Free Museum Tuesday...

Every Tuesday, Balboa Park has free admission to a few of their museums for San Diego Residents. This past Tuesday it was The Reuben H Fleet, Model Railroad, and Natural History Museums. So, since the weather has been yucky, we headed on down to check them out. There were LOTS of people with the same idea, so it was quite crowded. But we just took our time and still had fun! I think the kids LOVED the fountain the best. It's a good thing too, because I waited in a long line for us to get our tickets for the RHF Science Ctr.

We decided to check out the Railroad Museum first. Here they are enjoying the view of the huge "Toy Train Room".

When we finally were able to get into the RHF, the kids went crazy checking out all the exhibits. This was one of their favorites. The "Shadow" exhibit.

And of course, a day at Balboa Park isn't complete, without rolling down the grass hills on the way back to the car!

We didn't make it to the Natural History Museum, because it was almost closing time. But this was a very fun summer time activity! I'm glad we went!

MOVIE REVIEW...

An OK movie. Just OK. As a mom, I found it difficult to watch. I got over emotional and couldn't take watching that cute litte guy getting his butt kicked. Not good for kids under 8. Luke and Brody were totally bored. Cali thought it was OK and Gavin really liked it.

Swim 2010

OK-we are going to try this AGAIN! This is Luke's 3rd attempt at swim lessons. And his exact words when we got in the car after lessons-"...that wasn't half bad!" He actually enjoyed himself and had fun! WOO HOO! BUT-not so happy for Brody. He didn't even make it into the pool. He told me when he's 7, he will take lessons, like Lukey. Oh Well! Here's Lukey actually doing what he's told:



I signed Cali and Gavin up for advanced classes to just work on their skills and get better. I tried to have 45 minutes of "Me" time. I guess I'll just have to wait until Brody is 7!

4th of July BBQ

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We had a nice relaxing day. It was great to start it with church and be reminded of how blessed we are to live in this country. I LOVE THE USA! Then, the Hansons, the Jones', Ben, Meish, Zac, and Gammmy & Papa joined us for food and fun and fireworks!

May the (July) 4th be with you...

Gavin made this in honor of The Fourth of July:

I thought it was quite clever!
It's titled: "May the 4th be with you"
George Washington: "Barrack-I am your founding father."
Obama: "NO!"

Happy 4th of july!

Fair Date Night!

Keeping with tradition, Jeremy and I got a date night at the fair-just the 2 of us. We love to try the new fun foods!
This year, we hunted down the "sweet potato fire dog". A spicy sausage on a stick, coated with batter and sweet potato slices and then deep fried. It was delicious!

After eating more food, and walking through the exhibit halls, we went to a Rio concert. Rio is a Duran Duran cover band. It started out kind of dumb, but they got better. Then, we ran into some old friends-Matt & Susan Boles. We hung out with them the rest of the night. It was so much fun.
Here we are enjoying ourselves at the concert...

Here's Jeremy showing off his "curves" while waiting for our dessert-a deep fried snickers!



Deep Fried Snickers-Yummy Yummy!
Can't wait for next year (although, I think our tummies can).