July 4th in California

On July 4th we went to San Pasqual Park to have breakfast with my grandparents ward. This also happens to be the ward I was born in, but I don’t remember anyone. Isaac had fun with the kid games and the breakfast was wonderful!

After breakfast we headed down to the beach to set up camp for the fireworks. Isaac loved to bury people in the sand. In one picture Ethan is picking up sand and in the next Isaac has sand in his face.
It was Tyson’s turn to be buried and of course Nathan and Caitlyn had to turn him into a mermaid.
I walked out on the jetty to take pictures of Tyson surfing. It amazes me how well he surfs with only doing it a few days out of the past two years.
I love my man caring a surf board!
I was standing on the jetty out in the ocean as the sun was going down and the sailboats were coming out, it was breathtaking. I was taking pictures when a lady asked me if I wanted her to take a picture of me holding the sun!
Caitlyn and Jeanette offered to take the kids as I was taking pictures of Tyson. It was so cute to watch them having fun running along the shore.
The kids and Caitlyn playing in the water as the sun went down. I think Heavenly Father wanted to have his own lightshow.
As I was taking pictures of Tyson and Nathan boogie boarding, the fog rolled in again.

The lifeguards told us that we probably wouldn’t see any fireworks, so we went back to the hotel close to the beach, hoping we would see them there.
We got back and started tying up surfboards, when a teenager, that was throwing a fit in the parking lot, decided to hit the side of Jims brand new truck with her fist. After a little confrontation, I started questioning my desires to have a girl!
The fireworks started going off and Jeanette, Allen and I were the only ones outside. We decided to jump in the truck and drive down into Oceanside to see them, but got diverted out of Oceanside by the police a block away from the hotel, they said we couldn’t get back in for two hours. After trying for an hour and having fun seeing Camp Pendleton, we arrived at the hotel.

Jeanette decided to head home (I think we gave her enough excitement for one day!) and we were so happy she spent the week with us! Driving Home!

I would like to thank all those that helped with the kids on this trip, I wasn’t feeling great the whole time and I was so grateful for all the helping hands. Tyson is so wonderful in helping me all the time, Jeanette, Allen, Heather, Caitlyn and Nathan were always watching after Isaac and Ethan, my Mom was the go to nurse, and Jim was Isaacs entertainment. I felt like I was on vacation! Thank you Everyone!