The First Half of Our Summer!!!

Oh my gosh, this summer is flying by and I can't believe that it is already half over!!! In a little over a month Jack will be headed back to school. WOW!!! We have been super busy and having a blast. So, what have we been up to? Well, let me fill you in!!

The first few weeks school was out we spent our Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Murray Callen Swim School! The boys have loved swimming with their teacher Jen and it has amazed me how much they have learned. We are still taking swim lessons and I promise to have new pictures of the boys in the water soon!!!

The last day of June we packed our bags and headed East!! Yes, we went to Virginia to visit our family. We had a great time and our 10 days flew by. We celebrated the 4th of July in Pitman, NJ (my parents hometown) and had a great time being with our extended family!!! Here is a little glimpse of our time on the "other coast" through the lens of my camera!!!

My parents enjoying the annual Pitman 4th of July parade with their grandsons!!!

Four Generations of the Cuddy Family!!!
Jack and Aunt Steph celebrating the 4th of July!!
While we were home we got to visit with our friends from Germany!! It was so great to spend the day with Cristin and the girls!!! Oh how I miss my friend and her wonderful girls!!!
We took the boys to the Marine Corps Museum to see the bricks that we bought for Pops and Grandpa a few years ago for Christmas!!! The museum is great and we really enjoyed our day there!
We went to Aunt Steph's pool -- and had lots of fun splashing in the water!

And no trip to Virginia would be complete without a few trips to Carl's!!! This is by far the BEST ice cream!!!!

We had a wonderful vacation and enjoyed our time with our family and friends!!!

When we got home to California we decided it was time to move Nick out of his crib and into his big boy toddler bed. I was a little worried how he was going to do now that he could "move around freely" but he has done wonderful!!! From the very beginning he goes to bed at night and stays there. He is such a big boy!!!!

Look how proud he is of his new "big boy bed!!"

Grammy and Pops made their first visit to California this summer!! Oh my gosh we loved having them here and showing them all the things we love to do here in San Diego!!! Pops was here for a week and Grammy for two and again our time flew by. We missed them terribly when they returned home and can't wait for the next time they come to visit!!!

Here are Grammy and Pops with the boys at the San Diego Zoo!!!

Grammy and the boys on the beach in Coronado enjoying the Southern California sun and surf!!!

July 26th we celebrated Nick's 3rd birthday!!! Yes, our little boy is 3 years old now!!! Wow!!! We had a nice little family party here at home and Nick enjoyed his day!!!
Also this summer Jack got a new look!

That's right Jack lost tooth #2 and is sporting a new toothless grin!!

Jack is playing baseball at Miramar this summer and had his first practice last week. He is really excited and is looking forward to his first game this weekend. His team the "Muckdogs" will take the field at Miramar's new sports complex this Saturday at 10:30 so be looking for lots of pictures!!!

Here our player is at his first practice!!!

Finally that brings me to this week. We just returned from our vacation to Disneyland!!! We had a great time on our 3 day stay and enjoyed our time together!!!!

Now we are back in San Diego and back to "normal" life. We can be found in the swimming pool Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. Baseball practice on Monday and Wednesday nights and at our weekly games on Saturday mornings!!! And hopefully at the beach when we have nothing else to do!! :)

It has been super hot here in San Diego this summer so we also spend lots of time in our "backyard pool" just trying to keep cool. If you want to see more pictures from the 1st half of our summer you can go to our Dropshots page. (WARNING: I added 20 new albums today -- there are 100's of pictures!! It might be a little too much!! But, if you just can't help yourself and really want to look at all our pictures the link is on the right hand column of this blog under "my blog list". But don't say I didn't warn you!!! Enjoy!!!)

We have lots more going on this summer so stayed tuned for more adventures from us!!!

Until next time............

love from San Diego