Seal Beach

While Chris was in town he wanted to see the ocean, so we went to La Jolla and saw Seal Beach. There is a cool walkway that you can go out on or you can go down to the sand as long as you stay behind the rope. Right now there a bunch of new pups being born, and they are so cute. It is fun to watch them sit there, wriggle around on their fat little bodies, or swim up to shore (they wait until they can take a wave in). They are such a lazy animal : )

I thought this was the cutest pup there

BYU vs. SDSU

I don't really have much to say about this one. BYU played SDSU this last weekend and it was not a pretty sight, but Casey still wanted me to post pictures. We only lost by 12 points and we're still going to at least have a piece of the conference championship (if we beat Utah on Saturday we'll win for sure), but it wasn't a fun game. Let's just say that the SDSU fans were not very classy as they showed their obvious dislike for BYU.

The fam. Garth is cheering because we just made a basket.

The boys not looking very happy

Sea World

Our friends Chris, Jeffrey, and Rick came into town to visit us and go to the BYU vs. SDSU game. The friday before the game we went to Sea World and had a great time. We went all over and saw the dolphin show, Shamu show, petted the bat rays, saw the moray eels, went in the shark encounter and the manatee rescue, and went on two rides. Casey and I got fun cards (go one day get the rest of the year free), so we're excited to go back again and again.

Dolphin Show (it was funny and the dolphins are amazing)

Shamu Show
Forbidden Reef - Bat Ray

Moray Eels - they are ugly, but we thought their eyes were pretty

Shark Encounter

Manatee Rescue (from left: Jeffrey, Rick, and Chris)

Day at the Museums

One Saturday Casey and I were planning on going to Balboa Park to visit the museums because it is museum month and we get half off, so we asked Janelle and Garth if any of the kids would want to go, so we took everybody that was home (Garin, Ethan, Trevon, Starlee, and Ryden). It was definately an experience taking 5 kids to the museums, what with changing diapers, one of them throwing up, and a little bit of whining : ) We survived though, and everyone had fun.

San Diego Hall of Champions

Being in the San Diego Hall of Champions we were surprised to see so much BYU stuff. They had this wall of fame that had LaVell Edwards, Robbie Bosco, Steve Young, Ty Detmer, and Clay Brown. They also had a BYU helmet on the wall and Ty Detmer's jersey in one of the cases. It's because of all the times we played in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego and because we are like the best school ever : )

Casey and I were on opposite ends of the tank and I could barely see his reflection in the corner when I was taking this picture. I thought it was cool looking.

Ruben H. Fleet Science Center - Tornado Machine

Ethan and Trevon in the Kid Zone
This is a video of me in the hurricane machine. I wasn't having much luck uploading it on the page, but I will soon.

http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/o315/jennatanner/?action=view&current=DSCN5044.flv

The Amazing Casey

When we first moved down to San Diego, Garth and Janelle were still unpacking so Casey and I helped organize some things. One of them being the bookcase. While we were watching TV, Casey came out and showed us his amazing feat. He was pretty proud of himself : )

Sunset

When we were at the Viejas (the outlet stores 3 miles from where we're living) there was a beautiful sunset and I had to take a picture. I'm always glad when I see something I want to take a picture of and happen to have a camera. It makes life so much easier. Plus, it was the perfect ending to a great day of shopping : )

Casey's Office

I'm so proud of Casey and how hard he works to provide for our family, so I'm always excited to see where he works and show it off to everyone : ) He is working for Deloitte right now and this is his office in downtown San Diego.

A view of the bay
Casey and his cube : )

USA Sevens Rugby Tournament

The USA Sevens Rugby Tournament was in San Diego at Petco Park for the first time, so we decided that it would be fun to go. Team USA isn't so hot, but we saw some pretty good games and the weather was beautiful. It was seven-on-seven and each game was only 15 min, so it went by pretty quick. The Kenyan fans were definately the loudest and outnumbered everyone else. Afterwards we went to a rubgy festival and had some delicious tri-tip sandwiches. It was a great day!

USA vs. England (England scored, but it was a good tackle)

"Scrum it up!"
Team USA passing the ball

Steppy Time

I'm always seeing the kids doing cute stuff, but I don't always have my camera when they do it. I happened to have it close by when Starlee and Ryden were laying on the steps a few days ago after Starlee's preschool pajama party. Aren't they just adorable?

New Additions

We are now the proud aunt and uncle of 10 nieces and nephews. On December 29, our nephew Jared Michael (sorry no pictures yet) was born to Jocelyn, Jason, and Jon, but we were lucky enough to be in town already when Joanna and Broc had their first, Brady Lewis, on February 5. Janelle and I went to the hospital that night to see him. Casey was working that night, but he had the chance to see and hold Brady when Broc and Joanna came to dinner a few nights later. We are so excited for both of my sisters, and CONGRATULATIONS!

Brady and me at the hospital

The Happy New Family

La Jolla Tide Pools

On our first free Saturday, we went to the tide pools with Garth, Janelle, and the kids. It was a beautiful day at the beach and we're so happy to be in warm weather. There were so many pretty things that I took pictures of, but as always I had to hold back. Here are a few of the cool things we saw.

A ledge of mussels

Ethan and his reflection

A sea anemme...anemonemone (anemone : ) )

There were tons of "canyons" that were amazing

Casey looking for his missing crab : )

The beautiful sunset

I thought these six circular pools of water were neat

Casey really liked this door

Mt. Soledad. It's a war memorial in La Jolla

Bowling in Sactown

We decided that it would be fun to go bowling one night, so we went to this pretty snazzy bowling alley and had a great time. The boys bowled on one lane and the girls on the other. I think just about everyone bowled the best game of their lives (mine was a 116), and I beat Casey for the first time : ) During the second game, Casey made one heck of a comeback and bowled a 167! It was amazing. He also got three strikes in a row (Gobble, Gobble!). Nartker had an amazing game as well and ended up beating Casey by one point with a 168.

The boys (from left: Jason, Nartker, Josh, and Casey)

The girls (from left: Me, Ashley, Charity, and Melody)
This was my favorite picture of Casey

Casey, Jason, Nartker, and Josh's second game scores.

Casey's Haircut

Casey grew out his hair for like 5 months because he HATES getting his haircut, but while we were in Sacramento we decided that Nartker could do the honors and make him more respectable looking : ) I actually didn't mind the longer hair but now he looks like a new man!

Before

First Cut. Right down the middle.
After! Isn't he handsome : )

Tour of Intel

When we went up to Sacramento a few weekends ago, we ended up visiting Intel, which is where Jason is now working. We walked around A LOT, but at least it was good exercise. The place is huge. There are like 7 or so buildings and they are all connected by walkways and such. We also saw cubicle, after cubicle, after cubicle...

Melody, Nartker, Jason, Josh, and little Dallin

A view from the top
Jason's very own cubicle. We're so proud : )

In The Leafy Treetops

I was outside watching the kids play and they decided to climb trees, and Trevon told me to "go get your camera, and take a picture of us." I guess it's obvious that I like to take pictures and that they're not shy in front of the camera : ) Then they decided that it would be fun to pelt me with "pokies." It was fun though. While I was out there I also took pictures of the few remaining leaves on the trees.

Ethan and Trevon

Starlee

Fall Leaves