Thursday, September 23, 2010

A few from our summer travels (cont. again)


Below are some pics from our San Diego trip



Scott having fun with Rachel and Breea.  He totally digs at least a few kids, I don't care what he says ;o)


A nice lunch at Islands with my buddies.  Not a bad picture for hitting the self timer button and then leaping over the stroller (where Link was sleeping) and sliding in next to Patti :o)


We had a great trip to the San Diego Zoo.  There were lots of great photos especially since Paula was doing her thing with her nice camera.  This is seriously a small fraction of the photos.


Rachel, Breea and Gwendolyn with their "twinkie" shirts from Paula.  So Cute!!!  Thank you Po!!




Ok girls, where to next??



Gwendolyn was wherever Rachel was.  She really clung to her this trip.


Aside from her love affair with Rachel, this orangutang was a close second.  Gwendolyn is normally very cautious but, she didn't have any reservations at getting close to this guy.  Thank goodness for tall, thick glass.  I bet she might have been a bit more reserved had the glass not been there.


The kids really enjoyed the beach.  At first, I was a bit nervous but, it turned out awesome!








Here's Gwendolyn waiting for the Bride to arrive at Brian and Christina's wedding





Marc took us to Legoland.  First we went through the aquarium part and then into the main park.  Fun was had by all!!





The kids took some major convincing before they would try touching a starfish.  I have a cute photo of Link stretching as long as he can but, you can see straight down my shirt so, you won't be seeing that photo ;o) LOL



A giant Darth Vader and R2D2 made out of legos...very cool!



Yes, Link should be on the other side of that barricade.  Stinker!  Miniature land was rough as Marc and I were constantly taking Link off of the displays!


This was Gwendolyn's first face painting and she adored it!  There were MANY tears at the end of the day when it had to be washed off.



Oh yeah, totally awesome lego display of Hagrid and Harry Potter!  WOOHOO!!



This was our last night and we hung out at Wendy's





A few from our summer travels (cont.)

Below are a few photos from our TN trip



Gwendolyn LOVES the tube!  The best part is going for a tube ride with cousins!!  YAY!!


Every summer we always take a ride to a local lake ice cream spot.  


Link got his first boat driving lesson from Grandpa.  He loved it!

Below are wake surfing photos.  We all enjoy this relatively new sport.  We've been doing it now for 2 years now and everyone seems to have fun with it.


Duncan


Greyson


Ginger


Just some chick 


Ken


Chillin' on the dock


All the young ones pass out during boat rides



Duncan wake boards


Gwendolyn learned to saucer this year and she really enjoys it


Here, Aunt Ginger gets her started


Greyson got in some wake boarding this year.  However, his first love is definitely the sky ski.


The TN trip is our annual family trip.  We all look forward to it and have a great time.  I feel so lucky to be able to travel so much with the kiddos but, Ken can't.  That's one of the reasons why the TN trip is extra special because we are there as a whole family.