Summer/Fall 2011

Its been a busy busy summer and fall this year, like always! We have been on the road for 6 weekends in a row and wont be "home" for a weekend until 2 more weeks....exhausting but fun!

Some of the fun things we've done this summer include:
1. A Trip to the San Fransisco Zoo and Sunole with Tiffany and her family. We had a great time and can't wait to join them again sometime soon! Macie had a blast at the zoo...so much to see and do.

2. I cut my hair off! It seems to happen every time I get pregnant LOL  I chopped it above the shoulders, and LOVE it! Its easier to do and less weight dragging me down. Plus with a little one short hair is the way to go!

3. Thirty things while 30 lists!  Tiff and I came up with a fun idea to create a list of 30 things that we want to accomplish while we are 30...to prove to ourselves that we are young and capable and that 30 is just another number. Can't wait to get started checking things off the list.

4. Trinity Lake Camping! We took our first trip to Trinity Lake this summer with an ex-coworker of mine (Yolynn) and had such a great time. Her and her family and friends stayed on a house boat on the lake with jet skis and ski boats...while Nick and I took our trailer up and our little fishing boat. The boat worked out well after we tried to sink it several times! Nick put the boat in the lake and and took off to go park the truck, leaving me, a 2 yr old and 2 dogs on the dock....when I noticed the boat was filling with water...HA  We forgot to put the plug in : - )  Then we set adrift, only to get a few hundred feet from the dock and the motor wouldn't run...then we remembered we didn't put the new ores in the boat...HA...you could say we are a little "green" at the boating scene : - ) We went for a nice little hike in the mountains and then enjoyed some houseboat time. Macie wasn't so hot on the jet skis...she went for a short ride and quickly wanted OFF! But she LOVED the boat rides : - ) She even got to tube with the older girls around the "no wake" zone. Our dogs of course got to come too and were so well behaved sitting on the shore next to the houseboat for hours.

5. Labor Day at the Woods'! We did a big Labor Day shin-dig this year at our house, it was tons of fun and saved us the hassle of driving! GiGi and GiPa Lee got hotel, Dave and Andrea stayed in our house trailer, dad brought his trailer over and housed Dustin, Krista and Gusto as well. We had a fun filled weekend of beaches, agates, motorcycle riding, shopping, dinners and more!
6. Bill Spoon's Wedding - We took a mini-vaca trip to Redding and stayed in a hotel on the weekend of 9-10-11. It was just a quick overnight trip but good to get away. We got to swim in the pool and enjoy some sunshine!

7. Deer Hunting - This year we hunted early season which started 9-17 and we also hunted 9-23. We seen a handful of deer but nobody killed anything...what a bum! Deer Tag stew just isn't very filling! It was HOT and dry, but we just really enjoyed the weekend with dad and Krista/Dustin...its all about those precious moments with family now-a-days.
8. Macie's Birthday Party - We celebrated Macie's birthday a litte early this year since I was only a few weeks from my due date. We did it at Capre Acres this year, the kids loved the park! We had a horse pinata (a bunch of 2-3 yr olds with a bat...scary!), opened lots of presents, enjoyed delicious and oh-so-cute cake/cupcakes made by Micheal, and enjoyed the hot weather!

9. Pumpkin Patch 10-8-11 - through all the chaos this summer we still managed to squeeze in a trip to the pumpkin patch of course. Macie got to ride the mini horse buggy which she was in heaven about. We ended up buying 130 lbs of pumpkin for 50 bucks, wow that's a lot of pumpkin! When we got home, we decided to decorate our pumpkins on the front lawn, Macie loved making the spiders : - )
10. Nick's Mom, Tori and Thomas came to visit!  10-22-11 To end the summer of fun we had Nick's family over for a visit, we had a ton of fun seeing them as always. We went to beach & agate hunted, enjoyed a great dinner at the Steelhead in Klamath, scarfed down Los Bagels for breakfast, made my belly cast, and just really had a great relaxing weekend with friends and family.

11. The Circus - 10-30-11 - The last weekend before baby was due, we went to the Circus in Eureka. It was ok...Macie enjoyed it and thats all that matters : - ) They didn't have many animals, but Macie got to ride a pony in a circle, and the Elephant....which she was so good at! I thought she would get in line and then panic when it was her turn to get on...but she hopped right on and smiled the whole time...it was great!