johns-junk: San Clemente, CA july 17

CRAZY things that come out of Kennedy's mouth

**Mom, do you think old people are just cute as a button?
**These snow pants make my panties shrink
**My pinky toe smells weird. In fact, my whole foot smells weird!
**Mom, when I turn 18, will I be an old cripple?
**She was wrestling with Colton and I heard her yell "bring it on, butterball"
**At lunch in Leavenworth, we were talking about the small portions. A few minutes later Kennedy says, "this is a small lunch, indeed!"
**We were at the grocery store and she was riding in the cart. Whitley was trying to get in with her and she was freaking out. Landon asked her why Whit couldn't get in with her and she said "because I have space issues!"
**I told Kennedy to roll up her sleeves so that she didn't get them in her food. She said, "No because then I'll look like an Irish leprechaun"
**"Dad, you don't respect my cultures!" "What does that mean?" "It means you don't respect me as your boss!"
**Kennedy just told me that if she had medium brown skin and a black mole on her upper lip, she'd be the most beautiful girl in the world!
**She was trying to tickle my feet, and I kept moving them and she said "just take it like a man-I want to year you laugh"
**We were driving home from gymnastics, and talking about Whitley's upcomgin meet, and out of nowhere Kennedy yells from the back seat "Hey mom, can babies crush bananas?"
**She was helping Colton pull his boots off, and they wouldn't come off. She was leaning back and pulling as hard as she could and she yelled "I'll never give up on you, buddy"
**At breakfast this morning, after taking a big swig of milk, Kennedy declared "milk is my passion"
**She came to me in the middle of the night, sort of whimpering, and said "mom, I'm almost crying".
**Today she called Whitley a desperate peanut thrower!

Saturday, July 31, 2010

San Clemente, CA july 17 - July 31 2010

This is going to be a million pictures of our vacation this summer. Once again we went over to San Clemente, CA to camp and play for two weeks. We took our good friends with us. We have so much fun with these guys, and our kids just love each other.

We spent several days at our "usual" beach. Just eating, and sitting and playing in the ocean.

Spending time at the campground at night is a huge part of the fun. The four adults sat in these chairs for 2 weeks and laughed our guts out.

Our kids almost always woke up before theirs, so we spent some quality time in the trailer racing each other on Mario Kart DS.

Kennedy sleeps in some of the most unusual positions. An NO she's not faking!

Then it was time to head to California Adventure to use our free tickets we had earned from tying blankets. Luckily it was overcast for the first part of the day. But by noon it was hot and the lines were long!

Colton, Casey and Kennedy wanted to ride the huge Ferris wheel. I hate those things, so Stacy took them on.

Casey loves Landon. If his mom or dad isn't available for a ride, then Landon is definitely his first choice!

A couple of the days we decided to head to Oceanside and try the beach there. It was way more sandy that San Clemente, and the waves started out way far so the kids could ride them in a long ways. The drawback was that there were jellyfish in the water. Tons of them. Colton came limping in saying he had been stung on his leg. He had 3 long red marks where he had been stung. I, jokingly told him that he needed someone to pee on it to take the sting out. He instantly had several volunteers! Mason was finally the lucky winner, and he peed in a sandcastle mold, and poured it over his leg. He claims it help. About an hour later, Mason comes limping in and says he's been stung. Now it was payback. Colton then peed in that same mold, and poured it all over his leg. I think that might be my favorite moment of the trip!

It was really cloudy most of the trip, and hard to figure out my camera settings.

We're off to Knott's Berry Farm. They have awesome rides. Much more up our alley.

Stacy and I found a couple of gents to hang with.

The sun came up for a little bit in the afternoon, and we tool full advantage. We hit the Perilous Plunge, and got SOPPING wet!

Not to be outdone, Landon and Travis hooked up with these two floozies!

Last but not least, Landon and Travis took the kids on a fishing trip the last day. They caught tons of fish. However, Whitley was the day's winner. She caught a shark! A 6 foot thrasher shark. After about 2 seconds she needed help reeling it in, so Landon took over. They cleared the deck, and just about had it in the boat and it broke the line. So disappointing! An awesome memory though.