Vacation Part 2

We just got home last night from California.   The kids had so much fun!   Here are some pictures from our trip.  I’m just warning you that there are a lot but I took 423. :)

The first morning we had to make a birthday cake for Titi!  Ella wanted to celebrate even though her birthday was two weeks prior.

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Titi and Grammy Jojo had a dress-up chest of old stuff for Ella to play with.  It didn’t take long for her to get started.

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The kids swam almost every day at Papa Mo’s house.  Ella became quite the fish and Bennett loves to float around in the water and splash on the steps.   Bennett modeling before splashing around.

Ella really enjoyed the hot tub; jumping in and out of it.

We had family come over to my dad’s on Saturday.  Chris’ flight was rearranged due to a typhoon headed to Hong Kong so he ended up making it to the tail end of the day.

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We spent a day at the beach!  The kids had a ball.  Ella was certainly timid and never touched the water but Bennett was totally fearless.  He loved the sand, the water and most of all the freedom!

  

I’m here!

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmm…what do we do now?

 

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She may not like the water but she loved daddy burying her!

 

 

 

Sandy bottom!!

 

 

 

 

Ella & Titi – as close as Ella got to touching the water.

 

 

The next morning we took the kids to Balboa Park in downtown San Diego.  The temperature might have been 80 but if you were in the sun it felt like 98.  Not much of a break from Dallas.  The park is great and the kids loved it!  We also walked through a museum very quickly (probably not smart to take a 13 month old to a museum).

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As we were getting ready to leave the Marines came jogging through Balboa.  You could hear one of the men from a distance as he was chanting some song or something.  It was really neat.

Our last evening we spent swimming but this time Uncle Dave & Aunt Lauren got in the pool.  What a treat that was.  Ella got to be tossed from daddy to Uncle Dave and she got to jump in the hot tub with Papa Mo.  What a perfect ending to her trip!

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  As you can see we all had a wonderful time!  The kids have adjusted pretty well back to Texas time.  Bennett must have eaten something bad before we left so I’ve been dealing with an upset tummy (cleaning up his messes).  Ella starts Princess Dance camp tomorrow.  Hopefully she won’t be bored this week!