Surf in Slide

Lyndon had a blast playing with his Surf & Slide!

Rain-Legos-Friends

 More pictures from my phone that I forgot about.  On June 17th we had a couple of inches of rain which made this little creek flow.  The boys all HAD to put their toes in.

The 1st Tuesday of every month at 5:00pm Lego stores have a FREE build.  These creations are not sold in sets or individually-you must attend the build.  In June the build was a torch for the Olympics.  Lyndon and I arrived at about 3:45 so that he could use a Build a Bear gift card that he had.  As we passed the Lego store there was already a line outside the store of about 50+ kids and parents.  Lyndon immediately began to fret that they wouldn't have enough sets-each location only has so many sets so it is a first come.  I told him not to worry about it...if he gets to do it that is wonderful, but if they run out we can try another month and we already had a great day....we ate lunch at The Rainforest Cafe and were now going to Build a Bear.  He created his dog and we then went to the Lego store.  I asked the employee standing outside if there was any point in us waiting in this line that was now twice as long as before.  He assured me he would get in as they usually have about 300 sets.  Lyndon and I waited for about 45 minutes before getting in, but Lyndon had a lot of fun.  They give each child a tray with the pieces and the instructions so that they can start to build.  I wish the nearest Lego store wasn't so far away....

Lyndon having fun with two of his friends.

We love summer and all of the neat things that we get to do!

San Diego El Final

Lastly are random pictures I forget to pull off of Cody's phone.Cody's morning stroll on the bay.

A dolphin.

We have been in a record breaking drought for a few years. Last year was very scary and serious with lots of fires and NO rain.  This year the rainfall has been slightly better, but not enough to keep us out of a drought.  Our county is in a stage 5 drought and our community enacted a NO outside watering band two weeks ago with water meters being watched very carefully for over usage.  Of course we have also had burning hot temperatures....112 the day we left for San Diego.  With all this being said Cody kept saying Thursday, "I don't see what the disadvantage of living here is!"  We went to Legoland and it wasn't hot...in fact a cool breeze would come.  Cody's statements continued our trip with other things as well: I could fix boats...., Maybe if I can grow wheat, cotton, and sesame then I could figure out how to grow strawberries (Lyndon & I said we would probably eat his crop so he changed it to avocados).  He then began sending my parents joke text that he would be coming home but only for a few days to get Runner (the dog) & pack a few things before heading back to house hunt.

Lyndon finally said one day, "Are we really planning on moving here?"  "No, I'm just enjoying the wonderful weather." "Good, because I want to stay at home!"

The weather was beautiful as was the scenery!

We traveled by this gorgeous church to and from San Diego.

Coastal views.

Our balcony view.

Lyndon met a couple of friends...one from England, and one from Spain.  He played with Cameron from Spain the most.  They swam and played on the computers together.  They exchanged email addresses before Cameron left on Saturday.  They were both in town for soccer camp......I was blown away......another country for a 9 year old's sports camp....they must be awesome!

Lunch on the beach.

Our little bird friend.....

I can't imagine why he stuck around....notice the french fry in his mouth.....we only feed him a few not wanting to make him sick....He swallows them whole-yikes!

This was our car....not bad for a rent-a-car!  It was very nice and a lot of fun to drive, but felt much different from my Yukon.  As you can see the sun roof was a hit!

Lyndon snapping all of his aerial views home!

We had a wonderful time!  I enjoyed our lazy mornings and casual days of spending time together.  I am very blessed!

*Thank you Shirley for all of the great advice from beaches... to resorts... to eating establishments!  You definitely live in paradise.

San Diego Day Cuatro: Leaving

We left the airport extra early as we had to refuel our car and return it.  I wanted to be sure we had plenty of time so we left extra early.  Everything went smoothly and we ended up having lots of extra time, so we had breakfast in the airport.  Photographer, Lyndon, photographed our journey to DFW.

I wish you knew where you were in the air....I'm always curious what town we're above.