Dinosaur Park

A couple months ago Kelly came to the Dinosaur Park with the kids and I out in Cabazon. It was nice to get out of the house and get some sun.


Porter was a little afraid to go near the dinosaurs.





This was the only one he would touch.


They had a Dino dig where you dig in sand for big rocks with Dino names and return them for prizes. Porter just wanted to play in the sand so I ended up finding the Dino rocks.





Here is Porter with his Dino rock.


They had a mining area and Porter loved playing in the water and with thhe little toys and rocks.


Annie got the closest to the dinos. Good thing Aunt Kelly was there to keep her from getting eaten.


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Cousin Races

Porter loves to play with his cousins. A few weeks ago we had most of them at our house and we were doing races on the lawn. Some of the races were crab crawling, bunny hop, frog jumping and running. As you can see by the pictures, Porter may have been last in all the races but he loves to participate with the older kids.































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Popsicles

I made coconut cream pops the other day and thought I might let you enjoy the recipe and some cute pics of us enjoying them. Porter loved them but Job is not a big fan of Popsicles in general.





Porter with his cousin Aubrey, she played with us yesterday while her mom was taking a final.





Coconut cream pops

Cinnamon to taste
2 tsp coconut extract
1/2 cup shredded coconut
12 oz Fat free evaporated milk
14 oz lite coconut milk
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Mix together and pour in molds

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Cheesapalooza

We had the first Jones' Cheesapalooza last night. There were six couples and each couple brought a cheese and drink. Job and I added crackers, apples and brownies. It was a ton of fun.








Most of the cheeses all lined up. They were so yummy!








We gave awards out. Here is a list of some ideas. As they ate the cheeses they would write next to it what award they thought it should get.








Ashley, Jared, Joseph, and Kelly Jones. (2 of the 5 Jones' boys)








Job, Lindsey and Karson Gaskins








Brenden Gaskins, Jennie and Robby Krepps








Robby Krepps, David and Julie Hettinger








We then played a game of pictionary. We wrote words or phrases down (girls for the boys and boys for the girls) and alternated team's turns. We kept adding to each other's stacks as needed or wanted. Some of the words were hard, like Jennie here is drawing micro management.








The Hettingers playing pictionary








A few pictures of some of the cheeses and what got written by them


























A list of the cheeses: buffalo wing cheddar, gouda, le gruyere, Swiss, original Swiss, reserved cheddar, easy cheese, Brie, fontina, dubliner, and missing from the list is a cheese from a tub, maybe a cheddar kind.








Cheesapalooza was tons of fun and totally on my do often list. Try it out.

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Porter's Birthday

Porter was gearing up for his 2 birthday all week. Job's work was having an office party at a 66er's minor league game. We told Porter he was going to a baseball game for his birthday and that was all he talked about. During the game they displayed the company's name on the board (Bosco Legal) and said happy birthday to Porter.



As part of the office package, the kids were able to play in the kid's zone, which we were lucky to find out that they had this ball toss game. You can see the ball Porter threw. He loved this game.


Daddy and Porter hanging out at the game. Porter is wearing his Elmo shirt he got from his daddy.


Mommy, Annie and the 66er's mascot Bert. As you can tell Annie is not a fan of Bert and obviously Porter was not either because he would not even go near Bert.


Overall, I think Porter's birthday was a success because Porter is still talking about the baseball park and the cupcakes he had. FYI: Porter had 3 cupcakes and a cookie for his dinner, not my first choice but I guess a kid only turns 2 once.

Stradlings in San Diego

Last Sunday we went down to see some good friends, the Stradlings, who were vacationing in San Diego. We hadn't seen them in over two years, so it was fun to catch up and meet each other's kids (some for the first time). We talked and walked down to the beach. Porter had a BLAST playing in the sand. He even decided to try it out. It must have tasted good because he went back for seconds, and thirds, and fourths.



Jarom, Jonny, Job and Porter

all the boys: Jonny, Jarom, Travis, Job and Porter. Porter found a little kite in the sand and so we tested it out. To our amazement it flew really well. The boys took turns flying it. It stayed in San Diego so Jarom could enjoy it all week on the beach.





Our family on the beach

The whole gang: Job, Porter, Brittney, Annie, Emilee, Travis, Jonny, and Jarom

Emilee and I were playing matchmaker. As you can tell, Travis is enjoying himself and Annie is NOT. Maybe she feels like he us getting a little too frisky. What do you think?

Cute Kiddos

Just a few cute pictures of my two cute kids.

Memorial Day Weekend

Over Memorial weekend we went up to Job's parent's lake house in Crestline. Job's brother Joseph and his wife Kelly joined us and my sister Christina came down from Manteca as well. We enjoyed the weekend with lots of yummy food, movies, games, geo caching and playing ball. It was a very relaxing weekend, one worth needing.