San Diego - Mission Beach 2010

I started this post over a month ago after we got back from spending Labor Day week on Mission Beach in San Diego, California. We shared a rental with Rob's parents and grandma and then Rob's brother Warren and his family along with a few other families had a beach house a little bit down the way from us. I think at one point I counted 25 kids amongst the group! Rob took the longest vacation I've seen him take since we've been married. And I was able to get some long overdue reading in (Mockingjay and the Uglies/Pretties series!).

Besides spending one day in the Emergency Room for Chloe's breathing problems - it was a fantastic week. Here she is in her hospital gown:




Ellie had a blast playing with her cousin Kimmy and Kimmy's cousin Lucy. And all the other kids that were there!





Chloe had no fear whatsoever. She ran as fast as she could into the water and didn't want to get out even though it was freezing! And I don't even want to know how much sand she consumed over the course of last week. In addition to the seaweed that she ate! But she loved it and was a true sand and beach baby.

We took a day and went and toured the new Mormon Batallion exhibit in Old Town San Diego and then walked around a bit. It is a very neat and interactive presentation!







Along with bike rides, lots of eating and lots of walking and playing - we just enjoyed being together as a family. Especially since I knew as soon as we got back we would be met with chaos in getting ready to move in 3 weeks or less!