My mother's day gift from my Friend Amy

Love it. It melts my heart.

Pismo Beach

We headed down south this weekend to go camping at Pismo beach. This is one of our family traditions and one I have been doing most of my life. Both Athen and Crew have been to Pismo before but this time we went camping (we had a beach house last time). We decided to not camp on the sand dunes since it's a little noise and dangerous for the kids. We stayed at a nice campground right next to the dunes. This was our first time camping there and I must say I really liked it. I think this is where we will be staying each year for the next 5 years or so until the kids get a little older and the sand dunes are more doable.

Athen loved digging in the dirt and playing with his trucks and buckets. When he got tired he would just lay down and play. Of course he had to take his buckets filled with trucks and rocks on a bike ride - one on each handle bar.

Playing in the sand. We walked along the beach to downtown and went to Mo's for dinner.

 Grandpa found some seaweed and we played jump rope.

 Crew loved playing peek a boo with his blanket and grandpa.

 Mo's BBQ. Our favorite tradition.
Of course we had to teach Athen how to roast marshmallows. They are one of his favorite treats. In fact his favorite potty treat is a colored mini marshmallow. This time he got to roast the big ones. He loved it.

 Gotta love this snotty sandy face. Athen digging in the sand at our campsite. He loved being out side the whole weekend.

Look how lovely our campsite was. A nice big grassy area for the tent made sleeping more comfortable. A nice big tree to play on and then sand to dig in. We loved it there.

Weekends around the lake

We have spent a lot of our weekend afternoons and evenings around the lake. We have had such nice weather lately that we take walks down to the lake for picnics. Friday night after work we get take out from Cana (a delicious Cuban restaurant) or the pizza place and eat dinner on the grass at the park. We aren't the only ones with this idea. It feels like Central Park in Oakland. On Sundays we bring dessert down to the lake and enjoy our dessert.

Athen eating his Tostones and me drinking a Cuban Iron Beer. Cubans have the best sodas!

This last weekend we babysat Aiden on Saturday night so we decided to take the boys down to the park and get some Mexican take out for Cinco de Mayo. it was delicious of course and the boys had a great time.