Reunion Week

Day 1

• Sally's Bday
• Emily & Ryan's Wedding (above - Grandma's doing better!)
• Mom & Dad birthday shopping with their March birthday grandchildren
  
• Played at park
• Home for cupcakes (our grubby selves skipped the reception)
  

Day 2

• Drew's Bday
• Family dinner and games

Day 3

• Tide-pooling

that would be sea slug ink

Grandma's hats

• grilling & jacuzzi-ing

Day 4

• Dad, Grandpa, & Drew built me a flower box (poppies!)

• Mormon Battalion Museum
  

• Point Loma Seafood
• Said bye to Dad
• Cole's 3rd visit to a Nordstrom Rack
  

Day 5

• Shopping with Rachel & Errin
• A St. Patrick's Day (eve) fishing pond

Nevermind the Christmas blanket...it's green!
Mom found a random assortment of fun green prizes.

Day 6

• St. Patrick's Day @ Sea World

glasses and jewelery from the fishing pond

Gwen wasn't a fan

there's a random kid in this picture

Shamu!

Thanks Sea World for our free annual visit!
(for military families)

Day 7

• Said bye to Mom, Rachel & Cole
• Jared finally got his cinnamon rolls (I've owed him for 1 1/2 years)
• Hair done (thank you Karen)
• Tide-pooling (Karen's family missed the first trip)

that's one huge, dead crab

scary

I gave Sally my bad hugging gene

enjoying Derek's glasses and headphones

that's hot

• Cessy's Taco Shop

Day 8

• VG's Donuts/Pipes Cafe
  
• Beach

tourists

the happy couple

• Pizza Port
• said bye to the Burrs

And then yesterday Jason & Candace left.
Our house is so quiet now, it's weird!

It was obviously a good week.

You might not believe it, but there are lots of details I left out...like my newly recovered piano bench and yard maintenance thanks to my parents.

I like living in a place that people want to come visit.

Party Planning with Drew

Wait, you never got an invitation?

In planning with Drew I should've gone over the guest list first thing.

After making & ordering invites,
I found out he was only interested in Jones attending his party.

I tried talking him into a party with a bunch of kids, then thought why?

So per his choice I took them to McDonald's.

Then we came back here for cupcakes,

a Bat Cave,

(Sally got to come, too)

and a Mr. Freeze attack.

Mr. Freeze froze Batman & Robin and they had to thaw them out.

They started with water guns.

Then when that took forever, mugs helped.

And the faucet finished the job.

Most easy & stress-free party ever.

His REAL birthday:

Got together with extended family and sung to all the March birthdays.

He had a good day.
And is already working on his wish list for birthday #6.

Sally's Birthday

My cousin Emily got married on Sally's birthday.
We met family at the Newport Beach Temple for the wedding,
which was also the start of a family reunion here.
We've been playing all week.

Happy 3 Years Old!

A Kind Of Proud Moment

Pretty sure this is the first book Owen has read to his siblings.

I would have felt even more warm and fuzzy, if this wasn't the book of choice:

How Owen Eats His Flat Bread

The Secret to Happiness:

Binoculars.

(on loan from the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Discovery Center)