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.

VBS

A few weeks ago the kids attended Vacation Bible School at the church where Luke goes to preschool.  It was awesome.  Not only were both of the kids able to go, but they had it at night from 5-8.  Which meant Ian and I got to go out sans kids and I got to run errands without two fighting children in my cart!  I was a little hesitant to leave Von in a  new place without either of us, but he did great!  Every night he would get in the car and ramble on, "bible school fun!" or "it was awesome!" or "I love bible school!"  He was so cute.  According to both of them he cried the first night after I left, he told me, "I cry bible school."  And then when I proceeded to ask him about it he got mad and yelled several times, "NO!  I FINE!"  Presumably afraid that I wouldn't let him go back.

He sat so well with all of the kids.  He is such a big boy now.  He's not my baby anymore :(

Here's a video of him I took with my phone.  Sorry it's a little long.  And don't you just want to fix his sweatshirt?

La Jolla Cove

I took the kids to La Jolla today in hopes to see the seals. They were their usual crazy selves.

There were no seals out, but plenty of birds to chase and trees to climb.

Addi wanted to catch a bird so we could eat it for dinner.

Up to no good :)

Addi's first game

She was so excited her team color was purple.  Excuse the Hello Kitty shorts.  The kids were supposed to wear black shorts, but the thought of dragging both of my kids to Target yesterday just did not sound fun.  The only problem is now Addi wants to wear her Hello Kitty shorts every week.

She has no fear.  We were early, so she got to warm up on the field with her coach and one other player.  She loved being able to kick the ball as hard as she could.

These pictures are so funny to me because she really looks like she knows what she is doing.  And on the field, she looked good too.  We have never really played soccer with her or taught her anything about it.  I think the most exposure she's had to the game is the Dora episode where they are at a soccer game.

This field that the kids play on is great because there is no out of bounds and so the only time the game stops is when a goal is made.  Which means lots of running and a tired Addi.

When the game began, Addi was put as goalie.  I can only imagine how this conversation went with her coach.

Ready to go.

Her first save of the game.

The whole time she was in the goal, she could not stop jumping up and down.  I don't think she is meant to stay in one place.

She was soon moved up to forward.  How cute is she in her ready position?

She went for the ball every chance she had.

Even if it was a bit of a battle.

She was so happy the entire game.

Look at those legs.  I can't wait for next week!  I think I am enjoying this just as much as she is.  The only bummer about it is Von wants to play so badly now.  So sitting through a whole game watching from the sidelines is tough on him.  He wants to be just like his big sister.