Pismo Beach, Father's Day, and Fireworks!

Right after summer began we took a trip to visit my family in California. Surprisingly the weather was quite pleasant - in the mid 80's most of the time. (I hear that currently they are maintaining temperatures in the low 100's...YIKES!) Anyhow, while we were there we visiting lots of my extended family and visited lots of fun places, including our long lost love - the beach! For a Californian the weather was a bit cold, but to us (newbie) Idahoans, it was perfect. That is the benefit of spending your winter in snow and freezing cold weather...a bit of coastal chill just doesn't bother you anymore.

Anyway here are a few pics of Aaron on the beach. We have a few pics of Sunny but didn't post them since you couldn't see her - she was all bundled up in her blankets from head to toe (baby Idahoans are exempt from the cold rule).  =)

Watching mom fly a kite:

And as I am sure you are all aware, Father's Day has come and gone. Although Matt told us not to get him anything we still wanted to show him how much we loved him by getting him 2 of his favorite indulgences - home-made ice cream cake and an assortment of candy (on a huge home-made Father's Day card.)

So Aaron and I went on a secret shopping mission, came home, and assembled this bad boy:

(And I have to give some credit to my sister-in-law Melissa. She and her kids made one for her husband last year. It's wording was all different with different candy bars, but I thought it was so dang cute so we made our own this year. )

(P.S. The small red box of candy is called "Boston Baked Beans" if anyone was wondering. Never heard of them before, but I guess they are candy-coated peanuts.)

(no picture of the cake though, sorry....we ate it pretty fast - ice cream cake waits for no one!)

The Airhead:

 And the Sugar Baby:

 Happy Father's Day Matt!   =)


A few days ago we went to view fireworks at the God and Country Festival held in Nampa. We got there 3 hours before the fireworks were set to go off. Good thing too since the parking got more terrible as more and more people arrived.  We had fun though - we set up a little picnic and let Aaron run around to get his energy out. No pics of Sunny though - she decided to sleep for 13 hours - straight through the fireworks. (It's funny that obnoxiously loud fireworks don't wake her, but if someone dares crunch a Doritos Chip on the other half of a room, she's all tears! Obviously a bit of an exaggeration, but I still just don't understand it........)

Here was the park area we were on that was soon to become a sea of people:

 

And then finally the moment we had all been waiting for...Isn't Matt's picture so professional-looking?:

Just kidding!  This is actually a stock photo of fireworks from who-knows-where.  Unfortunately the true story is that sadly there were no pictures of the fireworks. I was too busy holding my hands over Aaron's ears so he'd stop crying. When it comes to Aaron - Pretty lights? Good! A series of loud booms? Bad!
And Matt, on the other hand, was too busy watching the show. Nevertheless, it was a pretty good show and we enjoyed our time spent together as a family.

And lastly, something completely random....Brian, Matt wanted to show you his new bike.  A Giant TCR C1.  =)