Summer Fun

As many of you know, Dave left for an international exercise that takes place every 2 years in Hawaii called RIMPAC. It's a total of 8 weeks and it's right smack dab in the middle of the summer. So, the girls and I have had to be creative while he's been gone. One awesome event that did happen was my mom (Grandma) and Aunt Dort came to visit us surrounding Rachel's 4th birthday. We did many things together, but most importantly we celebrated Rachel turning the big 4 by taking her to the San Diego fair and eating some delicious GF chocolate cake! She was showered with presents and had a glorious time sharing her room with Grandma. :) Here are some pics from their visit.

Here we are at the SD fair eating some yummy corn and fruit. 

Aunt Dort wanted Rachel to celebrate her birthday with a face painting that has a big "4" in the middle!

Rachel's yummy birthday cake!

Here Ray is opening an awesome water toy for the backyard from her Aunt Erica and Uncle Eric

Aunt Dort teaching helping Rachel put together her very challenging 100 piece Strawberry Shortcake puzzle.

Little did I know how much fun can be had with fluffy skirts from Aunt Vicki!!!

Grandma thought it was high time for Rachel to have her own bike! She practices on it almost daily now. 

The clan on the 4th of July! 

Here we are posing again. I just couldn't get Abigail to hold that flag! 

I love this picture of Rachel and me by the water near Seaport Village. 

There were a few nice sunny days while Grandma and Aunt Dort were here. We got the pool out and had some good fun!

This was at Old Town in San Diego. Pretty chilly day out, but fun was had by all. :)