The Final Campout

Well we made it home from our last camping trip. It was lots of fun but mom and dad are very glad to be home again. We went to Dusty camp up at Lake Brittan and it definately lived up to its name. There was white chalk dust everywhere and Jayden and I thought it was fun to make murals on the rocks with the chalk. We ended up just about as white as the rocks though. Luckily we were right on the lake so all we had to do was go swimming to find our normal color again. We had lots of fun camping with my Burney friends. Uncle Pete and Aunt Tina brought their boat so there was lots of tubing and wake boarding. Dad tried some new tricks and even mom got up on the wakeboard. Jayden and I got to go tubing too! Below is a picture of me and my dad on the tube. Aunt Tina let
Jayden behind the wheel and he thought it was lots of fun to "jive" the
boat. Me and mom and dad also got to go fishing and I caught my first crappie. We didn't get a picture of it though. Camp was lots of fun and I am sad that its over. But the exciting thing is that I start kindergarten next week! Hope you all had a fun summer!

Patrick's Point

Well were home again. Patricks Point was alot of fun. We went to the beach alot and dad taught me how to hunt for agates. Steve, Trish, Courtney and Hailey were there for the first two days. Marla, Ryan, and Aspyn came on Thursday. It was lots of fun. We went to an aquarium in Trinidad where we got to see crabs, fish, tiger sharks and even an octopus. Then we went outside to a little "touch pool" where we got to hold starfish and other little sea creatures. Below is a picture of one of the starfish. Its called a sunflower starfish. There was also a sea slug which mom thought was really gross.












On Friday my "Burney friends" came. Uncle Jon and Aunt Amy came all the way from Louisiana and Tennessee. Brian, Ben, Millie, Lydia, and Emily didn't know they were coming camping until Amy and Jon got there. They were surprised and I was very glad they came. This is Uncle Jon playing with Jayden on Moonstone beach and below is me and my Burney friends in a canoe in the Yurok Village. We also went to a zoo, a cheese factory, and Ferndale. I wasn't very excited about shopping in Ferndale but mom did buy me some candy buttons from an old fashioned candy shop. That last picture is of me, Jayden, dad, Zach (Zach and Brenda came on Saturday) and Buddy on top of a rock we climbed. Buddy had to climb it three times before he made it to the top.







Well all in all camp was a ton of fun and I was sad to come home. But in three
days were off again to camp GoFer Wink (Goza, Ferrer, Winkelman) for our final camp out and three more days of fun. We will post again when we get back. Hope you are enjoying your final weeks of summer like we are!

Better late than never

Well were a little late on posting our camping pictures but mom and dad have been very busy lately. My great grandma bear has been very sick and in the hospital but I'm happy to say shes doing much better at the moment. Family camp was lots of fun. Our theme was "Pirates of the Carribean" and theres was lots to do. We played games (thats me pinning my X on the treasure map), went fishing (I caught my first bass) and swam in the lake. Jayden and I had a blast getting dirty, singing around the campfire and making smores. Mom and Dad, Kayla, Justin, Laurie, Kale and others who joined up later spent alot of time figuring out Kevin's infamous treasure hunt. They said he did a really good job because it was very hard. It took them all three days to figure it out.

This is an example of one of the clues. This one had my dad and Justin snorkeling the beach at 8:00 in the morning (which happened to be way off)





This is them finding the treasure.....finally. It took them until Sunday night. This is a picture of the 'X' at heart lake where the final stake was hidden. It was a 45 min. hike up to the lake. Dad was really sore (he had to hike it twice) but they did get fifty gold dollars out of it and they took the highschoolers, Zachary, me and Jayden out for milkshakes to celebrate. That was the part I liked.










Well were off to camp again this weekend at Patricks Point so we'll post those pictures when we get back. Hope everyone has a great week!

Happy Birthday Jayden!

Well Jayden turned two on the first of the month. We had to wait a week though to have his party because both Auntie Em and Grammy and Grandpa were out of town. So we had his party last weekend. It was lots of fun. All our friends came over and we got to swim in my new swimming pool, play on the slip 'n' slide, hit a pinata and of course eat ice cream and cake. Jayden loves motorcycles and cars so mom made him a motorcycle cake. I think he had alot of fun at his party. I know I did.























It was also Aunt Bollie's (Millie) birthday the day of the party so mom made her a cake too and we sang her happy birthday and gave her presents. I made her a necklace with her name on it for her birthday. That is Aunt Bollie and Aunt Lydia playing in the pool. It was lots of fun. Ialways like it when my Burney friends come over. Well I suppose that is all for now. Next week is family camp so we will post pictures when we get back. It should be lots of fun. Have a great week!

VOTE FOR SCOTT!!!!

My Dad's friend Scott who played basketball with Dad and Justin in the three on three tournament entered this contest and needs us all to vote for him so he can win an xbox 360. Here is the link. He is the one from Redding who looked like a mountain man before the shave and a twelve year old after.

We'll we have been very busy doing lots of fun stuff this summer. We go to the lake at least once or twice a week and we go to Kids Kingdom, We've done some hiking out at the park.

This last week was the fourth of July and we got to go to the fireworks with the youth group it was real fun. Justin caught that huge salmon with his bare hands in the river.
The fireworks were pretty neat, but kind of loud.

This is my Mom who is hiding behind the camera in most of the pictures that we put on here.

Too Kayla

Kayla my Dad says he is not going to comment on your blog anymore. He said he does not want to comment as joshnjay so he will not comment at all. By the way everyone I got a new pool today. It is 8ft around and 30in tall, perfect for me and Jay. New post soon to follow.

Summer Fun

Last week mom and dad took me and Jayden to the Shasta District Fair. We had lots of fun and got to see tigers, horses, and eat lots of yummy treats. Mom and dad let us get our faces painted with matching lightning bolts and I got to ride on two rides. They said next year I could get a bracelet and go on as many rides and I want. Well here are a few pictures of how much fun we had....






















We all had very blue tongues after our snowcone.











This is the other thing weve been doing to try and enjoy our beautiful 115 degree weather. (note the sarcasm) Weve been going to the lake alot. Of course building sand castles is a 110 and below activity, otherwise we dont get out of the water much :)













Hope your enjoying your summer as much as were enjoying ours!

Busy Days

Sorry its been so long since weve posted (a month to be exact). Mom and dad have been very busy and they actually do have something to show for it. I now live in a new house... well not really but with new floors, paint, and lights it sure feels like a new house. Nana and papa have been visiting for the last few weeks and Papa, Zach, and Uncle Paul helped my dad pull out all of our carpet and put in our new "wooden floor". Mom and Dad think it makes the house look much better. I dont really care too much what the house looks like but it sure is fun to slide on our floor in my socks (Zachary taught me that game). Here are some pictures of what my mom and dad have been up to lately.

Before & After....











































While Papa was here I got to go fishing twice. Papa bought me a new Nemo fishing pole and I had lots of fun learning how to cast. The last time we went mom and dad came too. I caught
six or seven fish which was much better than my mom..... she only caught three. I even reeled them in all by myself. All together we probably caught twenty or so fish (we happened to be there on a plant day) but we only brought home seven.











This is Jayden hiding in the entertainment center. We had to empty it to move it around and he thought it made a great hiding spot. Well thats all for now....hopefully we will post sooner next time.

STEVE THE STUD

To start this story I will go back a few days. Our van has been acting up every now and then. It would not start every time you turned the key. Sometimes it would and then sometimes it would just click and not turn over. So my Dad was procrastinating with fixing it but then last night we went to the store and then it would not start. IT finally did after about 8 or 9 tries. Then when Dad got home from work he tried to start it and it would not do it at all. So my Dad jacked it up and was checking out the starter. He called the auto parts stores and they said it would be 120$ to get a new starter. He called Steve Taff (our cousin the fix it man) and asked his advice. Steve said if you can get it started and bring it here then I think I can fix it. Problem was it would not start. Steve suggested slaming the car door as Dad turned it over. It did not work on the driver side but when Dad tried it with the passenger side it started. Pretty funny huh? So we drove to Steves and Dad and him started messing with the starter while Jay and me played with Courtney. They took the starter apart and cleaned the contacts on it. It still would not work so they took it all the way off and found one part on the inside that was a little worn out. Unfortunatly every place that would have the part was closed allready. So Steve being the genius that he is goes hunting for something that would work. He finds a door hinge that is about the same thickness of metal and decides he can make the part. He went to work with the grinder and saw and he made fireworks everywhere. It was pretty cool to watch. So Steve made this part and put it on the starter and said "well it will either work or it won't". And then My Dad tried it and sure enough it fired up. So instead of buying a starter for 120$ we got the van fixed for a door hinge. If that is not the coolest deal then the fact that I got to ride the fourwheeler with my Dad is definatly pretty cool.

These are a bunch of random Easter pictures. My Dad was too lazy to put them in order so he just left them wherever they were. There is some of us coloring eggs and some of us finding them. There is even one of Jayden dropping one. OOPS:-) There is Dad and Zach not helping color eggs, and there is Dad, Josh and Steve not helping find eggs. Sorry it took so long to get my Dad to post. You guys know how he is, VERY LAZY.






P.S. Did you try the new game? Tell me what you think. My Dad got 1177.

My New Cousin

Today we got to go to the hospital and meet my new cousin. His name is William Kent. He was three weeks early so everyone was really surprised. If you want to read more about him you can visit his hospital page. Uncle Paul and Auntie Em had to stay at the hospital all night so Michael got to spend the night at my house. We got to watch a movie and sleep on the hide-a-bed and mom made us pancakes for breakfast (my favorite!).

Tonight we went to the Cool April Nights car show. It started to rain on us so we didn't stay long but I didn't mind because we went out for icecream afterward. My mom and dad forgot the camera so we didn't get any pictures of the "power cars" but I thought they were pretty cool anyway. Well I am off to bed cuz I have another soccer game in the morning.