Fun Friday

Yesterday, my mom and I took the kids to San Pedro to see the Cabrillo Aquarium and to play in the sand a little. Lillian loved looking at all the different kind of fish in the tanks. We saw big fish and smaller ones, a huge Lobster, Seastars, Urchins, Shrimp and more. It is a small aquarium, but it held her attention plus it had a little petting area. So Lillian and I were able to touch some Sea Stars and Sea Urchins. Pretty cool!! Afterward, we headed to the beach just on the other side of the parking lot. We bought a couple little sand toys and then we went to the water's edge to play with the wet sand. Of course dumb me, I forgot to bring the camera with me to water, (I left it with Grandma in the stroller...grrrr). Oh well we had a good time. At first she wasn't quite sure what to think of the sand and it took her a few minutes but eventually she was going to each of the little castles that I had made and destroying them by grabbing the sand and throwing it into the air.
She had fun, just wished I would have grabbed the camera before going on the sand. Once she was done destroying everything we headed back to the car and headed home.
We then went swimming at our favorite neighbors house with our favorite swimming buddy, Kristen Reissen! I got to do my laps, 34, and Lillian got to play in the water!! She loves going swimming!!! We were there about an hour before we headed back to change, grab Grandma and then head over to my parents house to grab the guys. It was then off to the park to have a picnic with my parents ward. Every year they celebrate Pioneer Day by having a picnic at the park. Lillian had so much fun. She loves playing with other kids her age and doesn't get the opportunity very much. She played on the equipment for 2 hours before we finally left. We couldn't even get her to come and eat with us. Needless to say we had one tired little girl. She only had about a 45 minute nap the whole day!! So we came home after getting gas and read some stories and she was out!! I had a great week, too. I have really enjoyed being able to take my kids to different places to show them all the wonders God created. It has been, so far, the best summer. I am so glad thankful for Brandon's job that has allowed us to have a little "fun" money to spend. Thanks honey for all your do, your hard work has really paid off and we are so proud of you and your accomplishments!!
I wish I had some pictures to show off how much fun we had, but the ones I tried to take of her playing on the equipment at the park didn't turn out. So you will just have to use your imagination.