Big Bear

The weekend of August 1st through 3rd we went up to Big Bear. We camped at Heart Bar Campground. It was a little warm, but we had a lot of fun. We went with Gary's brother and sister in law and their two girls.

At the top of the Alpine Slide

Heading up to slide down!

Fishing on Big Bear Lake

We found a family of ducks!

It was a fun weekend!

Go Green

Go Green!

We had our Green family reunion this last weekend. My entire family came for it! It was held in Mission Bay on Friday and Saturday. It was so fun to see all my brothers again and their sweet families. One of my brothers lives in Seattle WA and one lives in Terre Haute IN, and the other three all live in AZ. It has been a LONG time since we've all been together!

Unfortunately I did not take a lot of pictures, so if you have any PLEASE email them to me!

Thanks everyone! It was so fun to see you all and to hang out for the weekend!

All the Greens who came

Our family

Knotts Berry FarmSydney and Samuel on Big Foot RapidsMatthew and Uncle Paul on the Bumper CarsUncle Paul and the kids

breaking dawn

I finished Breaking Dawn a little before dawn broke last night (technically this morning) Let me know when you've finished it! I'm dying to discuss it with someone! :)

We had a great weekend at Silver Strand State Beach. We reserved a camping spot Jan. 2 2008, and we still didn't get right on the sand! But we were one spot away! It was such a fun relaxing weekend. We spent our time playing on the beach, walking along the Bay, hunting for sand dollars and floating our flip flops. We never saw the sun, but it was warm and the water was great! We ate in Coronado at Miguel's Cocina, which is so yummy! This is my kind of camping!

Campaigning

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Movie night

We went to Temecula's Surf's Up Night on Friday. The city put on a big outdoor party in the park. There was a live band, lots of vendors, activities to do and when it got dark, they lit up three hot air balloons and showed the movie Surf's Up. It was a really fun night. It's cool to get so close to the huge hot air balloons. I took some video and I'll add that to this post when I figure out how. We had a great night, but left about half way through the movie cause the kids were too tired and cold!

Matthew had just been to an army birthday party, which is why he has army written on his face! He had so much fun and got to ride home in a Limo from the party! We've been hearing of little else since then!

Happy 4th!

We had a really nice 4th of July week this year. Our friends come from AZ and stay at the North Coast Village condos in Oceanside every year. So we just hang out with them! It' s so nice to head to the beach for the day, then go swim in their pool and then shower and clean up! Plus we get a nice free parking spot too! Thanks so much guys!

Also this last week we were able to help move Gary's brother here to San Elijo Hills. My cousin Stephanie lives there too, so she helped me by watching my kids while I could get dinner for the guys who were doing the heavy moving! Thanks Steph! We had a fun day swimming with you.

On the 4th of July, we headed down to Oceanside. This year they blocked off all the traffic, except for those who were actually staying at a condo or hotel. We had our "golden ticket", a parking pass to park at North Coast Village, so we sailed right in! We spent a great day on the beach. The weather was weird though. It was sunny, then the clouds rolled in so thick we couldn't see the pier or the jetty, then it cleared up again, then as it started to get dark, the clouds rolled back in and we couldn't see the fireworks at all! We could hear them though! Thanks to some illegal firework action from friends and neighbors, we did get to see some! When it was time to leave, we headed out and there was NO traffic! ZERO! Thanks city of Oceanside for blocking off that whole area! Last year it took us TWO hours to get from their condo to the 76 freeway. That's about 1 mile away. So it was a GREAT 4th, even though we couldn't see the fireworks!

See how cloudy it got?

When we got in from the beach, this pelican was sitting on the wall right outside the Barretts condo! We think it was posing to be a Bald Eagle for the 4th!

The end of a nice sunny ( ?) day at the beach.

After showering, changing and a great dinner the kids got to do some legal poppers. . .

And some illegal sparklers (the rest got confiscated by the security guards)

Happy 4th of July!