redpatch ♥ family: 2013

October 21, 2013

Law Enforcement Day

Saturday Oct 19th was Law Enforcement Day at Beech Park in downtown Bakersfield. Justin worked it. He and a Pilot flew the Patrol Helicopter to the park and let people come check it out and ask questions and take picts. Kern County Fire Department, BPD, Sheriff and CHP were all there with booths set up and all the fun departments with in the law enforcement agencies, such as: Bomb Squad, SWAT, Coroners, Air Support Unit, Off Road Team (guys from Ridgecrest came, was good to see them) and the K9 Unit

The Sheriff Department set up a scenario where a K9 officer pulled over a bad guy and the bad guy ran and they set the K9 dog after him and attacked him. Then the Huey flew in and the SWAT team repelled down and took over and cleared the car making sure there were no more bad guys. The public loved it! They cheered them on and thought it was awesome! Videos are posted below

Matt checking out the CHP motor unit

Law Enforcement Day Videos. I accidentally posted them wrong. First video is Justin leaving the Park (end of the day) And the Second Video is the Footage of the Huey bringing in the SWAT team.

September 28, 2013

Catch Up

Hello friends and family! Boy its been a while since I've updated our family blog! Its been a whirlwind of a Summer and now its Fall! Where has the time gone! Let me catch you up where we left off... In June I got a job as an Administrative Assistant working for Brian Rice Construction. I work full time. Its a neat lil job. I work at the Model home and I do a lil bit of everything. I get to help the clients pick out their color selections for what they want in their home and design. And i do a bit of office stuff with insurance and calling the subs and lining them up for the job. Lots more but that's the jist. I enjoy it :) Justin is still busy in the Air Support Unit tracking down bad guys etc :) Matthew and Luke are busy with school and after school activities. Matthew is in the 6th grade and Luker in 2nd grade! They were very blessed getting awesome teachers!
I broke my camera while on vacation in Mammoth when we went hiking. I'm bummed :( so the photos are taken with my phone. I hope you are doing well and that you enjoy the update of our family life ~!! Blessings to you and hope you have a lovely Autumn season! Time for Pumpkin everything hahahah!!! So happy its time for cooler weather !

NOR after school sports

Matthew is playing flag foot ball for NOR after school sports for his school Bimat. He's on the 6th grade Hoosiers and he is LOVING it!! Today was his first game and he got MVP player of the game! He scored 3 touch downs and played receiver and caught alot of throws! It was sooo much fun watching! His team won 35-12 ! Woop Woop! I'm a proud momma cheering on this stud!

Looking foward to watching a great season! Bye Bye Weekends! ha!

Sacramento, California

Went to Sacramento last weekend for cousin Lauren's Wedding!! We had a blast! Such a gorgeous wedding! It poured rain all day! I know its not ideal wedding weather but boy was it beautiful! Lauren looked stunning and David her groom looked handsome! We danced the night away (literally) !! We didn't want the party to end!

With the flower girl, cousin Genevieve, aka Icicle :) haha!! she told them they are to call her Icicle! She is hilarious!! Too funny!

Cheers!! (Sparkling cider)

The next day we took the boys to the State Capitol! I haven't been here since I was in the 4th grade! It was so neat to see it again!

First we visited the Peace Officer Memorial. So sad :( Thankful to the LE's who put their life on the line to keep us safe!

Tribute

What a beautiful building!!

In front of the Governor's office

State Assembly

Senate

I could of stayed for hours looking around but we only had one hour of parking. What a great day!! We did not want to go home! It was a very fun and eventful weekend! I could live in Sac!!

Ventura, California

Day trip to Ventura Harbor and Santa Barbara Pier to celebrate our 13th ♥ Anniversary!!

Matthew was off having a blast camping with Lee and Cheryl,Uncle Tim and family so he didn't go with us.

Rented a lil boat to cruise around the harbor and look at all the awesome houses and boats people own. It was sunny and beautiful then all of a sudden the marine layer blew in and it was freezing cold!!

Such a rough life

Collage of Luker having fun at the beach eating ice cream. After ice cream we went to Santa Barbara Pier and went to a little museum they had. Luker tried the virtual fishing game and it was actually hard! They made it like it was real! Justin had to hold the pole because it flew out of his hands at first haha! We ate dinner at an awesome restaurant called Chucks Waterfront Grill!

End of Santa Barbara Pier :)

That was a really fun day !!!

Mammoth Trip July 2013

Our Yearly Mammoth Trip with Mom and dad. The boys did lots of fishing with dad :)

Here they found a dead garter snake and Luke's making it talk ha!

A little collage of the Lake Mary fishing trip on a Pontoon boat

Matt, fish, Poppa Vince being his usual special self and Luke and Justin

Luker in the Cap'n seat!

Went on a what we thought would be simple hike at Inyo Craters. The first two craters are no biggy, just walked to them but the 3rd crater was not worth it! But it was fun and so nice to get out in the nature

On the rim of the top of the mountain of the 3rd crater. Doesn't look steep at all but you had to crawl on your hands and knees to climb up. It was very slippery.

View on the mountain looking out towards Mammoth Mountain! you can see one of the craters in the front. Looks like murky brown water.

Poppa Vince with the boys on a big boulder at the Park

All of the other photos are on my camera. poo! But yet again, can never get enough of this place! we hate leaving. Had a blast!

June 2013

In June we took a mini family vacation to Mammoth. I managed to sneak the suitcase in the car without the boys knowing. When we told them we are going for a drive they asked where we were going and I told them it was a surprise! They didn't figure it out till we passed Ridgecrest! ha! It was wonderful! Not many visitors in Mammoth during that time of year. Boys watching dad fish at Lake Mary.

Before June 22 you can drive down Red Meadows. I haven't been to Devils Post Pile since I was a kid! We also hiked down to Rainbow falls. What a beautiful Hike!