what we’ve been doing this summer

We have had such an awesome summer mostly because Tyler has been able to spend so much time with us.  He is working, but still has so much free time.  Jacoby loves having him home to wrestle and play sports with.  I know he will have a hard time when Tyler goes back in a month.  I’m glad we have had so much fun!

For the Fourth of July we were really missing home.  It was unbearably hot here but we still tried to make the most of one of my favorite holidays.The day went like this: breakfast with some of our good friends, going to Cars 2, going to dinner, playing games, and watching the fireworks.  We had fun together, but nothing can top what we’re used to.  We really missed our families!

Olivia was able to come stay a week with us.  We loved having her here.  I felt bad that the weather was so hot and miserable, but she seemed to not mind, except for the day I was dumb and decided we should go to the zoo. We did a lot of shopping and she found some cute school clothes.  We also ate some good food: In-N-Out, Slurpees, Krispy Kreme Donuts, Dippin' Dots, and homemade Snickers.  We went to the waterpark that is nearby two different days and spent some time at our pool.  I’m so glad she was able to come and hope she will come again soon.  It was fun to spend some one-on-one time with her.  She was always so nice to help with Jacoby and read or play with him.  Thanks for coming, Livi!  We go home pretty soon and can’t wait to see our families!  We miss you. 

San Diego

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We were so happy to have some visitors for a couple weeks.  Taylor came to visit for a week and then Terry and Debie flew down to stay for another week.  We stayed here for a couple days then headed over to San Diego.  We have never really been on a trip as a family so we were pretty excited.  The first afternoon we got there we went to Joe’s Crab Shack.  I have always wanted to go there and it was yummy.  The next day we went to Sea World.  We had been telling Jacoby about Sea World for a long time and he was so anxious to go.  I haven’t been since I was about six but I still remembered the shows.  They were just as amazing as I remembered with these huge killer whales and dolphins jumping out of the water and splashing the audience.  Jacoby was so good during the shows.  The weather was perfect and a little overcast so we were able to stay all day and not get too worn out.  Jacoby really liked the few rides and toys they had too.  Taylor even got to swim with the dolphins and feed them and do a few tricks.  It was really fun to watch.  We got Jacoby a little killer whale animal to take home that I will have to post a picture of.  It was fun because that is the same thing I got when I came to Sea World.  Jacoby was just the right age to take him and we had a blast. 

The next day we grabbed some donuts and went to the beach to eat breakfast.  It was so beautiful.  We didn’t wear our swimming suits because it was still pretty cold, but we splashed around in the water and found sea shells.  Then we went to find the San Diego Temple.  It was so beautiful; I have always wanted to see it. Later we went to the Braves game.  Tyler has been wanting to go to one of their games for a long time.  When they were playing here it happened to be finals week!! Are you kidding me? He felt pretty bad, so I’m glad we were able to come over to San Diego to watch them play.  Taylor, Terry, Tyler, and I all went and Debie watched Jacoby at the hotel.  It was a lot of fun and Tyler got us some sweet seats!  Unfortunately they lost by quite a bit, but we still had a good time. 

The next day we did a little shopping and made the drive home.  We had such a good time with Tyler’s family.  We are so happy to have people come visit so come on down everyone!!  

Happy 4th of July!  I’m really missing home right now.  It is WAY too hot here for me!