It's the afternoon and Holden has just woken from a nice long nap. We immediatley go outside to find Tal, when what do we see but another snake. Holden springs to life and in a matter of seconds he has the snake in his hands. After the snake is safely confiscated he staggers back to the porch to yawn, rub his eyes and stretch, still not quite awake. How funny is that? Holden my animal charmer.
"Come here little snake and let me kiss your head please!"
California beach fun!!! We went on a vacation to have some fun in the sun and tire the little ones out. Here we are on the beach with the kids buried in the sand. Holden has an orange slice in his hand that he had carefully kept clean for nearly 20 minutes.
Tal is thinking, "who the hell are these ladies, and why are we taking a picture with them?" We looked all over for some boy charecters to take our pictures with but the only ones we could find were princesses. Tal was a good sport though. He said, "Mom I know you are a girl and like that kinda stuff, so did you think that was fun?" I said," Yeah thanks Tal..." (the picture taker was obviously NOT paying attention but at least he got the most important people)
I love their costumes. I bet Clara would love to get her hands on that getup!
Sand crabs that were taken from their homes in the sand and placed in a bucket too full of water. They later died.
Holden going to fill his watering can full of water.
A wave got him and got him all wet and sandy. He throwing that darn watering can away now since he thinks it was the source of the problem.
"See Tal that's what a wave will do to you if you get too close." I think I pretty much scared them straight. Tal didn't boogie board until the last day because I made him so nervous of the waves.
Poor Holdy! He won't let go of my arm and he has sand in every little nook and cranny. Holdy I love you...
Yuba once again! I know we should probably try some other destinations once in a while but we have so much fun here, and Tally and Holden love the mud/sand and the warm water. It's not that far to drive and whole lot cleaner than utah lake.
There's always a game of catch if my Dad is around, and it always ends up in a competition of who can throw the hardest.
Tal is always game for anything. First time ever on water skis and he got up the first time, and skiied about 10 feet then crashed. Thanks Tim for staying in the water to help him. Those were some BIG fish jumping around and I would've been afraid one would bite my toe.
Good job Dad! I love you... I love this picture because of the cows in the background mooing at us.
Tim and Keely braved the approaching storm. It was starting to get windy and she tried a couple of times. Brave little girl. Way to go! 
This knee board came in quite handy and was a better beach toy than all the buckets and shovels combined.
Wee! Ryan gave Tal a good safe ride in the shallow water.
Holden looks a little tired. It think he is being lulled to sleep by the rythmic movements of his pony named Thunder. Really!
The little carnivore (Tally calls it a carnivore instead of a carnival) wouldn't be complete without a pony ride.
Tal is in the cowboy hat.
Draper has a parade every year and it happens to be just down the street. Lucky Us! We walked and Tally ran.
We all went to Jump on It for the evening party and had cake and pizza and Tal opened presents and jumped around untl his face was beet red and sweaty.
In the morning Talmage woke up to his favorite thing... Cinnamon Rolls! Holden even had the bright idea to put sparkles (sprinkles) on them and Tal loved them. The only thing as you can see is the candles are too big and they won't stand up, but Tal thought we did it that way on purpose and loved it.
Swimming Lessons for Talmage and Holden finally... I should've done it a lot sooner but I kept saying ,"I'll do it myself- I'll do it myself" and I never did- so I called my neighbor who has a pool and a gazillion teenager kids who teach swimming lessons, and she got me in the same day. They go for two weeks and it's cheap too. They loved it!
Tal is an excellent floater.
Good job Holdy!
Wow Talmage pretty impressive...
