First Day of School

Look at my handsome first grader!  Jack turned 7 in August and now he has started first grade!    Jack was really excited to wear "regular" clothes and not his SEAS uniform.  He picked out his first day outfit.  He wanted to wear the v-neck shirt like his daddy.  Good Luck in first grade Jack Matthew.  You will be great!

He may look happy here, but the tears soon started to fall.  Jack was overwhelmed with the new school and all he wanted was his old school and all of his friends at SEAS!  He came home from school very happy and was eager to go the next day.  I would say he adjusted quickly!  So proud of our Jack :)

Balboa Island

We had breakfast at Ruby's diner.  The kids loved this because of the cars that run along a track on the  ceiling.  

Never a dull moment....

When they aren't fighting, they do love each other.

Out for a morning stroll.

I love this place.....

It cost $2.00 to ride the ferry across to Balboa Island.  Next time they want the Suburban to go along with us.

Taking some time to watch the kids in the local yacht club race their kayaks.

Newport Beach

Handsome man

Finally lost one of his top teeth.  It has been many months for this tooth to finally come out. I'm not ready for the awkward front teeth.

Making his birthday list.  He has a long list of Skylanders that he would love to buy!

Jack is loving his long hair.  He will not let us cut it.  He wants it long, we shall see...

Jack was bored one day while Molly and Luke were napping.   He was happy to pose for pictures.

Hunka-Hunka-Burnin-Love!!!!

More beach time

The kids love the beach and so do I.  We try to go at least three times a week right now and every day we play on a different beach.  Luke loves the marine life. This day we were in San Clemente.  Not a huge fan of this beach because there are lots of little rocks.  That didn't stop the kids from having fun and finding hidden treasures.  Luke really liked this starfish.  We also found jelly fish, shrimp, and a tiny octopus.   

This is Molly with her new gal pals, Addison and Elise.  Addison is 5 and Elise is 3.  Perfect friends for Molly to play with.  We see these girls several times a week and they love to play on the beach together.   

I love that little girls hold hands....

Then my camera died and I didn't get any pictures of Jack on the boogie board.  He had a blast!

Aaron's 35th Birthday

Aaron turned 35 last week.  No one better to celebrate with than your  own family.

We had Aaron's favorite "pink" cake when we got home.  Luke loved the icing.

Paparazzi on the beach!

Famous person????

Okay.  No famous person.  Just bad photography skills by my husband.  I saw these pictures and laughed because I felt like he was stalking us.  Luke and I were checking out the tide pools.  We found dozens of crabs and he was loving it. 

Top of the World

Aaron left work early on Friday afternoon and we headed to the beach for some sun and family time.  We packed a picnic for dinner and enjoyed the evening in the sand.

As long as Luke has snacks on the beach he is totally happy.  He is pigging out on our new favorite Kettle corn from the Farmers Market that we went to that morning.   

After our beach time we headed to our new favorite spot in Orange County.  A young family told us about a place called "Top of the World".  It is located in the center of Laguna Beach up on the top of the tallest hill.  We made it up there just before sunset.  It is a perfect place to see 360 degree views of Orange County!  So amazing.  We plan to take all of our visitors to Top of the World.  The hiking trails are perfect for kids to run and mom's to push strollers.

This is looking over Laguna Beach.  It was hazy this evening because of the marine layer and my cheap point and shoot camera just doesn't do it justice! 

This is a view of Mission Viejo, where we currently are living, and the TALLEST mountain in the background is where our new house will be.  Seems to far from the beach...  

Jack absolutely loved this excursion.  He asked me earlier in the day if we would need an oxygen mask because we would be "On top of the World"  Molly thought we would be climbing up ropes to get there!