Little Fish

We love spending time at Grandma and Grandpa's swimming in the pool! 

Here is Connor holding the GoPro camera himself as he jumps into the pool and swims to the edge:

Daddy and Connor night swimming:

Camille can even swim by herself when holding onto a noodle (the night swimming sunset is equally as amazing):

And Mommy is really good at lounging in the sun :)

Pumpkin Patch 2014

Connor looks forward to the pumpkin patch every year, not because there are so many pumpkins there, but because they have rides.  I got Connor an unlimited ride wristband and figured I would just purchase a few tickets for Camille.  Camille asked me many times if it was her turn to go on the rides and I kept telling her that we needed to go buy tickets...and then we never did.  She was content just looking around.

 

 

 

 Daddy's girl :)

 Such a good shot of Connor, if only he didn't have messy hair from the rides!

Next-up, the Flynn family pumpkin carving contest!!



Minnesota Trip

We once again spent the week of Labor Day in Minnesota this year (late enough in the summer to miss mosquito season and the lake water is still warm for swimming).
This was Camille's first airplane ride not strapped into a car seat and she did great!  Both kids stayed awake the entire flight out to Minnesota, but they were very well behaved. 

We had a great time visiting Grandpa John and Cindy in Excelsior where we got to play in the lake and dance at the local block party!  Mommy and Daddy even snuck away for paddle boarding and lunch with friends!

 

 

 

We then headed to Rush City to hang with Grandma Dianne, Grandpa Don and Auntie Stacy...where it proceeded to rain for nearly the entire time we were there.  We had to skip our professional pictures this year because of the rain, so I guess these shots I took on the one sunny day will have to do...

Grandma and Connor in matching Spider Man tees!

 

 

 

I love their facial expressions in this picture below.  

 

The trip back to California was a peaceful one...SUCCESS!!

 

 

 

 

Bunk Beds!

We had a fun weekend of surprising Connor with new bunk beds in his room!  He kept asking for them and I continued to tell him that Daddy said we can't get them, but I would try to talk him into it.

So, on Saturday, I took the kids out to the park to play and to feed the ducks while Chad put them together.  

When we got home, we told Connor to go up to his room for his nap.  When he got into his room, he was in such shock that he could hardly speak:

We spent Sunday at the beach like usual.  Connor told us that he is going to learn to surf, so we brought a boogie board down to practice.  It was a good start.  He'll need a lot more practice and, quite honestly, Camille may end up catching a wave before he does.

M-i-c-k-e-y M-o-u-s-e

We decided to take a spur of the moment trip to Disneyland last weekend.  I was looking for something different, so we decided to stay at The Disneyland Hotel (even though we only live 40 minutes away).  It was so much fun!  HOT, but fun.

We went with our friends Ryan, Connie and their kids Cassidy & Kyle.  

Camille really surprised me by being a good trooper and doing great on big kid rides.  

Nap time!  Cassidy & Kyle went home to nap and our angels slept in the stroller while Mommy and Daddy found a cool place that served beer.  I love how Connor never let go of his Buzz Lightyear toy (that the gift store lady gave him after he left the Buzz ride crying because it was "too scary").

Next-up, the California Adventure park.  The lines were much shorter here and we really like the rides better.  We got to see all of Connor's favorite characters from Toy Story, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc and Cars.  

ICE CREAM!  They were pretty happy about this pit stop.

Disneyland was great, but Connor was equally excited to spend the following day at the hotel pool.  He sat at our hotel window starting at 5:30 am asking if the pool was open yet. The monorail looking things in the background under the "Disneyland" sign are water slides!

The kids both swam and went on the slides for a good 3 hours straight.  They were asleep as we were driving out of the parking lot to head home.

Such a fun, memorable (exhausting) weekend for us!