Squirrel at the Park

Yesterday we went to meet Ange and her kids at the park. We stopped for some Wendy's on our way since we hadn't had lunch yet. While we were eating, this little squirrel came up and wanted some too. Rachael was the first to throw a french fry at him. When he was done, he came back over for more. Dylan and Cody both held out fries for him and he was brave enough to come right up to them and take the fries from their hands.
Being a little cautious before grabbing the fries.

Cody thought this was the coolest thing. It really was cute to watch.

Taking his food and eating by a little tree.

I think that Dylan was more scared than the squirrel.

Dermatologist Visit

Okay, so back in March I posted a blog about Rachael's and Dylan's visit to the doctor. The doctor had referred Dylan to the Dermatologist to have a mole checked out. Finally after a nine week wait list he got to go in on this last Tuesday. The doctor checked him out and said his moles look very normal and to make sure that he always wears sunscreen when he's playing outside. The doctor gave him a pamphlet of pictures of what moles should and shouldn't look like and his nurse took pictures so we can keep an eye out for any changes.
While Dylan was getting his clothes back on I told him that I had a mole on my toe that looked like one in the pictures. On our way out, Dylan told the doctor that I had a mole on my toe that he should look at. The doctor looked at me and had his nurse make me an appointment right then. I asked him if i needed a referral first and he said he would make an exception for me. I was also like "What about the nine week wait list?" He told me I just had to go back to the front desk and check in and pay my co-pay.
It was my turn now. Dylan waited in the hallway with the nurse. The doctor did end up removing my mole and sent it off to the lab. On my way out I was told it would take about a week for the results to come back. So here I sit still waiting impatiently to find out if it's cancerous or not? My toe is still sore too and it will be for up to a month, so we won't be hiking again for a while.

Hiking

Here's Dylan taking a water break and posing for the camera.

Here's Rachael and Cody hanging out on a big rock overlooking the river.

This really was a very scenic hike that we went on.

They weren't huge waterfalls, but they were big enough.

A couple of weekends ago we went on our first hike of the year. (I was a little slow on posting this one, sorry.) We wanted to start with something simple and somewhere we hadn't been before. Jeremy googled some waterfalls near by. About 25 miles north of us. It was perfect and very beautiful.

Easter Eggs

Taryn with her Eggs.

Cody with his Eggs.

Dylan with his eggs.

Rachael with her eggs.

Tamara with her eggs.

Tonight the kids colored Easter Eggs. I also had an Egg Hunt planned for them too, but we ran out of time. Rachael had a birthday party this afternoon and then we had dinner at Grandma Tami's house with all of Jeremy's family. Grandma Tami had candy filled Easter Eggs already, so I figured that was probably enough candy for the night. I'm sure the Easter Bunny will be bringing much more candy in the morning.

A Fun Day Together

Okay, so I think that BJ's is our new favorite Restaurant! We've eaten there 3 times now in the last month. 3 times, 3 different menu items. All 3 times, very good.

Taryn and Rachael enjoying themselves. By this point, we were waiting for our check.

The kids just finished their big cookie with ice cream on it. Complimentary due to our long wait for our food. Actually, Jeremy had to wait longest for his food because they gave his to someone else by mistake.

We went shopping for luggage today for our Disneyland Vacation in June. The kids all got to pick out what kind of bag they wanted for the trip. After going to a couple different stores, we all got what we wanted. Not really an exciting day, but an eventful one.

Family Game Night

It's Friday night and all of the kids are here! Must mean Family Game Night!! We try on most Fridays to have a family game night. We try to mix things up and play different games each weekend. Sometimes we play poker and some times Pictureka. Tonight we decided on Wii Bowling. Jeremy went online and found a layout for seven players to play tournament style. Two players at a time for 12 rounds. You play until you lose two times. We all drew numbers one through seven to make it fair and totally by chance of who you play against. The Championship came down to Tamara and Cody. Cody had one loss and Tamara had zero losses. The final winner was Tamara with no losses!! That was really fun and we can't wait until next Friday to see what we're going to play next.

Cheap Dinner

Last night I didn't feel like cooking dinner and it had been a really long time since we had gone out to eat. We decided to go to the Olive Garden and use one of our gift cards that we had gotten for Christmas. When we got there we waited about 15 minutes for a table (which is a very awesome wait time for the Olive Garden). The Hostess showed us to our table and said that our waiter would be right with us. After waiting another 15 minutes with out even a hello from anybody, Jeremy started looking around to see if anyone was going to help us. A busboy was cleaning the table behind us and asked if anyone had helped us yet. Jeremy nicely told the guy no. Not even two minutes later, the manager came over and took our drink orders and started to take our food orders too since we already knew what we wanted. Our waiter finally came over and apologized for not realizing we were sitting there. Another manager came over and offered us free appetizers. By now our table is just loaded with Mozzarella Sticks, Bread Sticks, Dipping Sauces and Salads. Before we could even finish what we had , our dinners were out. They forgot Cody's pepperoni and sausage on his pizza so they brought him another one and then told us that Jeremy's dinner and Cody's dinner was free. When the final bill came it was only thirty three dollars for five of us to eat! Totally worth the wait.