Boise-ians Visit

Cathy, Duane, Katie, Eli and Lyla came out for a visit and to graciously help out with the kids while Jesse and I head to Europe

 Straight for the backyard upon arrival

Shane, the chicken whisperer

A little of everyone's personality in this circus picture

 Sweetfire, the best chicken ever

A little hike on the horse trail

Botanical Gardens

Abalone Cove Tide Pools

Hike back to the car

Many hours spent here

 Celebrated Hailey's Birthday early, again!

Partay

Happy 12th Birthday Haibutt!

Thanks to the Camps for coming out 

 Hermosa Beach shopping

Las Gaviotas

Going south with the Danons for Spring Break

 super easy crossing

 All the talk about The Wall and here it is, the kids really liked seeing it

 30 Miles south of the boarder

 the entrance

Our Casa

 Checking the place out

 Private beach for this community

 Jake had to train for track, it wasn't easy 

 We all got on the tennis court and messed around

 We went out to eat once, Splash, right on the water and beautiful

 of course the girls loved the shopping

 K39 surf shop

 The "Dude", he watched over us the whole trip

Saar and Jesse hit the waves everyday

 We could watch the break and see the guys surfing from our balcony.  Only 2 people in the water!  Jaime, I and the kids all put on our wetsuits, surprised the boys and swam out to them.  It was so fun, we did it the next day

We all got tatted up by Reese 

Shuffleboard competition

 Winners

The start of the scavenger hunt

 Looking for the buried treasure in their drug rugs

 Jake and Shane and so similar, not too cool for anything

Jake and Reese called me "Better Mom" the whole trip

We lucked out on the weather, it was perfect

We will be back soon!

We stopped in San Diego on our way home and got to meet Jett for the 1st time and see Grandpa and the Scholars

Hailey's early Bday party

Hailey had her birthday super early due to Spring Break.  She wanted to do a VR studio and I knew that would book up once the kids were out of school.  I asked Hailey who she wanted to invite and it was Lexi, Dylan, JD, and Kyle.  1 girl and 3 boys.  She gets it, these boys are just light-hearted,  super funny and no drama, just like she likes it.

 We had the whole place to ourselves for 2 hours.  They played games competing with each other. It was funny to hear them talking/yelling to each other and seeing their body movements.  

 Brownie Time

 Singing Happy Birthday.  Hailey just loved how silly the boys were singing. 

The birthday party was perfect and was exactly how Hailey wanted it.  Lots of laughing

Miraleste Track Meet

Track and Field day at school.  Hailey qualified in 3 events, the mile, high jump and long jump

 Hailey did really well at the mile- 6:47.  She was super proud of her time

She had so much fun, she was cheering on teammates, high fiving friends and just having a good time in the track environment.  

BNP tennis

I've always wanted to go to the BNP Tennis tournament in Palm Springs and finally made it happen.  My tennis friends go every year and always try to convince me.  We went for 2 days 

 One of our friend has VIP tickets that she gave us for the 2 days, so we were inside getting free drinks and food.  

 The tennis tournament is so well laid out and the grounds are gorgeous.  We lucked out this year, it wasn't too hot

 Traditional Japanese breakfast in our room- Definitely healthy 

We got on the courts and hit a little, not really dressed for it but it was fun

 Our seats were insane and I enjoyed every moment of it.  Our friend Lorraine is so generous

   These girls don't take a shortage of pictures

 The thing I like most about my tennis friends is that we are brutally honest with each other, maybe too honest.  I haven't laughed that hard for a long time