San Diego - Allen Style

Matt's family usually does a family vacation in San Diego every summer. For some reason this year got to crazy so we all met up for the first week of October down in Encinitas. It was so fun to be with his entire family. It was a little hard because Matt couldn't be there for most the week and two of our nephews, Gunner and Baylor, had to leave early. But we still had a great time. We drove down the Friday before and stayed with Maren so we could sneak in an extra day with Matt's siblings. Friday afternoon was kind of rainy and cool but we still met up for a little while at the beach with Michael and Jeni's families.

It wasn't exactly the best beach weather but a gorgeous sky of clouds!

Racing on the beach

Totally love this picture

Sunday afternoon some of us went to a park near Miramar to watch for the Blue Angels who were flying in a near by air show. It was great to get out (love General Conference but it gets to be a bit long with kids)! Maren's fam met up with us there and we had a great afternoon with the Angels.

My boy

Poor Sarah! It was pretty windy and the wind was really chilly! We couldn't put enough layers on her!

A game of Bocce Ball while we wait

Finally the jets! They move way too fast to get a clear shot but they were so much fun to watch!

Hearing these jets is one of the best sounds to me. I think it is because of our memories watching them practice in the skies over my grandpa's ranch all growing up, but I seriously love the Blue Angels and the feeling of excitement I get both physically and emotionally when I watch them.

Maren and Cam with their monster boy (I mean that in an endearing kind of way. He is hilarious but he is their little monster).

More races on the beach

Buried in the sand

Thursday was Matt's sister Jeni's birthday so what did we do? Disneyland of course! It was a little crazy busy but so much fun. Disneyland is so awesome all decorated for Halloween and the firework show was spectacular! We were there all day (Matt met us there in the afternoon after classes) and left totally exhausted. Here are a few pics of the day.

Crew trying to get in touch with his inner hippie. He hasn't quite figured out the peace sign.

Crew and Remy had a great time together all week

Crew loves all his cousins, however, he and Samantha (who is 4 months older) have a little harder time getting along. She knows her power over him and that he is a total wuss. Crew lives up to his wimpiness and freaks out over everything she does to him. It is not a good thing. Yet, there are moments when the two of them actually get along and it is so nice! I had to get the proof on film. In general, this was a really good day for their relationship.

More proof they don't always fight!

Before we left on Saturday we visited one of our favorite spots, La Jolla Cove. It was such a beautiful day and a great way to end a fun week.

Thank you Allens for a fantastic week! Crew will take at least a week to recover but we love you and miss you!