Aquarium of the Pacific

This was a camping weekend for us at Bolsa Chica state beach. On Saturday we decided to head out to the aquarium of the pacific. The kids absolutely loved it and did not want to leave!


This was a small tide pool area where William and Briana were able to touch the sea life.


Checking out all the sea life inside the aquarium.

Even Alyssa enjoyed watching all of the swimming sea creatures!





The aquarium had huge displays of sting rays, sharks, sea otters and many other animals outside.


William is petting the sting ray with two fingers. They stressed that all of the sea life should be pet with a gentle two finger touch.





SHARKS!!





The kids enjoyed this water area. It was a demonstration of how rain fall flows in southern California.

Alyssa is 8 months old!

I can't believe my little teddy bear is already 8 months old. She still only has her two bottom teeth. She doesn't really crawl yet. She basically drags herself around on the floor to get to certain toys. She's still not great about sitting up and will flop over and begin to "crawl" on the ground without warning. So, I really don't encourage her to sit up on the tile floor. She has become so aware of her surroundings and refuses to be left out of family activities. We have to pull her high chair up to the table while we eat so she can be a part of the family.

Wild Animal Park

We had not been to the Wild Animal Park in so long. It turned out to be such a nice day and the kids had so much fun!



We discovered the Loikeet encounter during this trip. Briana was able to feed a lorikeet some nectar. This was taken just before she jumped and spilled some in her hair. She thought the bird was going to bite her!

Alyssa and Daddy

Briana's Family Party

Briana enjoys spending time with her family. Her birthday celebrations would not have been compete without them. We just had a quiet get together with grandma, papa, aunt Justin and cousins.




Chow Time!



Me and Mom

Special Pictures of the kids with Grandma and Papa!


Papa and his girls!

I can't believe Briana is 5!

I can't believe how much my little girl has grown!
Jan 04 - Newborn

Jan 05 - 1

Jan 06 - 2

Jan 07 - 3

Jan 08 - 4

Jan 09 - 5