Playing house!

The family went to Capers Acre this Saturday (a park in Chico), and it was so much fun! Kylie got worn out playing on all the toys and getting to ride in her floaty in the creek! Here are some fun photos of the day, and some others from Jenny's five day stay. We love it when she comes to visit!!!
One quick story: After I got off work on Wednesday, I went to my Dad's where Jenny was with the girls. I walked into the room where Jenny was with the girls, and Jenny said, "Kylie, looks who's here!" Kylie looked at me, smiled big, and came running at me yelling, "Zee Zee!" When I pick her up she hugs me and says, "Where Jay-un (Jason)?" I was sooo touched! She knows we're a package deal!! Lol... Jason felt so touched too!I think Jason was a little too big for this toy... Oh but he tries!Kylie is enthralled with the "Fresh Beat Band."Megan is 5 months old, and crawling already!Aunt Zee Zee with Mae Mae!She is SUCH a HAPPY BABY!!!This is our "Playing House" photo!
The two real Mom's! (Well, one's a Mom and a Grandma!)Grandma's little girl! Kylie is looking so much older!Uncle Jason is so much fun!!!
Megan loves playing with her big sister!
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This is a huge block of cement cheese. Jason was in one of the holes holding Megan up so she could peek through the top. Kylie thought it was so funny!
Kylie was so thoughtful in trying to keep us all cool with the spray bottle full of water. Uncle Jesse was a main target.
Grandpa Brad had a great idea of bringing a floaty with a rope on the front so he could tow Kylie around in the creek. She LOVED that!
"Grandma is so much fun! She plays dress-up with me!" Does anyone else here a song in their head?... "Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match! Find me a find, catch me a catch!"
Our little peasant girl!
I love how mom is laughing in this while Kylie is crying...lol. She wasn't feeling too good. Mom was cracking us as she was commentating this scene, "No one will buy my radishes...whatever will I do?"
And someday when Jason and I have kids of our own and have run ragged each day, we will look this good all the time.

Thursday's Zoo Adventure

I wasn't able to post this yesterday, so I'm doing it now - in the Long Beach Airport! Thankfully, they have Wi-Fi. Jason and I are about 2 hours early for our flight! Yesterday was a wonderful experience at the Zoo! Jason and I sported our hats we got from Gaslamp Quarters, and he will tell you himself how this is the hat of his dreams :). We found our favorite multi-species exhibit, which had monkeys and otters! It was so fun watching the otters trying to get the treats from one of the monkeys. The exhibit was beautifully landscaped, with waterways for the otters, and tons of climbing equipment for the monkeys. Oh, and they also had some sort of pig species as well. The lady who was feeding the animals treats (she worked there) told us that the monkey we saw playing with the otters would sometimes hop on the pigs and ride them like horses!! We didn't see that, but we enjoyed what we did see!
Lunch was at the amazing Albert's Restaurant, which provided us seating right next to a waterfall! The food was delicious, but the atmosphere was what was most memorable. It was definitely a place we would recommend to anyone visiting the San Diego Zoo! It was a wonderful last day at the Zoo, and we are so grateful we were able to go as many times as we wanted during the week.
Later that day we picked up our rental car and tried to go to the Cabrillo National Monuement, but it was closed. We got to see some great views of San Diego though that we otherwise wouldn't have been able to see. I'll post those pictures later today when we get home. What a wonderful trip!

Old Town San Diego

Old Town was great! We got there when a lot of the demonstrations were already finished, but we still really enjoyed it. We found a great Mexican Restaurant - Casa De Reyes - which had a fabulous environment, and great food! We even made a chip "toast" to a wonderful place! There was a Native American dancing group putting on a presentation right next to where we were eating. We even found the first school house ever built in San Diego! The rules and consequences are hilarious! Things sure have changed over the years! After exploring for a short bit, we got back on the bus and headed back to the hotel. Then Jason decided he wanted to buy the hat he had tried on at the Gaslamp Quarter yesterday, so we hopped back on the bus a half hour later. He says he's always wanted a hat like this! He'll use it for rafting and outdoor things. Too funny...

Snorkeling - Via the Temple!

So today's adventures (thus far) have been nothing short of exciting! As we were on thus bus on our way to go snorkeling, we saw the temple spirals close by. "Wow Jason - look! Snorkeling is close to the temple! We'll get to see it close up after all! How great!" Yes, how great... and it was, except that we accidentally got our bus directions mixed up with the Temple and snorkeling. So we took some quick pictures by the temple (which is temporarily closed for maintenance and upkeep - hence the equipment around the spirals), then frantically tried to figure out a way to our snorkeling tour (hence the picture of me on my phone's GPS desperately trying to find a way). We found out we were 4 miles from the place. Walk, bus, taxi? We called the snorkeling place and they said our tour guide was waiting for us, so if we didn't show up they'd have to charge us anyway. Luckily a taxi drove by, and we waved him down and were able to get there. We were two minutes late, but we did it!
Our snorkeling guide's name was Ryan, and he was tons of fun. He had just finished up his Master's in Marine Biology, and was working towards he PH.D.! So we got suited up in our wetsuits, bought a reasonably priced underwater digital camera, and were off! The snorkeling was great. The water was pretty murky, but it was still really fun. We saw tons and tons of Leopard Sharks! They were swimming all over around us (I know Jenny, not your idea of a good time! lol). After about 30 minutes, I started getting sea sick... We had seen all we wanted to see, so we headed back to the shore. One of the pictures is of a Leopard Shark. I had to enhance the picture so that you could see it better - the water was murkier than it looks.
Anyway, we took the hour and a half bus trip back to the hotel after that, and I was nauseous most the way! Yuck. Feeling tons better now though. So here are some pictures of the adventure so far today! Later we are headed to Old Town and Little Italy. HOW FUN!!!