My Aunt Mary and Uncle Tom live in Colorado and it isn't often that we see them. They have been staying outside of Yuma for the last 6 weeks trying to get away from the cold of the Rocky Mountains. Before they headed home next week, they came out to visit us in San Diego. Who knew we'd be having record low temps and rainy weather, but we made the best of it. Friday we had a cookout at the house and Saturday we drove around
Poway and checked out the Farmers Market at Old
Poway Park in between the downpours. Later that afternoon, and after the babysitter arrived, we took them to Bernardo Winery. It's just 10 min. from our house and a beautiful little vineyard. We love their wine and all their shops and decor.
Sunday we hit Mass and then enjoyed a delicious breakfast at The Pancake House, always a treat. After naps, we went downtown to The Field, one of our favorite Irish Pubs, to enjoy appetizers, beers and Irish Clog Dancing.
Erica and Jack joined us, actually it was their idea to check out the show. We felt a little funny about bringing children to a bar, but there were a few different couples with babies there. But it was definitely a bit on the stressful side to deal with children. After Ty threw a toy and broke my beer glass (total party foul) and wanted to run around the people and climb the stairs, we were thankful when the show started and kept his attention.
This isn't a great picture but there were 4 girl dancers and a guy who was tapping, so cool!
Jack and erica enjoyed the show.
Tatum and I stayed back at the booth where we could see from our seat.
But Ty enjoyed the show from Daddy's shoulders and loved it. Grandma loved it too!
On Monday we headed down to Pacific Beach to show off the pacific ocean. Even though it was pretty windy and chilly, Uncle Tom worked with Tatum on her rock skipping skills. :)
Ty just enjoyed rock chucking. :)
After a picnic lunch at the fun zone, Tatum enjoyed a boat ride. They had so many different rides you could pick, it was hard to get Tatum to choose just one! Ty was so upset when she was on this ride because he so wanted to go with her. Poor little man, one day he'll be tall enough. It's hard to have an older sibling and have to watch them have all the fun. Especially for a boy like Ty who has no fear and would love to try anything and everything. These kids couldn't be more opposite.
We collected quite a few shells at the beach, so later that afternoon, everyone pitched in on painting the shells. We have a wood frame that we plan to decorate with the shells.
And since the weather warmed up a bit, the kids enjoyed showing Aunt Mary and Uncle Tom all their toys and the wonderful things they can do outside. Tatum doesn't love to roller skate but she was brave enough to strap on her gear and show everyone her skating skills. She has also recently taken up hula hooping! This is something I could never do and I definitely never signed up for the hula hoop challenge at our grade school Olympics. But Tatum's pretty good, I'm impressed!
We loved having Aunt Mary and Uncle Tom visit us and can't wait to see them again. It might be next year if they stay out here next winter, or maybe if we can get out to Colorado next winter for some skiing! Thanks for the wonderful visit family!
My Aunt Mary and Uncle Tom live in Colorado and it isn't often that we see them. They have been staying outside of Yuma for the last 6 weeks trying to get away from the cold of the Rocky Mountains. Before they headed home next week, they came out to visit us in San Diego. Who knew we'd be having record low temps and rainy weather, but we made the best of it. Friday we had a cookout at the house and Saturday we drove around Poway and checked out the Farmers Market at Old Poway Park in between the downpours. Later that afternoon, and after the babysitter arrived, we took them to Bernardo Winery. It's just 10 min. from our house and a beautiful little vineyard. We love their wine and all their shops and decor. 
Sunday we hit Mass and then enjoyed a delicious breakfast at The Pancake House, always a treat. After naps, we went downtown to The Field, one of our favorite Irish Pubs, to enjoy appetizers, beers and Irish Clog Dancing.
Erica and Jack joined us, actually it was their idea to check out the show. We felt a little funny about bringing children to a bar, but there were a few different couples with babies there. But it was definitely a bit on the stressful side to deal with children. After Ty threw a toy and broke my beer glass (total party foul) and wanted to run around the people and climb the stairs, we were thankful when the show started and kept his attention.
This isn't a great picture but there were 4 girl dancers and a guy who was tapping, so cool!
Jack and erica enjoyed the show.
Tatum and I stayed back at the booth where we could see from our seat.
But Ty enjoyed the show from Daddy's shoulders and loved it. Grandma loved it too!
On Monday we headed down to Pacific Beach to show off the pacific ocean. Even though it was pretty windy and chilly, Uncle Tom worked with Tatum on her rock skipping skills. :)
Ty just enjoyed rock chucking. :)
After a picnic lunch at the fun zone, Tatum enjoyed a boat ride. They had so many different rides you could pick, it was hard to get Tatum to choose just one! Ty was so upset when she was on this ride because he so wanted to go with her. Poor little man, one day he'll be tall enough. It's hard to have an older sibling and have to watch them have all the fun. Especially for a boy like Ty who has no fear and would love to try anything and everything. These kids couldn't be more opposite.
We collected quite a few shells at the beach, so later that afternoon, everyone pitched in on painting the shells. We have a wood frame that we plan to decorate with the shells.
And since the weather warmed up a bit, the kids enjoyed showing Aunt Mary and Uncle Tom all their toys and the wonderful things they can do outside. Tatum doesn't love to roller skate but she was brave enough to strap on her gear and show everyone her skating skills. She has also recently taken up hula hooping! This is something I could never do and I definitely never signed up for the hula hoop challenge at our grade school Olympics. But Tatum's pretty good, I'm impressed!
We loved having Aunt Mary and Uncle Tom visit us and can't wait to see them again. It might be next year if they stay out here next winter, or maybe if we can get out to Colorado next winter for some skiing! Thanks for the wonderful visit family!
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