Coronado

My dad had some meetings in Coronado a couple weeks ago so the boys and I went down for a day to play. Mom found these robe towels. Aren't they hilarious! They were pretty cute walking around the pool.

We hit the pool first while Grandpa was still in meetings


Grandpa met us as we were getting out of the pool. Maren, mom and I took the little ones back to the room for a nap while my dad took the big boys exploring. Ten minutes later we hear a "Hoo hoo" outside and hear is what we found. Grandpa is so much fun.That evening we took a ski boat out in the harbor. Don't let the look on my children's face fool you... it really was hit!

The background isn't the best but isn't the sunset amazing?

And we finished the night with books and and sleep over. What a fun day!

Seven Months

This sweet guy turned 7 months yesterday. How did this happen so fast? He loves his new found freedom in crawling and it has become a fun little game to find where he disappears to. He always has a big smile on his face when we find him. His two teeth on bottom are about to be joined by four on top which may account for why we have had so many rough nights lately. Graham is so precious and we wish he would stop growing up so fast! Love him!

San Diego- Part 2: The Allens!!!

It was so much fun to have all of the Allens together for a few days over the 4th. Unfortunately the weather was a little on the cool side but we still had a great time!

The annual handstand contest

The annual winner- (Matt's mom walks just as well on her hands as she does on her feet!)

Waiting for the fireworks

Love this guy!

Love all these guys!

It was a little chilly out so poor Graham has a bit of a red nose. Still sweet though

Crazy cousins

Crew and Gunner

Hello Graham

Story time with Grandma

Matt's siblings and spouses

I love this picture of Remy and Sammy

All the grand kids

All the siblings

The whole gang

We loved being with you all and thanks for a great little trip!

San Diego- Part 1

The weekend of July 4th, we went down to San Diego to spend some time with Matt's family. We went down a little early and enjoyed a great day downtown and with some friends. First we took the ferry over to Coronado. This was a HUGE hit with Crew and something Matt and I always love to do.

Over on Coronado, we had a picnic lunch and played around a little while before ferrying back.

We stayed at Maren's before all Matt's family got there. They have the "Woody Game" on the Wii which was a total hit with Crew.

That afternoon we went to Del Mar beach with our friends the Andrews. Crew and Emmy are great friends and have soooo much fun together. They were very entertaining to watch on the beach.

I'm not exactly sure what they are doing but it reminds me of "Where the Wild Things Are"

Making sand angels

Seriously how cute is this! After the beach we had pizza at a park by Wade and Whitneys and just enjoyed catching up with good friends. Graham got to swing for the first time and loved it!

It was a great start to the weekend

Graham

First off, we have had some internet woes so I have a lot to catch up on. But first, I must just post some pictures of this sweet little guy! Graham is seriously precious and can do no wrong. Even when he is fussy he is sweet and we just love him so much. He is much bigger than Crew was at this age and is definitely getting his own look too (as you will see later in this post). At 6 months Crew weighed 16 lbs and at 6 1/2 months Graham weighed 17.3 lb. Graham is a 1/4 inch shorter than Crew at this age too. Graham now has two bottom teeth and as of today is officially crawling, although he has been doing something like it for a couple weeks. He wants to eat everything and is so curious. He loves the water, being outside and adores Crew. Here are some random pics of him from the past few weeks.

Now, here are some of Crew mixed in. I think it is in the eyes and some face shape. You decide. Here is Crew
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