Soak City & Mission Bay

Friday seem to be our fun field trip day for summer since we have no swim team or swim lessons to deal with.  This past Friday was no different.  Some wanted to go to the beach. Lily wanted something different so we decided on Knott's Soak City!

 We headed out to Chula Vista and managed to have a lovely day until they closed down the park due to a potential storm coming in.  Being a former lifeguard, I thought it was a little premature to close it down, but I'm not in charge.  We still managed to have a lot of fun and will definitely be going back again when we get a chance.  Lily wasn't a huge fan of the big water slides.  She prefers more of the slow/lazy river rides.  We all loved the wave pool.

 Later that night we had a church BBQ at Mission Bay Park.  It was a relaxing evening.  The kids got back in the water and were in it til we told them to get out at 8pm.

One thing is for sure.  These kids love the water.  They must get that from me.

The Scouts are Gone

Damon and Noah were gone for a week at Scout Camp.  We didn't want to waste a week doing nothing while they were gone.  We didn't waste a minute.

Riley came to stay with us for a few days.  While she was here we went to the beach, the pool, Baskin Robbins, the movies and the grocery store.

Thursday evening we went back to Mortensen Manor to take Riley home.  We spent the night and then the next morning we went to Downtown Disney.  The kids didn't know I was taking them there.

We had lunch at Goofy's Kitchen.  We had lots of food and met lots of characters.  We shopped for a little bit, wandered around the hotel and then headed home.

 

 
 

 Hopefully we can make it back to the Disneyland Hotel again.   The kids didn't want to leave.

 Friday night the boys came back from camp, stinky and dirty.  After they showered we were glad to have them home and be together again as a family.

An Olympic and ABBA weekend

Those are two weird words for a post.  That's what our weekend was filled with though.  The Olympics and ABBA.
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I  love the Olympics.  I'm trying to get my kids to love them too.  Now that everyone is old enough to understand the games we thought we would have a little fun with them.  This year is even more fun because the Olympics are in a city that we love.

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                                       I think I love this more than the rings down in Sydney in 2000.

We all picked a country that we would support during the games (of course we really only want the U.S. to win).  Adam- U.S., Lily-France (there's a suprise), Noah-Brazil, Damon-New Zealand, Rachel-Australia, Nana-United Kingdom, Papa- China.  We decorated the house with Olympic flags and flags from the countries we are cheering on.  We are also keeping a medal count for our country.

For opening ceremonies I tried to sell the kids on English food, but they weren't to excited by that.  We settled for a union jack flag appetizer, hamburgers and Olympic cupcakes for dessert.

 The kids got to watch the ceremony until 9:30pm and then finished it up in the morning.  They kept track of the number of athletes their country had.  It's been fun this year.  I know a lot of people said that the opening was boring, but I loved it.  It had bits of craziness and silliness, but I loved seeing Kenneth Branagh, J.K. Rowling and Mary Poppins and Voldemort.  They didn't sell me on a nationalized health care system though. 

Saturday we camped out in front of the TV and squeezed chores into watching the Olympics.  It's a good thing we have a DVR.  It makes watching it easier.  We've loved every minute of it so far.

Saturday night the Mortensen's and Grandma came down to go to the Summer Pops with us.  They had a tribute to ABBA band.  It was fabulous good fun.  We love Summer Pops.  It's the best thing to do during the summer.  I think my sister sang along with every song.  We met some parrots on the way to the concert.

  Lots of fun this weekend!  Riley is here to stay with us for a few days.  We are very excited about that.  It will be a fun week too.

Nana Camp 2012!

The kids just returned from Nana Camp and they had a blast.  They did a lot of fun things and were sad to see their parents show up.  Here is highlights from their week...

Zach and Alex came for a few days during Nana camp this year.  Everyone loved time with their cousins.  Tavita and the twins, Angelina and Brianna, were there too.  Lots of kids+lots of fun= one tired Nana!

Swiming

Anti Gravity-Lily celebrated her birthday at a giant trampoline place.

Birthday

 Lily pulled out her other front tooth.  She wouldn't let anyone touch it for weeks and then on her birthday she walked into the bathroom and pulled it out all on her own.  She's 7.  She can pull her own teeth and everything.

 movies/Staying up late- the kids all went to see Ice Age 4.  Zack and Noah kept staying up late and talking.  Just like at a real slumber party.

 crafts-Lily was so happy to have a girl to do crafts with.

They had a blast and can't wait to go back.  Thanks Nana and Papa for the memories.  This is what summer is all about.