Millard Falls

This picture above is the view from the hike, it's supposed to be at the end of this entry but I can't figure out how to move it.  And I'm not starting over.

Last Saturday, the weather was fantastic so we took advantage and went to a little waterfall close by.  I love the mountains!!!  Thanks Cody and Allison for coming, it was fun.

A Hidden person in this picture?

Yeah, so Hailey has been busy and unwilling to post lately therefore its up to me to spread the news on the internet (thanks to Al Gore I can do this.... And you thought he only invented global warming.  Thanks Al you are the man).  So if you can spot the hidden person in this picture you get a prize (not a real prize, just respect).  Actually I would be surprised if you could spot the extra person in this picture, because the person is inside Hailey's stomach (well not really her stomach, but I think you know what I mean.)  Yes Hailey is pregnant and is due on July 20th.  We are SUPER stolked.  We find out the gender in a few weeks. I'm sure one of us will keep you all posted... well... maybe. Anyway, that's all for now.

Rose Parade

On the day after the Rose Parade we went to see all the floats, they line them up at the end of the parade route and you have to pay to get in.  It was really awesome because everything on the float has to be completely made out of plant material (flowers, etc.).  It was incredible!!!  To see the different materials they used was awesome and to see how they made fur for the animals and the paste for the paintings (almonds, etc. in blenders for days before the parade starts).  Some of the floats cost up to one million dollars to make.  They were beautiful.  

Jarek decided to go on an adventure with some friends and happened to be here with us for the parade escapade.

The photos just don't do them justice, even this whole house was made out of plant stuff.

Of course we had to stop for the Trojan Pride picture.  The two teams playing in the Rose Bowl get to have floats in the parade, it just happens to be USC this year.  (And we smoked them by the way)  Fight On!!!

Clayton's mom and brother John-Stephen came with us, the rest of the family will have to try next year, now that we know how to get there and where to park, and what to do with strollers.

Here is our city's float.  Go South Pasadena!

Welcome to sunny California, ha, ha!  Jarek didn't even bring a sweatshirt, so he got to wear my fashionable coat since I had on four layers.  (Yeah, I know, you can either call me a woose or prepared, take your pick.)

I have no idea how this robot stayed standing, it was so tall!  And yes, still made out of plant stuff.

OK, now these next three pictures are all of the same float.  Of course it is my favorite, I saw the dancers on the TV, they had on sari's and everything.  

Yes, those are whole oranges lining the elephant's blanket.  Some people are so creative.

And there were so many more but I will spare you all the pictures.  You will just have to come with us next year!!!!

Disclaimer

Yeah, I know it's sad but we forgot our camera all through Christmas and New Year's and we forgot to download the pictures from family before they left, so we'll work on it but for now all we have to say is sorry but here is the family photog we took while we were there.  All 21 of us in one house, it was quite the adventure!

Thanksgiving

So it's been a while since I posted the first half of this entry.  I am just getting around to finishing it.  Thanksgiving was wonderful, thanks mom and dad.  We of course had lots of food and lots of fun.  We went to see the lights at temple square.

The floating Nativity was cool this year.

Then Dad took us out for some riding.  Of course that is always fun!!  We drove to the top of the hill and enjoyed the view.

Here's mom and dad...

and Clayton and Me.  Now Clayton is convinced we have to have 4-wheelers.  I don't think I'll argue with that.

San Diego

Thanks to Ashley and Brik (and really Ashley's dad) we were able to take advantage of some unused rooms in downtown San Diego. So we started our trip by going down to the Gas Lamp District on Fri. night then to breakfast on the top of our hotel. Mmmm Pancakes!

Then it was off to Seaworld! Here we are petting the sting rays.

Wow! the killer whales were amazing !



We went crazy trying to touch the dolphins!

Then we went over to the WWII memorial stuff they have in San Diego.

We went and toured the hotel Del Coronado, what a cool place!!

And last we went to the old light house on point loma.

Pirates Cove

So this place was DOPE! The only thing I can compare it to is pirates of the carribean at disneyland. We spent almost the entire time in the pool. This is me about to jumo off the crow's nest.





This place had 2 waterslides and a buch of stuff to jump off. This is Jarek climbing up the rope swimg.




This place had everything. There were flatscreen TV's everywhere. It even had a pizza oven, we had a really good time.