Ten, I mean 5, I mean 1 plus pictures on Tuesday

1. School is starting....well everywhere but in this house! We have a couple weeks to go and it seems like ages away still. I'm supposed to find out this week which teacher Sarah has. Can't wait!

So... since not too much is happening this week.... some old pictures in no particular order at all: Enjoy!

Sarah's First Halloween 2005

Our boat.... yup we owned a boat called Permanent Waves.

Will - 4 months (forgot how big and bald his head was!)

Sarah's 1st camping trip - age 2 1/2

Sarah 15 months

Sarah 13 months

Will 15 months

Will and Sarah - Easter 2008

Will at 1

In a cave September 2007

Camping Snap Shots

Camping at Kaibab Lake. Game invented by a 4 year old and enjoyed for almost an hour by all ages. Hilarious. Up and down the street with all children insisting on turns at riding and pulling and pushing!

Our friends pulling the Klemmers.

Payback!

More to come soon.....

San Diego Part 3 - Time at the Cove

Due to clouds and cool temps, we didn't actually go to a full beach. Instead we spent our last 2 days at the Cove. Day 1 was just a picnic and bird chasing (Will's favorite past time) and rock climbing to see crabs!

One of the many pictures of Will chasing birds.

One of the many crabs we saw on the rocks.

Seeing as I am a bit of a klutz, I left some of the rock hopping to Andy.

Day 2, we returned to the same place but this time with bathing suits and went down onto the small beach area. The day was pretty cool and the water was colder. Sarah was BY far the bravest. She forced Daddy to take her in a bit further than he wanted to. I on the other hand, along with my parents, didn't even bother wearing a bathing suit. Even Will was brave enough to go in up to his thighs. It was a quick beach trip but the kids didn't care. We ate lunch after that and climbed the rocks some more before heading home.

We had a good time in SD and were exhausted when we returned. The heat was a novelty for about 1 afternoon. Now we watch for afternoon monsoon storms just hoping they'll dump some rain on our house.

San Diego Part 2 - Zoo and Train Ride and Down Time

We did a lot of fun things but also a lot of down time just hanging out at Gammy and Pa-paw's house. I caught the kids playing games on Gammy's computer. How sweet is this! She even gave him a kiss after I snapped the picture.

Doing some worksheets with Gammy.

Drawing fairies with Pa-paw.

There were so many good pictures from the zoo, that I just put them in a slide show. The kids had a great time. We went in the evening and had dinner there and the kids stayed up late. We couldn't fit a stroller into the car for our drive to SD so we rented one at the zoo. FANTASTIC IDEA! It was an easy stroller for them to jump in and out of. The animals were very active and the dinner place was empty. It was a VERY good zoo trip.

Our next big adventure was something that my mom and dad had talked about doing for awhile. My mom was unfortunately working, so my dad and I took the kids alone. We hopped on a Coaster train from Solana Beach to Old Town (a 35 minute ride). We ate lunch in Old Town and wandered some museums and then rode back to our car and drove home. The ride there was VERY exciting. Will couldn't stop talking. He informed the lady sitting next to us that he saw the Great Wall of China out his window. It was pretty funny.

In Old Town, lunch was delicious. Pa-paw and I enjoyed a margarita. The temperatures were cool and all was well. We wandered the stage coach and stable museum and then walked through a house from the 1850's. I quickly observed the chamber pots and a couple potty chairs. Sarah then found them in each room and we noted together the lack of a separate bathroom. How times have changed! She really enjoyed the house (much more than I thought she would) and wanted to walk through twice but we didn't have time. Next stop was the jail and courthouse. Will liked the metal jail box that was out back. You couldn't go in it but he still liked looking through the bars.

Our ride back was not as exciting. Sarah informed me that she was bored, until she and Pa-paw wandered off to bring us each a paper cup of water that's available on board. All in all, I would definitely recommend that little adventure to anyone visiting town for an extended period of time! Side note: Comic-Con was on town while we were in Old Town. Saw some interesting costumes. Next year, we might just go to the convention center and check it out.