Family Get Togethers

We enjoyed spending time with my siblings while they were all in town with their families. My oldest brother lives in Idaho and another brother lives in Washington so we don't get to see them as much as we'd like.

We spent some time at the beach, ate at Ruby's on the pier, played Volleyball, and played in the water. We took family pictures at the Newport Beach Temple. Had some nice family dinners.

It doesn't get more classic than this: playing soccer in the side yard after church...dresses, sandals, church socks...pretty much, anything goes.

And went to The Balboa Fun Zone. We rode on the carrousale.

And went on a tour of Balboa Island. They gave us our own boat because our family was so big.
I was surprised how interesting the tour was...learning all about what TV shows were filmed where and who lived in what houses and how they came to be.

Loved these pictures of the kids.

We got to check out the sea lions too. Definitely the kid favorite.

Sometimes the only way to get in a picture is to have your kids take one.

Carter decided he wanted to learn to ride a bike without training wheels one of the days we were all together. He got it down on the 3rd try! Whoo hoo! He was beaming. He managed to squeeze in learning that while he was still 3 years old...beating out Alexis by a year. I need to get a picture and video still.