Dan's Annual Taco Feed

On Saturday the 8th my birthday fun continued! Our friend Dan has his annual Taco Feed every July. The Ghost Riders (who literally travel by stage coach and dress in period gear) come through and Dan lets them camp on his (and Sabra's) property. They have the Taco Feed each year which is always a blast! They make tacos (complete w/cactus and everything!) and everyone brings a side dish.

Justin got to pet his first horse with Grandpa Bob!

I got to experience Jacob's first pinata....I was a little apprehensive...I can see what he can do WITHOUT a stick...so giving him one.....he had a lot of fun!!!!

I love this picture....Jacob sure had fun testing his walking skills over all the different terrain!

The pinata finally let loose and you can see Justin, and the other kids, going for the goods!

Jacob had more fun playing with the pinata after it was finished!

Every year they have this band as well and they are great!

Awwww!

Yee Haw!!!!

We all had a really great time!

They had so much wonderful food I thought Jacob would just devour (John even made his famous guac) but all he wanted was the lime tortilla chips!

Jacob had his first lollipop...courtesy of the pinata!

John got this video clip while I was with Jacob by the pinata!

Crystal Peak

As part of my birthday weekend we took Spidey up to Crystal Peak. It used to be a crystal mine, and now people go up there and you bring shovels and picks and you can dig for crystals! We had a ton of fun!

Jacob likes it in Spidey!

Here we are on the road!

The scenery is so gorgeous...the weather was absolutely perfect!

First we drove up to Boca.

This is where we stopped and had our Subway sandwiches!

Jacob enjoys the bumpiest parts!!! He is going to be a ringer for Disneyland! Yippee!!!

The sign says that you are allowed to fill 1 5-gallon bucket, per vehicle, each week. I guess, since a lot of the rock is white, people were taking it for landscaping purposes. They would literally fill up a pickup truck bed over and over again!

John is up by some Quartz rocks.

Some were such a pretty color of green and blue!

You really realize how far off the ground you are when you see Jacob next to the big ol' tires!

This is the kind of stuff you sift through to find the crystals!

The boys on the hunt!!!

Neat stuff, truly!

Jacob and I had his picnic lunch while John and Justin went further down the side to see what they could find!

It's a beautiful view!

Here we are on our way back down!

Jacob conked out on the way home! I think all the rocking and bumping put him to sleep!

Here is some video of the drive!

Here are the boys on the way up having fun!

Pictures of Jake

Gram-Gram and Granddad visited last week and we had a blast! Jacob sure "hams" it up for Gram-Gram! As soon as he sees her red light on her camera.....he just poses for her! She got some great shots of him and I'm not afraid to say I stole them from her blog! I tried to take some too, but he likes her camera better!

We were saying "Cheeeeeeese" and he LOVED it!

Here is his "Rock Star" pose.

See what I mean??? The kid just POSES for Gram-Gram! Too funny! I had a bit of fun with his hair...Mom and I kept saying he was Doc Brown!!!

"I'm going to take you BACK....to the Future!!!"

Football Has Started!

Monday football practice officially started! Justin is on the Renegades and so far he is having a BLAST! Last week was "conditioning week" and Wednesday they got all their gear. We are lucky; it's brand new this year! Next week they get to practice with all their gear on!!!
Here are some pictures from practice.

Their colors are red and gray.

Jacob was having fun cruising around in his shades and flirting with the ladies!

Here is Justin getting his gear.

One excited kid....

Lookin' good!!!!

Jacob was getting some tips from one of the Jr. Coaches and was loving every minute of it!

My Mom got some GREAT pictures of Justin and his team; check out her blog too! The link is on the top right of my blog site!

Mamma Mia!

Wow...Mamma Mia is right! While watching the movie together and playing on the couch, Jacob scooted off the couch, and then climbed right back up by himself! And here I thought it was the other boys messing up the couch cover.....LOL. The couch cover makes a good grabbing point! Jacob also managed to let me get some of his "groovin' to the music" on video!