Friday, August 12, 2011

San Diego

The evening of Elyse's last swim lesson, we packed up the car and headed to sunny San Diego for the weekend! We went to visit some of our favorite people, Sam and Kyle and their little girl Afton! They moved from Fresno to San Diego 3 years ago and we have missed them everyday since they left. But, as much as we would rather have them here, we sure do enjoy going to visit them!!!

Elyse and Afton are just 5 months apart. These girls have loved each other from the moment they met. They both LIGHT UP every time they see each other! Each time seems to be more fun than the last as they are both now pretty mobile!

While we were there the weather was great, as usual! So, we got out a lot: walks, the farmers market, picnics in the park and at the beach, and the mommies even got away for a pedicure and a little shopping (lucky us)!

Here are the girls during our picnic in the park; they even got to feed the ducks!

Elyse, Afton, and Auntie Kyle



Elyse with Uncle Sam



We went to the beach twice while we were there (well, the daddies went a little more)! On the first day the weather was pretty cool... a little too cold for Elyse!

Notice the lack of expression on her face.


She just wanted to snuggle with daddy!


But, by our second trip to the beach the weather had warmed up, and so did Elyse!!!
We started out slow this time, and Elyse and Afton played in the sand for a while.



Which she LOVED!




After both girls were good and dirty inside and out (from eating the sand) we decided to hit the water!

This time was a whole different experience.

She absolutely loved it!

And couldn't get enough!

The funny thing is, Elyse's love for the beach has been slow-growing! Last fall we went to Pismo and she screamed when we let her toes touch the sand. This spring, she ate the sand like it was birthday cake, but wouldn't go near the water. This trip she eventually wanted to lay in the waves!

Again, notice all her facial expressions!



This trip I was having too much fun taking pictures and playing with my camera settings that I forgot to get in any of the pictures. But just for fun, here are some pictures of our trip to San Diego last summer!

Afton (2 mos.) and Elyse (7 mos.)


Not surprisingly, we were sad to leave, but we can't wait to go back and visit again!!!

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