Del Mar

The Douherets plan a Del Mar weekend each year for their birthday. This is the third year we've gone. Spending a day out of the heat with friends and family is wonderful. We got to visit with Randy and Katie and bet a bit on the horses. Drew was the big winner of the day. We'd open the book, she'd look at it and pick a number and low and behold, that horse would come in. Yes, we "technically" letting our daughter gamble but only because she had absolutely no clue what she was doing. Notice though that her hair is long enough for pigtails! Finally. She had a meltdown at the end of the day when she realized she had to come home with us. She was adament she was going home with Randy and Katie. She called him for the next three days asking to come over. I wasn't sure if I should be happy that she loves her uncle and wants to spend time with him or be sad that she was upset she had to come home with us.

Peyton spent the day running around the kid area with his friends, playing on the rides and eating ice cream. It doesn't get any better than that.

Big Bear Weekend

In the beginning of summer my friend Tasha kept asking if I wanted to borrow her Big Bear cabin for a weekend in the summer to get out of the heat. Yes, she was asking me, not me asking her. I couldn't believe she was so willing to open her cabin so I kind of blew it off thinking it was just something being said in conversation. Well, she asked me about 4 other times and told me if I didn't give her a date we'd miss out because a lot of other people were going to use it. Wow. I was super excited and so thankful she is so generous. How many other people are telling you to go and use their house. Not many. We spent the weekend with the Douheret's and had the best time. We told the kids this was an outdoors trip. No T.V., video games or computer. They had to play outside, get fresh air and get dirty. We rented a boat, fished, had dinner on the lake, Mark taught the kids to skip rocks, took a hike, played games, bbq'd, had brunch and mimosas, toured the cute town of Big Bear and just relaxed at their adorable cabin. They don't have any houses behind them so the kids had a ton of room to play baseball, play in the tree house and drive Zoe's jeep all around. It was perfect. Mark and Drew were the only ones brave enough to get into the cold water. Drew being her normal fearless self, jumped right in but got right out after feeling how cold it was. She wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. The boys spent hours fishing but unfortunately didn't catch anything. We can't thank the Posa's enough for a great weekend.

My Birthday

August has come and gone in such a flash. We've done so much that I was never able to catch up. It started with a fun filled trip to Vegas with co-workers then my birthday. Still recouperating from the Vegas weekend the birthday was mellow and perfect with dinner, gifts and friends. I think I was still so happy from last years party I really didn't want to do anything this year. But....what girl is going to turn away blue box!

Swim Lessons

She's all suited up and ready to go. Peyton opted out of the picture but she rarely misses an opportunity! She loves the water and is continuing lessons because she's not ready to give up her floaties yet.