Kaley's Senior Ball

Senior Ball 2009

Kaley looked really pretty in a coral gown and 5 inch heels with her hair and makeup by mom and Denae.

She went with 6'6" Eastan Bunch a really good friend.

Just wanted to get them closer in this picture!

Without the ladder!

Kaley and Kelly

The cute girls!

Kelsey Cropper, Kelly Peterson, Kaley, Abby Lloyd, Christine Assily, Emily Stiener.

Memorial Weekend 2009

On Memorial Day we met Dave and Denae and family at Round Valley State Park for a hike in the beautiful East Bay hills!

We hiked 3.5 miles to get to this picnic table...it was a little hotter and dryer than we expected!

This is the hot and dry part.

It must be a Blodgett thing, everywhere we go we find snakes! After the hike we cooled off with a refreshing dip in the pool. Even Denae and Mom got in.
And, of course, what is Memorial Day without burgers and hotdogs?

It was a fun day.

The End

Weekend in Monterrey

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you!

(Can this be your official thank you card?)

We had the greatest weekend. It was soooo much fun, relaxing, eating, movies, hiking, biking, hot tubbing, sauna-ing and shopping!

So thank you to all of my sweet children, Pete, Angie, Denae, Dave, Chad, Julie, Devin, Kim, Brett, Emily, Dustin, Kaley and Landon.

Our first stop was the Gilroy outlets where Dad picked out a new dress for me and made me get it for my upcoming birthday. It is really nice. We also got exercise clothes and shoes.

And a new golf shirt!

Next, the fabulous Embassy Suites rooms.

What's there to eat?

Biking the beautiful coast.

Weekend in Monterrey II

We ended our bike ride at this fun lighthouse built around 1850. Then headed back the way we came a total of 13 miles.

On the back to our hotel we stopped on Fishermans Wharf for a delicious bowl of clam chowder with bread!

Saturday morning we had a great breakfast at the Embassy Suites and then headed out to hike in Point Lobos National Park.

The views were breathtaking.
We saw lots of sea lions, deer, rabbits, and even a coyote but no whales.
It was such a fun hike with only a few people, I wish we could take you all there!

Weekend in Monterrey III

We rode our bikes on the famous seventeen mile drive. Starting in Pacific Grove and going a bit past the Pebble Beach golf course and then we turned around (avoiding the worst of the hills and seeing the best of the ocean views) and went back.

Denny's favorite part of the whole trip was visiting Pebble Beach again.

Here he is on the 17th hole. Yes, we walked all over the place!

It was really beautiful.

Mother's Day 2009

Today was Mother's Day and we are very grateful for my Wife and Mother of our 8 children. All the kids decided to go in on a gift for Mom, instead of 8 little gifts. So they wanted me to take some video of when she opened their gift to her. The video below shows her excitement. We love you Mom !!!

Jelly Belly Love

The very day after Easter when we were all filled up on Easter candy we decided to head out for more and went to the Jelly Belly Factory! It was a blast. I meant to post this awhile ago but I especially like the picture of Mom and Dad and their hats on. Oh yeah, AFTER the Jelly Belly Factory we went to Fentons. We were in need of more sugar I guess.! Blodgett's can't get enough Sugar!

WICKED

Last night was amazing!

We went to the play Wicked in San Francisco.

Denae and Dave went with us too.

We drove together and Denae read us a summary of the story on the way so we could be prepared. Then got dinner at Subway and candy at Walgrens and settled in for a great show.

It was really good! When can we go again?