Future Car for James

James would like to get a car like this after dental school. He was checking this one out at the car show.

Halloween 2010

Kaitlyn was an angel, Ella was a black cat and Andrew was a football player (again).
Earlier in the day there was an old time car show at Heritage Park right by the girls school. We had fun seeing all the colors and styles of cars. Later, we went to old downtown La Verne, where the little stores were handing out candy. The kids had fun being interviewed for t.v. by the University of La Verne film students. Our ward had a dinner and trunk or treat that evening. It was a full, fun Saturday filled with activities. I was happy to find that the kids didn't even think they were missing out on anything the next day, Sunday, which was really Halloween. Plus, we have enough candy for a very long time. We barely got rid of the last of their Valentine candy!

Ella being silly in the car waiting to pick up Kaitlyn after school. It was western day, she doesn't always wear a bandanna in her hair.

Andrew had a Halloween party with his Primary teacher and class. He has all boys in his class and only one girl! He sure enjoys having his own friends that are boys.

October 2010

It has been such beautiful weather here! I love it! I took the kids to a pumpkin patch at Cal Poly Pomona and had them take pictures with the pumpkins. We ended up getting ours from the grocery store. :) The kids just wanted to run and run through all the pumpkins in this large field.

Move to La Verne August 2010

We moved to La Verne, California August 2010. It was a challenge moving yet again and trying to get settled into a new place, with James starting orientation days later. My grandma and parents came down for his White Coat Ceremony. That was really nice to have their support and show them Western University.



I must have spent the better part of the first month cleaning our little place. It was tough work. I took the kids and met up with a few other moms and their kids for a day of sand and sun. The beach is about 45 minutes away! We also went to Redlands for Jaden's birthday. The kids got to swim there too! Beautiful weather!



I got the kids all registered in school (they missed the last two months of school when we moved). The girls were able to start school in the middle of August in 4th and 2nd grades. Kaitlyn has been to different schools for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades! Andrew started in a preschool 3 days a week in the afternoons. He has two boys from his primary class in preschool too! The kids have all made friends quickly and it has made the adjustment to our third move in less than a year much easier! Hopefully we can stay here for the next four years and the kids can have some stability.

Swim Fun! Summer 2010

These boys had such a blast playing together. Andrew loved being among other boys! (Andrew Bell, Owen and Liam Kellogg)



James had a 5 week course down at Western University over the summer. He would come back on the weekends to Fresno. The kids were in the pool 6 days a week! We also went to see free kid movies at the theater and there were lots of summer programs at the library. Erin came up to visit once and Kelly and her kids would come over lots to play with the cousins. I was fun to be around family.

Disneyland June 2010

When we moved to Fresno, we took a family trip to Disneyland. Vanessa met us out there and we had a blast. So nice to have the kids old enough, no diapers, bottles and big strollers this time around! Andrew was just tall enough to go on California Adventure, which we went on a few times, since all the kids loved it so much. James, Nessa, Kaitlyn and Ella went on the Tower of Terror for one of their first rides, I was impressed. That ride is not for me. Ella did say she wouldn't do it again. I think it may be our last big vacation until after James is done with dental school. But that's okay.

San Francisco for Jeremy's Graduation from UOP.

This was a fun day trip we took up to San Francisco. It was nice to see James' parents, Josh and Emily, Sarah and Jeremy. And of course my kids were thrilled to see their cousin, Jane.

A 9 Month Vacation in Vegas

When we lived in Vegas, James was finishing up applying to dental school and taking a few classes at UNLV. We had fun exploring all there was to do in Vegas, family orientated of course :)

I got very proficient in coupon shopping and loved finding super cheap deals. Kaitlyn was in ballet and had activity days. Ella did karate and Andrew went to preschool and took a sports class. We loved the warm winter. We lived there from Sept 2009 and moved the end of May 2010 (missing the hottest part of the year).

Kaitlyn was in a charity fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House with her dance studio, so that's one of the pictures. The other is one of us in front of the famous "welcome to Las Vegas" sign. We figured we had to get that before we moved.