Our La Jolla vacation!

We decided to rent a house for 5 days in La Jolla in August after we visited for a weekend in June and fell in love with it! We found a perfect house for our family in South La Jolla near Bird Rock.  It was a perfect location very near Mission Beach so we made many visits to Belmont Park and enjoyed the arcade, rides, and restaurants.  We also had coffee shops and stores walkable from the house which was perfect:) We had a beautiful pool all to ourselves at our house which the kids LOVED!! The house was also equipped with tons of Lego's for the kids which kept them busy for hours!!  We were lucky enough to have Nana share this vacation with us.  We love her company and we took her on the"Tilt-a-whirl" at Belmont Park and also introduced her to Stone Brewery on our way back home which she LOVED!  We feel so very lucky to have a Nana that loves us and our kiddies so much and she happens to be really fun to be around which is a bonus:) We spent our 3rd day at Sea World.  The kids loved the dolphins and the Cirque show and the "Bay of Play".  Sophia, Presto, and Daddy went Shipwreck Rapids and got SOAKED!!   We were all able to get on the rides as a family in the Bay of Play which was nice...even Olivia got in on the ride action:)  Our 4th day we had a BBQ with friends and family! Auntie Sarah and Uncle Frank made the trek down from LA to join us for swimming and grilling along with the Mazzola's and the Carbonne's! We topped the night off with s'mores and we managed to devour and entire Oreo cake that Amy and Nick brought over....YUM!! We also had mint chip ice-cream every night we were there...we might make this our vacation tradition:) Such an awesome way to end our summer vacation run.  What an amazing summer this has been.  Feeling so lucky to spend these precious moments with our kids, watching their faces as they discover new things is priceless.

Legoland!! Happy 6th birthday to our "baby" Sophia!

We decided to go to Legoland for a few nights this year or Phia's b-day instead of having a big party(of course we're still having a small pool celebration for her with neighbors and family!).  The first day at the hotel we enjoyed the pool! The 2nd day we hit the park nice and early.  All hotel guests get early entrance so we took complete advantage and were able to get on 4 rides in an hour which was so worth it considering the lines were SO long the rest of the day.  Mid-day we hit the water park.  Olivia LOVED the splash pad area and the older kids loved the playground that exploded with water.  Our WAY TOO BRAVE Preston "disappeared" while in the giant pool.  We thought he was with Phia and we gave them a tiny bit of rope as they both had life vests on.  Low and behold Preston had climbed to the top of the nearest waterslide BY HIMSELF.  When he got to the top they wouldn't let him on since he wasn't with an adult(thank god!).   Gave us a huge scare.  We'd already called security.  He so brave which is both amazing and so scary for mommy and daddy!! The kids loved everything at the hotel from the whoopie cushion on the ground to the disco elevator to the treasure hunt that lead to a treasure box full of legos in our room.  Phia went on the giant roller coaster with mommy and said her favorite part of the trip was the bunk beds and this awesome woman named Lucy(who worked at the hotel was dressed as an archeologist).  She visited our dinner table one night and stayed for a long time and taught the kids about dinosaurs and archeology.  Phia's other fave was meeting "Wildstyle" and walking around the basement set from the Lego movie.  Phia knows the movie inside and out so she was teaching us all about the basement! The last day we hit the park again and the Aquarium.  The kids loved the touch pools and sea horses!! Oh and Phia loved the puppet show at the Aquarium.  Such a fun(and majorly exhausting trip!)