Labor Day Weekend

Over the weekend we tried a new location in Chula Vista (or Chulajuana as Kirk calls it) and went with some friends. They tent camped while we trailer camped. It was a fun time! And best of all my stubborn kidney stone didn't act up at all making it an even better weekend!

We left Friday. I picked up Devin and Trent from kindergarten and checked Avery and Tommy out a little early and then when Justin walked home with Lauren and Lacey we all took off.

We got there at about 5:00 or so, set up camp and we hosted the first nights dinner having burgers, potato salad, broccoli salad, corn on the cob and watermelon. Our site wasn't the best of locations being on the main drag. Made me pretty nervous actually. After looking around the campground a bit, though, the interior part looked much better and we'll be giving that a try another time.

After dinner we had smores, of course.

They boys got tired around 9:00, so they went inside and watched Toy Story 2.

The next morning....beading. Always a hit.

The boys playing around.

Visiting the Paulsen's campsite.

On Saturday around 11:00 we headed over to Coronado and the kids played in the bay. It was a great afternoon with perfect weather!

Then we saw who we began referring to as "Hover man". Isn't that wild? Never seen anything like that before. Pretty cool!

The kids building up a sand wall.

So proud of their hard work.

But it's more fun to tear it down!

That night we all went out to Chili's for dinner and then to the Paulsen's campsite for smores and Mad Libs and some fun with glow sticks.

Sunday we headed over to the Mormon Battalion Historical Site and learned about the battalions trek west and how they helped settle San Diego.

Avery volunteered to get dressed up like a wash maid.

The Paulsen's

Panning for gold. So much fun!

That night the Paulsen's hosted dinner and served burritos, salad and watermelon. And they made peach cobbler in their dutch oven for dessert. YUM!!!

We had a great weekend! What a great family to share it with!