San Diego

This summer, we were lucky to spend 2 1/2 weeks in San Diego visiting family, playing at the beach, staying at a time-share, and attending my brother's wedding. We always have so much fun there, it is sad when it's time to come home. Zac drove us down and flew back so I was there on my own with the kids for 10 days (he flew back down for the wedding and to drive us home) I was worried I might go crazy, but my mom helped me a ton and I kept the kids busy at the beach or swimming at pools. It went by much faster than I thought and I survived the single parenting easier than I thought! Here's a run down of our trip:

First up was the baptism of my niece Paige. It's always fun to be a part of big family events to be able to get together of everyone. We were glad to be able to share her special day.

We spent almost every day at the beach. Unfortunately, Rachel had her ups and downs at the beach and I often was able to leave her napping with my mom while I took the boys. She did enjoy this little pool my sister bought for her to play in. This particular day she lasted about 15 mintues before she got sunscreen in her eye and was miserable the rest of the time!

Lucas was very helpful in playing with her and getting her water to fill up her pool.

We spent our beach days where my Aunt lives and has a private beach access. It was fun because the kids were able to make friends with other kids who were there every day and other cousins as well.
This was at a Pioneer Day activity that my mom's Stake put on. They had a great lunch, many booths, and great entertainment. It was really hot that day and we didn't stay too long so we could go cool off at the pool.
I think the spanish ward had made this replica of the Nauvoo temple. I thought it was pretty amazing.
The 2nd week we were they we stayed at Lawrence Welk Resort. My friend Nicole came down with two of her kids to stay with me and help babysit my kids while I did wedding activities. We did a lot of swimming in their nice pools.Arianna and Sariah with my kids....the boys loved having two cute girls stay with us!

More beach fun...this day Rachel actually did pretty good...but notice the sand covering her body that also covered mine as well because she loved to crawl all over me. Gotto love babies at the beach!

Kids looking for sea shellsLucas digging a hole to China with his 2nd cousin Alex!

This is my niece Lizzy that I traded her mom for Rachel that day. I don't know if it was a fair trade, but Lizzy was definately a lot easier to take to the beach than Rachel and we had fun playing with her!

Beach, pool, family....that about sums it up and it's what keeps us busy and happy! We always have so much fun and always come home wondering why we don't live there! I keep thinking..maybe someday!