Birthday Fun

This morning started off by Dylan blowing confetti and singing Happy Birthday to me at 7am. He hung the sign up after I went to bed last night.

He even cleaned up the confetti for me.

My mom and dad came up to visit and took me to Stroud's for my birthday dinner since Michael is out of town.

My kiddos bought me a new Pitt State shirt and Michael ordered me this awesome Pitt State Gorillas bottle of wine. 

The Pitt State emblem is engraved in the wine bottle.  It looks so cool!!

Thanks to all my friends and family for making my day special!

La Jolla Cove in San Diego

We spent the day at La Jolla shores and cove. It was their first visit to the Pacific Ocean.

La Jolla shores

Dylan had to leave a piece of KC at La Jolla.

Michael and Dylan went snorkeling with leopard sharks.

A sign you don't see in Kansas!

La Jolla Cove....it was gorgeous.

There were sea lions every where. 

I can handle 74 degrees and sunny and a beautiful view.

YUMMY!! I wish I would have thought of this.

They were sooooooo good!

Dylan loves ice cream sandwiches so he was a happy boy.

It was a short weekend in San Diego but I am so glad we had the chance to spend some time in California together.

San Diego Zoo and a Sailboat Ride off of Coronado Island

Michael has been working in California so the kids and I met him in San Diego for a fun weekend. We enjoyed a day at the zoo.

We actually took a Discovery Tour of the San Diego Zoo so we were out of there in four hours. It was a great tour!!

Of course I had to take a picture of my favorite animal....the gorilla.

Her foot was so huge!!

Cass and her favorite animal.

We really loved seeing the panda bears since not many zoos have them.

Here is Dylan and Michael looking up the skirt of the nurse at the "Unconditional Surrender Statue".

USS Midway

Saturday evening we drove to Coronado Island and went for a sailboat ride on Uncle Ralph's boat.

Bridge from San Diego to Coronado Island

There goes the sail!

Uncle Ralph teaching Dylan how to sail.

A nice view of San Diego

Michael taking control of the sailboat.

Enjoying the sunset from the sailboat

Uncle Ralph and Michael

Dylan wanted to cuddle since he was freezing.

Cass and her daddy

An absolutely beautiful evening!!

River Market Beer Fest and Demolition Derby

Today was a fun but HOT day. We met our friends Vicki and Trent at the River Market Beer Fest.

We are not sweating just sparkling! 

I found a beer I really enjoyed it was called Curious Traveler and it has lemon and lime. Pretty good on a hot steamy day.

Lots and lots of people!

We all went home and changed out of our sweaty nasty clothes and took a little rest before heading to the Johnson County Fair demolition derby.  Dylan had to have a big turkey leg.

Vicki and Hannah had never experienced one before and they had fun.

It was still HOT!

Oh, how I miss going to a demolition derby every year.

Well, he's done.

He was barely moving!

Even though it was hot we had a really good time today. I think tomorrow I am going to stay inside and stay cool.