Newport 2014

We have been partying all summer long in case you were wondering.......Here are some pictures from our trip to Newport Beach this year.  

buried alive!

 You can see all the older girls out in the water with the boogie boards.  They loved it.

 Shayli loved climbing the lifeguard stand and jumping off it.  I finally just stopped watching because I was sure she was going to break her leg yet she insisted on continuing to do it. She has a little bit of Kyson in her.....She and Kaitlyn kept each other company climbing up and jumping off.

The mornings are always a bit chilly but it actually felt wonderful! We stayed in the beach house with Rob and Liz's family this year.

I asked my friend Jamie to take family pictures for us at the beach.  This is what Shayli looked like after we were done.  I was a little horrified to say the least.  But rest assured, we got some photos of her before she rolled around in the mud!

Kyson went out with his daddy to experience boogie-boarding.  I daresay it was a hit!

And really.  How much cuteness can you stand???

me and lexi

 We made sure to make a few villages with numerous castles and motes.  Unfortunately they just are too tempting for the little godzillas we had stomping around. They only lasted a few hours before they were crushed to smithereens!

Kendri was a boogie board champ! In fact she finally dragged me out with her and I was pleasantly surprised at how warm the water was.  I thought for sure I would be freezing!  We boogie boarded together for awhile until Kendri decided I was going out too far for her liking.  She went in to dry off while I stayed out and challenged the ocean.

 Lexi made sure to send a note off to Grandma and Pa in Colorado....I'm sure she was trying make someone envious......

What else did we do? Hmmmm......We long boarded down the boardwalk to get ice cream cones, we played capture the flag at night with glow-sticks, we roller bladed to get doughnuts, we had a barbeque with some old friends and just hung out at the beach!  We had a great time and the kids have decided that being professional beach bums doesn't sound half bad!

A tribute to the Giants.....

Sometimes Ryan gets free tickets to the Giants games. Actually he gets them quite often.  Anyhoo, he usually has 4 and then he sees who is available to go to the game with him.  Kyson just happened to be available the other night and jumped at the chance to go! He had the time of his life. 

He got on TV.  Which was kind of scary, he informed me later.  He was told to pretend the camera man wasn't there.  And Kyson did NOT want to screw up.  So he froze.  He actually looks like a statue for about 20 seconds.  It's funny.

He got to high-five Pence (I don't even know who that is but apparently I am the only one in the dark).

He also wanted to make sure he was even allowed in the ball park so he insisted on being treated like the adults.  No explosives here people.

Did I mention Kyson had the time of his life??  Because I'm pretty sure the cotton candy would've been enough for him.

But throw in an ice cream cone on top of an already perfect night???? Hog heaven.

Lexi got to go to the next Giants game. I was really worried about her night after Kyson had such an exciting time at his baseball game.  I needn't have worried......

Barry Bonds happened to be there.  And Lexi happened to get his autograph.  The End.

Ps. Kendri is next.  Keep your fingers crossed she catches a fly ball.