Nearly at the end of summer now. Sam starts preschool at the end of the week and we're starting to get into more routines here. I mean, as routine as you can get with 3 kids 4 and under.
After vacation, Jordan and her husband were in Utah for a little bit, so Nae and I managed to work out our schedules to meet up with them together. It was great to catch up!
Baby girl started eating real food and mostly loves it.
We had more family photos with Travis' mom.
Everyone did really well, even Sam after he fell and scraped his knee.
We had apple days last week here in River Heights.
We love our friends. Pretty sure Tyler has a crush on Ella...he doesn't leave her alone when she's around. Thankfully she's a good sport about it.
The boys loved the bounce houses and slides.
We did some "back to school" shopping, aka we need long sleeves and pants for the boys.
They are OBSESSED with PJ Masks right now. So they were pretty happy about those shirts.
While at Kohls one day, we got this nice video of baby and her cheeks....
Baby girl is getting into a better sleep routine and is mostly a stomach sleeper now.
Bedtime can be rough around here. Sometimes it takes these boys ages to fall asleep...
On of the boys' favorite games in the car is I spy. Tyler has started playing and I just love how he says it. (Well, I love how he says most things at the moment....)
We took 2 days to travel down, stopping in St. George where we got to visit with my brother and his family. The boys loved the pool time. And overall, the kids were great in the car. Baby was definitely the best, sleeping the majority of the time, and probably only crying for 30 minutes of the 12+ hour drive. The boys were pretty content with tablets, naps and unlimited snacks.
Traffic was completely horrid on the way down. We would randomly hit traffic in the middle of nowhere, for reasons completely unknown. And we arrived in San Diego in the dead of rush hour, so that was lousy.
I also hit a small garbage can while on the freeway in California, that drug under our van until I pulled over and Travis retrieved it. That led to our first hour of vacation sitting at the Honda dealership making sure nothing was damaged. Thankfully, all was well.
We finally started vacationing at La Jolla Cove where we saw sea lions and the boys had a grand time in the water. Also, as we were leaving this area, stuck in a line of traffic, a construction fence fell on our van. Yeah. I just laughed at that point. We got a solid dent and some scratches.
We had family photos taken that evening at Coronado Beach.
Sea World was our next stop and it was a hit! Sam surprisingly LOVED petting the little sharks. We went back over and over again. Tyler really enjoyed the rides (Sam wouldn't even consider riding any of them.) Sam also really enjoyed the shows (except for getting splashed by the whale) and decided he wants to work with Sea lions, otters and whales when he grows up.
Before hitting up the beach the next day we stopped at the San Diego temple, because it's gorgeous.
Although Sam was disappointed that there was not fountain. I was also surprised by this.
The beach was the best! Sam loved going as deep as we could into the waves. He and Travis got covered by a huge one. Sam got knocked down more than once by them. :) Tyler was mostly content playing in the sand. Baby took lots of naps and didn't love the water.
We spent some time looking for seashells. Note: don't leave uncleaned seashells sitting in your car overnight. It will smell nasty.
Sam could not get enough of the beach.
So thankful these two have each other as friends.
We also went to my friend's wedding reception our last night there, Jordan and Erik. I didn't get any photos, which I'm a little sad about. But the kids were exhausted by then. Well, all of us were really. We made it home in one long day. Overall, a successful trip with some great memories made. :)
