Ferry Ride and Fun Zone!!

The next day we drove over to Balboa Island and then took the ferry over to the Fun Zone. The ferry ride takes about 5 minutes but for some reason my kids think it's the most fabulous thing ever. Here they are, waiting for the ferry: Woo Hoo, here we go on our ferry ride. Look how cute everyone is:

The kids took a whirl on the carousel. This is a FAST moving carousel, I kid you not. It is the fastest one I've been on.

And then we took the kids up on the ferris wheel. Look at what a clear and beautiful day it is!! And look how cute Emily and her kids are:

Summer is loving the ferris wheel!! Ben loves it too but wasn't quite as cooperative on the picture taking during the ride.

Pier and Park

After we spent some time at the Fun Zone, we walked over to the Balboa Pier. The water was sooo beautiful, so clear and such a pretty blue green color. The kids had fun running along the pier. We also saw a baby seal...a smart baby seal...because he was eating fish off the fishermen's lines before they could pull their catch in.

The next day we went to lunch at Pei Wei and then headed to the park. We love this park because it's right across the street from Pei Wei, tucked away, so it's never busy and it's super clean (this is Newport Beach so it's to be expected).

We had such a great time with Emily and her kids. We can't wait to see them again soon!

July 2009

These are all the pictures for the month of July...no, we weren't being boring and not doing anything. We actually ended up moving and we were up to our ears in packing, unpacking and all that is associated with moving. We sold our home in Costa Mesa and we are now happily living in Huntington Beach. We love the new neighborhood and we absolutely love the clean, fresh air that we are experiencing now that we live 1.5 miles from the beach!!
We did stop the unpacking to celebrate Brian's birthday!! The kids are always up for a good reason to make a big chocolate cake and to buy balloons.

Happy Birthday Brian!!! We love you!!

And what is a hot July day without watermelon??? This is probably Summer's favorite fruit. This is saying alot because we are convinced she is a "fruitatarian". She really could live on fruit alone, if we let her.

My two happy girls. Summer throws down the rind when she's done and Abby spends time knawing it. Perfect!

Irvine Park - June 2009

We spent part of the day at Irvine Park. We love it there because there is so much to do: playground, zoo, train ride, horse rides, etc. And they have big, beautiful peacocks. The small zoo now has a petting area which was Summer's favorite area. She loves to pet and feed the goats and could pretty much spend the whole day there....as long as she could take a quick look at the owls (her 2nd favorite area of the zoo).

I think the kids are doing an amazing job of grooming the baby goats...maybe we could put them to work (of course there are those child labor laws that may be a little difficult to overcome).

They are so proud of how shiney and clean they have made this small little goat! We

really did go see the rest of the park but we spent ALOT (most) of our time at the petting zoo!!

California Adventures - June 2009

I took the kids to California Adventures toward the middle of June and we had a blast!! The first half of the day was great because there was hardly anyone there. We went to the Bug's Life area and rode the rides one after the other, several times in a row because we never had to wait in line!! We were loving it!!! Fun Times at California Adventures!!

They loved this ride!

And what's more fun than cotton candy!! Thankfully I brought plenty of water and snacks because it got pretty warm by the time the sun popped through the clouds.

The kids were soooo good and so content just hanging out, walking around, exploring, going on rides, etc.

California Adventures - Monsters Inc.

Summer LOVES Monsters Inc. So when she saw Sully walk by she wanted to follow. We patiently waited in line to meet Sully and as soon as it was our turn she freaked out and started crying! Sooooo.....Ben and I still decided to go through with the picture and still to this day Summer says, "when I saw Sully I cwied." Aaaaahhhh, this is much better. A fake Sully painted on the wall. Way less scary!

The kids thought it was so cool how this scene was painted on the wall.

More of California Adventures

The kids LOVED the Brother Bear play area and so we visited it a couple of times. They couldn't get enough of the log slide and went down it over and over. Ben would yell out "WOO HOOOOOO" like he was on a roller coaster, every time he slid down. It was hilarious and easy for me to know it was my kid coming down the slide!!

Ben thought the rope area was so fabulous. Summer couldn't keep up with him..heck, I could barely keep up with him!!

The loved exploring through the little logs and tree areas too.

My baby bear cub!

We had a great time! It was so a fun day for all of us.