Chuck-E-Cheese

The last stop on our Memorial Day adventure was good ole'

Chuck-E-Cheese.

The kids could hardly contain themselves.  Craiger was completely awed by the robotic puppets.  He couldn't NOT watch them.

Bladen hates anything out of the norm. . . like talking mice the size of daddy.  He was NOT happy with the puppets & he was even worse when 

Chuck-E-Cheese 

actually came out to give him a hug.  Poor kid.  He may be scarred for life.

Emery LOVED it all just like Craiger.  I love that age.  They are so fun & full of wonder & excitement.

While we waited for our pizzas we let the kids go to town with all their tokens in the play area.  The boys were having a blast riding on every car, bus, & motorcycle they could get on.

The pizza is always pretty good there.  We ate quickly so we could play some more.

But the best part of any Chuck-E-Cheese adventure is the Potter family

Skee-ball Face Off.

I always win, of course, but it's still a blast.

(I also beat Trek in basketball. . . ha ha ha)

After playing for a good hour, we tallied up all our tickets & let the kids divide them up equally to "buy" prizes.

Taya wound up with a blue airhead & a large orange ring.  She was pretty excited bout that ring.

Bladen got a plastic spider & 2 packs of Sweetarts.

Lorien got a yellow spider & some sort of plastic shooter toy.

And Cadence wound up with an orange ring like Tayas & a purple crayon.

We had a blast.  I was SO sad to have it all end.  I love our little 

Potter Family Vacations.  

I hated to say good-bye to Emmy.  She's such a cutie pie.  I'll miss her.

A Day At the Beach

After hiking to the Hollywood Sign, we drove down to Grandma Kinsfather's house in Redondo Beach for a visit.  We walked over to the beach as soon as we got there.  I love the beaches in Southern California.  They are SO WARM.  It was a gorgeous day too.

I'm really surprised at how much Craiger LOVES the sand.  He was rolling in it, throwing it, crawling through it, & even eating it. . . little stinker.

Taya really bonded with Auntie Marcene this trip.  They were having a blast splashing in the water together.  It made me really happy to see them together having so much fun.

My favorite part of the day was riding the

tilt-a-whirl

with Tarrish, Tylee, & Carolyn.  I haven't had that much fun in a LONG time.  Sometimes it's just fun to act like a child & scream your head off.  We were spinning SO FAST.  It was a BLAST.

Hiking to the Hollywood Sign

So my entire life I've wanted to hike to the top of the 

Hollywood Sign,

but I was always told it was illegal & that you couldn't do it anymore.  Well guess what?  It's TOTALLY legal if you take the legal trail, I just had to find it.  Wahoo!

The hike is a mile & a half up & a mile & half back. . . so 3 miles total.  It was perfect.  We took along the 3 girls since they are our troopers.  The boys stayed home with Oma & Auntie Tarrish.

I've always had a love for Hollywood.  This was SO fun.

We all hiked together: Trek & I, the girls, Tylee, Carolyn & her brother Jacob, Opa, & Pete.  

The view from the top was GORGEOUS.  LA was fun to look at from up high & we discovered a GORGEOUS reservoir up on the top of the mountain that you'd never know was there unless you hiked to the top.

Once you hit the top, the sign is surrounded by a big fence to ensure it's safety (& your safety).  We were all SO proud to be up there on top of the world.

They are serious about keeping people off of the sign though.  There are cameras EVERYWHERE & I counted 2 helicopters flying around the mountain keeping their eyes on hikers.

We had SO MUCH FUN.  I'd actually like to do it again sometime.  It was a great hike, it was fun to do with the girls, & Trek & I even got some alone time on top for smooching.  It was a great day.