While Mom's Away...

My wonderful mother came and spent the entire week with my boys so I could go to Girl's Camp this past week. I am not really sure where all her energy comes from because she went nonstop with these boys the entire week. Maren brought her up Monday morning with her boys and they all had a grand old time in Temecula that day. First on the agenda was water fights at the end of our cul-de-sac. A big hit.

 Then it was off to the blueberry farm

 I think they are starting to look tired in this picture

 Tuesday morning they got up and met Maren and her boys at the Wildlife Zoo

 My dad had gone over to Catalina Island with the scouts in his ward for high adventure but snuck over for a quick visit on his way home. He spent the night with Mom, Matt and the boys Tuesday and then went with  my mom and the boys to meet Maren for a hike in Torrey Pines and a cool day on the coast.

 Thursday mom went back to Maren's to swim with the boys and then they headed home to get ready for their mama to get back.

 I pulled up just as the were finishing putting up the sign. Any one who has gone to girls camp knows how exhausted you are when you get back. On top of very little sleep, we had done an amazing 10.5 mile hike that day too. When I pulled up and saw my three sweet boys and my sign I totally started crying (blame it on the exhaustion). I was only home long enough to shower and soak up as many hugs and kisses as I could in 45 minutes then I headed back to the church for the closing of camp. I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to be at Girl's Camp. It is truly an inspired event.

 Please excuse my appearance. Like I said- it had been a long day!

 The next morning we headed down to San Diego to take my mom to the airport. We got there a little early so that we could spend some time by the harbor. Love this place.

 And since it was a gorgeous day, we spent the rest of the afternoon outside playing baseball and riding bikes. Check G out his bike. He is really starting to get the hang of it!

What a week. Again a majorly huge thanks to my mom who completely wore my kids out, kept up on all the laundry and cleaning, and made me feel so at ease being away for the week. I also must thank Matt for going without a car all week and helping so much with the boys too.  I am so blessed!

Taking Home the Trophy

Crew had his last baseball game last Friday night. It was an awesome game! He caught a fly ball and threw it to first base for a double play and also hit a double in the first inning! Crazy! The best part was when I went to talk to him after his big catch he said "Mom! I closed my eyes!"

 The next night we continued our Diamondback celebration by going to see the real DBacks play the Padres in San Diego. The Reese's decided to join us as well which made it an extra fun night! Padres Stadium is really great and to top it all off the DBacks won!

Pasadena

We headed back over to Pasadena for a fun but quick visit last weekend. We got there Sunday afternoon and met up with many of our good friends that night at the high school track. It was soooo wonderful to see so many good friends and I obviously enjoyed visiting too much because I didn't take a single picture. Blast! But it really was so good to see all those friends who I miss dearly!

The next morning we got up and went for a hike. Crew requested we do the hike above the observatory and it was a beautiful morning to be out.

 Tom and Stacey

 Lisa and Erik

 After our hike we grabbed some lunch and headed back to Temecula because we got to see another one of our favorite families! The Brutsch's were in town this week and we loved getting to have them over for a few hours Monday evening. We got to meet their precious new little Levi (again why didn't I get a picture?) and it was fun to see the kids pick up and play as easy as the adults.