KOA Santa Margarita

We met our Carlsbad friends, the Laytons, in Santa Margarita last weekend for a little camping.

It works out, cause everyone has a buddy:

Sally and Jacob.

Drew and Dax.

Owen and Gavin.

(kelli pic)

and Reed and August.

This was our first KOA experience and it was a good one.

Our site was on it's own little level (so felt private) and was right across from the jumping pillow.

We split up meal duty and ended up eating better than we normally do at home.

Saturday, we took advantage of all KOA's activities and amenities.

(kelli pic)

 Indian survival skills demo.

(kelli pic (i was on baby nap duty))

The pool.

The snack shack for ice cream.

The favorite: water balloon volleyball.

The playground.

Another favorite: the jumping pillow.

And a hayride.

The view at the top was pretty awesome.

All this, and the fact that the kids were just so happy to be together, made up for:

the heat

the flies

the bees

the filth

the long walk to the bathrooms

and the lack of sleep.

 Until next year!

Some Randoms

8/6

Justin ran across the street for a second while August was napping.

Walking back to the house he noticed the blinds in his room moving.

Most definitely not napping.

 8/8

Boy power at Dennis the Menace Park.

8/19

Banana shakes w/Tes after kindergarten.

(thanks for the picture, Sarah)

8/19

Family night at the beach.

 8/22

A happy moment.

And an unhappy one.

Which we've had too many of thanks to never-ending teething.

And last but not least, Drew and the weapons of mass destruction he found on a bike ride with Justin.

8/22

Love this picture Justin took w/his phone on their ride.

PS Sally decided to give herself some bangs.

8/23

Cars

8/14
The Concours was this weekend, which meant lots of fun car sightings throughout the week.

Loved the miniature car show in downtown PG.

Little Rascals.

Jetsons.

That guy and his birds are everywhere.

Then yesterday after trying to see some fancy cars at the wharf,

we caught the end of the Concours d'LeMons.

It was the exact of opposite of everything Concours d'Elegance.

Elegance = exclusive, expensive, fancy, in Pebble Beach.

LeMons = free, in a park next to Chili's.

Some of the cars were awesome.

And then there were others.

   

Okay, those are awesome, too.

Inside that camo limo:

   

It had some amazing details.

LeMons obviously had (not) a huge budget for signage.

We loved this little show and fit right in.

8/17

And then we went to Chili's.

8 Days Apart

 8/10

Justin finished his summer Arabic course on the 9th.

(pretty sure he got an A. holler.)

But then he had to leave right after for AZ to make it to his brother Christian's wedding.

We stayed behind because school had just started.

Also, Justin had to go straight to Camp Pendleton afterwards for a week of Reserves duty.

Boo for spending his week off away.

Yay for insurance.

In my eyes, here was his week:

8/12
During one of his peaceful runs in beautiful weather.

And here was mine:

8/15

But really, Justin was bored out of his mind most of the week and would've rather been home.

And I did have some good moments:

 8/13

Yes, introducing Auggie to that dinosaur falls in the good category.

 8/15

A peaceful after school snack.

That baby thinks he has more than one tooth.

8/14

A deer walked by.

Nevermind that it was mangly and probably in-bred.

8/16

A Friday afternoon at the park then movie night with friends.

(picture by Sarah)

A few more questionable moments:

8/11 

I got home from Stake Conference and realized my earrings didn't quite match.

(yes, I took all 4 kids to stake conference alone)

This was better than a few weeks ago when I realized during church

that I was wearing my pajama bottoms underneath my dress.

Can I still post pictures of my 7 and 9 year olds in the bath?

8/13

I feel the need to document that hour-long bubble bath that drenched the bathroom.

Then there was the unfortunate accident on our walk to school.

8/15

Owen tripped while running with the stroller.

The stroller went off the curb and tipped with A in it.

Goose egg.

Grateful I had a slow work week and that we got a date last night.