san diego

zack and i had the chance to go to san diego this past week and it was awesome!!!  first of all - THANK YOU  to cari who so willingly watched our kids for us!  again!  by herself.  THANK YOU!!!  the girls had a great time with austin & brooke and i'm sure a & b are glad to have their house back to themselves!  thank you, so much, cari!

so we really did not take too many pictures.  we didn't take my camera with us a lot of the time so here's a little of what we did.  it was very relaxing and the weather was amazing.  we wanted to stay outside as much as possible!  i want to go back SOON!

playing golf at steele canyon.  it was gorgeous.  it actually got kinda toasty that day but it was so great to be out there playing.  the guy we played with took these for us.  

i had to get a picture of our smurf-mobile!  i really wanted a jeep or convertible of some sort and here's what we got!  a bright blue mustang convertible!  it was awesome though - we had the top down as much as possible!

we had to find a wal-mart to get some beach towels so we could go to the beach!  i guess we've always stayed at resorts or stayed right on the beach when we've gone.  we didn't really think about needing beach gear!  but i'm glad we did - it was so beautiful and we LOVE the beach!!!  this was at coronado island.  we checked out the hotel del coronado, which is amazing.  

i just love these pics!  we were SO EXCITED to meet sue and her family for dinner one night.  they took us to an awesome mexican food restaurant called las osas (i think!).  it was so good and it was on solana beach, which was so pretty.  we hung out with them at the beach after dinner and thankfully sue had her camera.  so she got some shots of us together.  after we left it was getting darker and colder!  we pulled over to put the top on the car and i just had to get my camera from the trunk - the sky looked amazing over the beach!!!

"kamdyn, so cute"

these are the words that came out of her mouth yesterday when i put this outfit on her.  i was cracking up.  then she looked at me and said, "picture, mommy."  and i said great idea!  kyler was napping so we went outside and just snapped a few.  she was cracking me up and following instructions so well.  she is getting so old!

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happy bday, kyler!

i will have a MUCH more exciting post for my little one year old in a few days.  but TODAY is her actual bday and here is a sneak peek of things to come.  

WE LOVE YOU, KYLER!

ice pops

we had a great time at the rodgers on saturday night!  look at all these girls!  the babies did not make the pic - kyler, cole and channing.  only one boy in the bunch!

san antonio - the great escape!

one night my parents offered to watch all our kids while we all went out to dinner!  i don't think they had to finish the sentence before we all took them up on it!  it was a really fun night - but we missed ken!  for those that don't know - he is serving in iraq until november.  and TODAY happens to be his birthday!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEN!

we went to a mexican food restaurant and had a great time!  some funny stories that are not appropriate to post - great memories and a good thing none of us had cameras with us!

yours truly

lindsey & jason

we were joking around making her take this pic by herself and i think it's really cute!

the sistas!  not sure the last time we had a pic of the three of us with no kids!

san antonio - long lost friends!

one of my favorite parts of being in san antonio was getting to see my great friend, brittany!  we met at tbarm years ago and have not gotten to see each other in a few years.  she is one of my most favorite friends and we can always easily catch up, no matter how long it's been.  zack and i met her and mark for dinner one night and then she and the kids came to the pool one day!  SO great to see everyone and catch up!!!

san antonio - beach time!

the beach at the lazy river was a great way to switch up being in the water and the kids loved it!

i love this pic!  i wish austin was in it - all the cousins in action.

kyler & preston - the babies!  only 4 months apart!

this is one of her favorite leg poses

nini playin' with kamdyn

cute little p!

kyler loved the sand!  she only tried to eat it once - guess she learned her lesson!

poor kyler!  zack and kamdyn dug this hole and then the next thing i know he's putting kyler in it!  poor abused baby!

i love this one of daddy & kamdyn!

san antonio - july 4th carnival

hot. hot. hot.  that was the theme of our week in san antonio.  we decided to go to the 4th of july carnival that our condos were putting on in the parking lot.  i think we all just wanted to put the outfits on the kids that we had for the 4th and trust me - it was not worth it!  it was pretty miserable...can you tell how sweaty the girls are in these first couple of pics?  there were some pretty funny/scary things that happened but you kinda had to be there...comedy of errors (and terrors) in the bounce house - including a grandparent to the ground.  that's all i'm gonna say about that.  we did not stay long - back to the pool we went!!!

the girlies - this and sea world are the only times the girls were not in their swimsuits!

can you believe how cute this girl is?!  so happy!

had to include nathan & preston - little sweeties.

first stop - petting zoo

kamdyn wanted to pet that pony til the sun went down but she did NOT want to ride it!!!

our attempt at a group pic of the big kids.  not so successful.

nini and kamdyn - watching brooke ride the pony

this is how kyler spent most of her time when we were not in the pool.  poor baby.

brooke & kamdyn wanted to try out this little ride.  kamdyn loved it!  it was so cute to watch how excited she was to ride it. (notice aforementioned bounce house in the background)

see what i mean...

san antonio - sea world

all i know is it's a good thing we did not have to pay for our kids to get into sea world!  it was SO HOT.  it was pretty miserable, actually.  we only stayed a few hours.  but kamdyn did have fun on the roller coasters!  it was very cute to watch her with her cousins and get excited.  she is a little too young for the shows but we just stuffed her face with gold fish and cheerios and that seemed to work.  :)

the sea lions show - very cute.

just waitin' for it to start...

poor kyler.  seriously - she was drenched in sweat.  she finally fell asleep but she was miserable.

kamdyn & daddy rode the shamu coaster!  it was so cute.  i don't think she was tall enough but they weren't very strict.  she loved it!

kamdyn, nathan and austin loved this ride!  they rode it twice in a row b/c there was no line.

how cute is this - brooke & austin teaching nathan how to play rock, paper, scissors.

not sure we thought about sending these three up alone.  this was a long one b/c it's like a ferris wheel - always stopping to let people on and off.  they were cracking each other up the whole time.  and at one point kamdyn somehow got nathan's hat and threw it over the edge!  it was hilarious.  he didn't think so.  

nathan & kamdyn 

san antonio - pool time!

we had the BEST time in san antonio with  my family!  we went for 6 days over the july 4th weekend and spent 98% of our time at the pool/beach/lazy river.  it was so hot that this was really our only choice!  but the kids (and us) LOVED it!  

pretty sure this is the only time kamdyn had her goggles on...good thing i got it cuz it's cute!

kyler is just happy as can be in the pool!

the hayes fam - lindsey, jason, nathan & preston

cari & austin

nini & kyler

cutie cousins - nathan & kamdyn

mommy & kyler!

how great are these next two pics?  they were doing the hot dog dance in the water - i wish i had them in the same frame!

kamdyn & kyler just playin'!