California McMillans

We went to Kira's halloween parade in the morning and she was so excited to see us.  Parker was excited to see her and his patience quickly turned to wanting to go to the park.  We lasted just long enough to watch her walk with her class.   The below picture shows where he wants to go every day.  That child is full of energy and spoiled so we spend a lot of time at the park.  Then we went to Parkers preschool parade in the afternoon.  He basically walked to the next home and back with his preschool which was very cute.  Blake wanted to join in so he also got to be in a parade.  It worked out perfectly.  You realize that it doesn't matter how long or short...it is just the concept.  Scott wore a onesie for the day and Tyler went as Dustin to school and something scary at night.  Probably a zombie or something.  I got Kira a unicorm costume from the store but of course being Kira, she took the horn and made her own, comfortable, unique version of the unicorn.  I love her confide

General Conference was so great!!  So many things to enrich the lives of our family and children.  I am so eager to start them.  A friend of mine does "Mile Monday" with her kids that we run a mile and then we play soccer after.  I totally forgot about it last monday because vacation.  Blake told me it was time to go to Monday mile so we hopped in the car, hanna in PJ's and oatmeal to eat there. Anything Blake is excited about I am down for.  We talked about President Nelson and what a diligent and dedicated man he is.  Electronics and wasted time has been on my mind so much lately.  I see kids and adults on phones all the time.  I worry about that influence in my kids life and our culture.  I feel like I need to be on the offensive.  She talked about reading the book of mormon and the incredible blessing it has been in her home and how when her husband started the challenge with her blessings doubled.  So I decided for FHE we would all start the challenge together.  Kids

The kids had Friday off for teacher in service which I was totally unaware of.  I have been mildly sick all week with a fever and sore throat/ear aches/yuck but was started to feel a little better and really wanted to take advantage of the gorgeous weather.  So I texted some friends Thursday and of course the amazing Shawna accepted the adventure.  She is my adventure friend. We will talk about going skiing and decide to go the next day. So I picked up Kira from the gym, headed to Winco for some snacks and woke up early to get on the road.  It said it was about 2.5 hours to Yosemite and it takes about another 45 minutes or so to get to the Valley.  Some people were stopped on the side of the road which I didn't think much of but when I got a closer look I saw they were taking pics and saw Shawna and realized they must have seen a bear.  They saw a bear and 2 cubs.  There was no parking by the time I got that point but so excited for the day. It is gorgeous!!  I can't believ

On the way back from Yosemite we were almost home and got hit.  We were at the freeway exit stopped at a red light when someone hit us.  He apparently tried to swerve to the left of my car but his front right hit my back left.  The kids were all asleep and seemed fine.   Then the guy preceded to back up from me and hit the car in back of him.  He gave us his license and insurance and wanted to take off but I told him I was going to file a police report.  He seemed drunk to me and I just feel more comfortable when there is a report for insurance.  So the Brentwood PD showed up, took out statements, gave him a sobriety check and waited for the CHP because it was on a freeway exit.  Danny came to take pics and get the kids since they were all tired and melting down.  About an hour later we were able to leave.  I wanted to see if they took him in for a DUI or not but didn't.  The PD were talking amongst themselves and thought he was drunk.  My neck was sore but it got so much worse to