LA Zoo

We love the LA zoo. It is a short drive, it has great exhibits and we generally find the animals out and about for us. Today we even got to see the bear, he is usually hiding.





Checking out the animals with his binoculars.

Climbing Trees

Look how high he is!!

Fiesta

We went to the Camarillo Fiest and it was CRAZY!!! There were so many people there but we divided up to wait in lines so the kids could go on as many rides as possible. The kids had a great time! Not sure we will be repeating the Fiest next year. :)





The Bryces, The Milfords and The Huefners

Fuzzy Jar = Big Boy Bike

We started a reward system where every time Rhett does something positive he gets a fuzzy in his jar. When the jar is full he gets a treat! He decided that he wanted to earn a big boy bike. So, he finally got to the top of the jar and was so excited he shouted, "I did it!"
Today we went to Toys R Us and Rhett picked out his new bike! He surprised us by picking out an orange Harly Davidson bike!

He is loving his new bike and doing great!!

Pink Painted Toes

I was painting my toe nails yesterday morning and Rhett asked me to paint his too. I told him only girls painted their toe nails but he really wanted them painted so I did it for him. When Randy got home Rhett wanted him to paint his toes too. So he did! Painted toe nails are nothing new to Randy he always has painted toes when he has a cast, which he has had a time or two. So we all have pink painted toe nails!

Blessings

So, if you are counting you will notice that we have had 2 accidents in 2 weeks. Bad Karma maybe. The first was the boat accident. We were all in the boat 6 adults and 9 kids. My BIL, Jim was wake surfing for the first time. We were going 10.6 mph (too be exact). We hit a rock about a foot under the surface and the boat came to an immediate halt! We quickly got all the kids off the boat and on shore and some fellow boaters helped us get the boat off the rock and we were able to limp it back to the dock.
We were so blessed that we were only going 10.6mph, that Jim was surfing and not one of the kids, that there was no little kids in the front of the boat that would have fallen out and that we were able to get everyone safe and sound back to shore.

The second accident was the car accident Rhett and I had been in. We were so blessed that I happened to be driving Randy's truck. The accident would have been so much more harmful and scary in my jeep. I watched the lady coming toward me and knew she was going to hit me and there was nothing I could do. I knew though, because I was sitting high up in the truck that it wasn't going to hit me or Rhett and we would be fine. Those few seconds would have been so much more terrifying if I had been in my jeep and new she was headed right for me!

I am very grateful for the blessings of safety for my little family.

Car Accident

Rhett and I were in a car accident today. Luckily we played a very small role, we are completely unharmed and our car is barely damaged. I was coming up to a signal in the left hand turn lane. The lady in front of me was in the intersection making the left when a car came straight through the intersection and hit her. He verred off in one direction hitting a fire hydrant and she spun around and hit the driver side of our car. It was Randy's raised truck so she barely hit the bottom of the door and wheel well. I don't usually drive Randy's truck but took it today to get it smogged and was headed to the DMV for tags. If I had been in my own car she would have hit me smack in the driver side door and caused much more damage and possible injury. We were so blessed that things happened the way they did and we were all safe!

Our Truck and the Mercedes that hit me.

The truck that started the whole thing.

The whole intersection