Another one For the Fans

I am post happy today but what can I say, a two month absence would lead to this. Since we have moved back to Arizona in 2005, we have been out of town every 4th of July. This year was no exception. We spent an AMAZING weekend in San Diego, CA.

We visited La Jolla Beach, Sea World and the Mazda dealership

We had a great time in California. I knew that is was only a 6 hour drive to San Diego, but it never really occurred to me before to go there with the kids and enjoy the long weekend. We didn't tell the kids that we were going so that we could surprise them. I am afraid that Ki thinks that the whole weekend and the trip was her half birthday present-well she's wrong.

We enjoyed all the sights and sounds and shows. The girls talked us into going on a ride, the journey to Atlantis- a roller coaster/water ride.They didn't realize what they were in for-neither did we. They do a good job at keeping things hidden in the park so that you will be surprised. It was a bit scary to El, who was barely tall enough to ride and I was a bit nervous that she was going to fly out on some of the turns. But, we made it out okay and she looked at me and said, don't ever make me do that again. Trust me, I won't! I am not the thrill seeker that her father is. The Blue Horizon's dolphin show was great and the Shamu show was El's favorite. It has changed since we were there 9 yrs ago, but still a great show. It was not even 70 while we were there, and I was in a sweater and jeans. You could probably tell we were from out of town.

 The beach was amazing and so much fun, then El got tired an fell asleep.

When we were leaving on Monday the check engine light came on and we had to replace the thermostat in the car-super bummer- but you gotta do what you gotta do.

I think I have a new favorite place to spend a three day weekend!

Hello...Hello... Are you There?

Why Yes, I am but you would never know-it's been a while.  

(El on her 1/2 Birthday)

(yummy tomatoes)

( Ki on her 1/2 Birthday)

So, lets recap the last two months. El and Ki started taking swimming lessons back in May. Ki is now swimming on her own-but has a long way to go still-but she's doing great! El is learning and loves the water! El, Steve and Ki have celebrated their 1/2 Birthdays. Steve is an amazing Gardner-the corn patch is impressive-it takes up half our back yard and some of it is as tall as me. We have enjoyed the tomatoes, cucumbers and zucchini. The watermelon are growing but not ready yet. The lemon tree (very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet but,) oh, sorry I can't help but hum that tune every time I look at my tree, is finally producing-or at least they are growing, no harvest yet. Ki has a month left of her Summer break and we are getting excited to go to Idaho the first week of August, that is when the Stott family calendar was clear for the summer. Steve is working with an endocrinologist and making progress on trying to see if his seizures are related to blood sugar/glucose issues. I have been taking a water aerobics class at the city pool, twice a week from 8:30-9:30pm and I really like it. It is nice to a least get a little bit of exercise in my schedule .
We are a bit bummed b/c our ward is going to start attending a newly constructed meeting house next week. Steve and new buildings don't mix well so we aren't going to be attending our home ward for a while-boo hoo. All  in all things are moving at a rapid pace and we are just trying to enjoy each day that we get to share together.