Around the house

One of our favorite things around the house was...

Emily!

She's probably so thankful to be back in Germany in her own bed

without all the family fighting over her!

For those unfamiliar, there are oodles of pics of John's dad doing this with John and his siblings. John carried it on with our own as well. Emily wasn't interested...
Being at the house with all the goodies Joy left behind was quite fun.
Jessi, Leah and I all did "satin hands" from Mary Kay.
oooh, soft!
Christian, Jeremy and our family went to Coronado beach. It was a lovely day!
We had to have the token "bury the kid in the sand" moment.

The boys had fun wrestling together,

for Jarod, I'm sure having boys around was the best!

THE TRAMPOLINE!

Would it be G-ma's house without it?
What did the kids ever do before they had one???

Jarod did some good tricks, just like his father!

Their favorite is watching from the shed, then doing flips off of it!

This is Laura's "tat" from Roberto's

This is a pic of Jenna in '01

Having her up on the wall scared our friend Mike so...

When the opportunity arose, we had to reminisce and take one of Laura,

it's a different wall but it's still fun!

We took of for Seaport Village again to take family pics of Anna & Christian.

My favorite is the bag lady in the background, yes I meant for her to be in this one!

After a bit she yelled at us, like she has the title to the tree or something!

I couldn't let the opportunity pass me by for another kissing pic!

The kids met a lovely crack head who made things out of palm fronds.

Most of the kids got one, for free!

The first night we were back in San Diego, Jenna won a jar of mini tootsie pops

at a God's Girls meeting. They were a staple the rest of the trip.

This is a classic shot when family is in town. All the kids sitting up at G-ma's table, I love it!