids and I hung out, played and flew our kite at the beach while Jens went on a bike ride. He came back, we ate and then he took the kids exploring while I got to lay out and get a little shut eye! What a life. There's nothing like taking a nap while your listening the waves. And, on the way home we saw a ton of Kite Surfers out on the ocean. It looked like so much fun. Briggs said he would like to try that sometime. We had such a great day, one of our last times to visit the beach for a while, so sad, but we're grateful we had this day!

Sunday A Talk, A Scripture & Prayer, & 13 Articles of Faith: First things first...Daily Funnies...We were sitting in sacrament meeting and they had just passed the bread. Eryn Jane was sitting on Jens's lap and they were whispering. I started listening when...
Eryn - you like bread Dad? you're a boy Dad?
Jens - Yeah, what do boys eat?
Eryn - bread!
Jens - what do girls eat?
Eryn - Poskiscles!
In Primary, Briggs gave the talk. He did very well and we're very proud of him, considering that all morning he insisted that he Was Not going to do it. Well, he made it through. Then it was Eryn Jane's turn to say the scripture and prayer. I started reading her the scripture in her ear, and she copied me, until about half way through and then realized that she likes to do everything HERSELF! and started screaming into the microphone, "I DO IT!" I finally had to just let her say the prayer. She said a very nice, very long prayer. I tried to get her to end it, of course, she didn't like that one bit and started screaming into the mic again. Then she said, very sweetly and reverently.."and..thank you for a pokemon battle..in the name of Jesus Christ, amen." Needless to say, she has become all the primary kids favorite little Sunbeam.
Now...For the really, really excited news...DA DA DA DUM...
Briggs and Reagan finished passing off all of the 13th Articles of Faith today! They worked so hard and did such a good job! We are so very proud of them. And, now, next Sunday , on their last Sunday in our San Jose ward, they'll each get a huge, giagantic cookie! They were beaming as we walked out to the car! Reagan said, "oh..I just want the cookie now!!! I can almost taste it!" Then, Briggs said, "So,what are you guys going to give us?" Typical!