Oakland Zoo

We spent a day at the zoo with Wyatt...oh Devin and Kim too!

That's a happy smile!

They had the biggest tortoises we'd ever seen and they were moving around too, but the only pictures of tortoises we got were these two.

This alligator seriously loved me. He got into the water and swam right up to my hand...we were only separated by a wire mesh fence and about an inch....I think he liked the vanilla hand lotion I had on. He swam away and then came right back. I felt like the crocodile hunter.

It is always fun to go to the zoo with Landon. He loves the animals and know alot about them...

Lexi's Dance show = Fentons

We all had a great time at Lexi's Dance show again this year...we really look forward to it because it is so fun to see her dance...and because we always go to Fentons afterwards!

Wowzers that is quite the dance makeup!

Swiss Milk Chocolate and Cold Carmel ...it's da best!

Wyatt working his way to the last drop!

Mothers Day 2011

The best part of Mothers day for me was thinking about each of my children and the funny and sweet memories I have of each of them. They truly are my greatest treasures!

Devin, Kim, Wyatt, Dustin, Moriah and Emily were here. We all went to the Harlows to baby Macks blessing and had a yummy breakfast and lunch. Brett, who couldn't be here sent these beautiful roses, (and even though I am having a bad hair day, I posted their picture)
I loved all the cards and the nice things they all remembered about me...I'm glad that my mistakes were temporally overlooked in honor of the day!

The Uncle and the Niece

Easter Resurrection

Ok the title of this post is probably a bit sacreligious.....but we did resurrect the old Scooter for Landon and he is loving it! He is always trying to figure out places he needs to go so he can drive away on it.

Christmas Drawing 2010

Here are the names for this Christmas Season. We made the video and only had one repeat- Landon giving to Devin... Is that ok? Let us know if we need to change that or not or if there are any that have had that person in the past and want to try someone knew. Basically be open about what your thoughts are.... this doesn't have to be final if you don't want it to. Sure love ya!

In case you missed it. Here are the names.

Pete (gives to)-- Julie

Angie- Dustin

Dave-- Brett

Denae-- Kim

Chad-- Pete

Julie-- Landon

Devin-- Kaley

Kim-- Emily

Brett-- Chad

Emily-- Dave

Dustin-- Denae

Moriah-- Angie

Kaley-- Moriah

Landon-- Devin

MERRY CHRISTMAS--- ITS CHRISTMAS TIME AND TIME FOR A CAROL!! :) LOVE YOU

Kaley's Epic Win!

Dustin and Moriah are visiting us this weekend in Rexburg. We have had a great time so far! Last night we went to a Collin Raye concert- and went crazy when he sang Dads favorite "Little Red Rodeo"!

This morning we got up to get some exercise. We went to Porter Park and played frisbee and football. Before we decided to go home, we played Brett and Dustin vs. Kaley, Emily and Moriah. Dustin and I scored and there was only 25 seconds left on the play clock. They ran a play in the middle of the field and had 15 seconds left to score.

Emily played quarterback- Moriah and Kaley took off and the ball was launched in the air to Kaley in the end-zone who outran Brett and Dustin. She ran and caught the ball and full speed turned and ran straight into a tree. The tree isn't a normal tree trunk, but instead had knobs and knots everywhere.

She bounced off and we were all disgusted with the HUGE hole in her head. We took her to the hospital. Brett and Dustin went with her in the back to comfort her as she got 15 stitches- three on the inside and twelve on the outside.

VERY memorable event and the pictures are found below.
Check out her legs--- also very hurt!

THE LATEST PICTURE OF THE BLODGETT CLAN

This is the latest family picture of all the Blodgett Clan..............taken at Dustin and Moriah's wedding reception July 31, 2010. What a great looking bunch of people (except for me), but i am probably a little prejudice. And as goodlooking as they are.................they are even more fun to be around.

A Walk in the Hills above Walnut Creek

We were on a walk and ran into three separate terrantulas................HUGE............and of course Mom touched the leg on accident and gave out a pretty loud scream. One of these came across the trail and mom came within inches of stepping on it and she didn't even know it.................i had to tell her it was there. Another exciting day in the life of the Walnut Creek Blodgetts.

Hobble Creek Half-Marathon 2010

We had so much fun last year, (torture), we decided to enter again this year, with the "Bwuddahs" running instead of the women (Kim, Denae, and Emily). Dustin was the overall winner at 1:31, Mommers got 2nd in her age bracket at 1:49 and Dave and Devin ran around the 1:45 area. Julie took it easy as she was pregnant but still easily beat me, Landon, Kaley, and Chad. Will we do it next year..................???????

100k or 68 Miles on a Bike

On Saturday, Dad and I did the 100k (that's 68 miles!) Foxy bike ride with our biker gang, Mike and Georgia.

Don't we look like serious bikers? This is the first rest stop after 25 miles...only 43 to go.

We're all wearing padding pants and Georgia has already had a tire blow out!

Lunch stop after 53 miles, starting to feel it!

Denny is such a hardcore biker he is even wearing his helmet to eat...I should have as I had serious helmet head.

This is what Landon did while we were gone for most of the day.

He really likes bossing players and coaches around on the soccer fields

We asked our hometeacher Lee Schafer to drive him to and from his games...I know it is not in his job discription but it will give him something to say when asked, "what is the weirdest thing you've had to do as a hometeacher?"

Running in the Hills

Monday while running in the hills I came around a corner and saw this. He was with two females and it is THAT time of year so I stopped and yelled alittle and they slowly got out of my way. Usually the deer here act a bit afraid of you but this time the buck thought he was pretty cool.

So today running in the hills I was exploring a new trail and I start up this hill and see above me about 80 yards (I'm using dads way of measuring...a football field!) a buck deer with a huge set of antlers and a girlfriend, female deer. So I think, "they'll move out of my way". All of a sudden another huge buck comes out of the bushes and I see this!!!

There was a serious fight going on, with clashing of antlers and grunts and dust flying. Then one of them loses his footing and turns and starts running downhill straight at me! I literally start screaming and waving my arms...there are no trees or anywhere for me to go....and I am screaming! About 30 yards before impact with me, he veers off the trail...right behind him comes the other one. I'm still screaming and waving and yelling so he will realize I'm not the type to want his girl! He, thankfully follows the first guy and I get out of there!

I thought for a minute that I was watching Natural Geographic!

It was pretty scary when out of everywhere he could have ran he choose to come straight at me. I thought, how cool will my kids feel when people say, "how did your mom die" and they could say, "she was gored and trampled by a deer!"

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Dustin & Moriah

Mini Golf

Collarbone update, yes, we do have to put in every detail.

Lando went in for surgery to fix his collarbone. The first step was an IV.

He had a hard time with pain afterwards and he spent the night. He did really like the bed though, he could call the nurse, turn on and off the lights, raise his head or feet, and turn on the TV with just a touch of a tiny button right under his hand. He only had to move one finger.

He liked getting a couple of care packages from his sisters and treats from friends and another season of the Office from his parents.

He got to take the bandage off after five days and this is what was underneath!

Pretty big battle scar. Stitches out on Friday. I won't blog about it!