Tuesday, April 2, 2013

...more from San Diego

A trip to La Jolla

La Jolla Children's pool~overtaken by Seals
...how I feel after a day with the kids




Pelican love


 
Sibling love

apparently the "babysitter" showed up for all 3 of us

Reid won "Best Mullet of San Diego"

...and "Most likely to attend a Key party" 


..and then, Daddy stripped him of his title

First haircut- clean-cut and ready for Wallstreet (after he goes to wardrobe)
  

We had a chance to attend a Navy Seal graduation-for those of you who have seen the BUDS training on the Discovery Channel, these are the helmets of the servicemen who dropped out of the training.


Q teaching me how to use MY phone


Making Valentines Day cookies





One of the first pics we have ever taken with both kids looking and smiling in the same vicinity

Quinn sporting her new apron

Reid found the ONLY puddle in the entire San Diego Zoo

 My worst nightmare





Great friends

Coronado Beach day

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree





The Herrmanns and  The Osgoods came to visit!!!! 





Ryan is exploring all career options

San Diego Air and Space Museum





Children's museum...I think the adults had more fun than the kiddos

Q got to paint a car



Zonked

My friend Marlena and I had a pitstop to make



Monster attack

...and that's how she got 2 dislocated shoulders





Apparently, Quinn cooks topless


who knew water could be so much fun

A trip to SeaWorld...
This is my LAST documented smile of the day...
It was AWESOME holding a 17 month old still in the stands during the dolphin show 


Seriously, my WORST nightmare

I was shaking just taking this picture

Another visit from the babysitter arrived...she is so good with the kids


Ry took Quinn to see the play,  Knuffle Bunny (based on the book, Knuffle Bunny)

drinking her "coffee"


Quality mommy-daughter time

this activity lasted as long as it took me to snap the picture 



amazing landscape

Quinn dragged Ry out for a run




Quinn at her friend, Addy's birthday party

Quinn's art...(it is upside down)...


We took a trip to visit our good friends, The Herrmann's in Yuma, AZ

Wine-thirty with Annie

We had a chance to visit Erik at work and got to see the plane he flies




Mr. Brady couldn't be bothered with the sun

awesome views on the way home


future bouncer



They were just let out of the dryer...it was a looonnng night


Contemplating

Q getting her hair braided by Auntie Jessica

love this pic...Ryan met us in town after his morning bike



Oceanside, CA...where Ryan's half-Ironman took place

how Californians play on the playground



lunch after picking up daddy's race packet

Q made daddy a "Congratulations" banner 


On our way to an Easter egg hunt...look how happy the Brady kids are

Q had no idea where she was (note: bucket-head)



Easter Sunday church




What you can't see here is the number of ants that got into the eggs while waiting for the hunt to begin