San Diego

Last week we packed up the car and headed down to San Diego for a friends' wedding and a fun family trip!  It was our first "high tech" trip, as we set off with a GPS and portable DVD player!  We left at 5 in the morning and made it all the way to Santa Barbara before taking a break.  We took highway 101 and there was a big tsunami warning, so there were hardly any cars on the road, and NO police (I think they were all busy keeping people off the beaches), so we made it pretty fast.  In Santa Barbara we stopped at a park and played and played for about an hour and a half.

 

 

When we got to our hotel in San Diego we went straight to the pool.  The kids were SO happy to be in the water.  Seth kept telling us that he was a fish and he knew how to swim.  When we would let go of him and let him sink under water, he would be smiling when we pulled him back up!  Usually he said "that was fun" or "that was cool"!

The next day we went out to breakfast and then walked along to waterfront in downtown San Diego.  Later that day, our wonderful friends Eric and Stacey babysat the kiddos while Carey and I went to a friends wedding.  The kids had so much fun with uncle Eric and auntie Stacey (other than Seth screaming until he barfed...sorry about that Eric and Stacey), and Carey and I had so much fun at the wedding.

On Sunday we decided to go to the San Diego Zoo.  We were all pretty tired, so we had more than our fair share of meltdowns, but it was still pretty fun.  Eric and Stacey have year passes, so after they were done with church, they came and met us there.  We had grand plans of all having dinner together that evening, which quickly dissolved as the kids melted down.  We love you, Eric and Stacey, and wish we could have spent more time with you.  Thank you so much for watching our kids!

Haley is on my back in the ergo, so you can hardly see her!

Checking out the rhino, which was definitely a favorite!

We rode on the top of the double decker bus.  The kids pretty much just wanted to stay on it for the rest of the day!

 

We loved watching the monkeys.  Unfortunately for Seth, he slept through that part!

We had a fun time in San Diego, and little did the kids know, there was more fun to come.  The day after we went to the zoo, we left San Diego to surprise the kids with three days at Disneyland.  (I will post about Disneyland as soon as I can get the "surprise" moment off the video camera...the cord seems to be lost!)

On the balcony of our hotel room in San Diego

Sweet (and smart) Girl

Haley made this for Carey a couple weeks ago when he wasn't feeling well:

In case you can't read it phonetically, it says "Dad I hope you feel better".  She sure is sweet, and is loving trying to figure out letters and how they work together to make words.

Life Is A Musical...

At least in our house it is.  We have LOTS of singing (and often, lots of fighting about solos being made into duets or trios without the invitation of the soloist)!  Here's a current favorite, brought home from preschool!

Not Much To Post About

Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about the blog.  I know I haven't posted in a while, but nothing really post-worthy has happened.  Soon, I'm sure.  Or at least I'll post some random recent pictures, because I don't want any of you friends to stop checking my blog! 

6th Anniversary

Okay, so I know the blog is supposed to be about the "wee Webbers", but this one is more about the big Webbers.  Last weekend was Carey and my 6th anniversary and I think it may have been our best one yet:)  Saturday morning we took the kids to Henry Cowell Park and "hiked" (read: walked) through the gorgeous redwood forest.  We saw deer, squirrels, banana slugs and, of course, HUGE redwood trees.  They thought it was so fun to see the "caves" where the trees had burned.

Later that afternoon we took the kiddos to my parents' house to spend the night.  Abby and Haley had individually spent the night there before, but it was the first time for Seth, and the first time for my parents to have ALL three of them together.  Thank you so much, Grammie Lori and Poppa Phil.

Guess what we were SO excited to do after leaving the kids at grandma and grandpa's house...CLEAN!  We went home and cleaned and cleaned and cleaned some more.  Some people have been disappointed with us that we chose our anniversary to clean, but, come on, what better anniversary gift to each other than a clean house (which, by the way, stayed clean all night AND was STILL CLEAN the next morning)!  Oh, it was great.  We even got take out and brought it home, because it was just so nice to be home and have it be calm and quiet (and clean). 

I will say that in the morning, when we both woke up at 9:00 and the house was quiet we agreed that it was a nice break, but we are glad that our lives are normally loud and alive with three precious little Webbers:)

In a little crack they found:)

Four out of the five of us crammed in a tiny crevice in a tree!

Abby and daddy taking a little break from our "hike"!

It's tradition to take a picture in my wedding dress on our anniversary.  This was Haley's shot at taking our picture!

After Haley's attempt, we decided we should use the timer setting.  For some reason we look SUPER tall!

Fun At Happy Hollow

This afternoon we went to Happy Hollow for a couple hours and it was so great.  We went for the last two hours before it closed, so a lot of people were leaving as we got there.  I think the cold weather helped keep people away as well.  It was a perfect day for the kids to ride rides.  The most fun part was that Seth was TOTALLY into the rides.  Up until now, he's always been super scared, and not even tried the merry go round.  Today he was crying because he wasn't tall enough for the roller coaster!  He did get to go on the merry-go-round (twice), the car ride (twice), the swings and the ladybugs!

Since there were really no lines, the girls got to go on the roller coaster three times.  I was wishing so badly for the video camera because they were so funny on it.  Haley would keep her hands up the whole time, and Abby kept giving us a "thumbs up" when they were at the top of the hill!

We didn't have any quarters for the goat food vending machine, so the kids were just picking up pellets that other kids had dropped!

Last time we went, Seth didn't even want to look at the animals in the petting area.  Today he pet and fed the goats.  So brave!

This was just how the girls were standing waiting for us to catch up with them when we were walking back to the car!

Christmas Festivities

Oh boy...Christmas!  We started Christmas on Christmas Eve morning!  We went to Carey's parents' house for a late breakfast.  The kids got to Skype with Auntie Kelly and Brannon (their cousin).

Grandpa Steve and Grandma Jackie got the kids (and Carey and I) lots of nice gifts, and Haley, Abby and Seth did a good job of being polite as they opened them!

Ohhh...all these gifts are so exciting!

Seth dragged his bag of opened gifts to the computer to show Brannon (on Skype)!

Abby enjoying one of her gifts!

Watching a movie with Grandma Jackie!

 Later that afternoon, Auntie Laura came over and we exchanged gifts and got to spend some good time together:)

Seth threw a little fit that the gifts were for Auntie Laura and not for him.

WE LOVE AUNTIE LAURA!

 Christmas eve we went to our church's candlelight service.   Carey went early, 'cause he was playing guitar, and Laura, the kids and I came a little later and brought cookies to share with everyone!  The service was great, and all three kids did so good dancing around, singing, making friends with the little girl next to us, and even holding their candles (yes, I let the girls each hold their own candle).

Christmas morning, we had a good time at home.  We took our time opening gifts, played, had some delicious breakfast, and played some more.

This year I decided to have the girls get each other gifts, so that they could (hopefully) learn that it can be SO fun and exciting to give gifts.  This is what they picked out for each other, and they happened to be both of the girls favorite gifts this year!

Seth loves his new drum!

 After a while we decided to go on a bike ride and enjoy being outside before the rain came.  When we got back, uncle Nate came over and we played some more!  Then, when Seth woke up from his nap, we had doughnuts (instead of cake...because I forgot to make one) and sang happy birthday to Jesus.

It was a perfect day to take the girls for a ride because there weren't many cars on the road!

Late Christmas afternoon we went to Grammie Lori and Poppa Phil's.  We hung out, had a delicious dinner and opened more gifts.

Playing dress-up at Grammie Lori and Poppa Phil's.