now that school is out, we took our first official summer vacation - we headed to pasadena to visit diana and paul for a couple of days and then continued south to experience the awesomeness of the great wolf lodge. while we had a lot of fun at the hotel with an indoor water park, outdoor pool, arcade, bowling alley, and much much more, this *may* have been a once in a lifetime experience for our family. it reminded me of vegas - no clocks, natural light, or any reason to leave the premises (food and alcohol were plentiful!).
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when it starts like this, we know
this photo session won't be easy |
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| but it was worth it! |
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| officially 6 and a half! |
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| our crew |
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after dropping the dogs at camp,
we headed to starbucks to fuel up for our road trip |
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| everyone was pretty excited |
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| oatmeal and milk...breakfast of choice! |
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| we had a long first leg so we could time our stop for fries and milkshakes |
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| after relaxing at our hotel, we met up with diana and paul for some pizza |
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| followed by ice cream (of course) |
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| yummy! |
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| sunshine and a pool = heaven for these kids |
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lyla started off the trip being timid in the pool
(she was not a fan of this) |
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| livi and jacks, on the other hand, loved being thrown |
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| i think john's arms were getting tired... |
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| smiles all around |
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my shopping buddies gave me
expert advice in the dressing room |
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when we came back from shopping,
we brought back some gifts for lyla |
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| she's got some swagger on her |
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our vacation involved doing things we wish
we had time for when we're at home... |
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like playing at the apple store
for as long as they'd like |
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| diana took us to a yummy ice cream spot |
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| as you can tell, she hated it |
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| our little barista |
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| pouring her morning coffee |
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welcome to the great wolf lodge...
everyone gets wolf ears!!!!!!!! |
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lyla rode all the slides she was big enough for
and loved it! |
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for hours on end, we went from the slides to the wave
pool to the basketball pool, and back again... |
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| she's a little vulture - "what you eating?" |
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| waiting for that bite of brownie! |
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| my sunbathing beauty |
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these two are the sweetest...
they literally never (well, almost never) fight |
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| all ten of us! |
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| hanging out before dinner |
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| vacation looks good on her |
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he was a little annoyed i made him take a break
from playing catch to come take a picture =) |
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| yep...just like vegas! |
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| daddy's girl |
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| look who joined us for a meal?! |
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| twins bowling match |
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| hanging in our friend's hotel room |
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| our last night called for, you guessed it, ice cream |
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| sugar highs for everyone! |
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back home and ready for fathers' day
(yes, lyla found a 2.5 year old pacifier and popped it right in) |
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| abuelo came to visit for the day - yay!! |
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| while john slept in on f-day, we headed to alamo square |
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| post dog-park, father's day coffee |
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| i think she has a future in modeling backpacks |
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5 mile family run/bike/stroll - riggy lasted 2, lyla fell asleep after 3,
and herbie refused to move after 4...not sure i'd call that a success |
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| even after the 8th time i asked them to go to bed, they still won't move |
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| good morning, boys! |
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| time for soccer!! |
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it's so fun to watch her on the field - she loves it
(unlike the twins at her age!) |
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| those dimples always make me smile |
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| what is it about dogs and grass? |
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| first camp of the summer |
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| future olympian in the making |
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| gymnastics class complete |
