As friends get further away and our lives get busier, we want to be able to still share our lives with friends and family

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Camping at Palomar Mountain


Bennett hasn't been camping before, so we thought it would be good to set up the tent in our garage & practice. He loved it! Little did he know that real camping is way better!

For one last little summer hurrah, we drove up to Palomar Mountain and did some camping for a couple of nights. Although Bennett got sick the night we arrived, he was quite the trooper & still had a super fun time. It was a great trip. We sure love camping!

Our weekend was filled with relaxing...

playing in the dirt

playing with toys

tent time

delicious camping meals

monkeying around

reading

hiking

sightseeing

running

and fishing!

It was a nice relaxing time & Bennett is sold on camping.
He wasn't sure he wanted to leave...

Coming down the mountain we stopped to look out on Valley Center.
Can you see our house?

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Jolie's 1st Birthday


Cousin Jolie had her first birthday on August 9th.
It was quite a fun celebration with family & friends.

The proud parents with the birthday girl

Yummmmmm!!!!!

The Beiswengers one day before baby Ava was born

Bennett (and all the other kiddos) LOVED all the toys:
The tunnel...

the trampoline...

the water table...

and the cars.

The Leathers Family

Jordy, Jolie, Darcy, & Grammie

Just hanging out with friends

Pooped after the party

Monday, August 15, 2011

Summer gig

For the last 5 years or so, I have been working summers down at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas as a junior lifeguard instructor. I thought it would be a cool job, so I got connected with the right people, found out that I needed to go through the lifeguard academy, did just that, and got hired.

I took last summer off (due to the new addition of our family) but went back to work for the same wonderful boss this past summer. She has started a new summer camp for 6, 7, and 8 year olds called Beach Kids. I only worked part time, but had so much fun down at the beach each day playing with kids (and my coworkers) in the water and sand. So sad summer is over! For those of you with kids nearing this age - sign them up for the fun!



Saturday, August 6, 2011

Pool Party

To relax & enjoy another beautiful day of summer
we had a pool party at Ben & Karen's.

Lorna & Kieran

Marisa & Canon the fish

The lovely hosts

Desi & Tyler

me & B & Jolie & Darcy