Art work

Shane has been drawing characters, here are some of my favorites………

  

Jennings Visit

The Jennings came down to visit for a week.  We tried to keep them busy, ice skating, hiking, bonfire, beach, surfing and hanging out.  Here we all took a hike down to the Cove, hoping for some surf for the dads, no luck.

Lunch at Rubios turned into some very wet kids

We went to Ft. McArthur and took a little tour

 

Here is the communication room, then we went down into the tunnels.  The guide didn’t hold back and really scared the girls taking about ghosts and animals that could be in the tunnels

 

We had one ify beach day, and tried to take advantage of it.  Kids went in the ocean and got wet!

   

Took a little hike in our neighborhood

    

It was nice to catch up and hang out with Adam, Katie, Eli and Lyla

Santa Ynez Ranch House

5 families gathered at the Double J Ranch for 4 days with 10 adults 13 kids.  I was a little nervous having so many people in the same quarters for so long.  Results- AWESOME!  It was the best 4 days.  The Ranch was more than perfect, scenic, 5 acres of gated land, words cannot describe all the wonderful things this place has to offer!  Throughout the day no one wanted to leave the house, there was so much to do and the kids stayed busy all day.  This sign was at the entrance to the house.  Love it. 

 

The pool was beautiful as was the weather

 

 

Hailey with the girls- Jenna and Megan

Pool duty

Lifeguards

The chickens coup got lots of visitors and fresh eggs every morning

The teenagers and resident horse

 

A petting zoo a few houses away with miniature donkeys!

 

Jesse and Chris got out and enjoyed a few rides together

Parent vs Kids Kickball, it was hilarious

 

  The tennis court provided tons of entertainment.  Having a ball machine and lights made for hours of fun

  

The stage and karaoke was attended by all.  A few late night hours

 

Jesse rocked the house with his rap song

 

We left the house only once, to go wine tasting for 6 hours without kids

    

Kid Free

Chris practicing some camera settings

Entrance to our compound –Enter at your own risk!

The entire group

Our great friends

Memorable Weekend- everyone wants to go back!

On our way home we did some blueberry picking and made fresh blueberry muffins