Hoglo Family Reunion

This event slipped through the cracks. It is what will happen when one does not keep up on her blogging! On July 30th, we drove south with Chris' parents from Santa Clarita. Chris' relatives drove north from San Diego. We met in the middle and had a nice lunch at Macaroni Grill. These are all the relatives on my father-in-law's side of the family. It is always nice to get together with family!

Tahoe 2008

We had a wonderful time in Tahoe again this past summer. Here are just some highlights! We went to the beach ALOT, hiked, played mini-golf, (MOM won) and even had dinner with a wonderful family from our home church in Santa Clarita...just by chance, they were up in Tahoe celebrating their wedding anniversary, and my friend Chrisie told them we were there. We decided to take them to TEP's, a very delicious Italian restaurant in South Lake Tahoe to celebrate with them.

Smokey turns 64!!!

Who knew that Smokey was 64 years old this year on August 9th! We had the honor of celebrating with him and his ranger friends on his actual birthday! We had cake and saw a bunch of slide shows and short movies telling us all about Smokey, where he came from, how he got his name and of course the longest running and best known ad/jingle: "ONLY YOU...Can prevent forest fires!" zzzz...really, it was a fun night...for the kids!

CAMPING IN LAKE TAHOE

For as often as we've been up to Lake Tahoe and as often as we go camping, you would think that it would not have taken us so long to camp IN Lake Tahoe. We have always checked out the campsites, but have loved camping in Mammoth Lakes so much we just couldn't do it...that is until gas prices soared and then we said..."Let's camp in Tahoe".

We decided to camp at Camp Richardson, and though it was close to the lake it was not our idea of a great spot. We made the best of it and spent most of our time on the beach! Here is just a glimpse of one night at our camp site!

TAYLOR CREEK aka RAINBOW WALK

We've done this Taylor Creek Hike a lot...before we were married...after we were married & pregnant...with strollers...with wheel chairs (long story)...with toddlers...and no matter how or when we've walked this easy little hike...it has always been a pleasant day.

Horseback Riding

Well this was a family first! Though Chris & I both have gone horseback riding before, this was the first time for Wyatt & Lukas...they LOVED it!

Chris rode Cognac, Wyatt rode Shane, Lukas rode Marvin, and I, the klutz in the group got the "Trained Wild Mustang" (what is that???) named Sundance. This was a fact I wish they would have waited until AFTER the ride to share with me! Thankfully it all went well, Sundance is old and slow!

CRAWDADin' (Is that a word?)

This has become a tradition...at least for the last two years, Chris has taken the boys to the dock at Round Hill Pines to catch crawdads...or CRAWDADIN' as they call it! They used pork from the local butcher, and caught over 60. THEY ate them ALL...notice I said THEY! While THEY crawdad...I sit on the beach and read, then while THEY feast, I order take out for my dinner! They are tasty, just too much work for such little lobsters!

Trout Farm

This was toward the end of the trip. The boys did not have any luck fishing at Sawmill Pond, so we know this would be a "sure" thing...if you can call it that!

Visiting the Santucci's

We started our two week vacation with a visit to my sister Maribel & brother in law Jess' house in Lafayette, CA. We love visiting them. They have a beautiful view of Mt. Diablo from the back patio and it is very peaceful. Visiting them has become an annual tradition either on our way to Lake Tahoe or on our way home from Lake Tahoe. It's a trip we all look forward to!

MOUNTASIA + SIX

Some of you think I'm crazy and maybe after reading this it will confirm to you that I am. But I decided to take Wyatt & Lukas to Mountasia with some of their friends on July 28th. They invited Luke Cunningham, Devon Kim, Jared Mumper and Johnny Fredericks. That's right...it was me and SIX boys from the ages of 6 to 8 and I SURVIVED IT!

In reality, they are all really nice boys and they all got along great! They played 18 holes, which was one too many for Johnny, but I think they were all ready to go. We had planned that I would take them to the park for lunch where we would fly AirHogs and ride scooters. This worked out great!

After Mountasia I took all six boys to Bouquet Park, where we met Chris, and had lunch and flew AirHogs. I realized that even though my husband is 47 years old, he can climb a tree as fast as any 8 year old! He's like a "crazy" squirel!

HOOK UP !!!

HOOK UP!!! Chris went fishing w/David Smith & Jim Sojka on 7/26. They were fishing for Threshur Sharks...and actually caught one! They could not wipe the smiles off of their faces for several days!

David & Chris carefully release him back into the ocean!

Visiting the Revilla's

On 7/19, we went to my sister Eva and brother in law Ronnie's house. It was a nice, lounge by the pool, play some pool visit. We laughed, talked, worshiped Jesus and ate to our hearts content. Ronnie made my favorite homemade chicken taquitos and homemade quacamole. He's a good cook...all we needed was some Mexican Sweet Bread...hint hint, maybe next time!

Happy Birthday Craig!

We were blessed to be able to celebrate Craig's birthday with another double date! This time we went to breakfast at Mimi's Cafe. We love spending time with our dear friends Craig & Kathy! Next double date is Kathy's birthday in September! We are looking forward to it! Doesn't Kathy look fabulous in her glasses?!?!

Vacation Bible School!

Our boys did V B S the week of July 14th...and they had a blast at Camp Gratitude! Thank you Freedom's Way Baptist, for all the hard work in providing all the children with Biblical teaching, fun and games. It is a time they won't soon forget!




Lukas getting his certificate from Pastor Jerry Cook, and the other 1st graders!



Wyatt & his certificate w/his 3rd grade group and leader Candi Schultz. Candi is a sweet friend who is one of the most thoughtful, godly women I know. Thank you for always thinking of me and my family...it touches my heart! I love you!

Amber's Baby Shower

On July 14th we had a baby shower for our dear friend Amber.


This is her fourth child but her FIRST little girl!

We celebrated by singing Ambers favorite worship music in thanksgiving to the Lord.

Lacey Joy Davis was born on July 29th.
Welcome to the world sweet little girl!

Happy Birthday Katie!

The boys were both invited to celebrate Katie's birthday at Build-A-Bear on July 14th. It was their first time there...ever...(I know...I know...how awful of me)! ANYWAY!!! They had a wonderful time and I'm very glad they were able to share that special time with Katie! Thank you Wells family for making this a special day for not only your family, but ours too! We all had a really great time!

Our Sweet Toothless Wonder!!!

The tooth fairy is very busy here at the Hoglo Abode! Doesn't he look cute?

Thanks to Jeanne Mumper, Lukas is missing two front teeth...one from the top, which Jeanne removed after Karate class. We begged her to do it for us, since he wouldn't let us come near it!

Thanks Jeanne, you're the best~

Then a few days later, he let his Dad pull out the bottom one, he was so excited! He could barely stand still, note the background of the picture is NOT blurry! He thinks he's gonna be rich!

Happy....Happy....Everything....!!!

Upon returning from our 4th of July weekend, we took Mom & Dad to celebrate their 52nd Wedding Annniversary again. This time to Black Angus. We love having them live so close, it's a real blessing.

Then we celebrated another year in the life of the John Duane Hoglo...aka...Jack, Dad & Grandpa!! We told him we'd take him to Black Angus again, but he said he wanted Telly's instead! So there we are celebrating his 74th birthday, and the staff even sang Happy Birthday to him. I've never seen them do that at Telly's before, so I know he's a regular there and they love him!

It's Independance Day

In August 2007, our friends Mike & Erin invited us to join them in their new trailer aka Mansion on Wheels, for our Church campout in Lake Isabella. Well to make a long story short, the hitch broke! Though we made the best of it and had a nice time...I'm sure it's an adventure we NEVER want to re-live!

They invited us to go camping this year over the 4th of July and we gladly joined them again! Thankfully, nothing broke on this trip, so we played games, watched movies and went into town to Erin's Dad's house for a BBQ and the firework show. The fireworks show was so HUGE we didn't know where to look. The city had a show to our right, the college straight ahead, and a very wealthy neighbor to our left.

Jonathan wanted to be in charge of Wyatt & Lukas and the fireworks they were going to light in the cul-de-sac, and he did a wonderful job keeping all the little ones safe! Thank you Jonathan, and thank you Mike & Erin for another great trip in the Augusta Manor! We look forward to our next trip together!

The pictures of the RV are just to show you how bad we had it "Slummin' in the Augusta's Trailer". BTW, the trailer in the background in the picture of Erin & I, is NOT theirs. I just thought I'd mention that since I'm bragging about how wonderful their RV is! It really is, and if you're blessed enough to be invited...you should go!!!