Mommy & Me Ballet

Taylor and I have been taking mommy & me ballet at the rec. center for the past few weeks. Taylor is in heaven. She is just in love with ballet lately. She loves to wear all her cute ballet clothes and thinks she is a real ballerina. Ballet/dance is not really my thing, but watching her during class time is so great.

Cute Jeans

So Babies R Us had some super good deals on diapers and I had a ton of Huggies coupons so we picked up some jean diapers for Ethan. Usually these diapers are super expensive and I am certainly not going to pay extra for something that Ethan pees in, but after coupons they were just $2 a pack! I think he is really cute in them.

Sticker Fun

I have millions of stickers that I brought home when I cleaned out my classroom that other month. The kids have been having a ball playing with them.

Water Park

We went to a water park with a group of friends the other day. Aunt Nikki joined us and we had so much fun. Both of my kids love to play in the water, but don't like to get their heads wet. This place is great for them. There is a huge part that has a beach entry on it. I really enjoyed relaxing in the water and letting them play.

Nikki and the kids hanging in the pool.

My little fish.

Ethan loved relaxing in the water.

Taylor and her friends enjoying lunch in the shade.

Mom and the kiddos

BLUE

I think Mr. Ethan thought he should have a blue body to go with his adorable blue eyes.

San Diego Here We Come

Nana & Pa rented a beach house down in San Diego for a week. We were so thrilled when they asked us to join them. The trip was AMAZING! I've never seen my kids happier. We did it all, the beach, the fair, the zoo, and Sea World. Most importantly, we relaxed!

Packing up Pa's truck. We brought a ton of stuff!

Packing our bags for the trip.

We're here! The house was so cute. The kids loved playing in the yard. We were only 3 houses away from Mission Bay and about 7 houses away from Mission Beach. It was heaven.

Beach, Beach, and More Beach

I can't tell you how many times we went to the beach while in San Diego. It seems like we were there multiple times most days. We loved playing in the sand, walking along it, collecting shells, and splashing in the water.

These kids napped great after a few hours playing at the beach. I now know why people pay so much to live on the beach!

Sea World

Our Sea World passes are going to expire in a few months so we thought we'd get a lot of use out of them while in SD for the week. We went twice and it was so nice to be just 10 minutes from the house. Ethan is in love with animals now so he was very impressed with Sea World this trip.

We checked out the new turtle exhibit. It was cool, but this turtle was our favorite.

Taylor could stand and watch her buddy Shamu all day long.

Feeding the sea lions.

We found a great spot to see Shamu. He was only about 5 feet from us!

Watching the Shamu show with the rest of the whole entire world that was there. We sat in the splash zone, but luckily we didn't get wet!

Feeding the dolphins. Yes, we actually got to touch them!

These three are just so cute watching the fish.

4th of July

Fourth of July in San Diego was amazing. First of all, we were able to spend the whole day outside. At home our time outside in the summer is super limited so this was a big treat. Grandpa Fred was able to come over to the beach house and spent the day with us. We walked over to the bay when the sun went down and watched the fireworks. It was so nice to walk three houses home after the show!

Taylor is ready for the 4th of July.

These two never stay still for a picture!

Happy 4th!

Enjoying dinner outside!!!

Ethan is really into giving kisses right now. He was kissing Aunt Nikki the whole time we were waiting for the fireworks to begin.

San Diego Fair

While in San Diego we couldn't help ourselves. We had to visit the fair. This was Ethan's first time and we all had so much fun. The kids are still a little small for the rides so we just walked around and ate and ate and ate. It is amazing how they keep thinking of new things to fry.

family photo

Taylor was nice and shared her dip n dots with everyone

Taylor rode this pony named peanut. This was the highlight of her day.

My little farmers on the hay bales.

Our feet were really tired after all the walking we did.