Cody always deserves his own posts. He is the best dog ever. We are so lucky. He makes us smile and say awwww always from his sleeping positions to his ball craziness to his silly antics…..trying to play ball in the house, rolling in wet grass, and putting his ball in water balls. Here are some pics. The picture of him sitting looking at the fence, well one of his balls went over the wall. Poor guy needs to play with the ball he starts with. If it is lost or over the wall, he goes in search mode wagging that tail like crazy to find it.
I have a lot of catching up to do. This will probably be crazy out of order but let me see what I can remember. We had such a great winter with snow this year. Finding the time to go to the mountains is the tricky part. We ended up doing a day trip which was great. We went up to Wrightwood, so only about an hour away. The snow was awesome, so much of it. We had a great time sledding and snow play. Here are some pics:
Nikki has had a great year playing her trombone. Her concerts are amazing. She has such a great teacher. Unfortunately not a lot of friends in this symphonic band but a great experience.
We finally made it to Universal Studios. Bret and I liked the tour a bit more than the kiddos. They did like the flooding and the earthquake part. The Harry Potter land was really cool to look at but none of us are fans. I think The Simpsons World was the best. Justin got a Krusty burger and both kids got a Slushy. Most of the rides are all simulator rides, so once you ride one, they are all the same. The downtown universal is awesome and touristy. We played in a few stores and just walked around.
Well Universal Studios got in the way of April Fools Day. I think my family purposely planned to be gone that day so I couldn’t pull any stunts. It was difficult but I still planned a few. Turned Justin’s keyboard into a rainbow. Kate the Jeep is always the brunt of my jokes. She got decked out with Easter Eggss. I sent Nikki a glitter bomb in mail but it wasn’t too exciting. I have been wanting a Range Rover so dad stuck an emblem on my car.
We went on a great easy hike to the Redwoods in Brea. Got some cute pics.
In February, I took Justin to LAX to watch planes. It was so cool and we got to see lots of planes. Unfortunately, J really wanted to see some big planes. It seemed like every time we saw a big plane, we were on the wrong run way side. I thought I saved lots of money parking on the street, wrong, I ended up with a parking ticket. HA HA Besides the ticket, it was a fun day with J and complete with In N Out Burger.
Nikki should have been born in cold weather where people stay up all night. She is my night owl, total opposite of me. Running in the rain and smiling the entire time.
In April, we went to eat at Old Spaghetti Factory and followed it up with a fun visit to the beach. We played frisbee and just hung out as a family. I loved taking pictures
