Happy New Year!!

The last few months have flown by. Thanksgiving, Birthdays and Christmas, and now the New Year. The biggest thing that has happened for our family is moving into a home. We are so happy to be in a home again. Mike and I talked about a lot of different options but renting a home was the best choice. I started on a Monday and ended up going to a realtor that had a lot of homes to rent through them. Everything must have been going our way. We ended up getting everything done on Monday. I had a choice of two homes and the one we are living in had an rv access. Which made things a little easier for us. Also the kids are in walking distant to school. YES!! So we ended up signing and getting the key to our home on Thursday evening. It was a very fast week. Hopefully soon I will be adding more pictures. Merry Chirstmas again to family and friends and Happy New Year!!

Disneyland with Girl Scout Troop

Kimberlyn is on the It's a Small World Ride. Kimberlyn is taking a picture of her Dad.

Kimberlyn's friend, Allison. (In pink jacket) We knew her from the old neighborhood in San Jacinto. She moved to Hemet also. They just happen to be in the same Girl Scout Troop when they signed up a few years back.
Other photos are of the Troop.

The rest of the family was home sick with the flu. So it turned out to be a 'Daddy Daughter' Day! (With the Girl Scout Troop too)

Beach Time!!

A walk on the Boardwalk. Beach in background. Left to Right: Jessica, Erin, Michelle(Mom), and Kimberlyn.

Mike and Erin on the Boardwalk.

Erin taking a break eating on Apple.

Kimberlyn running back to the ocean for more water for Jessica's and her fun in the sand.

Jessica and Kimberlyn playing in the sand.

We had a mini vacation at the beach before school started on Monday the 17th. We went up on Friday the 21st and came home on Sunday the 16th. We love to go to the beach at Port Hueneme because it is very clean, quiet and is pretty much unknown by many. Mike spent 5 of his teenage years living in Port Hueneme. So when time permits, we come to the beach at Port Hueneme!

Scout Camp Troop 308

The Hemet 3rd Wards Scouting program has been lagging for a long time. When Mike was called as the Scout Master, he made a lot of possitive changes. They are starting to come to scouts on Tuesday nights and now they are at a campout that has helped them make a lot of sign offs(badges) and helped them to enjoy scouts again. Mike went up with the boys on Sunday, right after Sacrament and stayed the day. He wasn't able to stay the week. On Friday night he went up and came home Saturday with the boys he took up.

Vacation on the Fourth of July weekend

We decided to spend the Fourth of July away from home, sort of. We had a great time at Sea World. We haven't been in years. Erin has never been and Kimberlyn hasn't been with us. She did go last year with her Girl Scout troop. We went for two days. Sea World didn't close until 11pm. We arrived at about 6pm the first day and the second we went home about 7pm. Everyone was getting tired and a little sunburned. This is also an updated family picture as well. As you can see Mike and I are looking as young as ever!! Jessica is almost as tall as us. She is 13 yrs. So she is still growing. Kimberlyn is 8, and she is fun to do things with now that she is getting order. Erin is 3 1/2 and is almost as tall as Kimberlyn. She is also my little trouble maker in disquise. A typical 3 year old. But very loving a the same time. Fun, Fun, Fun.

Baptism

Kimberlyn's was baptized in Hemet at our Stake Center at about 6:30 in the evening. The picture in white by herself was taken by herself. I thought it was pretty cute. The picture by herself was taken for her pre-baptism picture and information about herself and her testimony was in the program on individual papers. In the whole stake there where 5 children baptized that night. Mike and Kimberlyn's picture before the baptism. Grandpa and Grandma Meredith came. We also had our home teacher come...Bro. Bob Groves and his wife. Kimberlyn's friend Zoye came she is going to get baptized next month.

Quarterly Primary Activity

They were all going on a mission. They were dropped off at the chapel for goodbyes. But before we were able to take a picture pretending to point where they might be going. They had a great time learning about different countries and states where missionaries went to.