San Diego!

If I wait any longer to edit/post pics of our trip to San Diego we will already have another vacation under our belt! So I'm just posting all of the pics I have, mostly from the iPhone (I would be so lost without it)! We had a wonderful trip, staying downtown in Seaport Village. Mike had a conference to attend for a portion of the trip so the kids and I just relaxed, ate, shopped and did ZERO CLEANING :). We also headed to the Jessen's home for a part of the trip for our traditional gourmet dinner night and a lot of laughs. 

Both kids were amazing on the car rides!

 Love us some pinkberry!

 Aud's loved the hotel room!

 Chase caught up on lots of sleep...

Chase was a bit afraid of the "real" pirates! 

 Balboa Park….crazy we never went when we lived there!

 Sea World! Never went here when we lived in SD either!

In Pacific Beach, showing the kids our old 'hood :)

4th of July!

This year's 4th of July was quieter than in the past but it was so nice to have a relaxing day with good friends and the kids. We hung out at the house where Mike did some smoking of chickens on his new birthday smoker and then we headed down to the neighborhood park for firecrackers and celebration. The only bummer was that the sun wasn't shining so we didn't get any pool time in. On the flip side, the day didn't get over 100 degrees so we could actually enjoy the backyard….not something we usually do during the day in July!

 Notice a theme to these pictures? I don't think Audrey was without a chip all afternoon :)

Ryan & Audrey planned their coordinated outfits days ahead haha :)

 This pic is terribly out of focus but I had to post it. Chase's expression is SO FREAKING FUNNY…he's just a bit afraid of fireworks :)

Father' Day

Every year for father's day I take Chase's portrait in his daddy's shirt and tie. I'm a little late in posting this but we left town on the actual father's day! Thank you Mike for being the best father my kids could ever ask for and for working so hard each and every day to provide for us. We love you!

The rest of these are unedited…but it will show you just how hard it is to get a picture of my kids :)

 My personal favorite...