Summertime

We've had some fun times on summer break in our new house.  One day we headed down to Gizdich Ranch to pick berries.  This time it was olallieberries.  I'd never heard of them but they were quite good--a lot like blackberries:

Elizabeth wanted to hold up Elijah:

 Grandma Marsha moved in!  She's going to be living with us for awhile.  Sadly, I don't have any pictures yet for some reason.  Richard, his girlfriend Toni, and Jace came along to help her move.  I do have pictures of cute Jace:

It took him a little bit to warm up (he didn't want to look at the camera in these pictures) but once he did he and Nate had a grand time together.  They were so cute together.

 We took a trip to beach so he could see the ocean.

Here they are being silly in the car:

We got to enjoy some more local wildlife:

That one is from a science and wildlife museum we checked out.

Mostly, we've been in the pool.  It has sure been fun!  Especially with all this hot weather.  The kids are improving in their swimming.  Nate still has a long way to go which worries me still but he is at least very cautious.  I love to watch them out there having fun together. 

 I told Joe that I feel like I'm giving my kids my childhood now.  I have lots of fond memories of spending all day in my bathing suit and coming up with crazy games to play in the pool.

Elijah even loves the pool: