Family 2010

Halloween Rock Band

Halloween 2010

Halloween lasted 4 days this year. It gets crazier and crazier. Thursday was Mason's preschool party, Friday was Jarron's school party where Jarron was a vampire and Mason was a skeleton......again. Saturday we had our Rock Band Halloween party at our house and then finally Sunday was actually Halloween with trick or treating. Whew!!!!

Jarron, Mason, Cameron, and Kayla

Halloween night they changed their minds and went as Batman and a Bug

Animal Zoo

The creations these boys think up! They took all their books of the shelves and created an animal zoo.

Mt. Lemmon camping

We went camping at the end of September and had a blast. The boys got to use knives, light the campfire, fish, and lots and lots of hiking. They loved every minute of it! They were even asking to go to bed because they were so excited about the tent and their new sleeping bags. Eric and I loved it too, we used to do quite a bit of camping before we had the boys. The morning after we came home Eric said "I sure do miss the camp fire". Nothing like getting up before sunrise and having coffee by the camp fire!

Rose Canyon Lake, not a single nibble and we were out there from 6:30 am to 9:30 am. Jarron is a natural caster, Mason worked hard but still needed help. I am so proud of my boys. They worked setting up camp, cleaning up camp, and lots of hiking and never complained. We had a great family bonding trip. We will definitely do this twice a year now.

Mt. Lemmon camping #2

We found crawdads in a stream flowing into Rose Canyon Lake. Jarron loved trying to catch them.

Mason loved the worms!

We had the best campsite. It was a hike to get to but we had lots of privacy and the whole wilderness in our backyard.

Madera Canyon

Bottle Rocket

The boys love "Beakman's World" and want to do all the experiments he does. This is the homemade bottle rocket. They learned Newton's law of action/reaction and they totally get it because of this experiment! Here are my little scientists.

Going
Going
Going
GONE....................You can see it upper right.
Dr. Jarron Eugene Eichenmiller and Dr. Mason Windu Eichenmiller

Mud and Quads

We had a great rain, the washes were running. This is the first time the boys rode their quads in the mud. They loved it, all three of them!

Mason is always so serious when he rides.

Jarron waving and of course standing up because he loves to do tricks.

Mason showing me the mud splattered on his legs.

And then there is Eric who stole the quad and had some fun. The boys loved chasing him around to try and get their ride back :)

Giant Desert Centipede

Eric found this centipede at his work the other night and of course brought him home. We now have a new pet (when will it end?).

Jarron and Mason

Jarron started piano lessons at the U of A and loved it! His teacher is a Yale graduate from Bulgaria that is working on her doctorate. I couldn't resist this photo op in the courtyard outside of the Music Hall, it is so beautiful and artsy.

Disneyland 1

In April 2010 we took the boys to Disneyland for the first time. Disneyland is truly the "Happiest Place On Earth". It is where Eric and I went for our honeymoon almost 10 years ago and where we vacationed when we were pregnant with Jarron 6 years ago. I have the fondest memories of my Mother taking me when I was young and a teenager and I couldn't wait to share this magical place with my boys. To make it even more special, our best friends Bobby, Lori, and Robbie met us there. We called ourselves the "Lucky &" because everywhere we went together we had good luck following us.

We spent 2 days at Disneyland and 1 day at California Adventures. I was so proud of my boys, they rode every ride that their height allowed, which was most of them. We even fudged a little for some rides by stuffing their shoes to make them taller. They loved every fast spin, drop, and fall. We rode Space Mountain 3x (my favorite) and some of the other favorites twice. They even rode on the Tower of Terror and loved it. I hated it, they are braver than I am!

This is the countdown we made because we were all sooooooo excited for our adventure.

ToonTown



Jarron and Robbie checking out the map to see where we will go next.

Disneyland 2

California summer 2010

My mom, Lori's mom, my boys, and I drove 2 days to Folsom, California to visit our best friends the Martinez family. We enjoyed the weather and lushness of Northern California. We stayed busy going to Gymnastics and Karate with Robbie, Playing at splash parks, going to the beach and river, and most enjoyable, playing in their backyard. It is beautiful with its numerous trees, hedges, ground covering, flowers, and perfect grass.

Slip and Sliding

Finding slugs, snails, and worms

Oh my

We went on yet another adventure and rode the Light Rail into Sacramento. I don't think Lori will ever recover from that day! We got lost and met some shady characters but we survived :)

On the way home we stopped at a Cheese factory along the 99 that was a quaint little place. It had a small petting zoo, antique signs and furniture, BBQ tri tip sandwiches, ice cream parlor, and this fantastic tree house. You can climb up 6 levels and on each level, the kids can look out the window and honk a horn. Way cool!