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L.A. County Fair

Today we got to go to the L.A. County fair... compliments of Aunt Kelsey! SCORE!!! Although reaching temperatures in excess of 102, and drudging along in a worn out prego body pushing 3 kids and a stroller equivalent of 115lbs all afternoon.... It was a fun day!

Brooklyn in the petting zoo.

The coolest eyes on the llama.

Once Aunt Kelsey introduced riding the sheep, she would select other varieties of goats and sheep that she wanted to also ride.

Kamryn concerned that she just witnessed a bowel movement of one of the animals. Ewe Gross!!!

Cute little Urban- trooper with his teething

Best buddy cousin Wyatt, who mostly had to be holding either Morgan or Tyler's hands at all times, or up in their faces suggesting where we needed to go next with full enthusiasm and excitement. The piggy races was his favorite and one he looked forward to all day to share with us, since it didn't start til 1pm and we got there at 9:30. He suggested it several times as we tried to decide where to go next. It wouldn't have been the same experience without his energy. So cute!

Morgan was exceptionally helpful with keeping tabs on Wyatt, Tyler, and Kamryn... which made the trip way more enjoyable for the moms! Love this girl and her patience with the little ones!

Tyler and Wyatt held hands most of the walk out of the fair

Grand Finale

Tyler told me afterwards to please not bring him back to this part of the fair next time. The Jurassic display, although very impressive, also very frightning and in need of much reassurance as we walked through it.This stood at least 10 ft tall. Very scary!

Hopefully no nightmares tonight.

This last weekend we went Beach Camping for the first time with our kids. It was a great first-time experience, and one we plan to start doing annually. We had lots of fun friends we got to joing along with, and scored an awesome campsite and great fun.

The veiw from our campsite

Jared axe-ing his hand with the WORSTE tent stakes into what seriously seemed to be concrete ground... very fun for him. He claimed it killed him, twice. Once going in, and the 2nd time taking them out. One guy we were with broke like 6 stakes in his tent set-up.

Just Us

Brooklyn and her buddy Aiden- and the beloved doggy, riding in the "bucky" -Bucky means buckle, and because the wagon had a seat with a buckle strap... the whole wagon was known as "bucky." She would have rode and rode all day long. When it wasn't her turn she would follow the wagon with tears yelling "bucky... bucky!"

Tent troops and air mattress jumping... most definitely entertaining!

Tyler Signing off.

Nighty night little sleeping bag buddies. Surprisingly enough, Brooklyn went right down in her pack'n play and Morgan and Tyler slept through the night.

Great Sunset

Rise'n shine at 5:45 AM.... Thanks choo choo train!!! (One unfortunate part of the nightime, was a train that went off just below our campsite about every hour.) As you can see Daddy in the background was not interrested in getting up yet.. regardless of the train or the little early birds. Being almost 7 months pregnant, sleeping on the airmatress did me no good. So once the kids were up, no reason for me to keep tossing and turning either. The super killer treck to the beach. This hill was megga steep, and on the way back up, I had the stroller, the cooler, and 2 wimped out kids on top of the cooler. I pushed about 1/2 way, then Jared pushed the 2nd 1/2. We both about had a heart attack, due to the breathlessness of the hike. It was so steep! We laughed so we wouldn't cry how out of shape we were for this. I'm sure we were a sight to see. We got all kinds of laughs and smirks from strangers that passed us both coming and going.

Brooklyn happy to be in the water with Daddy

Splish Splash!

Big wave... muscle mommy to the rescue!

Best of all..... Quality time with Daddy!

Fun with Uncle Dan & Adam

Sack of Potatoes- Morgan is currently having the turn being the potato, and Brooklyn is whining for her turn.

Happy Birthday to Daddy and Uncle Dan

Birthday Banana Cream Pie instead of Cake. YUM YUM!!

Tyler gets the Golfing lesson

Me pretending I'm happy that my picture is being taken.

Brooklyn placing the balls into the hole to "help" the putters.

Brooklyn on the attack, to get the balls, and chuck them across the coarse!

Morgan hitting with all her might!

Grandma helps Brooklyn try to use the putter instead of throwing the balls.

Grandma and Grandpa laughing at brooklyn chasing down the balls.

For the past week and 1/2 we got to enjoy having my two college brothers here for their summer vacation. We got to have lots of fun especially with Uncle Dan while Adam and his buddy did some extra surfing. Dan was a hit. I had to intervene on occasion to give him some space, otherwise all 3 kids would have dominated his every moment here. Their favorite was "game time," blanket rides, and "sack of potatoes" ( small child buried in a blanket as a sack and a big person carries them and runs around the house, then plops them on the couch)! Excellent way to break a sweat and totally exhaust yourself! We got to go to the beach to watch Dan surf, and then for Dan's 24th B-day, we celebrated with Daddy's and went miniature golfing. Golfing was hilarious and a total joke as far as an actual "game" would be considered, but the kids LOVED IT! Brooklyn was obsessed with the balls and couldn't get to them fast enough. As soon as she could break loose she was on the prowl for the balls and would either chuck them across the course or put them in the holes where she knew they belonged. It was a great memory and I'm so glad that Dan, Grandma, and Grandpa C were there to share in the fun.