San Diego

San Diego is one of the places in the world where I could visit over and over again and I would still jump at the opportunity to go back.   I love the proximity to the ocean, the colorful burst of bougainvilleas cascading over fences and the sides of overpasses.  I love the salty sea air smell and the abundance of fun places to walk to and shop.  This visit was a little different because we were mostly trapped on the military base while we were there due to no military ID.  Fortunately, it was a beautiful place to be trapped.  Our room had a fantastic view of the ocean and was just steps from a white sand beach that seemed to have an endless number of small shells for Noey and Lizzy to collect.  We did manage to go to the Mormon Batallion exhibit, Point Loma tidepools and see the San Deigo zoo while we were there.  The weather was uncharacteristically cold for So Cal but it still felt good.  We braved the Pacific ocean a few times and got to see dolphins splashing in front of us while we were attempting to body surf.  It was nice to see a lot of Jed's family that we don't see very often and catch up with relatives.

 Noey at Seaport village

 Liz looking at the tide pools

Finn is such a cute little guy.

 The San Diego Zoo is always a treat.  Zoos are never the same from day to day.  You never know what animals are going to be out.  We got quite a show from a polar bear on the day we were there.  He was diving underwater playing with a giant bone and giving all the tourists a treat. 

Out of the 30 plus shots of all the Weight grandkids, this was the best I could come up with and lets just say there were a few tears shed to get this one.  Gotta love family photos.

Mile high

I love the view from the top of the mountain.  We got to do a little hike up Mile High with Dani and Brady while they were in town.  Special thanks to Grandma "Lene" for volunteering to watch the kids so we could go out.  I am still afraid to take the kids hiking here since this is where we saw the brown bear when we were backpacking with the girls when they were babies.  

Nin got married!

My little brother Justin, (we have called him "Nin" since he was a toddler) got married on June 1st.  And as typical custom for our family for weddings, lots of people came to see the wedding and wish him and his bride Brittany well.  It was a simple and beautiful ceremony at the Anchorage Temple. When Brittany walked out the temple doors she was immediately greeted by Lizzy and Noey who could help but touch such a beautiful wedding gown. 

                                          Sweet little Liz             Our family in front of the temple

photo of my cousins in front of the temple

Lizzy, Noelle and Liam in the car after the wedding

blowing bubbles as the bride and groom leave

My children eating bubbles at the wedding reception....I am not sure why they did this. Kinda weird, I know.

Congrats Justin and Brittany!

Justin and Brittany's wedding dinner

Here are some photos from Justin and Brittany's wedding dinner at my parents house.  It was a really classy event, if I do say so myself.  It was an example of my family at its best working together to pull off something wonderful.  My mom did a ton of work preparing the food along with help from my aunts, cousins and a few friends.  The chocolate torte my sister made for it was simply heavenly along with other carefully selected desserts.  My aunt Jessie and I had been brainstorming away about how to decorate the tables. Jessie worked her magic creating stunning flowers that gave the table an elegance.  In the end everything turned out looking fantastic.   Here is the final result, i wish I had a picture of the beautiful bride and groom too but I was too busy eating the good food.

My obese children

 The girls giggled for a good hour after they "stuffed" themselves with batting. 

 

Noelle's valentine Nails and cookie

Here is our homespun angry birds version.  The girls picked out which bird they wanted me to make and then we took all the empty boxes in the house and tried to knock them down.

king crabs and pegasus

Me:  If you could choose anything in the world to eat for lunch what would you choose?

Noelle: Eggy Cake (aka German Pancakes)

Liz: Cake

Me: I would want king crab.

Liz: (with shocked expression on her face) What! You would shoot the king of the crabs and eat him!

Me:  No, king crab is just a type of crab and they are caught in crab traps.

Liz: But what about the queen?

Me: If you could choose to be any animal in the world, which one would you choose?

Noelle:  I would be a flying pegasus unicorn

Me: But that is not a real animal, what kind of real animal would you be?

Noelle: Mom, they just forgot to get on the boat (ark).

Computer problems

 Sorry, I've haven't blogged in a long long time.  I have been having computer troubles with our laptop (which has all of my pictures on it).  But here are a few pictures from Christmas break.
We had a great trip down to Eagle River, which had an ton of snow and looked like a beautiful winter wonderland.  5 is a great age for Christmas and Noelle and Lizzy enjoyed every minute of it.  They loved being being surrounded by grandparents, uncles, aunts and brand new cousin baby Finn.  

Hopefully I will be getting back into the swing of blogging soon.