Nonstop Summer

6/28

It's the tide-pooling off season, but Drew still managed to find a crab.

 

6/29

The finale of Owen's week-long Scout Day Camp.

 

6/29

 Stake Roadshow.

Our ward won Best Overall!

7/2

Swimming with Lindsey and kids at their resort.

Not pictured: Water slide.

 

Independence Day

Got to the beach early, but it wasn't even that crowded thanks to the gray sky.
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Showing off our red, white, and blue.
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 Best fireworks viewing location: along the golf course of the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort.

 

The next day...(Briant's birthday)

7/5

Finally got a poppy blossom after two rounds of planting seeds.

This is the only plant that grew thanks to the neighborhood crows.

 

(didn't know this was on video)

Skate park...where we once again annoyed by scootering and running.

Briant's birthday dinner choice: Ruby's Diner on the Oceanside Pier.

Ellis's Birthday

(celebrated a day early on 7/8)

 Yes Gwen is wearing no shirt and Ellis's bloomers.

Lunt Family Reunion

7/9-12

 Thanks to Aunt Liesel for this cute picture taken on our morning beach walk.

 JR's Shaved Ice in Oceanside.

Not technically part of the reunion, but we had to use our Groupons before Karen's family left.

Loved it.

 Games before swimming at the hotel.

 

The group.

Awesome family.

This is a sad picture representation of the reunion, but it was nonstop and fun.

Thanks to Sherri and Clel for organizing!

Post Reunion Visitors

(my parents, Rachel and Cole stayed through the weekend;

cousin Chad and two of his kids stayed an extra day)

Sunset Park/Splash Pad
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 Wedgie.
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Too much fun with purple eyeshadow.

 Las Posas Sprayground and Pool

We live 2 miles from the beach and my kids prefer the pool.

And while we were off playing my dad and Justin spent 2 full days in our garage
working on the Jeep (Justin inherited from his Grandpa).
It's running!!!
Still a long way from being driveable, but hey it runs.

It was way too quiet when everyone left.

Fun/nonstop couple of weeks.

We Like to Visit

Waking up to Grandma

 

Swimming with cousins.

(I even I got in and it felt so good)

 

  

The whole reason we came: Derek & Loren's sealing.

Their reception was the weekend prior.

Yay Der Der & Lo Lo!

 

 

 

 Justin and his Father's Day Legos.

 Father's Day.

(loved being there w/my dad, too....but our picture didn't turn out)

 Bonus to the weekend was meeting new, week-old nephew, Drake.

Such a cute baby.

 

She cannot wait for her own new brother.

 

 A visit to the new, under-construction Gilbert Temple.

This was neat to see.

I now get everyone's excitement.

This trailer is on site, where we learned more about the temple plans, layout, and purpose.

They all were happy with their pieces of the temple wall.

But especially Owen.

He kept saying sweet things about how good he felt there, wanting to visit every temple,

and wanting to keep the rock with him all the time so he could always feel that good.

And then Drew said in his high, matter-of-fact voice, "Dude, I didn't feel anything!"

Glad my mom chose this as her pre-birthday celebration and that we could make some memories.

Owen cries pretty much every time we head home, but this time even Drew was in tears.

Sally kept saying, "I don't care if it's hot!"

They all wanted to stay.

Counting down to seeing them soon at our reunion.

No More Pencils

 Yesterday was FINALLY their last day of school.

 Drew got the awesome teacher this year.

We loved Mrs. Cooper.

Owen was fine with his teacher, but she wasn't my favorite.

(Mrs. Roth - no picture)

Their best friends of the year:

Logan, Finn, Yousha, Drew

Owen, Wesley, Gavin

So looking forward to lots of pool and beach days this summer.

Not complaining about a break from schedules and making lunches, either.

Hey Y'all

(picture courtesy Hannah and yes, I cropped myself out)

 

Hannah, Amanda, and their families (friends from Texas) came to visit this weekend.

We had a fun bonfire Thursday night and a nice, laid-back Saturday.

But the highlight of the weekend was Friday afternoon in San Juan Capistrano.

 All pictures are from Zoomars Petting Zoo.

(a pretty small place, but the kids loved it and would've stayed as long as we let them)

 (picture courtesy Hannah)

 This corn play area was awesome. A nice change from sand.

Maybe next time my kids will cooperate for pictures.

Anyway, it was a fun weekend.

Love that we have good friends from just a short 5 months in Texas.

A Tall One

Somehow 5'3" me and 5'8" Justin produced a kid (Sally) in the 75th percentile for height.

Drew is baffled by it, too.

 They are 1 day less than 2 years apart and I've been asked more than once if they're twins.

(Drew is 25th percentile)

PS It took an ice cream bribe to get them to pose for pictures.