I'm sorry that I have been absent in the Blogger world lately.  I am going to be better about it because I use it as my journal and need to start journaling my families memories again before I forget what happened.  Rather than trying to catch-up I am going to just start with my most recent pictures and if I have time I will throw in some of the older pictures that I haven't blogged in the last 9 months.

Walk of Fame

At our Elementary School the kids get to do a "Walk Of Fame" when they have earned 100 AR points. Dalton has told me about doing the walk of fame for years but I have never known when it was happening so that I could come and watch. Well last Thursday Dalton called me up and said "Mom they are doing the walk of fame in 15 minutes can you come" Of course I could! It was a lot of fun to see. They play fun music and the kids who have earned 100 points walk down the hall dancing and giving all of the kids standing outside of their classrooms high fives. It was a lot of fun. Dalton has gotten to do it a least once every year since 1st grade so it was exciting to see. It also got Ethan excited so hopefully he will reach 100 points this year too.

GOOD JOB DALTON!

San Diego Zoo

So I should be having Alex write this post because he would be able to tell you the names of all the animals but I will do my best.Peahen with her chick

Koala Bear

A camel that was frothing at the mouth. It was really disgusting.

Hyena

Pig with BIG tusks

Fenton riding on an American Lion

Jaguar - This is my favorite of the big cats

Griffin riding some kind of extinct bird

One of the zoo workers with a laughing dog and NO we didn't ever hear it laugh.

Pandas

I don't remember if these were Brown or Grizzly Bears. We saw both.

Flamingos

Anika and Fenton with an Orangatan

Alligator

I have know idea what kind of snake this is but it looks really cool.

Gorillas playing

Fenton's hand on a Gorillas hand

Anika's foot on a Gorilla's foot

Rhino's

Giraffes - The little giraffe was born on Dalton's birthday this year so we named it Dalton.

Dalton bouncing around

Dalton caught a really cool frilled lizard but while I was trying to get a picture it bit him and this was all I got.

Momma and baby Hippo. They came under the water and we got to get a really good look at them but there were so many people there that we didn't get a good picture

Sea World

Sea Turtles (We were there 2 days before they opened their new Turtle Reef)

Fenton and Ethan touching starfish

Dalton holding a starfish

Looking at the Sea Turtle

Alex got some great pictures of the Shamu Show!

Feeding the Sea Lions

Beluga Whales

Let me touch it

Waiting for the Dolphin Show to start

A not so great picture of all of the Dolphins (We were on the 3rd row at the Dolphin show and got soaked, therefore there aren't many pictures from the show because I didn't want to get the camera wet)

Legoland

So I took a ton of pictures at Legoland. I think after being at Disneyland it was much less hectic and we were able to take more time for pictures. We only spent 1 day there but I wish we had spent more. The kids really enjoyed!

They had a playground were the kids could run around and play. After being stuck in the stroller for 2 days straight Griffin was very excited to be able to just play.

We watched a show about fire safety and the kids wanted their picture taken afterwards.

Anika wanted to ride in the little cars with Fenton but they said she was too big so she had to ride on the big track and was not happy about it.

The boys after they lost the race to put out the fire.

Dalton climbing the rock wall

The kids loved this ride. They got to ride around in a Pirate Ship and shoot water at targets.

Alex got sick on this ride

I asked Ethan if he was going to smile or act like he was dead and this is what he gave me.

AHO Matey!

Alex told him to make a funny face

I'm a Knight

Ethan and Me riding a rollercoaster

Chewbaca and R2D2