The Aquatic Center Again...

Here we are at the aquatic center again... we can't seem to get enough of this place lately. And this time Ben came with us, since we normally go during the middle of the week while daddy's at work. Lizzie seemed to be a little more adventurous with daddy near by and actually got out there and played with all the other kids.

Day at the Lake...

A day at the lake with Heidi B. and her 3 girls. As you can see, lately we really can't seem to do anything that doesn't involve water somehow. It's just way too hot to go anywhere outside without it. It was a very fun day and it was the very first time Heidi and her girls had ever been there (they've even lived here a whole year long than we have). I love the picture with Lizzie chillin' in the chair with her feet dangling in the water... Auntie Heidi would be so proud! ;)

The Aquatic Center...

Our very first trip to the aquatic center here in town. The place is really cool, pretty inexpensive and a lot of fun. A great place to go when it gets 100 degrees or above (everyone else seems to thinks so too). They have a whole separate little kiddie area for Lizzie to play in... when she gets brave enough that is. For some reason she hates being sprayed with water, whether it's by one of the many sprinklers or the millions of kids, either way she starts screaming... poor girl.

Happy 4th of July...

Yea... holidays in the middle of the week. It totally threw Ben off yesterday and it took him a long time to switch out of work mode only to go back the very next day (but it gave me plenty of time to get stuff ready for the afternoon). So, our adventure for the day got off to a pretty slow start and we didn't leave until after 12:30pm, but it worked out just fine. We went to Lake Piru for the afternoon, just to check it out, sit by the lake, BBQ, and do absolutely nothing for the day (we would have gone to Castaic Lake but they were charging $25 to get in). Nathaniel, Heidi and their kids joined us at the lake. The kids all had a fun time even though the lake was less than stellar. The lake is awesome if you have your own boat, but the swim beach is really small, no life guards, and really rocky and gunky once you're in the water. The scenery around the lake was really cool though. Oh, did I mention it was really windy? Poor Ben, he had the hardest time lighting the BBQ and keeping it lit... so much he just gave up after messing around with it for most of the afternoon.

After the lake we went and had BBQ at Nathaniel and Heidi's house and then from there we went to the town center to watch the fireworks. We had great seats to watch the show and Auntie Heidi joined us on the grass too. I wasn't expecting too much from the firework show since it was from the mall, but the show was really long and incredibly cool, and we were close enough that when they did the finally you could feel the gust of wind put off from the explosions. Lizzie didn't know what to think of it at first and she would turn and hide her head every time she heard a bang. I think they frightened her a little bit, but once she was in daddy's lap she was fine for the rest of the display.

It was a very nice break in the middle Ben's (and Nathaniel's) extremely crazy and long week, and we were all wiped by the time we went to bed (we didn't get home until 11pm). Hope you had a great 4th of July too!

More Pictures From the 4th of July...

A Day at the Beach...

Another thing we did with Ben's parents while they were down here was the beach (no trip to our house would be complete without one). Some of us thought it was more than a little cold (see second set of pictures), but Lizzie and the boys didn't seem to mind. And the sun did manage to sneak its way out of the clouds later that afternoon, but by then everyone was ready to head home. Lizzie with her rocks, the boys with their sand castle, and us girls with our books and magazines... a nice way to spend a relaxing Sunday afternoon.

More Beach Pictures...