Friday, August 7, 2009

Summer 2009

Getting on the little plane.


Brian's little sisters Lacey and Ashlyn.


I did alot of this!


My favorite view...


me, Ash, Carrie, Tiffany, and Debbie..hangin' out at the pool.


My father n' law Lonnie jumping off at Montezuma falls.

Brian chillin'


All of us on our way to Tortuga Island.


On our way to Vernal...La Fortuna, Costa Rica


Brian and I on Segways in San Jose, Costa Rica


At breakfast in our house in Tambour..the pacific side of Costa Rica.


My mother n' law Debbie on the canopy tour.


An Iguana the size of a child..on Iguana bridge (100's of them in the trees!)


At a favorite restraunt...we went there 2 nights in a row!


Trolley ride with kids to the sawdust festival in Laguna Beach..
Boys running on the beach in Laguna.


Claire enjoying a nice "sandy snack"


The girls coming through Immigration at LAX, returning from Japan.


Trenton's Soccer game on Wednesday..he scored a goal!



Wow! Where did it go? School is back on Thursday the 13th and I feel like summer just began. I am a little sad that the "fun" is over but it will be so nice to not have my house trashed 24/7. The month of July was a very busy one with our trip to Costa Rica. It was so nice to have a vacation without our kids..I mean I do love them and all but 10 days with out having to change a diaper, get someone a drink or give anyone but myself a bath was PRICELESS! ( Thank you Lonnie and Debbie for a glorious trip) We got do do alot of fun adventurous things like zip lining and river rafting, my favorite! The house we had in Tambour was so beautiful and perfect for all 14 of us. 
Then we got home for 2 days, did laundry, repacked, and took off for Laguna Beach for 10 days. Brian came for the last 4 days. The girls went to Japan to see their dad and had a really good time. Natalie took 400 pictures! So now that all the fun is over and it's time to get back to "reality" I guess I can just dream of our next vacation and hope that it's not too far away.....

3 comments:

Jenny Richins said...

wow, what a fun summer. i am quite jealous how you all get along so well with a blended family at the mccleves'. School is exciting for your kids. I bet you are both ready for a change and I bet you will find time to do more things for you.

AudyCamp said...

Great pics...i can't wait to have internet on my mac so I can play catch up on all my summer posts.
..we missed you guys at the blessing but sounds like the girls had fun in japan! yay for having the kids start school tomorrow! :) mine have been in for 2 weeks already and I'm finally starting to get a routine down. take care..see u guys soon.

Apryl said...

k...so jealous! looks like so much fun!