Ahh Summer!

Ahhhh, summer! Here's what we've been doing:

Hitting the beach--but except for the 1st week of summer it hasn't looked like this:

It's looked more like this:

And the day we went to Coronado, the water felt like this:

But it hasn't stopped the kids from doing this:

And having fun no matter what! Cold water, cloudy days, sunny days, warm water, the beach is always fun!

For the 4th of July, we went to see the Pechanga Fireworks on Saturday night:

Then headed out to be with Gary's brother's family on Sunday, and watched the fireworks again.

And we caught up later in the week with the Barretts' on Coronado Island.

We've been trying to get here once a week:

And here:

And whenever we can, we do this:

We swim whenever we can find a friend who will let us us their pool. Luckily, between the Community pool above and our super great friends, we get to swim several times a week.

Lauren started these lessons:

And Matthew and Gary went on a trail ride here:
Bee Canyon Trail Idyllwild CA

Summer is always my favorite time of year! We're trying very hard not to think about what will happen in 3 more weeks:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not yet!!