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We had a wonderful visit with Greg and Emma recently. Sadly Cari couldn't make it, but since she was on a vacay with some friends I'm sure she was having her own brand of fun! Here is a video and some fun pics of the girls on the trampoline. I was very happy to get the "attitude" Addison has been showing lately on film - everything is MY TURN and then she will turn on mega charm when she says "please!" lol. We are having to learn not to laugh when she does this...but man, she is just so cute it's hard not to! Emma was a great little sidekick for me throughout the day. We played with Addison, fed the fish, she watched/helped as I cleaned out both tanks and changed the water and she rode with me to drop Shayna off at her cousin Haven's house for the night. We jumped on the trampoline and played on the swing set. She's an awesome young lady and we enjoyed having her company for the day. Oh yeah...we enjoyed Greg too. ;)

Some cute pics of Addison with her new gifts from our trip to San Diego...we couldn't help ourselves, we just kept finding stuff to bring home to her. :) Isn't that dress gorgeous!?! Shayna found that at a booth in Old Town!

Today was dedicated to BEACH TIME! We have been in this gorgeous beach city, yet not donned our swimsuits yet for a day of fun in the sun with WATER! So we decided to wrap up the trip by throwing together a beach bag and heading out on the Ferry to Coronado Island! I have to be honest, I am not really the kind of girl who likes to lay out and get a lot of sun...so I was a little worried that I would be very bored and ready to go do something else rather quickly. But this was a day that was all about Shayna. She had only one request for our trip itinerary and it was that we get some lay out/beach time. Sooo...off to the beach we went. We hopped off the ferry and made a very long but cool trek (cool because there were neat homes/condos/apartments all along the way) down to the Hotel Del Coronado on the opposite end of the island. We went into a few of the shops while we were on our way there and decided this would be a great place to buy a few souvenir gifts before we left. Once we ...

Keely, John and Josh *John's son who joined us for the day post hike* We woke up this morning...Day #3 in San Diego preparing for a hike in Torrey Pines. Shayna and I dressed accordingly and were picked up by Keely and John who came bearing Bagels and OJ. Yummo! While hiking is not necessarily my thing (man, I really need to get in better shape) I did enjoy this time and enjoyed the views. This is obviously a very popular spot cause it was uber busy for a hiking area. We didn't get to do all that we had intended to do on this hike - had a little change in plans - but we had a great time while we were there and could tell that there were a lot of really great viewing spots that we will just have to go see next time we go there. From Torrey Pines we went to Old Town .. this was a really awesome little area. It felt a lot like being in Mexico with great little Mexican restaurants and shops. It must have been one of the first areas populated around the area cause it is home ...

After we completed our fabulous day at Sea World, Shayna and I took a cab back to our hotel, changed clothes and relaxed our feet for a few before walking a little over a mile to the Gas Lamp District where we basically just did some people watching and a little bit of window shopping. We had a great evening just sorta getting the lay of the land and spending some quality mother daughter time. It was nice, there were no distractions once we knew where we were and were in a nice populated area. :) On Day #2 We woke up, got dressed and took a cab to the Hash House a Go-Go where Keely and John met up with us for some grub. This place was greatness! *thanks Cari for the recommendation* Keely is a high school friend of mine and John is her boyfriend of almost a year that I had yet to meet. Time to put a face to the name and see if he truly was everything Keely had said he was....he was def all that and a bag of chips! :) When we first walked up to Hash House it was about 10am and it wa...

First off, let me say...Shayna and I had an AMAZING trip to San Diego this last week! We laughed, we joked, we commiserated over terribly sore feet and legs. It was purely awesome bonding time for us as she is about to become a High Schooler on August 24! This is such an exciting time...and yet sad in a way for me as her mom. I just can't believe how much Shayna has grown up in the last few years. On the plus side...she and I are becoming more friends these days...something I was afraid would go the exact opposite direction as she reached her teen years. I am a lucky, blessed mom for sure. Second let me thank my friend Susan Diller for planting this seed! She had the idea to take her daughter Erica (same age as Shayna and is friends with Shayna) to NYC when she graduated from Elementary to middle school. When she told me about that trip and then followed up with planning a trip to San Francisco with Erica as she switched schools again to a high school - it made me think......