My babies are 7!

Saturday morning came with a 6:45am wake up call from all 3 boys wanting to open Luke and Mason's presents and some fresh donuts to celebrate. We had their birthday party at Desert Ice Castle and they were so excited. 

Luke got to ride the Zamboni before the party.

Mason & Tristen

Dean, Eric & Ty

Party Central.

We sang to Mason first..

And then to Lukey.

Mason got to ride the Zamboni after the party, by far the highlight for them.  Afterwards we had some people over to bbq and had a great night.  My babies are growing up too fast.....

Eric's Birthday Weekend

For Eric's birthday this year we got Padre's tickets and a room at the Hilton across the street from the stadium.  We started out Saturday morning, with an hour detour at the Sport Chalet in Temecula looking for sliding shorts for Ty and of course a new fishing pole for Eric (because he doesn't have enough as it is...) and our first stop was Mission Brewery.  We had fun tasting and playing some shuffleboard. 

Then it was on to our favorite food spot, The Fish Market by the bay.  

Then to the hotel for some pool time. 

Who doesn't have fun when daddy can do this??

After a quick clean up, game on!

The Padres lost but it was all good, nothing that some AWESOME Hodad's cheeseburgers and some ice cream in little plastic ball caps can't cure!

Sunday we slept in and then headed over to Coronado.  We hit up a great brunch spot complete with yummy bloody mary's and the Vikings on TV.  Happy Birthday to Dad.

All in all, a super fun weekend with my fave's. 

Labor Day in Carlsbad

After boating on Saturday we headed down to see our buddies in Carlsbad for the rest of the weekend, just in time for sunset!

The weekend was lots of beach and bbq, perfect way to cap off the summer!

We even did a little belated celebrating for Eric.

A little slice of heaven.

And on Tuesday, back to school!!! 4th grade for Ty and 1st for Luke and Mace.  3 days in now and the excitement has worn off....

A day in the life. On a boat.

On Saturday we went down to Dana Point where Bob and his family have a beautiful boat.  We had fun checking out all of the cool boats and watching all the action in the harbor and then got on Bob's boat, Luke took one look around and said 'Wow, you must be a millionaire!!!'  He was quite impressed.

We loaded up our crew, Bob, Debby and their boys and a family friend Aiden, and headed out to Newport Beach. 

Once we anchored in Newport the boys had fun doing flips and jumping off of the boat and we had a great picnic lunch.

Ty and Aiden, they had matching trunks like the twins, super cute. 

Brave Luke.

Captain Bob

I think Eric was enjoying himself!

A jet pack, pretty cool.

Enjoying the scenery.

The California Coast is so pretty!!!

Debby & Dylan.

Watching them get excited over every little thing and things I would miss is so wonderful.

BFFs.  Thanks Bob, Debby, Kyle and Dylan for a super fun day!!!  We enjoyed every minute!