Aug 2012: Gavin's 2nd Birthday!

We can't believe our little boy is 2 already!  He is such a bundle of energy, wanting to be everywhere all the time.  On the day of his actual birthday, we just laid low and bought a small cake to have that night.  Then the following Saturday, we had a small party at Child's Play in Temecula.  It's an awesome kids play place that holds private parties on the weekends.  We had the place all to ourselves and had so much fun!  I highly recommend this place to anyone with young kids that need to release some energy!  Justin's Mom arrived a few days before and joined us in the celebration too!  We were so glad she was able to join in the festivities!

Having cake on his birthday

 

 We love this place!

 



 Gavin loves Coco the dog!

 

 Saying "Stay!  Don't leave me!"

 

 Love this little video of Gavin blowing out his candles.  Please don't pay attention to my horrible singing!  :P

Aug 2012: First Day of School

So I got lost in the "getting into the routine of school" and the blog fell behind...once again.  But before it turns to October, I'm taking some time to update it once again and hopefully keep it up!

On August 21, 2012, Owen and Savanna started school.  Owen started Kindergarten and Savanna started 3rd Grade!  I was excited to have them both at the same school finally!  We met Owen's teacher a few days before school started so he was already familiar with his class and his teacher.  He also found out two of his good friends were going to be in his class, so he was even more excited!  And I was a little relieved!  Savanna got joint teachers and she was happy with that!  She also found out beforehand that quite a few of her friends were going to be in her class so she was excited to see them all again.  Except her best friend isn't in her class so she was a little sad about that but they've had lots of playdates and sleepovers since then to make up for it. 

Owen with his good friend from preschool, Jackson

 

With his other good friend, Jaden



Savanna with her friend, Savannah



Her class has 32 students!



Camping Trip #3

This past weekend we took our last camping trip before school starts.  We headed back down to Mission Bay and stayed at Mission Bay RV Resort.  It's literally right next to Campland on the Bay so it was nice to be back near the water and in the cooler weather again!  This resort doesn't have as many amenities as Campland but it wasn't as crowded and the spaces are much bigger which is nice.  We didn't have that cramped feeling here like we did at Campland.  We camped with three other families who we usually go to the desert with and two of them camped with us at Vail Lake so it's always fun camping with friends! 

The first day we headed straight for the beach after we unpacked and got settled in. The kids played in the sand and water while we waited for our other friends to arrive. That was pretty much our whole weekend, we played in the sand and water and took a break to eat or for Gavin to take a nap and then it was back to the water again! After dinner we would walk around to see all the other nice expensive RVs and wish that one day we'll own something like that, haha!

 Gotta love the beautiful weather and beaches in San Diego

 Our little water boy!

Trying to tire them out by running up and down the beach

And there you have it, I'm now up to date, woo hoo!!!  Coming up soon are first day of school and Gavin's 2nd birthday!  Stay tuned!

July 2012: Camping Trip #2

Our second camping trip came the weekend after our first trip!  Talk about back-to-back camping!  On this trip we went to Vail Lake up in Temecula.  We have camped there before and we thought why not do it again?  It's nice and close to us, only about a twenty minute drive.  We camped with both family and friends this time.  My brother and two cousins and their families joined us along with four other families so it was quite a big group. I really miss the big family group camping that all of my cousins used to do.  I hope we can pick that up again sometime.  I miss all of us getting together.

I forgot to take pics for most of the weekend and of course pulled the camera out on the last day.  But for most of the weekend, we were at the pool.  Vail Lake has three pools, one of them being a great kids pool that is only 1-2 feet deep!  We hung out there since it was so hot that weekend.  We also brought the Razor since there are trails behind the resort that we can ride along to access the lake.  The kids loved going on Razor rides.  My brother and cousin took some of the kids to the lake to go fishing and Keira even caught a fish! 

 The kids having fun while watching a movie on the floor of our toy hauler

 Heading to the lake on our last Razor ride

 I would love to be able to camp on the lake next time, but don't know if you have to be a member to do that.

 Loved these dinosaur statues at the top of one of the hills surrounding the lake

 All the kids in the family with some Mommies, too

Family group shot