Favorite pic and Joc seniors

Well here are a few pictures from New Port that I did some photo shopping on. I try to take pictures that don't need any work but some times it is unavoidable (like the chubby lady in hideous lime greenish tankini.) Unfortunately to the trained eye I didn't get them perfect but I did what I could.

So here are my favorite two pictures from New port that needed some work.

Here they are before shop.

We also had the opportunity to go to my cousin Jocelyn's graduation party. I took her senior portraits a few months ago. Here are a few of those pictures.
I didn't do any processing on these they are straight from the camera.

there were several other really nice pictures of her but I think these were her favorite

Having fun at home

We haven't been up to much since we got back. Just keeping up a busy summer schedule. we had a nice fathers day it was pretty uneventful. We went and played some tennis after Church and a long afternoon at home.

We are so thankful for Nick. I have so much respect for women who have lost their husbands. I couldn't imagine being a single mom. my kids would miss out on so much! Their daddy brings so much to their lives.Sharing a Popsicle with her favorite guy in the whole world. She LOVES daddy!

Allie Loves to climb. She is a little trouble maker!

I had to move this step stool because she climbs up in there all the time.

We love aunt Rachel! She is the best!

Wills is hiding from the camera

I am telling you that girl is trouble.

I see that camera mom

I am gonna get it!

New Port Beach

We went to New Port beach last week with my family. My parents have a time share we were staying at which is pretty cool. It is right on the coast and there was a kids small playground right outside our door, basketball courts, tennis courts, and pools. And there were a lot of people to help keep on eye on kiddo's. Nick took the whole week off and it went by WAY WAY to fast. Good vacations usually work out that way. When there are so many people hanging out time just seems to slip by. There is always so much to do. We were able to go to sea world and then also to Disney Land. There was a bunch more we wanted to do (like relax!!!) but we just ran out of time.

Here are the kids playing at the beach

Grandma and Wills Becca and KateSweet BeccaCharityKate is Wills bud!And pregnant mommyNick LOVES the oceanAllie is not at a good beach age because she loves to put everything in her mouthGrandma was supervising her walking because she was determined to eat everything and also climb down the rocksSweet baby!Another day on the beachWe went through a lot of sun block. Chrisy and I had that spray on one and it works great! Even with sun block on my kids got red when we went to sea world.Aunt Rach playing with the girlsLike I said NICK LOVES the oceanGoing to Sea WorldCharity is getting a sweater on in the above picture... Wills is taking his off... Who knows... That boy loves to take his clothes offSo this was definitely the cool part of sea world. The Killer Whales and Dolphin showIt is hard to see but there is a person flipping above the whale into the waterthe dolphin show was pretty funny. They did a really good job as commentators but the show left more flips and jumps to be desired. Wills and Kate are so cute

that's not a road block or anythingWatching one of the showsOk so this was cool for the little guys. It was just a big soft open space where they could walk and play with blocks. Both my kids loved it. It was so nice to let allie just go! Wills was wrestling this little girl and it was seriously hilarious. They were trying to get the block from each other and it was making Dave and I laugh so hard. He was being really good with her though. He never got angry at her and try to hurt her he was just playing friendlyTime to leave. It was a long day. Sea World is a glorified zoo. If we lived 20 minutes away I would buy a pass and take the kids there all the time but it won't be one that we visit for a long long time.Sweet little babyWe were going to do Sea World instead of Disney but Nick just couldn't handle not visiting Disney

here was the group of us (Nick was taking the picture and mom and josh stayed back and kept Allie for me. Dan and Dad went back to work)Wills is hard to hold he is always leaning some way or the othergetting ready for the dumbo ride. Disney was busy as usualEvidently I found the dumbo ride exhilarating. lolRach just chillinKate given Dave some lovinWe waited in long line to get onto the the submerine and Wills and Becca hated it because it was dark. Honestly it was lame!Wills played over here with Dave and Rach while Nick and I went on a ride.Dave and Nick (on the right side) getting ready to soar up Rach and Wills checking it outhow do you get a silly 2 year old to take pictures... you take them of him being sillyNick and Wills in Disney California. We were just going to go to Disney since we just had the one day but Nick didn't get in on the conversation (or he just ignored it anyway) and bought park hopper passes.We waited in a really long line to get onto the Autopia carsNick and Wills were in the way back. These were fun for the kids because even Wills can drive because they only allow the car to move so much off the track.the next day was our last day before we went home. We went down to balboa paninsala where you can take a ferry boat. it didn't look fun to us so we stayed behind and went to the beach. I am thankful because it did turn out to stink. We should have taken the ferry from the other side but we drove around and they ended up taking the ferry back to where we came from and there the "fun stuff" was on our side. Oh well for them, I had fun at the beach.Nick had an attitude so I was trying to set up a picture before I asked him to participate. I had been knealing down until the surf came in and threatened to soak me. So here is the timed picture of meTrying to get the kids to look at an inanimate camera was very difficultthe kids loving time to play with daddyI love this picture

silly walking girl fell in the holeWills intent on buildingthey were making a tunnel and Allie came up and smooshed itI asked him to look at me like 5 times before Nick finally told him to look at me so I could take his picture. Stinker!I love these pictures of her even though you can't see her face.Here she is eating sandPlaying in the water with daddy and getting SOACKING wet and then she crawled around and got Sand all over herself.She loved every minute of the ocean

Wills did as wellDave and Rach lookin cool!

I took this picture of the pier and I think it is kind of cool although I think it would have to be pretty big print to look cool.

Well that is about all for our trip. I actually feel like I didn't take very many pictures even though there were a ton of them. Hope you enjoyed them. Like usual there were a ton. It took me all day to get that post up!

I have some other "normal" pictures to post so hopefully I will get around to it soon. And oh yeah, that little baby girl of ours can walk anywhere she wants to go. She has been able to walk for a couple weeks now and she is getting good. She doens't like to crawl any more. Walking is finally faster. I can't believe she walked at 10 months like her brother. She was much more uncordinated but she was determined to do it.