Cache Creek Tubing

Last week, on my birthday actually, Steve and I went tubing down Cache Creek with the youth for our big-fun-summer-Saturday activity. Neither of us had gone before and wasn't sure what to expect. I am use to the Provo River water, which is icy. Cache Creek was the perfect temperature. I think everyone had a blast. In all honesty it was probably a little to rough for such a pregnant lady with the rapids and all, but I had fun. It was a great way to spend my birthday and end the summer before school started.

Our group picture half way down the river.

Loading up at the church that morning.

Some of the YW.

Two of my Beehives.

Our matching $5.oo Walmart water shoes.

First day of School

The school year has begun! Today was my first day of school and it went pretty well. I am lucky enough to have a lot of the students that I had last year and that always makes things easier. The day went by fairly smoothly, I only wrote one referral and suspended that lone student. Can you imagine your kid getting suspended the first day of school? The sad news is Nicole my I.A. (instructional assistant) and great friend over the last 3 school years is leaving me to work at another school. She was nice enough to come for the first 2 weeks to help me set everything up though. Okay, the funniest quote of the day is from a student who was expelled around Christmas last year and is now back, so he didn't know I was pregnant. He walked into class today, took one look at me and said, "Did your boyfriend do that to you?" I said no, my husband and I chose to have a baby and he looked at me like what's the difference? Oh the generation of the future...

One last Hurrah for Summer!

I just got back from a "sister's week" in Laguna with 4 of my sisters, 1 sister-in-law, my mom and 2 babies. Laguna is the most beautiful place in all of California. If any of you have not spent time there, I'd advise you to plan a trip. My mom rented a house a block from the beach for the whole week. It was so nice to spend time with my sisters and mom in such a great place. My only complaint is I didn't take enough pictures!! Our location was perfect. We had a beautiful view of the ocean from our house. We spent a ton of time a the beach and in the little town looking at all the shops. We went the the Saw Dust festival as well as the Pageant of the Masters. Pageant of the Masters is where real people pose re-creating famous paintings and sculptures. It all looked so real! It was fun to try out a lot of new resturants all week.
Katherine, my brother's baby is still little so she was with us for the whole week. Oliver joined us for the last few days. It's always fun to have babies around to hold and love. I'll post some of the pictures I have. Hopefully my sisters took more and will email them to me, hint, hint...Here is me, Laura and Regan having lunch at Rubys at the end of the Huntington Beach Pier.

Laura Lynn smiling for the camera as she is walking up the hill.

Me and baby Katherine with her rosey cheeks!

Becky and Oliver riding the Laguna trolley.


One more funny thing. My dad took care of Oliver for 2 days while Becky was with us. Ollie's hair was getting a little long so my dad decided to take to liberty to cut it himself and did a horrible job! Sorry Dad, but it's true. So Becky had to take Oliver to get his first real big kid hair cut. He did not like it at all! Luckily, he had the hairy sucker to distract him =).

Where is the summer going?

Lots has been going on since we got back from Washington. My mom came up to help me decorate the nursery. Since I'm going back to work in August I want to get as much done as I can now. I painted, she sewed and we visited a lot of quilt and fabric stores. We make a good team. Steve's been helping with putting up chair rail, base board and crown molding. It is looking pretty good. Once it is all done I'll post some pictures. Last weekend I drove back to L.A. with my mom. I had an 3D ultrasound scheduled with a family friend and my best friend Laurel was having a bachelorette weekend. The ultrasound was really cool. Baby Boy Bonner is perfect. I took a picture of one of the pictures. Hopefully you can see everything. Laurel's weekend was fun. It was originally suppose to be for most of our college girlfriends who live all over the country to have a little reunion and celebrate Laurel's wedding. Her sister Katie and I were the only ones who actually came from out of town, but it was fun anyway. Lots of Laurel's good local friends were able to come. We had a shower on Friday night, went to the beach Saturday afternoon, then out to dinner and Dark Knight that night. We went to the Santa Monica Pier after the movie and got Slurpees. Laurel was coming up to Walnut Creek on Sunday, so I got to drive home with her. This week has been so nice because I've been able to relax! I am getting caught up on all those things around the house that I've been putting off. I have one more week of doing nothing, then it is down to L.A. again for the first annual Kelley sisters reunion. Mom has rented a house in Laguna and all my sisters and my sister-in-law Amanda are coming. Mom wants to make it a yearly tradition. Sounds good to me! I'm sure I'll have lots of pictures to post next time.

Twin Lakes, Bonner Reunion '08

Steve and I just got back from a week and a half of being with his family in Washington. We spend the 4th of July weekend in Richland and then headed for Twin Lakes (4-5 hours away) for a week. It was a special time because Steve's parents just returned from their mission and everyone was there, minus one husband. There are now 15 grand kids from ages 1-13, and 10 adults so things are busy- to say the least when we are all together. The Bonners have been going to Twin Lakes for around 30 years with friends and family. Now with every one's families growing it is getting a little crowded, but we made it work! There was a huge storm on Thursday, which knocked out all the power and water for two days. We were ruffing it! It's good to be home now and clean. I think I've gotten all the laundry done. My mom is coming tonight to help me with the nursery. I'll post pictures of what accomplish next week. Here are some pictures of Washington.

Here is Steve with Chris on the 4th of July. If you look close you can see black on Steve's face. Chris was showing Steve his sparkler a little to closely. Don't worry. His burn is almost healed.

Some of the Kids and Steve riding the ferry to Twin Lakes.

Our family picture for 2008 all in Taiwan shirts. The only one missing is Scott, but we left a place for him. We are hoping to photoshop him in.

Some of the girls with Aunt Gail getting ready to ski, wakeboard, and tube.

Three of the younger boys posing with their cool visors they just made. We were each assigned to do a craft each day. Mine was visors.

It's a BOY!!!

White Water Rafting

Last month I blogged about going river rafting with some friends down the south fork of the American River in Sacramento. We finally got the pictures in the mail so I thought I'd post them. It was a blast! Notice the apple in Steve's hand that he seemed to hold onto the whole time.