Sorry

Friends and family sorry I have not updated the family blog in a long time. We have been busy, stressed, and everything else. I plan on updating it this weekend. Thank you.

A Valderrama Easter

Easter this year was a lot like Christmas. The night before Dylan and Brooke were in bed before 9PM(that hardly ever happens) then after they were asleep Melanie and myself got the Easter baskets ready. Then as everyone was sleeping at 4:30am Dylan and Brooke woke up and were ready to check there baskets. Melanie was able to get them to lay there for about another half hour then they were up and ready to go to excited. So they had to wake me up. Then they got their baskets and found Easter eggs. That is why Easter is a lot like Christmas for us.

Playing in the snow

Over the Christmas week it snowed everyday. Some days worse than others. After all said and done we got about 2 feet of snow. After the snow plows came through our street we had some mounds of snow. So Dylan and Brooke along with some of there friends went out to play in the snow and do some sledding. Brooke loved it and Dylan not so much. I remember growing up and taking trips to mountains of Southern Cali and go tubing and sledding. One time when I was tubing I went down the hill and into this turn and on the other side of of the turn was a tree waiting for me. I hit that tree and I ended up with this huge not on my forehead. The memories of sledding.

Snow

It is always nice to have the first real snow of the season. After that it is great if the snow does not come back. The snow maybe pretty to look at but I do miss the California sun. If I had a choice I would live in Utah but with the California weather. I have never been much into trying the winter sports but I do like the summer sports. Being on the lake at Lake Powell or Lake Havasu is better than freezing your you know what off on an frozen mountain.

Trick Or Treat





It's that time to dress up and get candy. My kids were excited for Halloween. Before it was dark the kids where ready to go trick or treating. My parents were in town so they came over to take the kids. So before they came I took the kids around to a few homes until my parents came, and when they got here we where ready to go. By the time we were ready to go it started to rain. So we went trick or treating in the rain. Dylan dressed up as a racecar driver and Brooke dressed up as a BYU cheerleader. They got lots of candy and wet. There was a couple of houses that really decorated their porch so well that Dylan was to scared to go up, but Brooke on the other hand as long as myself or grandma or grandpa went with her she went up to the scary porch. The kids like all other kids got lots of candy. How was your Halloween?

The Zoo

Also during our tip to Cali the kids wanted to go to the LA Zoo. So we took them there too and my parents were able to come. It is a fairly big zoo. The kids had a great time even though it was about 100 degrees that day. We saw a cool bird show. Dylan liked the Bear, elephants, Zebras, and the Giraffe. The Giraffe was his favorite though because of its long neck. Brooke liked the Tiger, Hippo, and the Flamingos. She likes the Flamingos the best because they are Pink. The kids had a good time at the zoo.

California Trip

We recently got back from our trip to California. We had fun. I enjoyed the 95 degree plus weather. I am sad that I had to return to snowy Utah. While we were in California one thing we did was go to Disneyland because Brooke has never been and Dylan went when he was about 3(he is 7 now). Disneyland was decorated for Halloween with a "Nightmare Before Christmas" theme at the Haunted House. It was cool since that is one of Brooke's favorite movies. Dylan loved Autopia and Buzz Lightyear. Brooke loved Ice Mountain(Matterhorn), Thunder Mountain, and Pirates of the Carribean (she takes after her dad that way). The kids had a great time. Brooke got to meet Mickey Mouse (so did Dylan, but he refused to have his picture taken with him).