Just a quick morning trip with some girl friends and their kiddos! Here they are, happy they all survived Roger Rabbits Wild Ride - it was scarier than we thought.
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Balboa Island With the Taggarts
We spent the most delightful little day with Joanna & her family at Balboa Island. Anything done with Joanna is fun because she makes life magical! We walked and ate and laughed and rented a little bike surrey for all of us (4 adults, 3 kiddos) to ride. Hilarious times.
Disneyland - April 26
Jacob loves his stuffed Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse in person . . not so much. He clung to me.
Here he is, still fairly unhappy with us.
Luckily he recovered within the hour.
I love our Disney day lunches!
Let it be know that while Ben did not win any of his games, I won one of my and got to give Jacob a large stuffed Dumbo!! Pride.
We tried our darnedest to keep Little Buddy awake so he's sleep in the car on the way home. He almost made it!! Slept for like 10 minutes in our arms and was then awake the whole way home.
Oceanside 70.3
In April, Ben competed in his second Half Iron Man. He registered at the end of last summer and has been training for months, which is a sacrifice by the whole family ;) . I am so proud of him! He injured his leg a couple of weeks before the race, but was able to rest it and have it worked on, and while it wasn't 100%, he did finish the race!
Doing a triathlon, especially one so big, is definitely a different experience with a baby! We drove down to Oceanside the day before so Ben could check in, and Jacob screamed the whole way. Then we stayed in a pretty dumpy motel because that's all we can afford, and Jacob slept in the bathroom. A 70.3 mile race is a pretty long day for a mom & a baby, so we took our time, but we made it!
Ben had a great race. His swim went really well, and his bike was awesome! He shaved 30 minutes off his bike time from his last 70.3 mile race. The run was tough, naturally, because of his leg - - but he finished and did so well.
Jake was Daddy's helper, getting his bag ready for race day!
Family Pictures by Joanna
One of my very, very, very best friends lives here in Los Angeles! We haven't spent nearly as much time with her & her family as we should have in the past 2 years, but I have thoroughly enjoyed the time we have spent together. Joanna & I grew up in towns about 45 minutes apart, but didn't meet until we lived on the same floor in the freshman dorms. After our freshman year we were roommates. We have seen each other at our very, very worst, and at some of our best times. I'm not sure there are many people I feel more comfortable around than her. Anyway . . . she has taken up photography in the last few years and is so amazing! We had her family over for Easter dinner and then she snapped some family pictures for us. We love them!
We attempted to take a few shots of our own after church earlier in the day . .
Joanna's were much better!
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