Top Ten awards Aug. 16, 2010

Me and Jeremy at the Top Ten Awards.

The Dessert. It was Heaven on Earth!
Me trying to pic of us.
Dancing with the girls!!

First Day of School!

First Day of School.

August 16, 2010

Madelyn starts 6th Grade.

Brayden starts 2nd Grade.

Cole starts Kindergarten.

2 Big milestones in our life.

At the pool!

At the pool with our friends.

The boys having fun!

Cole and me at Great America

Me and Cole were chillin out waiting for the others to get off a ride.

L.A. Trip Aug. 2010

The kids at Wilderness Park
Lincoln in the picnic basket
At the beach
Playing video games
Lego Land
This is what kids do when they have to stand in line for 45 min! I hate lines!
Madelyn, Brayden, and Ben




Brayden and Jackson with their Fedora's

Strawberry picking

Brayden and his good friend Jack.
Madelyn and Dawn

Took the kids on a hike- we saw this baby dear. It lost its momma a few weeks earlier.

The boys tried to get as close as possible.

Alcatraz July 2010

On our boat ride to Alcatraz.
WARNING!

Approaching Alcatraz.
First stop. Brayden and Cole looking at a model of Alcatraz
Abandoned building. They are condemned.Pics of the kids walking

The Shower room
When you had to stay in these cells, you were only able to come out for 1 hr. per day.

The biggest cells in the main prison.

The boys seeing what its like in a regular sized cell.Dawn coming out of one of the darkened isolation rooms.

This was the Library.
This is the recreation area.
The view from the prison to San Francisco.
March 21, 1963

Alcatraz Closure Day. 1500 Men left the prison that day.

The last one to leave said," Alcatraz was never no good for nobody."

The kids walking back to the boat docking area.
Dawn and Me on the ferry boat!

The feeling I got at Alcatraz was a sad feeling. A very cold, sad, and empty feeling.

I am so glad we got the opportunity to go and take the kids. It has a lot of history, and I could feel that. As we were leaving, Dawn and I were talking about Alcatraz at night, and what goes on there in the dark........

Dawn and Madelyn at Great America

Jelly Belly Factory