15 years!

Jon and I celebrated 15 years of marriage today!  Time sure does fly by!  Wow!  We were lucky to be able to go last weekend on an anniversary trip to celebrate our marriage to Lake Arrowhead!  Such a beautiful place to be and to be close to nature!  I am blessed to be married to such a supportive, dedicated, loyal hubby and father and we support each other and compliment each other in many ways!

 The Lake

We went on a tough mountain bike ride at Rim Nordic Bike Park that reminds me of marriage - ups and downs, twists and turns, mud puddles and beautiful views - and we were with each other the whole time encouraging one another to push it a bit farther and work a bit harder and make it to the end! That's what marriage is about - pushing each other to be better and sticking with each other - and I look forward to the rest of my journey with my eternal companion!

   

We got to kayak as well - the lake was very cold still!

 We had a half spa day at Glen Ivy and got to do Club Mud - exfoliating and cleaning that skin!  I know now why Spa days are best for gals day out!  Jon was over it very fast - but we still enjoyed our time there! 

Bye Bye Lake Arrowhead!  Until next time! 

 

Mammoth Adventures!

 Does anyone read this blog anymore ?  I still love to try to keep my blog up and although I don't post super often, I still like my blog for journalist purposes and sharing photos and adventures...

and oh how we love adventures and love to travel and love to do new things or fun things or new fun  things!

This year we had planned a trip to mammoth with friends and we were excited to finally take the kids on their first real trip to do snow sports!  Jon is a big snowboarder - well he used to be - he used to snowboard almost every weekend in college (in Utah).  When we got married I joined him on his trips and I learned how to snowboard (well am still learning...) . We have not been to the snow together since having kids since Jon was so used to Utah snow resorts he doesn't really like any near by resorts like Mountain High or Big Bear, so it is only Mammoth or Tahoe he will go to in California. So we finally were able to get away on a trip and bring the kids too! We had a wonderful trip and Shayla started on snowboard and Mitchell started on skiis!

And we are off...

If going up north we always stop at Schats bakery for monkey bread and sourdough bread! Yum!

Arriving in Mammoth at the same time as a storm!

The kids weer excited to try on their gear!

Snow angel time!!

Off to the snow adventures!

Taking a gondola ride up the mountain while Jon and Shayla are snowboarding! 

We got to meet female Olympic Snowboarder Kelly Clark!  Very cool!

Jon and Shayla on the mountain! 

She's getting the hang of it!

There she goes!

Shayla and Ella

We stayed in Mammoth with our close friends the Meyers and had a great time!  Here I am with my dear friend Sierra!

Shayla and Mitchell and Ella and Kelsea!

The resort we stayed in - Juniper Springs Lodge! We loved it!  Ski in and Ski out and rentals on property and super comfy!

A fun family vacation!  See you next year!

Halloween Memories 2015

We love the fall - even though most days it has been in the 90s and we really try to get in the feeling of the fall spirit!  We do have fun and enjoy the beautiful time of year!

I was able to go with Mitchell on his class fieldtrip to the Pumpkin Patch (Underwood Farms) 

Mitchell and Mommy

Crazy hair day at school!

We have an annual tradition to do a girls night at Fright Fest Magic Mountain!  Another fun - and not tooo scary - night!

Church Halloween Party & 4h Halloween Party!

Mitchell as a Skylander - I already forgot which one it was!

Cookie decorating!

Shayla went as a skylander too!

School Halloween parade!

The cute 3rd graders!

Trunk or Treat - We won the coveted Gold pumpkin for our decorations- thanks Pinterest! 

Silly kids!

And I did get one night - on actual Halloween - to have everyone dress up for my annual family costumes!  I think this may the last year unless I want to be a Skylander!  Hmmm..

Happy Halloween to all! 

Carpinteria Family Reunion 2015

Reunion Time!  The whole fam bamily (minus Kelsy with her newborn!) got together this summer in July for our annual Hulihan family reunion!  We love getting together most of the 23 grandkids, 7 siblings with spouses, my mom and dad and assorted other cousins and aunts and uncles!  We are lucky enough to live by one of the most beautiful places in the USA - Carpinteria Beach!  So a camping we went this summer so we could spend a few days together enjoying one another's company by the beach and campfires! 

The view by our campsite! 

Grandpa's here!

Lots of baby snuggling with baby Emeric (here) and Declan too!

We were lucky to have my aunt and cousins from Minnesota join us too for their first CA reunion!

Exploring the Carp Tar Pits!


Shayla and Cash exploring the Tidepools!

All the cousins at the Tidepools

Most of the group (minus my parents) at the Tidepools

Beach time!

The ladies got to have some beach time by themselves!

Tree climbing with our cousin Neil who came all the way from Japan just for our reunion!

Some of the cousins!  They all had a great time and we were happy to make memories together we hope they will cherish all their lives!

Until next summer...