Hike with my boys

swim lessons at the YMCA

Both boys took swim lessons this year. 

Connor's 9th birthday

We had Connor's party a month early with his friends and just had my parents and Staci over to celebrate Connor's actual birthday.  Grandma and Grandpa give me money each year to get Connor's gift and this year he really wanted this remote control climber.  He was so excited to get it.  He wanted a Dairy Queen ice cream cake again and he picked it out.  Afterwards he had his friends Collin and TeJon come over to play.

 

 

concert

J and I went to the Counting Crows, River Runs and Match Box 20 concert

library

Top picture is the movies with me, Connor and Kaiden.
Below is riding our bikes to the library with Connor, Kaiden and Collin... the 3 in-separable amigos for Lego Time.

Chataqua with Grandma and Grandpa

Day 8: beach

Our last full day in San Diego we decided to spend at the beach playing in the sand again.  We built sand castles, the boys dug a big hole, we walked the beach, we walked up the stream and soaked our feet in the warm water.  For lunch we stopped at In and Out burger.  Back at the hotel we swam in the pool, soaked in the hot tub and packed up our stuff to leave in the morning.  We went back to Belching Beaver for dinner again.  We had another great meal with our PB ale.  I ordered a smaller beer this time.   After dinner we stopped on the way back to the hotel and I picked us up ice cream treats.  After breakfast the next morning we took off for the rental car place to return the car and head to the airport.  We had a fun vacation and loved exploring Legoland and relaxing on the beaches, but after 9 days we were definitely ready to go home.  On one of our first trips to the beach, where the clams were covering the beach Connor decided to fill his pockets with clams (even though we told him not to bring any back to the hotel) and he put them in a cup of water at the hotel and left them on the bathroom counter.  We told him they would die and stink, but he insisted they would live and he would return them to the ocean the next time we went.  Well a few days later they died and they stunk like crazy!  We threw them out and it took an entire day for the smell to go away.  Hopefully it taught Connor to listen to his parents.. they might actually know what they are talking about sometimes.