Horses

Samantha has a great love for horses. And luckily her aunts have a great love for her. Last Saturday Vanessa took Samantha to go and see Hannah Montana..which I was very very grateful for! After the movie they went ot Taco Bell for lunch and then the big surprise....to go to Vanessa's friends house to go and see the horses! They let Samantha groom them, feed them, walk them, and ride them. She was in heaven! What a great day for her! Thanks V!!!

Guess where we went?!

Sea World!!....I know shocker! We went to Sea World during our Spring Break and had the chance to meet up with my high school friend Jake Beers's wife, kids and Mom. He had school and couldn't make it. It was so great to meet his wife who is so nice, pretty, and funny! I love her sense of humor. She is really great. It is awesome that a good friend found such a great wife and mother for his kids. It was great to see Debbie and to catch up. I haven't seen them for 11 years. I have so many great memories of the Beers family and they were always so great to me! It was great to catch up and to enjoy the day. It was also Debbie's birthday...Happy Birthday!.so we had funnel cake! Yummy! We had a great day at Sea World...and said hi to Shamu!

He is the cutest thing! Can't you just see the joy in his face by being at Sea World??

Shamu rocks!

Luke Beers, Sammie, Dylan, Wesley, and Peyton Beers. The Beers kids are so cute. My kids loved meeting new friends and want to know when they can see them again!

Me, Wesley, Debbie Beers, and Peyton

It was MIDNIGHT...

...and I was in Borders in line for my copy of TWILIGHT! I DID NOT preorder...I thought I would not get in on the craze this go around and I didn't HAVE to be the one of the FIRST to get the DVD. I was at my dear friend Patty's and her daughter mentioned that she really wanted to go...one look is all it took...and we were on our way to Border's to pick up our copy. Our GREAT excuse was "Well, we had to take the young girls...they love it and only have one chance to have fun and to be a part of the phenomenon." I texted a few friends...too late for them....texted my sister who dragged my Mom to come. So Borders is very LAME! They had a group of orange and yellow who were smart and preordered the movie...and 100 of us late comers got white tickets. If you didn't have a ticket, then you had to wait for a chance. We ended up with 3 white tickets and thought we had a good shot! We DID ask them how many extras they had and they didn't know...now we got there at 10 pm for the festivities...and then at 11:45 they tell us they only had about 20 extra DVD's for us white ticket holders. Our numbers were 53, 54, and 60...so we were out of luck. ( Now if I was running the store, I would've counted and then passed out only 20 white tickets. Just a thought for next time Borders!! ) We didn't know what to do..we got a text that the Walmart on Moreno Beach sold out...and then Patty had a GREAT idea! BLOCKBUSTER!! There is one on Central...we drove down Central and then realized we were lost....so we turned on Canyon Crest..and we then remembered that Central is a weird street and there the two met...in front of BLOCKBUSTER! It looked a bit dark and maybe not even open...I ran in and they had BOXES of TWILIGHT! No one knew they had it...so we ALL got a copy and we ALL went home happy. Watched it. Loved it. And learned that next time...just go to Blockbuster!...and it IS ok to preorder!!

Amanda and her friends that BEGGED us to go...how can you let them down?

For real....an EDWARD ACTION FIGURE...now I am in on the craze just as much as anyone! But really..an action figure? I do not know of any 7 year old boys who are into this??

Mom, V, and her friend Ashley waiting patiently with us in the cold..yes it was cold in So Cal! (:

Patty and I...12 midnight...it was past our bedtime! (: haha

We were standing by the window...and saw them..I was surprised the window wasn't smashed and the girls raided them...

Blockbuster even had teeth for all of us! They were a bit surprised to see all of us running in there to see if they had any more!..BOXES!

V with her NEW prized possession!

Blockbuster came through!

It warms my HEART!...

...to watch my kids play together. I happened to catch Dylan and Wesley in action. It took awhile before the "jig" was up and they caught me snapping pictures of them! Dylan is so sweet to let Wesley play with him...playing with a three year old can be tough for a 9 year old. I cherish these moments that I see....I hope there are many more to come!

Boise in a nutshell

I have over 500 pictures that I took of our trip...but I figured that would bore everyone to death! So I only put a few up. None of them are of the homes that I found...until we put an offer on one...which will be very very soon. The Boise area is pretty cool...it will be a huge adjustment...but we are ready to go...May 1st is coming up very fast!!

We found SEVERAL parks in Idaho. I was impressed with them and am very excited to take the kids there...Dylan will LOVE having a place to skateboard.

YES!...we did find what should be a coke machine...but it was a BAIT machine...where are moving to? haha

This actually was in the airport in SLC. I coulsn't resist taking a picture of these signs for beer...too funny!

The CALIFORNIA girl moves to Boise...I really need to get some boots!

This was EXPENSIVE gas!

One view of the area...so pretty...surrounded by mountains...lots of farmland.

Each town had this sign...Meridian, Eagle, Star, Nampa...it was a good thing too! The towns all run together a bit!

A visit to Dave's office...really nice offices...ENP and Palmer will surely grow and prosper there!

In Star alot of the homes had these on the mailboxes...one of the homes we like doesn't have one...but we will get one to "fit in"

In a nutshell there it is! We had a busy weekend and alot of fun! We were glad we went to see where we are going. Hopefully it will be a smooth transition!