August started off with a bang. On Monday the 1st the kids and I went to the Fresno Zoo. Daddy actually had a meeting down in Fresno so we bummed a ride with him and he dropped us off for the day at the zoo. It was so much fun just taking our time looking at everything. We were able to make every show and zoo keeper talk. We were a few minutes late to the flamingo talk and missed the whole thing. The zoo keeper ended up giving us a private lesson which was wonderful. It was so much fun and made me even more grateful that we got the annual pass. It was a very hot day but with all the shade, ice cream and Slurpee's we did great.
We stumbled upon the fossil area and the kids had a blast. They would have stayed their all day if I let them.
Daddy picked us up and then we did a little shopping and dinner at Red Robins. We had to hurry home for our annual Monday night Bachlorette party with our friends. Every Monday night Susan, Amy, Deanna, Eric, Spencer and I watch Bachlorette. It has been a lot of fun laughing, talking and munching on the best desserts ever! 8/1 was the season finale so we got a little more fancy.
Tuesday 8/2 we were woken up by a crazy naked man (he did have tiny boxer shorts on) trying to get in our house. It was like 6am when he started pounding on the door. Both Spencer and I ran downstairs. The man was convinced that he was coming to our house to visit a girl he knew. When we finally got him to believe us that it was the wrong house he was off to our neighbors. We called the cops and they took care of it. He was very intoxicated and actually had a warrant out for his arrest. It made for an interesting morning for sure.
I have been promising the kids a walk with glow sticks all summer. We walk a lot but never late at night. It was fun but after the crazy man they were not feeling a late night walk.
Wednesday 8/3 we got a little craft bug going so we worked on some fun stuff.
I'm in love with this banner the kids made for the Olympics.
Thursday 8/4 we had a dual play date with Ander and Kendall. The kids made homemade pizzas for dinner that night.
Friday 8/5 we spent most of the day at the pool. They have a kid program in the summer for kids who's parents work. Carrie was there so it was fun for the kids to meet up and play.
Friday night Aubrey made really cute Olympic torches for the Supinger Olympic party the next day.
Saturday 8/6 was the Supinger Olympic party at the Stockton Supinger's house. It was such a fun party and a great idea. Aunt Angie did a great job. The e-mail invitation said to bring white shirts to make our own or wear matching shirts. We also all had a country assigned to each family. Every family was to bring some kind of dish from their country to share and which family was asked to make a skit/dance to introduce the members of our family. Spencer really want our country to be Venezuela (where he served his mission). For our dish we made Arepas which is something he ate a lot of down there. We made up a family dance to a song called Alone by Marshmallow that turned out amazing if I do say so myself! As for the shirt I'm always down with making matching shirts. The funny thing was we arrived to the party with other clothes on and then revealed our shirts durning our dance it was really awesome! It was so funny because everyone knows that I love making matching shirts so to arrive with not matching clothes and then present it the way we did was really cool. After our meal of Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Venezuelan and American we did our dances and then the games began.
We wore sweat shirts over our shirts for the dance.
After the dances (ours was the best btw!) the games started. First up was a cup game that Aubrey did for our team and she got I bronze metal in that. Then it was water balloon toss.
Carter really took one for the team and did both the messy challenges. Water balloons and then a pie eating contest.
He was up against some big cousins and Uncle David. He did really good and had a blast doing it!
After pie eating I did the cornhole game (which I'm pretty good at thanks to Lynn Spain for getting us to play while we were on our cruise) we also did another ball throwing game
Then we did the ping pong in tissue box game. You have to wiggle until all your balls are out. Aubrey took home Gold in that one.
Then we did lip singing and all the men put on a great show.
After all the games we had a metal ceremony. It was the cutest event ever!!
Uncle Adam and Aunt Susan brought a pineta for all the kids to do since they were representing Mexico. The kids loved it and it was just icing on the cake.
I was proud of our shirts!
The party didn't stop there! It was time to celebrate Carter, Ben and Charlotte's birthdays. Such a cute story......I had texted Angie, "What is Charlotte want for her birthday?" her response "Anything Frozen" I really that info to Aubrey and Carter and Carter says in a serious voice, "Like an ice cube?" I was cracking up!
Carter loves getting spoiled. He also would not stop telling everyone it was his birthday even though his birthday was months ago.
Grandma and Grandpa and some of their grandchildren.
Mom and Dad and some of their sons. We were missing Craig and Kimball.
All the kids except for Terry and Craig
How cute is this! Aubrey loves Charlotte and she idolizes Aubrey.
It was a great day.
Tuesday 8/9 both Aubrey and I woke up sick. It was so weird being sick in the summer. We both had over 100 degree temperatures and just felt sick. We took the next few days to relax and get better.
Carter used the days to build all his new Lego sets. and of course shirtless.
He gets mad that in all his pictures he looks naked but that's what you get when the first thing he does when he walks in the house is takes his shirt off.
Thursday 8/11 we worked more on our fairy garden. Nana got them started at the begging of summer.
That day we meet dad for a pizza buffet lunch. Aubrey is so good at those grab games she wins every time.
Our garden is a work in progress but is looking really cute.
Friday 8/12 Daddy took the day off to play with us. First up lunch at the Hillmar Cheese Factory.
Then to Funland in Modesto for go cart racing
Really fun bupper cars
A round of mini golf.
more go cart racing.
Bumper boats
and a really fun indoor play place.
We had a blast as a family. I got a groupon and it was so perfect for a day trip. We will have to do that again. It's fun with the kids getting older we can try new things. Th ego carts were the best! After all that we went to the mall for some back to school shopping and then ended our night with a yummy dinner at Mimi's Cafe. It was a great day!
Saturday we did the gym and swimming all day.
and then can you believe it Sunday 8/14 the day before school was here! Wow where did the summer go? On Sunday the kids did their annual back to school fashion show for us.
They are too cute for words and I was super sad that our lazy summer days were coming to an end. It was time to pack our lunch boxes and get our backpacks ready. Ready or not the first day of school was tomorrow.
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