Quick trip to San Diego

 A quick trip to San Diego with the two older boys. 
Legoland was on the top of their "must do" list.

The beach is always at the top of my "must do" list.

My new boogie boarding buddy - 9 year old caught on quick and was a natural!

Seals on the beach.  We saw dolphins too!

 Flying kites is easy with all the wind at the beach in La Jolla.

More fun trips to come.

Happy Birthday One Year Old!

Baby B is One Year Old today!

Happy Birthday!

Also, If you put up a hummingbird feeder, they will come.  They drained this in one day!

Running with Cactus

Labor Day means its the annual Saguaro National Park Run.  

This is the only National Park which has an official run inside a National Park.  The run is 8 miles around the Park loop road with several steep hills, so it's quite a challenge.  This year they also added a 5K which seemed much more kid and Yaya friendly. Ken and Kevin ran the 8 miler while  9 year old C and I did the 5K.  This was C's first official race.  We got up before the crack of dawn and arrived at the race site to get our numbers and T-shirts.  The sun came up just before the start of the run and we were off.  As you can see in the pictures, there was a lot of cloud cover and even a sprinkle of rain to keep us nice and cool.   C and I did a walk/run and finished mid-way in the pack. We didn't learn until later that C actually got 3rd place in his age group!  Awesome!   Ken and Kevin finished their run before the times they expected.  We even saw a wild javelina around the National Park Visitors Center after the race. We did not see any rattlesnakes, scorpions, bobcats, cougars, or skunks on the course.  We did see lots of saguaro and other cactus.  The highlight for C was collecting all the free snacks after the race.  Great day for all!

  
We didn't run in the dark.  This photo was taken before the start of the race.



Sunrise.

Saguaros

Let's do it again next year!