Ultimate Blog Party 2010!

 
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Who’s behind Stompermom!
My name is Nicole and I am “Stompermom”!  Why, “Stompermom”… get to that later!  First late me say that I am a Mom of 6, Pastor’s Wife, and Business Owner!
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Say what you mean and mean what you say

Seriously trying to not complain here but dealing with the US embassy can sometimes be frustrating!  Expecting problems and trying to be as time efficient as possible I always try to send all the needed info as well as answer any questions I think will be asked ahead of time.  Of course that would have [...]

Healthcare in Mexico

One of the main reasons people give about not wanting to move to a foreign country is “What if I get sick?” Most Americans will definitely want to keep their US health insurance plan for major medical emergencies of course. However, when you are living in a large city in Mexico, it hardly becomes necessary. [...]

Driving Cross Country

July 10th – Visiting with Friends in Arizona and San Antonio, Texas

We had a fun time taking a break from traveling and visiting with friends in Arizona and San Antonio, Texas.

July 1st – Pictures of architectual designs

May 11th – Visiting Ridgecrest, California and Barnes and Noble

David and Hannah saying HI from Ridgecrest, California.

We visited a church called China Lake Baptist Church while in Ridgecrest.  They are located in this small storefront area.

David and Hannah enjoy a quick trip to the grocery store.  Don’t have this in Puebla, Mexico!

Sarah and Japheth can’t wait to get to the car to read the [...]

June 16th, Darren Lambert, North Carolina

We enjoyed a few days in North Carolina with our friends Darren and Annette Lambert.

June 30th, Family Pictures, Encinitas, CA

Family picture with my BIL, sister, mom, dad and of course our family!

What a happy boy!

June 26th, Wedding Anniversary, Old Town San Diego, CA

We enjoyed a nice night out… without the kids for a change!  Old Town San Diego has always been a favorite spot of ours.  We used to enjoy going to Casa de Bandinis’s before it was relocated.  We found a place to park and wandered into a Mexican restaurant where there was actually a line [...]

June 18th – Cracker Barrel and Taking a Break at the Park

There is only so much fast food a family can take!  After spending almost two months on the road, our whole family was ready for as close to a home cooked meal as we could get.  Our kids ordered vegetables!  They enjoyed the corn, green beans, and carrots the most.  We actually stopped at Cracker [...]

June 11th, Visiting Wonder Works in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

This was a fun day!  We had to decide between driving through the Smoky Mountains or letting our kids get out and explore Wonder Works.  Even though we really would have enjoyed seeing the Smoky Mountains National Park, the kids, and mom and dad, needed a break from the car!  The kids enjoyed exploring Wonder [...]

June 2nd – Beautiful Sunset in front of a mall

We decided to stop for dinner at the food court of this mall and took the picture of the sunset before going in.

May 21th – Petrified Forest in Arizona

The highlight of the petrified forest was seeing the actual Indian drawings on some of the walls.  I would not, however, call it a forest.  All of the “trees” were of course laying flat on the ground, but even then, they were few and far between and in the beginning we did not realize that [...]

May 10th Visiting Friends in Ridgecrest

Our kids

We had pizza and pasta at Round Table Pizza before heading over to the park to let the kids run around before heading out again for the day!

Our kids enjoyed seeing the airplanes at the China Lake AFB.

Every day the sprinklers in front of the house / hotel we were staying in came on [...]

May 4th, Warehouse

We have a few things to sell!  Anyone need a party grill for tailgating season?

May 29th – Solvang and Santa Barbara, California

Enjoying a park by the beach in Santa Barbara.

This was really fun!  With this 10 person bike, our family and the Sobrevilla family enjoyed an hour riding around Solvang, California.  Solvang is a little city with Dutch roots.  Most of the houses and stores in the downtown have Dutch architecture.  If you like wandering around shops [...]

May 28th – Solvang with our Friends the Sobrevilla Family

We choose Monday to visit Solvang with our friends the Sobrevilla family. Unbeknowest to us, about 95% of the restaurants are CLOSED on Monday night in this small tourist town!  We found this restaurant that was completely packed out with people so we accepted a table on the balcony even though it was coooold.  Being [...]

May 20th – Visiting Great Grandpa’s House

The five kids with their Great Grandparents!

David was asleep during this photo shoot.

May 8th – Visiting a Children’s Museum somewhere in the US

Here is a picture of “daddy” riding a bike on a thin wire at least one story off of the ground!  Fun for him and the kids, scary for mom!

April 29th Visiting Target somewhere in the US.

Our kids enjoy shopping almost as much as mommy does!

June 6th – U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama

There is a funny story here.  As we were traveling, every time we would approach a huge industrial site or power plant, from far away our kids would say “what is that daddy?” We told them (joking of course), that it was a space ship.  They would say, “Really! Wooooowwwww!”  As we got closer we would clear [...]

May 31th, Playing football at a rest area somewhere in Texas

Rest area in Texas where we stopped to play catch with our kids.  Japheth is getting good at throwing the football!

Welcome to Texas!  We did NOT stop at this park.  Well, we stopped, told the kids we were going to get out and play… just until we saw the signs posted everywhere that said “Watch [...]

4th of July in San Marcos, California

This was our kids FIRST real 4th of July.  Living in Mexico, we always have a 4th of July get together where we invite other Americans or close friends to our house for an American style barbecue.  Our kids had a vague concept of the 4th of July but I think they get what Patriotism is about now!  We [...]

July 2nd, Park in Oceanside

July 1st, USS Midway Museum

May 16th, Disneyland Park (Anaheim)

July 3th San Diego County Fair

April 17th, Sea World San Diego

Sea World

Google Headquarters

Today, Sunday, we went for a little Sunday drive and ended up at the Google headquarters, close to Silicon valley her in San Jose. We were able to take some pictures and there is one of me standing in front of one of the Google signs. If you have never been to Google headquarters it [...]

Visiting Monterey Bay, California

On Thursday we drove from Oceanside up to Monterey Bay, Ca. If you have never visit Monterey Bay it is one of the places that should be on your top 10 list of places to go and see. Especially if you are going to take a trip with your husband for your anniversary or honeymoon. [...]

Aisle to Aisle in Barnes & Noble

A little while ago I was walking through Barnes & noble with my kids as part of my overall parenting strategy; to acquire a life long love of reading for my kids. Occasionally, I take them to Barnes & Noble and let them all pick out their own books. After they got done picking out [...]

Traveling, work, kids, and fun!

For the next three months our family will be travelling the lower 48 states and visiting friends and family as well as a couple side trips to amusment parks. Our journey begins from Puebla, Mexico where we are live. On Wednesday March 26, 2008 we loaded up our minivan with 5 kids, a few suitcases, [...]