Day 3

Well day 3 was much better then day 2. We got to just lay around the condo for a while and then eventually made it to the pool late afternoon. Cami has become so brave all we have to do is put her swim wings on and she is off. Obviously we are right there just in case, but she is not scared to float around and try to swim all by herself. It was so nice having no obligations and no schedule to be on. We then decided to drive around and venture out to go walk on a different beach at sunset, but unfortunately it clouded up and it ended up being cold. So we made our way back to the condo, but it was nice to see more of California while driving around. The rest of the Zupan clan is here, so let the rest of vacation fun begin!

Vacation Day 2

Day 2= not the best of days. So most of you know going on "vacation" with small children isn't always a "vacation." We decided to drive to the beach down the road because it was a wider beach and less crowded. After hauling all our beach equipment out, I realized I forgot Brayden' formula. So then we had to come back early to feed Brayden and went ahead and put Cami down for her nap. After nap we got ready and decided to try the beach that we could walk to. {side note: I knew I was out of shape, but didn't know how bad until we had to walk up the millions of stairs carrying a 12 pd little boy and the carseat... woah... definitely will be using those stairs as my work out this week!} Got down and Devin decided to try surfing again for the first time in about 5 years. He had fun trying and it was fun watching him do something he use to love to do when he lived here. A side of Devin I have never really got to see. After coming back up we realized we had NO POWER! Are you kidding me?! So then we had to take 2 VERY cranky kids to try and find a store so we could buy flashlights or what not. Well come to find out ALL of Southern California was without power because a whole power plant blew so nothing was opened. We adventured back home and grilled so we could have dinner. Also, luckily we found some tea candles and then our neighbor was kind enough to bring over some candles as well because she knew we had 2 little kids and didn't want us to be in the dark. How nice of her!Luckily power did come back on in the middle of the night. All that to say it was an interesting day and hoping today is better! We are also expecting Devin's parents tonight or first thing in the AM and also Devin's sister tomorrow mid morning. Should be fun!

Devin surfing

Love these two!

Getting so big!

San Diego Day 1

We finally made it to San Diego for our last family vacation before I return to work. Devin has really been missing SD, so instead of going to Florida like we would of done we decided to take on the adventure of a 4 hr plane ride across country. Yes, we were that crazy family on the plane with 2 kids under the age of 2! It's funny though to see peoples faces as we enter a plane with 2 kids and their fear. But its also nice that as soon as the plane ride is over those people complimenting Cami and Brayden for being so good and confessing they were nervous about them being close by. haha.

Our first day wasn't very exciting other then arriving, it took Devin an hour in a half to get the rental due to the place being disorganized, getting IN-N-OUT for lunch, some naps for the kids, and then some pool time. Cami is such a little fish and we are so proud of how she does in the water. We have her water wings and she actually tried swimming some to Devin! It was also nice sitting out on the porch listening to the waves and just chatting the night away. Here are a few pictures from the porch. Brayden was already asleep so he isn't in any pictures. But I am sure we will have plenty of everyone by the end of our trip!

Visit from Papa and Nini and Breakfast Burritos

Mom and dad decided to make a quick trip up here to Nashville and we had a lot of fun just hanging out. It was pretty crummy weather the whole time, but we adventured out to a Jump House so Cami could get some energy out. It was good to see "Papa and Nini" and Cami and Brayden loved loving on them. Cami at this stage is so fun to watch and see her learning so much even when you don't think she is listening.

So on to breakfast burritos... So since Devin and I are trying to eat healthier and not go out to eat as much we have decided to start cooking breakfast burritos. Just in case your interested we just do eggs, small amount of cheese, diced up tomatoes, crummbled up bacon/ turkey bacon and Salsa. I like to add bell peppers and mushrooms, but Devin doesn't like them so I don't get to put them in a lot of times. The salsa we used today was the homemade salsa I made on Friday and it was the icing on the cake! It makes us feel like we are having a treat even though its not as bad as other places. :-)

Salsa

Tomorrow night we are having a small get together and so I decided to make some salsa. It taste absolutely amazing! Here is a picture of it and below I will tell you how I did it.

Ingrediants: Tomatoes, Jalapenos, Red onion, Lime juice, Vineger, Sea Salt, Cilantro and Garlic

I would say measurements but I never measure. :-) Do to your own liking. I also found out tonight the key to making it slightly chunky/ slighty puree is to add all the ingrediants before blending.

Happy Salsa Making!!

Daily Dose

So now that I am finally caught up on the past 2 months, I decided I am going to start trying to do a daily or every other day blog with pictures, or quotes, or funny stories so I don't forgot things. Here are some pictures from today to start us off :)



Brayden is becoming such a big boy standing in his exersaucer




As you can see Cami thoroughly enjoyed her yogurt today



Science Center

To do something special for Cami before I go back to work in a couple weeks I decided to take Brayden to Susan's (my wonderful friend who will be watching both kids and has been watching Cami this past year) and we had a day just for us. It was so hot outside I decided to do something inside and something we have never done before. So, we went to the Nashville Science Adventure Center close to downtown Nashville. Her two favorite things were the piano board she could walk on and this tube contraption that she could put a ball in and watch the air suck it through the tubes. She was very funny and we had a lot of fun. I am going to miss the kiddos when I go back to work so I am soaking up all the one on one time I can get.