End of summer fun!

Before the summer ended, the kids enjoyed the water park at Legoland!

And I enjoyed just lounging! :)

We got lots of Bionicle building time in!

And we had Jack and Ryan over!!

We also got an Aquatica day in before it was time to go back to school.  I think the girls are the farthest over on the left.  Ty said absolutely no to this ride, and most others actually.  We went on the family ride and he sat down on a bench where we came off and waited for us.  Maybe next summer he'll be brave enough and ready.

Here's Ty's favorite ride, the lazy river!  And mine too!

Here's Ellie, Tamara and Tatum trying to catch up to Kaitlin

And we had to get a day at the track in before it was time to go back to school!  Paige, Jack and kids met us there.

This girl was serious about her betting!

 

These two really enjoyed the track together...

and so did these two.  This is hands down my favorite picture. :)

My 20 year high school reunion

My 20 year reunion was mid August, how was it possible?!  I feel like we graduated a few years ago!  Anyway, Leanne, Shannon and I decided this was a perfect opportunity to get a blow out!  They have salons that are just meant for styling your hair and so we couldn't wait to check it out!

And here's the finished product!

Lookin' pretty!  We headed back to my mom's house for appetizers, drinks and to meet Jenny and Jen Hampton and Megan Haderlein!

A few photos in the back yard!

And then we stopped at the high school on the way out for a photo op!

We were peeing our pants because we could barely fit in the suburban with all the car seats!  Obviously in a different place in life than we were 20 years ago!

It was wonderful to catch up with old friends.  Here's Shawna!

Jen, Lee and I grabbed another drink at the bar before chatting it up with some more friends.  Can't say there was a huge turn out, maybe about 100 people or so, but fun to see a few friendly faces.

 

They had a booth where we could take these strips, fun times!!  Glad I'm where I am in life but high school was fun and I wouldn't mind going back and doing it all over again! :)

Ty turns 6!!!

Ty's August birthday always has us in a quadary.  Or at least me.  Do we celebrate during the school year while he still has his classmates?  Do we wait till his actual birthday when it's hot and everyone's gone for the summer?  This year Ty didn't want a party, he wanted to stay at the Legoland Hotel!  We have passes to Legoland so this was the year to do it.  It's very expensive to stay there during the summer of course so we booked a night later in September and on his actual birthday, we had a family celebration!  Here's his chocolate cake with chocolate frosting!

 

And Aunt Diane sent him two big presents!!!

So awesome!

And when mid September rolled around, we were all ready for this fun adventure!

Inside the hotel, when you register, there's a biker with magnifying wheels and tons of little mini figures behind it that get big in the wheel when it passes.  Pretty cool!

And there's a big castle in the lobby where the kids can run around and play.  When you register, the hotel gives each kid a list of clues and when they find the answers to the clues, it gives them numbers to a safe in the hotel room.  The kids couldn't wait to check it out!

Only disappointing thing was when we got to our hotel room, the safe wasn't locked and there was nothing in it.  Obviously the cleaning staff forgot the last step. :)  We called the front desk and they had someone run down the toys and gifts, but as you can see from Tatum's face, the excitement was lost.  Anyway, they still each got little lego sets.  Ty clearly wasn't bothered by it. :)

We jumped in our suits and headed down to the big pool, with lots of floating lego pieces that Ty built into a lego man!

And we, the parents, enjoyed an adult cocktail!

We had dinner in their dining room which was great and they brought Ty a brownie and sang happy birthday to him!

The kids enjoyed playing around the large castle in the lobby and later there was a show that you could watch or participate in.  

Outside they had lots of characters and lego built things to look at, Tatum and I were having fun...

They also have legos everywhere so Garrett made me this sweet heart.  Thanks hun!

Next morning we all enjoyed the breakfast buffet and met these two lego characters!

The Grandma and Barbara met us at the hotel and we all enjoyed a fun day in the park together!

Tatum got her driver's license!

And we almost won the police race!

The fireman!

We had a super fun day and ended it at the hotel lobby with a happy hour drink before heading home and before Grandma and Barbara headed to their hotel in Carlsbad.  They enjoyed a fun night out and then Grandma said goodbye to Barbara and met us at Tatum's first Fall Ball game in Carlsbad.  Fabulous weekend!!!