Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Our over due visit with Aunt Diane

Aunt Diane finally took a plane ride out to see us and we were all soooooo excited! She doesn't fly much anymore and the last time she was out here was for our wedding 6 years ago. The kids were so excited and as soon as she got here, we got to work showing her and taking her to all our favorite spots. Fun at the Lake Poway play park,...

feeding the ducks,...

and stamping fun. She said before she came out that she just wanted to enjoy the kids and see them doing their normal, daily activities. And that's what we did. :)

During her visit, Tatum had her last day of preschool and said good bye to her first teach, Miss. Lawson. Tatum already misses her and keeps saying that she'll have Miss. Lawson again next year. But I'm sure it won't take long for her to adjust to her new teacher.

Here's Tatum showing Aunt Diane how well she can ride her big girl bike!

And then it was birthday time! But who's birthday is in June? Oh, no one. Aunt Diane isn't out here for any birthdays normally so she decided to throw all of us a birthday party! The kids loved it and were completely surprised!

Everybody got presents, even Mommy and Daddy. So much fun, why can't we have a birthday everyday?!

The kids each got their own cakes. Ty was so proud of his.

And Tatum's had Tangled on it, she was so excited!

Look at these faces, they were so excited when they walked out and saw all the decorations and balloons! Oh the fun!

We were able to get away for a little adult time and took Aunt Diane downtown to Croce's, a delicious restaurant and jazz bar. Lots of fun.

We also took her to see Hotel Del on Coronado and the girls posed in our favorite big chairs. I've been posing in these chairs since I was little so it's a tradition we have to do every time we visit.

On the beach in front of the hotel.

Some Tatum and Daddy time.

Aunt Diane enjoyed the beauty of the hotel and loved the shops as well.

On Aunt Diane's last day, we took her to our favorite winery down the street, Bernardo Winery.

Shauna joined us which is always fun.

And everyone enjoyed the jazz music and the wine.

They have some old beautiful stuff to look at there, Ty loves this tractor.


It's great that they have this large, open field where lots of people bring their kids, blankets, appetizers, kites, bubbles, etc. and enjoy wine and the jazz music that's playing on the other side of the building while the kids play.


We all had a wonderful time with Aunt Diane and really wish she'll brave another flight out to see us soon. Love you Aunt Diane!!

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