Gilroy Gardens

Last week we went to Gilroy Gardens. This is a great place to spend a day. It is reasonably priced and really beautiful. The gardens and waterfalls are great.
Here are some photos from our day.

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Happy Birthday Riley

Happy 1st. Birthday Riley
All the kids got together for sprinklers, and hotdogs. It was a fun day!

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Ashlyn dumps a couple of cups a water on Riley's head

All the kids are going down the slipn' slide.

Ashlyn is on a chicken run!

The kids really had a lot of fun!

Riley gets his own cupcake and is lovin' it!

More cake

Lovin' the cupcake

Ben's Broken Arm

On May 3rd Ben was at the park with his grandmother and he fell of the slide and broke his arm. He had to have surgery to put everything back together. Here are some photos.

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Michelle Obama

This weekend I got to watch UC Merced’s inaugural commencement ceremony. The keynote speaker was Michelle Obama, and she delivered a great speech. This campus put in a lot of effort to secure her for this event. Her message was a good one. I was really excited because I got a great seat. I sat about four rows back from the front. It was a tad bit hot…101 but I only had to wait five hours!

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March of Dimes Walk

Lynda, Ashlyn, Ben, and myself did the March of Dimes walk this year. When we were finished there was a great slide that Ben and Ashlyn had a blast.
Here are some videos.

We spent spring break in San Francisco, and took Ben. He had a great time. We went to Pier 39 and looked at the sea lions. We also went to the Natural History Museum. Although very cool, everyone in northern California was also there. Here are some photos and video.

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This one is of the fish going around in circles

This is a very cool video of the jellies

This is my brave Ben! This was the first time he touched the starfish, and after he did he wanted to do it again!

Peir 39 Sea Lions

Another first for Ben!

This was at the Natural History Museum.

You are getting sleepy!
This is a penjelem that tells time.

Welcome Home!

I was very happy to watch my dad's plane touch down in Stockton yesterday. It was very emotional, and I am so happy he is home. Ben has been waiting patiently too. The night prior to his arrival, I went to check on him before I went to bed, and as I opened the door he shot upright in bed and asked "Is it time to go to the airport?" Here are some photos and video of the arrival. Don't forget to click on the photos within the smilebox page to make them larger.

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This video is shakie. I had to lift my arm up over a lady in front of me, so if you get motion sick you probably should not watch this one!

This one is a little shakie too.

Ashlyn saying Hi to Grandpa

This is a short video of Riley at the airport.

After leaving the airport, we all went back to my mom and dad's house. Here is Riley trying really hard to crawl.

This is such a cute kid.