Side Trip Legoland

While in San Diego, we made a trip to Legoland. The kids have been here once before and they love it. It is definitely a kids place. Not much for grown-ups but it was fun.

Looney Tunes

Friday night, the boys, their cousin Ben and I attended Bugs Bunny on Broadway at the SF Symphony courtesy of Papa. The boys really enjoyed it and were on their very best behavior. Beforehand though, not so much. I tried to get pictures of them in their "dress-up" clothes. Getting a good picture of two crazy boys is hard enough. Getting a good pictures of three crazies is nearly impossible...

Coronado Island Part 2: How we spent our time

Coronado Island was lovely. Our time spent there was mostly about sun and food. Bicycles were the preferred mode of transportation. We explored the area around our hotel in one of these...
We saw beautiful houses ranging from beach cottages to Spanish style to sleek modern. All worth in the millions (I had a brief fantasy of owning one and looked this one up online).

A lot of time spent on the beach...

Drinks and a Happy Hour dinner in the Hotel's Bar...

Lots and Lots of pool time...(this boy would live in the water if he could)

Lounging by the pool...

Wandering down Orange Ave for dinner and lots of Ice Cream...

Conner has just been told he isn't getting desert because of his behaviour...

But Alas, we couldn't hold out. We were on vacation after all.



Aidan modeling in front of the hotel...

Next stop Coronado...part 1: The Arrival

After the crazy days of Disneyland, we spent the rest of the week at this lovely place. The Hotel del Coronado. These pictures are from the afternoon that we got there. The boys were immediately in the water. Whether they were dressed for it or not...

These pictures remind me of a pictures that my Dad took of my sister and I on a trip to Santa Cruz when we were about this age.

Of course, there was rolling in the sand after the water frolicing. So they were coated like sugar donuts!

First stop... Disneyland

After a quiet 4th...

We set out on our Southern California vacation. First stop Disneyland. Here a few photos to start. (I need to find the small camera. It was what we mostly used on this part of the trip.

A few days in Squaw Valley

Papa and J invited the boys and I for a few days of Summer Fun in Squaw Valley.

Lots and lots of swimming...

Lots of game playing...

Some hiking...

A visit to the Olympic museum...

And the favorite, bungee jumping...

More hiking...

And an overlap with cousins for a little swimming and pottery painting...

It was truly lovely. I love Tahoe in the Summer. Such nostalgic family fun.