COOL RIDER

I found this power wheel at a garage sale and Grandpa Jim was so good to charge it for Nixon!

We had a fun Sunday evening ride!

Nixon and Mommy having a race.

Tie Die FHE

We had a Tie Die Party with the Sumner - Vonasek family last week. Chris is Sure Tie Die is coming back with a vengeance! Thank you for teaching us so many cool techniques! You were all experts! We feel we have skills now! We'll have to take a picture of the finished products. I made some cute burp rags for the baby and Chris made about 4 shirts! Crazy!!!

Heward-Jackson Tahoe Reunion!

What a great weekend! Aub and I planned a reunion trip with our siblings and some of our cousins along with our friends Boyd and Brittney. It was so nice to get together and have our spouses getting to know everyone better as well. We used to do these reunions with my mom's side when we were little, but the family just slowly became too big and too busy. It was time to do it again. One of the neatest parts was staying where we used to stay when we were little. We met up in North Star (Tahoe) at the Stones cabin. I loved reminiscing and laughing about all of the funny memories. It's amazing how different a place can look with adult eyes. It did feel bigger when I was 9, but the funny thing is... I haven't really grown much since then! Oh well!!!

We celebrated Brandon and Ben's Birthday at an interesting German restaurant. What an experience... schnitzel anyone?

Serious laughs in the place!
Errin & Brandon

Joelle & Ben -Aub & Mike

The Group! What a nice looking bunch!

We wanted to go dancing one night and this is all we could find without going to south shore! We were the life of the party!

All 14 of us fit at ONE enormous table! This cabin is amazing!


Mike working on some dance moves... then crashing with Boyd!

We found some cute beach. Jeff, Teresa, & baby

The Jackson Gals

Chris and Mike showing off some skills!

BBQ night and then Sushi night

We really didn't eat all of the time!

And last but not least, we made time to enjoy the club house and pools.

Let's plan next years trip!

Tahoe-Fallen Leaf Lake Weekend

Ryan, Michelle, And Ocean came Labor Day weekend to spend some time at the THOMPSON cabin. We love being together and enjoying all of the family traditions. We do very similar things every trip to Fallen Leaf. It can be a little repetitive at times, but we really would never want to do it any other way. It is so beautiful up there that you HAVE to do it the same so you don't miss any of it's grand splendor.

This is the cute, romantic chapel where Chris and Shannah were christened. And the Falls on the way to Lily Lake.

Nixon was practicing cutting his own food. (getting quite good at it!) And Grandma Thompson and Mazzy practicing colors. So cute!

Going down to the Dock. Labor day weekend was Pretty chilly! I froze my bunz off, unlike Michelle and Chris(kind of) who took some leisure swims! Michelle was training for a triathlon that next weekend and showed us ALL up by getting in that water TWICE!

We love riding around in the back of the truck! One of my favorite things actually!

Baldwin beach sand day.


Relaxing grandpa and adorable Ocean and Mazzy!

Nixon is a School Boy!

Nixon is going on week 3 of pre-school already! We love being home so we can enjoy Mrs. Sharon! She has been apart of our lives for a long time. Sharon was one of my Young Women leaders, our Wedding photographer, and now Nixon's special teacher! She has quite the reputation of the best preschool in Orangevale! We love you Mrs. Sharon!!!