A day at Mission Beach

Our second day in SD was spent at the beach. We ended up with a warm sunny day, so the beach was perfect! The kids loved building sand castles, jumping waves, finding shells, and taking walks. Surprisingly, Talan got tired of the beach..which is a shocker from the previous year when we couldn't get him off! So Chad took him back to the hotel and they went swimming at the pool. Crazy boys, we have the WHOLE beach to swim in! Jaeden & I didn't want to leave, so we started playing. Then a little girl found Jaeden and they started playing. Ahh, time for me to lay down, relax and listen to the waves! Well that was short lived. The little girls father came over and talked my ear off for about 2 hours and had his little 6 year old daughter picking up on women walking by. I was so embarrassed to be sitting by him as women would look over at him, probably thinking I was part of his pick-up scam. I was praying that Chad was going to come back and save us, Nope! I finally had to make an excuse to get up and leave. So I was a little annoyed that we had to end our beach day early because of some perverted man!




We ended up having a nice relaxing day and took an evening cruise on the bay.

Sea World

For Jaeden's fall break we took our yearly family vacation to Cali! This was our longest trip of 9 days, but well needed and well worth it! Our first stop was San Diego. It was the first time the kids got to experience Sea World and they LOVED it! I can still imagine their faces as Shamu jumped out of the water..they couldn't believe how massive he really was! Yes, we did sit in the splash zone, but lucky for us Shamu skipped right passed our section. Talan loved how there was a daddy shamu, mommy shamu, and a baby shamu.
Snack time fun!
Just being cute kids and trying to amuse me for some good photos! Talan is on a new stage in life, now he's into skateboarding and anything apparel wise that looks like a skater or has a skull. He loves his new skull hat and heely's that dad bought him!



We met up with one of Jaeden's best buddies, Erin and her family. It was fun to have others to get soaked with and Jaeden loved going on rides with her friend.


Talan loved all the rides and was even tall enough this year to ride them all! Plus, buying him those heely's really helped :-) His favorite ride was the shipwreck rapids, you know the one where you get soaked? and then the kids want to ride it 8 more times. Fun!



We had a great day and ended it at our favorite Mission Beach pizza place, Luigi's! We were all a little tired!



Tomorrow: A day at the beach!

Daddy's poem

Every quarter in Jaeden's class they have to recite a poem by memorization. Jaeden and Chad have been working on her poem all weekend getting ready for her to present next week. One evening I was getting the kids bathed and when we got out this is what we found on our chalkboard. ;-) My cute husband had made up his own poem and told Jaeden that she should recite it instead! We had a good laugh and it's still on our chalkboard. Thanks for making us laugh, we love you Dad!

Diamondback game Girl Scout style!

Last weekend we all went to the Diamondbacks game to watch all of our daisies parade on the field before the game. Instead of driving, we took the lightrail downtown and the kids loved it! We had a great time with all of the girls and parents. One crazy and fun dad in our section ended up getting the wave started and it ended up going around the whole stadium. The girls got a kick of that, too funny! Jaeden was on the field, but our stupid camera has a delay on it, so Chad ended up missing her ;-) Sorry for my laziness, but too many pictures so I had to put them in slideshow format. Enjoy!

Phoenix Children's Museum

My friend called and invited us for a free day of fun at the Phoenix Children's Museum. Um, let me think....yes we will go! Unfortunately Jaeden had school, but Talan had a great time with his girl pal, Kaitlin. He loved giving her a ride through a make shift car wash, it was so cute!! We had a great time and hours of fun!! Each room had so much to offer and kept the kids attention. Talan's favorite was probably pretending to ride this motorcycle and checking out all of its' parts. When he saw it his eyes popped out and he couldn't get a smile off of his face.

More fun at the sand box!



This was my favorite room!! I wish I had a room in my house to just paint in and on. Hours of fun!
We are so grateful for good friends! Thanks, we had a great time and can't wait to go again!

Back at it!

Soccer is here again and we are back at it playin' soccer in the AZ heat! So far this season the kids have done really well and are so excited to go to practice every Monday and Wednesday. Jaeden picked up right where she left off and is surprisingly doing much better, scoring every game so far! I think she's getting some of her daddy's speed. Heaven knows it doesn't come from me!
Talan has completely surprised us and is actually PLAYING the whole time, as opposed to last season when he would just walk off the field when he felt like it. He is listening to his coaches, dribbling everywhere, and has even scored a couple of goals!! We think it's probably because he's older and wiser now, but in reality it's because his best buddy Logan is on his team! Hey, whatever it takes!! Good job guys we are so proud of you both.

Thin mints?!!

Jaeden is officially a daisy in Girl Scouts now. She had many friends from her kindergarten class last year in it and so this year she really wanted to join. We have a great group of girls and parents, which makes it fun for ALL of us. It looks like it will be a great year and many fun activities planned. The first being a diamondback game that the girls get to parade on the field in their stylish blue vests! I guess now we'll be stocked with thin mints, yum! Cookies come in January!