The Freestone Four Do Summer Vacation

If you were wondering why I haven't written in awhile it has been because summer break was upon us! I write like I have 1,000's that read my posts:) Ha! I am lucky to have enough readers to add up to a double digit. But for those of you who are intrested in the ongoings of my life and my family, then you are in for a treat. We did MANY things this summer. We tried to cram in as much as we could in the little amount of time we had. Making memories for our daughters was on top of list, and that we did.

Welcome to the Freestone Four Do Summer Vacation:

 Memorial Day to me is the start of summer break. We have for the past couple of years gone to my father-in-law's house and had a pool party. We BBQ, swim, and have a great time. This year was no different! It is a great way to kick off the summer.

My handsome man....

Such a good big sister!

Grilling ribs! We tried Dr. Pepper BBQ sauce...so good!

Tay with her little cousin Samantha!

My sister-in-law, she loves are her crazy flavored beers:)

Who doesn't like to be tossed by their Dad in the pool?!?!

He was getting her really high!

This was all I wanted to do:)

Kisses!

More relaxing!

Chatting it up:)

Mama and Baby

The Robles Family:)

Not long after that, like the next week, T was out of school. One of the first things that we wanted to do was hit up a beach. My husband was on the hunt for a great beach for us to spend a day at. He came across Salt Creek Beach, out in Dana Point. We loved it! The weather was warm, it wasn't crowded and the girls had a blast! The baby actually loved it. She wasn't too into the water, probably because the water was so chilly, but she played with her bucket and shovel and played in the sand. T boogie boarded and dug holes, made sandcastles, you know, the usual beach activites:) We stayed pretty much all day long. It was a great day!!

Running after Sissy!

Love my two girls!

Doesn't know what to think about the chilly water!

Boogie Boarding!

Snacktime with Dad!

Just playing in the sand:)

Cheese!!

When did she grow up?!?!?

Cooling off with ice cream:)

They ate dinner in a jailcell:)

Had to post this cheesey grin picture:)

We love San Diego. Everything about the city, we love. So, San Diego was next on our list.  We did a day at the Zoo and then a day split between Lego Land and their waterpark. The weather was beautiful at the zoo, it was warm but the breeze was nice and cool. We walked around and saw as many animals as we could. The girls loved it. Emi's favorites were the elephants and the polar bears. Tay like the giraffes:) After being at the zoo we ate at our favorite restaurant, The Chicken Pie Shop. It's an old chicken pot pie place that has been there forever. We love it and always go eat there when we visit San Diego. The food is simple yet fantastic. If you are ever in that area, you must stop and eat there. After we filled our bellies we stayed at the Sheraton Carsbad Resort and Spa Great place, very family friendly. We got there around 7, threw our swimsuits on and got in the pool. The pool was at 80 degrees and perfect. We let the girls swim for about an hour, went back to our room and fell asleep. We were all burnt out from our long day. Well worth it though.

The next morning we woke up, we were in no rush to get over to the waterpark, so we took our time. We went and ate a great breakfast at the hotel and packed our stuff up and headed to the park. This hotel offers a special back entrance to Lego Land. It was awesome, no lines! We rented a cabana for the day from 10-6, that was well worth every cent we spent for it. They gave us nice towels that we were allowed to take home, a fridge full of juice, water, and sodas, and wristbands that let us skip to the front of the line on the big rides. Again, worth every cent!!! We played all day until our cabana time was up and then it was time to go into Lego Land until the park closed. Another fantastic day well spent together!

Sisters:)

Well hello Mr. Billy Goat!

Emi LOVED the train ride!

Out of sequence, but this is what happens after a long day of fun!

Love them!

Mama's pretty girl!

Tay telling Emi about the tigers.

Never too old to play around in caves!

Loved the elepants too!

Taking a snack break!

Hahaha!

Loved this guy!

Cuties!

Tay loved her ice cream treat!

The Chicken Pie Shop!!!

Our view from our hotel room:)

Night swimming!

On our way to Lego Land via the special entrance!

Their water park is great for all ages:)

Being brave!

Baby Lazy river!

Cheese DaDa!

Taylor and her lego set!

Next was a trip to Soak City, just the girls and I. We are closest to the one in Palm Springs so that was the one we went to. We hit the road early, knowing that it was going to be in the triple digits that day we wanted to get into the water as soon as possible. We got there before it opened and it was already scorching hot out. When the gates opened we found a covered patio with chairs, sunscreened and got in the water. It was SO HOT! It was so hot that you had to be in the water. We made the best of the heat wave and stayed until later afternoon. It was fun to hangout with my girls and have a great time, despite the heat. 

So good with her!

Cooling off:)

Emi is lucky to have such a great big sister!

She looks happy, but HATED that life jacket!

Fun!

Me and my other baby!

Before we knew it, June had come to an end. It was time for the 4th of July, one of our favorite holidays! July 3rd is our daughters birthday. We celebrate her birthday with just our little family on her actual birthday, and then a combo July 4th party and another birthday party for her the next day. It has always been like this, it works! I couldn't beleive when the day came though, my first baby was turning 10. Now in double digits and growing up so fast. In a blink of an eye it seems like. She wanted to go to BJ's and then to the movies. And that we did, we ate and then went and saw the movie, Brave. Now Merida is her new favorite princess! Great movie!!

Birthday Girl!

So big!

Make a wish!

Cheeeese!

 After Tay's birthday, the rest of the month was kind of a bummer. It seemed like every other week one of the girls was sick. So, the rest of the month was full of relaxing and trying to get them healthy!
In August we went to the Orange County Fair. What a great time that was! We walked around, ate a bunch, and enjoyed a live Michael Jackson tribute band at the end of the night. We met up with my husband's sister and her little family. They have a 3 year old daughter so it is fun to get all together, the girls play and we laugh and catch up.

Loves the farm animals!

Checking out the baby chicks!

Hello Mr. Sheep!

Gotta ride the carnival rides!

Love them!

Cheese stuffed bacon wrapped mushrooms, yes please!

The whole gang!

Cousins!

Our last fun outing was to a place called, Hot N Juicy Crawfish in Fountain Valley. We were watching Man vs Food and it was featured on it. We HAD to go! If you like seafood and are ok with getting dirty then this is a place you'll have to try! We ate and ate and ate! Crawfish, shrimp, and oysters. My husband and his sister ate the oysters, I'll pass on those. We really liked the Garlic Butter sauce, but we all paid for the garlic. I think I still smell garlic on me!! So worth it though!

So excited!

The non crawfish eating crew!

Get in my belly!

How cute is she?!?!?!

Sadly our summer has came and went and is now over. We start school on Monday and our weekend is full of hockey. Overall we had a very full, fun, happy summer! We made many family memories and that was the plan from the beginning. I am sad though for Tay to go back to school, back to being on a schedule:( I really love having her home. But I know all good things have to come to an end sometime.

Hope everyone else had just of a great summer as the Freestones did!! And I promise  not to go as long in between blogs:)

Have a great day everyone!!