A Visit from Erin

One of my very best friends, Erin, came up to visit for a couple of days while we were in Washington.  She has three kids, three years old and younger.  So it was crazy. 

Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.

 We went down to the beach with the kids.  The girls collected a bunch of rocks.

Remember the 13 pound baby I posted about awhile back.  Well, this is him.  His name is Ty and he's about 25 pounds now at  seven months.

 Eliza and Addi became quick friends.

 Justin, possibly the sweetest little boy I have ever met.  He's right up there with Von.

As we were walking home, I looked down at Von's foot and it was covered in blood!  When we got back to the house I looked underneath his foot and there was a big slice on his big toe.  There were no tears.  I would have never known if it weren't for the large amount of blood.

Toys

I love that my kids love each other so much (in between punching each other and fighting a lot of the time).  Everyday when we pick Addi up from school, Von runs up to her as soon as she gets out of her classroom door and they give each other hugs and then hold hands as they walk out to the car.

 My dad and the kids on the four wheeler.

 Back in the orchard.

 Von riding solo.

My grandpa has all sorts of motorized vehicles in his garage.  Since he can't legally drive, he has bought other mode of transportation which he drives all over the island.  He has his four wheeler, motorized scooter, motorize bicycle, and has bought the kids a Hot Wheels Jeep and four wheeler of their own.

 Crazy kids

 Love them.

 Addi going crazy on her four wheeler.

After a while, Von finally got the hang of it.

Here's Addi going crazy.  Check out her tricks!  She's so funny.

Utsalady Bay

This is the beach the house I grew up in looked at.  We went to a barbecue at a classmate's of my dad's house.

Mt. Baker

Sand Angels?

She had sand in her hair for days.

Peek-a-boo!

The weather was not really warm, I didn't think they would be getting in the water, so I didn't bring any swim suits.  That didn't stop them.

Little by little they got further and further in.

Bubba HATES anything on his hands, especially hair or sand.

Addi girl

I love how Addi loves life!

And then the clothes came off.  There was no stopping them.

Looking out to sea.

The house I grew up in is in the left hand side of the picture.  We had such a great view, but my parent's traded up for a house on the beach on the other side of the island.  

It's Crabbin' Time!

 We took the kids out to drop off the crab pots.

 I tried keeping Von up above.  But he would not have it.  He had to be with his sister.

 He thinks he's so strong.

 Addi and her sassy face.

 He was so excited to be out in the water.  I wasn't so much, it's a really small boat.

 Driving the boat.

 BFF

Bubba's turn

 Sorry so many pictures.  I have the bad habit of blogging like I would scrapbook!

Legoland

And then the day before we flew out, we went to Legoland on our way up to Huntington Beach.  We stayed the night there because we had an early morning flight and our flights were planned before we knew we were moving.

They have a new Star Wars Miniland.  If you like Star Wars, it is really cool.  

And since I am married to Ian I am required to like Star Wars.

And instgram makes it so much cooler.  

San Diego Zoo

We also hit up the zoo with Jaime and the kids.  

Love them.

Von is always trying to keep up with the two big kids.

I'm not sure what this animal is, but he was out taking a walk while we were there.  

Mission Bay Park

 Before we left for Washington, I wanted to take the kids out to do a few different things because the day after we flew back Addi started school.  We went out to Mission Bay Park and took their scooters.

 Von desperately tried to keep up with Addi.  It didn't really happen.

 He eventually ended up chasing her.

 Love the tattoos.

It was a great putting made even greater by stopping at Yogurtland on the way home.  That is something I have missed since moving.  There is Yogurtland down here, but it's to close, so our weekly trips (or two or three times a week) has changed to about once a month.