After moving in to our new house at the end of May, and Eric working his first couple shifts at his new office in Farmington, NM, it was time to head to Cali for a much needed vacation. One hour after arriving in San Diego, Eric packed up and headed to Baja with my dad, brother-in-law Chris, family friend Jim and his son Jimmy. The girls got left behind, but we had our own fun.
The guys drove all the way from San Diego to Cabo on this trip, fishing and diving at different spots along the way in the Sea of Cortez. This picture was taken on the way down when they were all still relatively fresh and clean.
They took a ponga out one day and caught all the fish they could handle. In addition to humongous fish, Chris caught a huge bat ray and Eric caught a shark.
Here is Eric bringing up a fish. The guys were all bruised on their hips after this day from fighting these big fish.
Some of the catch..
Happy guys...
We've been eating this yellow tail weekly since we got home and it is sooooo good! Thank you fishy for providing us with some excellent meals!
The rest of their fishing adventures were on the kayaks. My dad was pretty proud of this catch. I don't remember what is called, but apparently it was an excellent fighter and a much sought after fish in the world of kayak fishing. Nice job, Dad!
The guys camped on the beach for much of the week in spots like this, where they could go out on their kayaks first light on water like glass. I was pretty jealous when I saw these pictures. I love baja!
While the guys were gone, we stayed busy with our own clipboard of fun. First on the agenda was the Camp Pendleton mud run! It was a 10K that took us through streams, lakes (we literally had to swim, not an easy feat in mud caked running shoes), mud pits, and spray from firefighter hoses. We also had to climb over walls and crawl under ropes, all in the mud! It was a really fun race and I was so happy to do it with my sisters and our friends Katie and Tommi. You can't even tell how dirty we are here, but let me assure you, we were
really dirty.
We took the kids to Sea World one day and during the Shamu show our big kids wanted to sit in the "splash zone." Kirsten and I didn't want the babies to get soaked, so we sat up at the top of the splash zone where we could still see our kids but thought our babes would be safe. Our big kids did get soaked and our little ones just wanted to sit in the aisle all by themselves. It cracked us up how they sat there and clapped for Shamu on their own!
We also went to the Del Mar Fair. The kids had a blast riding rides, eating junk, and playing carnival games.
Paige actually won a carnival game where you have to throw balls into a cup of water. All the kids got 3 balls to throw and Paige's ball went in on the last throw. Her prize? Two goldfish! The boys were so jealous that she won! I was not so happy to have 2 goldfish to cart around. Thinking they wouldn't survive the car ride back to CO, they conveniently got left on my mom's counter when we drove away.
Since the weather was nice but not necessarily hot enough to go to the beach, we took all our bikes to mission bay one day and rode around. Logan and Zack rode the plasma cars and did great, despite how they look in this picture. Paige was mad here because I wasn't letting her pull the wagon. We are definitely in the terrible two's with her!
My kids wanted to play in the water so bad, but Kirsten's kids didn't have swim suits. So, after much convincing, she let her kids go in in their underwear. We looked so ghetto but the kids had a blast!
Needing more heat than San Diego was giving us, Kirsten and I took our kids out to Palm Springs for a couple days. We shared one hotel room (6 kids + 2 adults = crazy fun) and let the kids swim to their hearts content. The resort had a water slide, a little splash park, and multiple pools. The kids thought it was heaven!
Our kids have so much fun together, it was so hard to leave. But after the guys returned from Baja, we packed it up and headed back to CO so Eric could get to Farmington for his next shift. He drove 26 hours up the baja penninsula, 12 hours to Grand Junction, and then another 4 to New Mexico. The poor guy was so tired of driving! But it was worth it for all the fun we had.
The guys drove all the way from San Diego to Cabo on this trip, fishing and diving at different spots along the way in the Sea of Cortez. This picture was taken on the way down when they were all still relatively fresh and clean.
They took a ponga out one day and caught all the fish they could handle. In addition to humongous fish, Chris caught a huge bat ray and Eric caught a shark.
Here is Eric bringing up a fish. The guys were all bruised on their hips after this day from fighting these big fish.
Some of the catch..
Happy guys...
We've been eating this yellow tail weekly since we got home and it is sooooo good! Thank you fishy for providing us with some excellent meals!
The rest of their fishing adventures were on the kayaks. My dad was pretty proud of this catch. I don't remember what is called, but apparently it was an excellent fighter and a much sought after fish in the world of kayak fishing. Nice job, Dad!
The guys camped on the beach for much of the week in spots like this, where they could go out on their kayaks first light on water like glass. I was pretty jealous when I saw these pictures. I love baja!
While the guys were gone, we stayed busy with our own clipboard of fun. First on the agenda was the Camp Pendleton mud run! It was a 10K that took us through streams, lakes (we literally had to swim, not an easy feat in mud caked running shoes), mud pits, and spray from firefighter hoses. We also had to climb over walls and crawl under ropes, all in the mud! It was a really fun race and I was so happy to do it with my sisters and our friends Katie and Tommi. You can't even tell how dirty we are here, but let me assure you, we were really dirty.
We took the kids to Sea World one day and during the Shamu show our big kids wanted to sit in the "splash zone." Kirsten and I didn't want the babies to get soaked, so we sat up at the top of the splash zone where we could still see our kids but thought our babes would be safe. Our big kids did get soaked and our little ones just wanted to sit in the aisle all by themselves. It cracked us up how they sat there and clapped for Shamu on their own!
We also went to the Del Mar Fair. The kids had a blast riding rides, eating junk, and playing carnival games. 
Paige actually won a carnival game where you have to throw balls into a cup of water. All the kids got 3 balls to throw and Paige's ball went in on the last throw. Her prize? Two goldfish! The boys were so jealous that she won! I was not so happy to have 2 goldfish to cart around. Thinking they wouldn't survive the car ride back to CO, they conveniently got left on my mom's counter when we drove away. 
Since the weather was nice but not necessarily hot enough to go to the beach, we took all our bikes to mission bay one day and rode around. Logan and Zack rode the plasma cars and did great, despite how they look in this picture. Paige was mad here because I wasn't letting her pull the wagon. We are definitely in the terrible two's with her!
My kids wanted to play in the water so bad, but Kirsten's kids didn't have swim suits. So, after much convincing, she let her kids go in in their underwear. We looked so ghetto but the kids had a blast!
Needing more heat than San Diego was giving us, Kirsten and I took our kids out to Palm Springs for a couple days. We shared one hotel room (6 kids + 2 adults = crazy fun) and let the kids swim to their hearts content. The resort had a water slide, a little splash park, and multiple pools. The kids thought it was heaven!
Our kids have so much fun together, it was so hard to leave. But after the guys returned from Baja, we packed it up and headed back to CO so Eric could get to Farmington for his next shift. He drove 26 hours up the baja penninsula, 12 hours to Grand Junction, and then another 4 to New Mexico. The poor guy was so tired of driving! But it was worth it for all the fun we had.
6 comments:
HUGE fish! What fun! I love the kayaking pics!
How fun! My mom grew up in Farmington! My Grandpa was the Judge down there for a long time! I love it down there! Hope you are setting in ok!
Looks like you both had great little getaways. That's great about the new practice and home. Sounds like life is good.
I feel like I say this every time I see your blog, but Ryan would be so jealous:) Looks like a great summer for you guys!
looks like Cali was fun. One of my good friends does that same mud run every year! I want to do it sometime. Hey, are you planning on running Boston still in April? I am going to I think. I'll have the baby the second week of Jan. 3.5 months hopefully will be enough time to train. let me know. we should do it together.
Wow, so we know 2 dentists in Farmington, 3 if you include Eric. Michael King and Christian Anderson. We knew Brinn and Michael from our days in Logan and Gina and Christian were in the Bible Park ward for about a year. You'll have to ask Eric if he knows either of them. Looks like you guys have been up to a lot of fun stuff. We sure do miss you!
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