June 2013

June was a busy month with our trip to California, but outside of that we had fun enjoying the summer around our neighborhood:

Father's Day - Griffin and I got Josh donuts, his favorite

For Father's Day we had friends over and the kids had fun on the trampoline

All the kiddos eating dinner

Father's Day

All the Dads with the kiddos

We've been enjoying the fountains in our neighborhood

The kids love playing with Josh!

They did this for about an hour one night : )

A little rest from the fun

Soccer fun

A fun night at the park with friends

We're lucky to get to spend so much time at the pool with friends!  The kids love to lay on the cement to warm up

This was Griffin's last day of school

The kids love eating lunch outside

We got to babysit our buddy Levi and the kids loved taking care of him; they fed him his lunch and held his hand the whole time!

Dressing up

Grace walking around in my heels after an interview I had ...

Grammy came to visit!

Griffin got to do this trampoline one night and LOVED it!

Walking with Grammy

Pool time with Grammy

The kids love going to the library and love the computer; Griffin is getting pretty good at using the mouse.

They're doing a summer camp this summer on Wednesdays ... here they are with their lunch boxes; Griffin likes to wear his "like Daddy" wears his work bag : )

California!

Josh had a conference in Laguna Beach, CA so the kids and I decided to tag along!  

Our hotel was so fancy - we were thankful Oppenheimer footed the bill : )  Griffin and Grace were excited about the sparkling apple juice we got upon arrival, as well as cute little stuffed animals they gave too!

That night the kids and I enjoyed watching the sunset together

It was beautiful!

The kids were thrilled to run around the beach

Love them!

During the days we had fun playing in the sand at the beach ...

It was a little cold, so Grace actually snuggled with me a bit!

But she had plenty of fun running around too!

So excited about the beach!

Look!  Waves!

Griffin was in heaven with all the sand ...

...he spent hours driving his jet ski around the beach!

They had a blast playing together

This was right by our hotel and was fun to play in

The kids were quite entertained by throwing sand into the water

Loving running around

She is so amused by Griffin!

Playing in a big hole

Our last night at the Montage before heading to Carlsbad ...

It was such a beautiful place!

Our family

The kids loved the sunset - Griffin even asked us to video tape it so he could always remember it!

We then traveled to Carlsbad, CA to go to Legoland:

The lego creations were really cool - they were amazed when they first walked in!

Legos!

Hard at work

Griffin worked hard to create his car 

Showing off his Lego car

The kids then got to race their Lego cars

And he won!

The first ride we went on

They were excited!

He loved driving

A fun ride 

Driving around the race track

Grace driving - this is actually a little deceiving, as she wasn't technically old enough for this - we realized why they want them to be three once she got out there and couldn't drive the car!  Oh well, she still had fun!

Fun on the Legoland playground

Grace was excited to do a ride without us, just with Griffin

Grace and I on a ride

Griffin and I on a ride

Another one

...and another one!

The next day we went to Legoland's Aquarium

The kids loved this!

They had fun looking at the fish

The next day we went to La Jolla, where you can see tons of seals

The seals are in the background

We went to see a cave called Sunny Jim

The view of Sunny Jim from inside the cave

Running around a trail in La Jolla

They just love running together!

Especially Grace!

The last day we went to the San Diego Zoo

They had a gondola that went across the zoo, which was Griffin's favorite part

The polar bear swam right up to us!

Griffin loving the gondola

It was fun to see koalas!

Griffin loved getting so close to this duck and her babies at lunch!

The kids in the airport before going home ... it was a great trip!