Hiking Eagle Creek

Nate and Misty invited me to go on a hike with them one day and I thought it sounded fun so I agreed. We ended up going on a 14 mile round trip hike through Eagle Creek, but it was worth it. I couldn't stop taking pictures because everything was so beautiful. These are my favorites.

Some of the creatures we ran into on the hike




Punchbowl Falls



Getting ready to go after a break


This was my favorite wild flower we saw. It just looked so exotic.

A red leaf all by its lonesome
Adalei was smiling all the time. She loved being outside.




At times the path was really rocky
This picture looks like it is the path in front of us, but it actually me taking a picture up the mountainside.

These rocks were naturally concave and convex
Tunnel Falls
It was soo tall I could only take pictures of it in pieces.

Criss-Cross Falls


And we're done!

More Fun in the Sun

The kids are always so excited when Casey comes, and one of their favorite things to do is climb all over him, so they do it any chance they get. We went swimming once we got back to the house and we also went to the beach again before we left. We always have so much fun whenever we come down to San Diego.

Splashing in the pool

Casey came in the house after swimming and did some push-ups...
...and all the kids decided to copy him : )
Get Casey!
On our way to the beach
My handsome brotherThe boys Skimboarding


Starlee playing in the sand
Ethan Boogie Boarding
Casey digging...
...so he could bury me
Just a storm drain, but I thought it was a pretty storm drain : )

Guess Who's Coming?

The Friday before I left San Diego, Casey called me at 7 in the morning (which was very brave on his part : ) ) to tell me that he had a stop in San Diego and was wondering if he should change his ticket and just fly home with me the next day. We all decided he should, so he did. After we picked him up from the airport we went to Seaport Village with my Garth, Janelle, Jaleen, and Jonathan.

Our visit to the hat store

Jaleen and Jonathan
These two little boys were taking money from the fountain, but they looked so cute doing it I had to take a picture. They even got their heads wet trying to get the coins.

Garth and Janelle

Sunny San Diego

While Casey was in Florida for his training, he sent me to San Diego so that I could visit my family that I haven't seen since Christmas. I had a great time playing with the kids, swimming every day, and especially spending time with my sisters and brother. I even got a haircut from the best haircutter ever (my sister Joanna) and got to see the cute new Disney movie "Cars." Here are a few of the fun times.

Ryden chillin' in the pool

Smile : )
"Cars" at the Drive-ins. We had to take to different cars to fit everybody, so Janelle and
Garth took different routes to see who would get there first and Starlee and Trevon were telling Janelle to go faster so that they "could beat dad." It was so cute.

Who knew it you had to take so much stuff to go to the beach, but with six kids you have to remember sunscreen, towels, umbrellas, blankets, toys, chairs, food, etc.

The prettiest shell on the beach
The kids splashing in the water (except Starlee who had

Garth hold her so the water wouldn't get her)
Building sand castles

Casey's Training in Florida

As I mentioned before, Casey was flown to Florida for Training. He stayed in a really nice hotel with an awesome pool, went to House of Blues, they opened up Walt DisneyWorld after hours and five of the rides especially for the interns, and KPMG paid for everything. They didn't only have fun though. Casey also had to go to trainings for 12-14 hours a day and take a test on the information that he learned.

In one of the clubs that was shut down at Walt DisneyWorld, there were two piano players having a play-off. Casey said it was pretty cool because they knew just about every song.

Casey took this picture in front of the fountain just for me because I told him that I needed pictures for the blog : ) He thought it was cool since it had fire coming out of it.
This is one of the parts that they opened up just for the interns and then lined with food.

They hired entertainers to come out too.
There was an NBA store that Casey stopped at and took a picture of the statue in front of it.