So this year, we knew we still couldn’t drive, we decided to fly to Phoenix, spend a few days there to see family, and then rent a van and drive the 6 hours to San Diego to visit my sister and her family in their new home. My brother in Los Angeles, and my Mom and Papa decided to come too. It had been 2 years since I have seen my nieces and nephew in person and they have gotten so big.
On Saturday, we went to a beach that had cliffs behind us. My sister and brother-in-law love this beach because the cliffs are one side, making the job of watching kids much easier. You only have to look in front, and it’s harder to run off. Tony (my bro-in-law) and my nephew who is right in-between David and Elias age-wise, taught Silje and David how to catch some waves. Elias isn’t quite a good enough swimmer for that, so he played with the younger kids, and I think he preferred that.
My sister has a little boy, and twin girls, who are all school aged now. I just cannot believe that. Solveig is just under a year younger than the twins, and the 3 girls together looked so much alike that at times I thought they could pull off the idea they are triplets, although the twins are so alike that even their parents get them mixed up from time to time.
Ingrid hated the water so much, but loved every second playing in the sand that was as soft as powdered sugar.
Not far from where we were hanging out, a sea lion came out of the ocean, and started soaking in some rays. It was amazing.
The lifeguards came by in not that long, and took a look at it and said it was a pup, and a malnourished pup at that. They arranged for it to get some help.
Elias wants to bring a whole suitcase of rocks home for his collection. There were shells as well, but he really loves the rocks.
My mom wanted all her grandkids (now that they were all together!) to do a pyramid picture. It was actually hilarious, because the little ones had no idea what we were doing.
They needed a lot of help, and in the end, there was always an adult in every picture, and we just did the best we could.
So today we are visiting Heidi and Tony’s new school. They arranged for Silje and David to hang out a bit in Heidi’s 4th grade classroom, and Elias gets to spend some time in their son’s class. Then in the afternoon we head out to Los Angeles to spend a day with my brother near his place where he has a big surprise lined up for the kids tomorrow. We have another fun week ahead of us.
elizabeth says
March 9, 2015 at 3:47 pmglad you are having such a special time away! 🙂