San Diego Summer

I was lucky as a little girl to get to spend time at the beach on a regular basis every summer. Even though we live in Arizona I really want Austin and Ryan to get to enjoy some of the same things that I did as a child. Last week we packed up our car and headed on over. We spent a few nights with Gram and Grampa and enjoyed some great home cooking and company. The boys thought it would be fun to wear a hat like Grampa's.During the day we went down to see a couple of ships and spend time at the park with cousin Sarah and baby Jacob. The next day we headed to the zoo with Melissa, Charlotte, Mike and Aiden. The kids really enjoyed exploring the zoo. Later we headed up to Carlsbad to see our cousins again and Aunt Debbie. It was so fun watching them play in the ocean and they spent a couple of hours digging in the sand. The water temperature was colder than we expected but after awhile even Nelson enjoyed a swim. Someone let the kids borrow a couple of boogie boards and Ryan stood on his without moving but thought for sure he was doing something important with it! This is the first year of our family beach tradition and I am so glad that we got to see everyone! I can't wait until next year!

Gone Fishing!

Nelson was very excited to take the kids fishing for the first time. He bought them both tackle boxes and filled them with fishing goodies. He found a perfect site at the "Islands". We went this morning and found a nice shady spot before it got to hot outside. We could see there were fish right away but it took some time for anyone to catch anything. Ryan was the first one to catch a fish and it was "a big one". I didn't get a picture of it because he went back into the water pretty quick but I did get a picture of Austin's "little fishy". Although I do not care for fishing myself it was fun watching them enjoying it.