4th of July Road Trip!

I was SO ready to get out of Vegas it wasnt even funny. We haven't been anywhere since April and I need to leave this place every so often, ha ha. Not to mention it is HOT here. Just hot. Its like our "winter". We dont really go outside as much right now. Which we all know is not easy with kids! So we decided to spend 4th of July with our Cali family and just relax and meet baby Duke!

We left Thursday as soon as Jeremy got home, so glad he was able to go with us. He works so hard, he deserves a break too! We got there Thursday around 5 and just relaxed and enjoyed the food, company and loved on one sweet little baby boy :) The kids LOVED him. I knew Hannah would love him. She is at that age where she loves real babies and wants to hold and feed them but I didnt know what Owen would do. I figured he wouldnt really even notice the baby but he wanted to hold him just as much as Hannah. He would put his arms up and say, hold, hold and then he would just pet him. It was adorable. Im so glad he was gentle for the most part :)

Friday for 4th of July we had a fun day planned! Gotta keep the kids busy! That morning we went to a little 4th of July festival at a near by park. It was a neat set up, just extremely hot! But we had a great time.

 Snow cones, crafts and face painting!

 She really is so sweet to him :)

 They chose to just get their hands painted. Kelly always takes one for the team and does what Hannah wants :) And then Owen wants to do everything Hannah does, so he got his hand painted too :)

After that we headed back to cool off and swim some. Owen is fearless! He would just swim around with his little puddle-jumper on, no fear! Hannah was cautious but by the time we left she was swimming really well by herself with her jacket on. She will do awesome at swim lessons I hope!

We had a 4th of July cookout that night and then went to a friends house for some fireworks. The kids were very excited for "sprinklers" and Owen managed not to burn himself or anyone else :)

 Saturday we headed down to Newport beach and found a neat little beach. It was great until the tide came up so high we literally got flooded! And not once but twice! I think that was our sign to go home! Owen wasnt as into it as Hannah but they both did really good!

 Saturday morning donut day! Its a tradition!

We had an awesome time. A perfect break. We have a couple more trips planned out there this year and we cant wait to watch Duke grow! Soon he'll be running around just like my crazy kids!!