Our Fun Coronado Trip

We had such a wonderful vacation with my family. Everyone was able to come, but my cute brother Spencer, his wife Stephanie, and their little girl Sofie. We missed them. Anyways, it is such a heavenly moment to spend time with family. It makes me be so happy for eternity. My greatest memories truly come from spending time with family. Brett and I had our first walk on the beach alone together. It was so wonderful. I got some fun runs in with my sister and brothers, a great bike ride with my brother, and a nice ocean swim in. The week went fast, but I am so happy everyone got to come. It was kind of funny being on a vacation only 20 minutes away from our house, but it was wonderful none the less. I am so thankful for all my parents did to make it happy. I posted lot of pictures, so just be prepared. :)

By Sunday afternoon everyone had arrived. We went down to the beach and had a barbecue. Brayden loved the sand as you can tell. We also had an Easter egg hunt. It was fun having it with the cousin and my siblings. It is always great when all my brothers and sisters are around. The kids get so spoiled with attention.

On Monday and Tuesday we hung out at a few different beaches. My sister and I tried surfing.( I respect all surfer. I found it very challenging). My brother surfer almost everyday. They really liked it. Brynn and Aubrey even tried surfing.:)The cousins loved just playing in the sand.

We went to Disneyland on Wednesday. My parent watched Brayden and my nephew Josh. The rest of us went and had a great time, despite the huge crowds. The girls favorite part was seeing the princesses and the parade. Sleeping Beauty came up and talk to Brynn in the making of a princess show. Brynn was for sure star struck. It was so cute. I would have to say Disneyland is truly a magical places.

On Thursday we all just hung out at the beach. ( I personally got to go on a great bike ride). Then later that day we went to the USS Midway. Later that night we had a bonfire on the beach and celebrated my brother Brandon 33rd birthday. He was on leave from Iraq, so it was a real treat to have him and his family with us.

We went to Sea World on the last day. We still enjoy going their. It is always fun there. My brother and his little girl got to be the helpers in the dolphin show. It was great. I got this cute picture of Brett just talking with my brothers while the kids were looking at the starfish, and I had to throw it in. (Don't I have a cute hubby:)).

The girls, especially Aubrey have been wanting to get their ears pierced. Brett was on call today, so we decided today would be a perfect day. Aubrey was so calm and good. Brynn was nervous from the beginning. She insisted on sitting on my lap, and she actually shed some tears. Brayden was a trooper and just sat in the stroller the whole time. After I let the go on some little mall rides. I think they looks so cute with their earring. :)

It is times like these that make GOOD memories!

The Easter bunny found the kids in Coronado. We went there on Saturday and stayed for a whole week with my 4 younger brothers, my sister, and my older brother with his family, and my parents. It was a blast. I will try and posted all of our pictures from the week soon.

Here is Brynn and Aubrey dying Easter eggs. Brynn thinks she is really funny when she makes silly faces:)

Brayden just liked eating the hard boiled eggs.

Here is Brayden charming Ms. Ruby, Brynn's main teacher. She has been the best teacher for Brynn.

This again is Ms. Joslyn who comes in to help out on holiday and such. Brynn loves it when she comes. They had a fun Easter egg hunt and then they got to take turn in the jumper. Even Aubrey got to jump.

You have to blow this picture up to see Brynn's fat lip. She got a new scooter for her birthday. She decided to take a big hill, and unforunetly the hill got the best of her. Luckily she is a trooper and she still love her "fast" scooter.

Brynn finally has her "real" birthday. She had been celebrating it for the last 2 weeks. She celebrated her birthday at her school and she got a crown and a birthday sign from her class.

We all went to Seaport Village together and the Banks got a family picture of us.

Brett's parents came to visit right in the middle of the girls birthdays. They hand deliver their presents. We went to the beach. It is always so beautiful there. Brynn loves taking pictures there. She does her own model shots:)

A Triathlon with an Ironman Champion to a Birthday Party with 20 cute kids

I did a triathlon on Saturday morning with my good friend Vicky. I thought it was just going to be a local race. Well, after finishing the race second to a super fast girl. I found out that the super fast girl was Michellie Jones. She won the Ironman Kona World Championship in 2006 and won a silver medal in the Sydney Olympic in 2000. I couldn't believe that such a huge pro was at the race. I not only got pictures of her, but she posted a picture of me and her on her blog because I was the one who took second place to her. This is now my big clam to fame. I loved doing the triathlon and it just gets me more excited to do the next 4 races I have set up to do.

Brynn and Aubrey had a My Little Pony Birthday party Saturday afternoon. It was a little crazy, but I think all the kids had fun. Brynn loves parties. She has been planning this party ever since her party last year. She loved putting the little goody bags together, and both her and Aubrey loved shopping for all there party supplies. All of their friends came, and they of course got way too many gifts. It is always so cute to see your kids so happy and excited. ( I mean who doesn't love their birthday:)

We went down to La Jolla Cove on Thursday. It is such a
beautiful place. Brayden LOVED the water. Brynn tried to catch the baby crabs, and Aubrey liked to playing in the baby pools of water and little caves. There is something about being at the ocean which is just so relaxing and rejuvenating.

My good friend Ashley came in town last week to go to Disneyland. We got to hang out Wednesday morning at a park before they went. It was so fun, and our kids actually played together really well. It is always so fun to see her. She is so happy and positive. Her in laws live here, so lucky I get to see her every couple of months.

Bring on the GOOD times!

Brett has had a great schedule lately. We have been able to do some fun stuff together as a family, and we even got to spend half the day together doing what I love-racing. I am so thankful for the good times. I tell myself I really have to cherish and relish these times. I think having had Brett be gone alot has really make us so happy when we get to have him around. He always makes things so much better and fun.

Brett and I did the Bulldog bike race,which was a 27 mile bike race at Camp Pendleton, yesterday. It was both of ours first time racing in a road bike race (We did a century ride together last year, but that wasn't a race). Anyways, it turn out to be a great race/date for both of us. Brett started and finished before me. He did really well considering he doesn't have alot of time to ride. He took 10th in his age group. I was hoping to do good, but a little unsure of how things would go. I ended up having a great race. I finish with the lead pack. I was 6 seconds behind the first place girl finisher. I ended up taking 8th overall and 1st in my age group. I am so happy my cute friend watched the kids while Brett and I raced. It was nice to do something together, get our exercise in, and have time to just hang out and talk without our kids. Vicky for sure had the harder job then me. She had her three kids and my three, and Brayden lost his binky and he was a sad little boy. I am so thankful for good friends:)

My little "princess" Aubrey turned three today. She wanted to have and Ariel princess party with the family. She started opening presents a few days ago, and it seem like every few hour today she would open another present. I am not sure if it was her that couldn't wait to open the present or if it was Brynn. I thought I would have Brynn help me wrap Aubrey's presents so she wouldn't be so jealous of her. Well, I am not sure my idea really worked. Brynn was still trying to open her presents. She just can't understand why Aubrey's birthday has to be 11 days before hers. Anyways, I think Aubrey had a great birthday. She LOVES baby dolls now, so naturally she got MORE babies and baby things. Brett and I were joking that we need another room for all their babies and stuff. ( I think they have more baby furniture and things then Brayden does). She also got her first bike. We're are hoping that soon she will like to ride it. Anyways, I love Aubrey so much. She adds so much fun, spunk, and spice to our lives.

Brett again had an unscheduled day off on Friday, so after Brynn got out of school we went to the zoo. I love this picture of them walking together. The girls love there daddy, and they especially love it because there daddy always makes them feel so special and loved. (He is good at showing ALL his girls love:) It was a beautiful cool day, so it was a great day for the zoo. We don't ever stay too long, so it is a good thing we can go whenever we want.

On Thursday Brett had an unscheduled day off. We decided to go for a family bike ride around the harbor. It took us a little longer to ride as a family then when I am riding by myself :), but Brynn did so good. We rode to a park and had a picnic. It was a park on the harbor beach. The girls had to get there feet in the water, and Aubrey especially liked it because it was the harbor, which mean no big waves.

About a week ago the girls decided that there babies need to go with us to the park, so we loaded all our babies (my baby being the cutest one, Brayden) and walked to the park and had a picnic. The other picture is of Brynn and Aubrey putting my dying roses to good use. They were playing the "he loves me, he loves me not" game. It was so cute to watch.