Naomi's 6th birthday weekend 3-11 to 3-14-10

I told Naomi we weren't going to have a birthday party for her this year, since it wears me out to throw them. So I told her we were going somewhere, as a surprise. I picked her up from school on Thursday the 11th of March and told her we were leaving right away to drive to visit Easton and Emma at their new home in Northern Ca. She was excited, but now too thrilled with the 6 1/2 hr drive since she didn't feel well and was having a hard time breathing. She slept for about the first 2 hours, then asked if we could go home around the third. I reasured her that it would be fun if she just waited till we got there. I had never been to No Ca, so I was just as clueless as to where we were going as she was. But we finally pulled into Rocklin around 9:30 pm.

Lindsay had planned a few things for us to do. On Friday we went to Bounce U, a warehouse filled with all sorts of bounce houses. The kids loved it. Lindsay and I even went on a lot of the slides with the kids. Then on Saterday we went to Fairytale land. It is a glorified park, but the kids loved all the themed areas to climb and play on.

Then we went back to Lindsays house and had cupcakes we had bought earlier in the day @ a specialty cupcake store. I had bought a few gifts for her to open, and Lindsay, Easton and Emma had picked out one too. It was a "small party" to satisfy her want of a party.

The Bleeckers were gracious hosts. The kids had fun in a new place and visiting with friends.

The Rich Family and Luke Estes were in town, so of course we went to Disneyland with them. Ron, Barbara, Luke, Naomi, Heidi and I drove down together. ( The first pic is of them on the tram from the parking structure to the park entrances.) We met the Richs' at the park. This is their last trip with Austin, pictured with Naomi on his shoulders, before he leaves to go on a mission. It was interesting mixing the two families, but in the long run it worked cause Luke had boys to go on all the scary rides with. I'm impressed with Ron and Barbara for going on Screamin and Tower of Terror. I'm sure their equalibrium was off the rest of the day, but I'm sure Luke enjoyed the day with his grandparents and cousins.

Heidi was so excited to run up and see Lightning Mcqueen and Mator. I was surprised cause she is more hesitant to run up to see a princess, but giddy to stand by the still cars.

Memories!!!

Wow! I was walking to Naomi's class room one day and looked over and saw this bike. This isn't just an ordinary yellow BMX bike. This is THE bike I learned to ride with and with out training wheels, and rode all over town when I was little. We didn't get frilly princess bikes with ribbons and sparkles. My Dad came home on day with bright yellow BMX bikes, two to be exact. I'm sure he bought them at a "Screaming Deal." So we had no choice but to ride "boy" bikes; and learned to not care what others thought. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the exact bike that was bought from us years ago when my family moved to Utah. Or stolen from our house, which ever you prefer.