Saturday, February 20, 2010

Carlsbad

We are thankful once again for the jobs the Lord has given us, and we are thankful for dead presidents who gave so much for our country that we now have a vacation in their honor :)--
We booked two nights at South Carlsbad State Beach and our spot was right in front of the ocean. Our site was so big that we were able to turn the trailer sideways and have "oceanfront property" . The sunrises and sunsets were amazing! Here are the pics!
The beach was filled with colorful rocks and we even found a giant clam.


Owen liked the lifeguard stand

This was our "Biggest Loser" workout on the trip--the stairs that lead from our site to the ocean




These pictures are for Katie--we tried to get "creative"--notice the shadow?






Our site

Our happy Bird

and the happy monkey with an otter pop


and the happy parents on vacation:)


Pat ALWAYS has to get a bike picture
I guess Owen isn't the only monkey

What do you get when you give a kid a box of wood? A wooden display



Pictures with our Birdie


and the sunset
Jenna did pretty good with the pictures, except she cut Pat's head off :)



Ready for our bike ride!
The second day we went to Legoland. Brother was SO excited to see Thomas made entirely out of LEGOS

Jenna was excited about BOB--hehehaha!

We had to have a crazy tongue picture
Then it was time for the big girls to take a ride. Poor Jenna has the Mom who is CRAZY for CRAZY rides. We found this rotating arm thing that I just HAD to try (Legoland rides are pretty tame for me). The ride had 5 levels of "intensity", so of course, I talked my sweet Bird into trying Level 5--I mean how bad can it really be? OH MAN! I would tell you about it, but Jenna's version is MUCH better :)--ask her some time!
The pictures might tell the whole story :)




Owen played with the Ogre
Jenna played in the water

We saw our friends the Dickinsons

We took a funky" after the water hair picture"
Owen and Dad went on the helicopters

Jenna and Owie went on the train

And all in all--we had a BLAST!
I also had to our OUR pictures of Baby Karly's first b-day because she is so STINKIN' CUTE!!!




and she had one BEAUTIFUL Mommy!

3 comments:

Kate and David said...

What a fun, relaxing trip =) I LOOOVE your creative shots. The b&w's of Jenna on the beach are beautiful, "JU look like a model bird".

OK...The 'Level 5 arm ride thing' looks crazy =/...and those are some AWESOME action shots you got Pat! Trac, u looked like it lived up to the "level 5" intensity...Jenna on the other hand looked like she would have enjoyed a level 4 at least ahahaaha. Can't wait to hear her story about it!!

H&B. Glad you had such a great trip.

Lee said...

Oh my gosh... those pictures of the Level 5 ride cracked me up! Poor Bird! hahaha that is so funny! Good job bird for hanging in there with your "need for speed mom"! =) Looks like you guys had such a good time!

Thanks for the sweet pictures of Karly too! WE LOVE YOU GUYS SOOOOO MUCH!

Unknown said...

Great pictures! It looks like you had a great week off. I can't believe how grown up Owen looks! Boys and their trains, huh? You look great as always.

Love and miss you!
Krista