San Diego (Day 1)

We surprised the kids with a "baycation" as Hallie calls it and took them to San Diego.  They didn't find out they were going until we woke them up at 330 in the morning.  Ha.  I have TSA Pre-check so I took the kiddos through the security line with me.  Jeremy got stuck with Hallie's bag that I had put Play-Doh in. Apparently, Play-Doh sends off all kinds of signals as being potentially bad.  Needless to say...Jeremy got the full search. 

Meanwhile...the kids and  I just giggled.  But Jeremy got the last laugh when I realized I left my phone in the car so I had to go back through security.

Major picture overload....

Hallie and I were busy coloring on the way to San Diego.  She made a picture for the "drivers" of the plane.  Luckily, this isn't the one she gave them...but we found it very funny that she wrote "Bad".  LOL. 

We arrived in San Diego about the same time we left Dallas (thank you time change), and spent the entire first day at LEGOLAND in Carlsbad.  As soon as we arrived, we got a rental car and drove about 40 minutes.  The kids loved it (and so did we).  It really was a fun place to go.  My parents met us at LEGOLAND and surprised the kids as well. 

The kids were so tired.  This was about 10 minutes into the car ride.  

We arrived just in time for the park to open.  I had actually not planned on going to LEGOLAND until the following day but it worked out that we got to Carlsbad much earlier than originally planned!

View from our hotel room...

Pierson's first choice was the new Ninjago ride.  It was so fun!

We were on vacation...so why not spend too much money on getting the kids faces painted?!?!

Hallie was shy when it was her turn to meet some of the Lego characters...

 

Pierson was soooo excited the entire time we were there!

One of the neatest things we saw was this mini city.  It was so much fun to look at.  Washington DC, New York, China Town, San Fran, etc.

It was such a fun first day, but the kids (and us) were so tired by the end of the day.  We were still on Texas time, so we called it an early night.  The weather was amazing the first day we were there and I think we got pretty lucky as far as the crowds go.  It really wasn't too bad.  We never really had to wait more than 20 minutes for a ride.

Pierson's 6th Birthday

Pierson's surprise bday gift was a trip to LEGOLAND in California this summer.  I really had no plans of throwing a birthday party, but at the last minute we decided to throw something together.  We were supposed to go to the park, but of course it rained pretty hard the morning of.  Everyone came to the house instead.

We had our 6 year well check with Dr. Schwartz and we have a healthy boy.  He weighs 40 pounds (85%) and is 40 inches tall (57%).  He is a big boy.  Dr. Schwartz estimates he will be 6'2" and 220 pounds.  Who knows if that will really happen, but it sure is interesting to hear.

This kid literally eats from sun up to sun down. CONSTANTLY!  I honestly don't know how he eats so much.  He will eat an entire cucumber for a snack.  I laugh about that, but at least its healthy.  He still loves cherry tomatoes, but he also loves his sweets.  He might get that from his mother!!

Pierson continues to be a super sweet kid.  He LOVES his sister and will be the first one to help someone who is hurt, etc.  When playing sports if someone gets injured or gets upset, he will stop what he's doing to go over and check on them.

He still enjoys playing with his Legos, and unfortunately has started watching "older kid" TV shows.  It seems overnight he decided he didn't want to watch cartoons anymore.

He is SUPER affectionate and extremely sensitive.  I don't think Jeremy love that, but hey...he is!

We sure love our Sweet P.

Last Day of School 2017

Pierson's last day of school was June 2.  He had a wonderful year in Mrs. Shelby's class.  She was going to move up to 2nd grade, so there was a glimpse of hope that he would have her again in another year...but it appears she is moving.  We are all so sad!  She was an answer to prayer, and Pierson really enjoyed her.  She will be missed!

Little Ms. Hallie is going to be in Private Kindergarten at Primose.  She turns 5 in January so no public school this year, but we are excited about all that she will learn.  Hallie really needs to be challenged, so I think this will be perfect for her for the upcoming year. 

Police Academy

Jeremy has been a firefighter for 17 years and the department sent him to police academy so that he could be an arson investigator.  He started in January of 2017 and graduated in May of 2017.  Jeremy was gone most nights during those months, but we made it!  We are all so happy it is over and even more thankful for his service! 

 Jeremy MIGHT have been the oldest person in the class and was given the nickname "Grandpa".  He isn't that old, but the majority of the people in the class were in their 20's---so yeah I guess he seems old to some.  :)