Belmont park & Mesquite

   Here are the kids in front of Belmont Park in SanDiego. They LOVED all the rollercoasters & rides!
 I wish Linki was a litttle taller, he was only allowed on a few of them & he is going to love them when he gets big enough.

The plunge! Afton was a little scared, but he still went on it a couple of times.

Ryry driving the boat. She thought she was sooo big.

Ry & Afty.

Linki boat driver!

bumper boats

Bumper cars

Addy loo on the carousel.

Lath, Afty, Makays & Ry with daddy.

Lath on Tilt a whirl. He was brave enough to go on his own.

Daddy & the little boys

Beach Blaster! I think this was most of the big kids' favorite ride.

On our way home we stopped in Mesquite & stayed the night with the Hovey's & Johnson's, they had gotten a room there. We went swimming the next day.

It was pretty hot there but the pool was really cold so none of the kids wanted to stay in it very long. They had a big waterfall & a couple of slides.

Makayla & Cashy

The tres amigos!

Linki & Cash

Lathan, always posing! And yes those are all of his ribs. I think he is finally up to 54 lbs.

Me & my handsome husband!

Angie & Jackie & some of the kids getting ready to swim.

They built a bridge with the chairs, this is after Daddy made them take it down.

me & my lula belle.

Seaworld

       One day of our vacation we went to SeaWorld! The kids loved seeing all of the animals. Even Rylynn liked most of it.

Here we are waiting for the dolphin show to begin. The kids all wanted to sit in the splash zone for all the shows but it was overcast & not very warm, so we decided to sit in the higher seats.

I think this will be something they remember for a long time.

There was a story that went along with each show. This one had birds & gymnasts swinging on trapezes & dolphins.

                        This was Lathan's favorite of the show, a short finn  pilot whale.

going through the shark tunnel . I think this was one of my favorites. You can't see it good here but there were sharks swimming all around you & even over your head. Super cool!

some of the sharks.You could see all there teeth. We decided that the tooth Makayla found wasn't a shark tooth, it wasn't sharp like these ones.

 Just a pic of us by a tank

Beluga whales!! These were everyones favorite to watch. We took a ride to the antartic to see these some polar bears, penguins & walrus's.

Troy & the older kids on the Atlantis ride. This was Afty's favorite ride but Addy didn't like it at all.

Sea Lions Live! This was a comedy show & Lathan's favorite he laughed the whole show. And has talked about the jokes ever since.

Troy, Afton & Rylynn at the starfish place. You could pick up starfish & touch other undersea creatures.

Me & the kids on a ride like the one at Lagoon, this was the last ride we went on for the day. We all got totally soaked especially the kids that went with me & then with Troy.

Shamu. This was the last show we went to. The kids loved it!! They were able to do so many cool tricks & jumps & stuff. They could splash 12 rows up & actually they splashed a little farther. Our kids have been chanting Shamu Shamu, every time they eat off their Shamu plates. Even Laynee & Kyrie get in on the chanting.

We had a super fun time & were so lucky we went on a slow day, we didn't wait in any lines, it was a fun family day!

Beach Fun

Our first day at the beach! We got some new scooters so all the kids would have one to ride. We got across the street & about half way down one block & Makayla hurt her toe. I took her back to the hotel & got it cleaned up by the time we got back Troy & the kids were ready to go.

Troy looking out at the ocean.

I love these burried pics. Lathan added the seashells although Afty was protesting against it because he was a Merman not a mermaid.

super sandy Addy!

Rylynn hated the water & the sand.She pretty much wanted to be held the whole time.

Lath getting ready to get burried by the other kids. He looks super excited!

Here he is Lathan the fish!

Super Ry! Troy always has to take these pics of the babies. We walked down the beach to these rocks to looks for sea life on 2 seperate days.(Once with Daddy & once with Grandma.)

Linki had to wear his life vest he loves it. Thank goodness he got a lot of swimming in on vacation before he broke his leg.

Ry with Daddy she didn't wander too far off any blanket the first couple of days.

Here she is on the last day when she finally decided the sand wasn't all bad. Her swimsuit still has lots of black sand in it , if anyone has any idea's on how to get it out let me know!

building sand castles

mermaid Addyloo

Sand Angels!!

Grandma told us about a story from when she was little & her & her 2 sisters were burried like this with only their heads sticking out of the sand. A little crab started biting on her toe & everyone had left them there. She said she screamed & cried for a long time until someone came back & dug her out. Her toe was sore for a long time after that. So Lathan decided that he had to be burried the same way. Makayla helped him to get all the way under. He stayed in there for about an hour.

here he is looking more sphinx like

my pretty baby

Grandma & the kids!

Fun family pics

We Loved the beach this year!

Vaca

 For vacation this year we went to Carlsbad, Ca. It was so nice we think we would like to stay there every year!

Shrek Rylynn!

I gave all the kids a Shrek twinkie & turned around to find this. We all had a good laugh over this.

Here we are in Vegas at Circus circus playing games. We stopped in Las vegas on the way out & stayed the night . It was super hot!! The kids had a ton of fun. The pool at the hotel felt sooo good. The buffet there was not that great & was expensive, we would not recommend it. The dessert was the best though.

This is the view from our hotel room! That is the ocean past the umbrella's, we were so excited to have an ocean view.  Our hotel was right across from the beach. We loved it!! It was cloudy the everyday we were there except Friday when Troy's Mom was able to come & join us. It wasn't cold & it wasn't too hot either so it was good most of the time. We were not warned about June Gloom.

Here is a pic of some of the kids in front of our hotel.

This was the living room of the suite we stayed in. The kids all slept on the pull out couch except Ry who slept in her pack & play. And Troy & I got a king size bed. ( which I have missed ever since we left.) Our suite had this livingroom, a kitchen, bathroom & bedroom. We mostly came home at night & watched whatever movie was on Disney channel. Well that is all for now more vacation pics to come.