Wednesday, July 1, 2015

san diego with just moms and kids
last week i flew down to san diego to meet up with jocelyn and stay at my aunt brooke's house.
but lest you think it was a girls trip... think again! we took all our kids with us. this was first time i had flown with all three of my children by myself (i dont think i even flew with tagg and sully by myself) and i was pretty nervous. but everything went great! i mean, if i had time to play around on photobooth it couldnt have been too bad. 
our first day there we drove over to coronado to play on the beach and meet up with jocelyn's sisters. it was a perfect day. 
tess was loving life and even took a nap in her stroller while the fighter jets flew over. 
it was a long walk from our car to the surf. but worth it! 
after the beach we went back to brooke's house to swim, swim, swim.
rough life!
the following morning was fathers day so we facetimed craig to wish him a 'happy fathers day' aaaaaand to check in with our girls. 
tucker had come down from his internship in orange county to play with us while we were in san diego. we sure do love this guy.
then it was lunchtime at in-n-out.
tess loved their salty fries. :)
after lunch we drove down to balboa park. it was another gorgeous day. 
jocelyn and i are such mean moms. that water kinda grossed us out so we only let our kids look at it. :)

dont feel too sorry for them though. they got to pick a toy out at the science museum gift shop.
while we were waiting for the tram to take us back to our cars three tourists walked right up and (without asking) started taking pictures of/with tess. they were freaking out over her and couldnt get enough. kissing her feet even! the funniest part? tess was hamming it up for them. she loved every second of it.
still on her little cloud nine after all that attention. (you know, because she hardly ever gets any)
later that night we enjoyed smores by the pool. doesnt get better than that. 
the next day we met up with hanna and her boys for lunch and ice cream. it reminded me of how much i miss her!
then it was back to the pool for more shenanigans. 
last night of hot tubbing for these hot tubbing fools. 
i cant even begin to explain how lucky we are to have brooke in our family. she is not only generous and thoughtful but she is also such a good time. we love her.
these brothers.

the flight home. i cant say it was the most relaxing five days of my life but it sure was fun.