The Packer Family Reunion:
We went to San Francisco where we did all the touristy things...
Here we all are at Bubba Gumps (all 21 of us!)
It was a little cold
The California Academy of Sciences
This would be our wonderful family photo we only get every 2 years if I wouldn't have made the dumbest mistake ever and deleted it, but we're just not going to talk about it!
What do you do when you're out of Ragu? Make your very own--completely from scratch (except for the canned tomatoes)--spaghetti sauce. I've never attempted this before, so I must say I am pretty proud of myself and I think Ragu's spaghetti sauce will be disappearing from our pantry from now on!
Just another day at the pool--we're working on making those floaties disappear, too, thanks to Grandma taking Wes to swim lessons.
Love her swim suit!
Santa Cruz Camping:
New Brighton Beach is highly recommended!
That's Wesley's and Daddy's masterpiece in the foreground. Complete with feather and all.
We had to try out the infamous Pizza My Heart
The Santa Cruz Boardwalk log ride:
Notice he starts out with a hat...
"I lost my hat! Haha!"
There it is--on the stairs. You lucky dog!
The camping baby buddies (notice the sweet ladies man in the middle):
All 9 families--silly:
Serious:
Needless to say we've had a lot of fun!
And we just can't get enough of her!
Well that completes our summer update and we're only 3 weeks into it...can we say CRAZY!
I can't believe we have a 'school age' kid! He's looking so grown up and has practically changed over night. I know it's just gonna get worse from here on out. There were a few more tears than I expected--from Mom, not Wesley--especially since I felt like we went through this last year with preschool. But I just couldn't help but have that feeling of 'this is it'...he's no longer my baby. He even asked me why I call him 'buddy' the other day--I think he was feeling like it was babyish. I asked him if it was okay that I still call him that and he just sighed and said, "I guess so." Here's to the start of a new phase. Happy 1st day of Kindergarten Wes!
