Went on several hikes...
Did alot of yard work...
Went on many family walks....
Bought a new pool for the backyard....but played with it indoors first!
We are so excited for summer to be here! Let the FUN BEGIN!!!
And we made the table look pretty for Mom/Grandma!
And blow out her candles!
Grandpa and Jake
We brought all of his presents down with us, and he LOVED opening all of them!
Our little monster!
This was also an extra special milestone day for Jake. Before this day, he would take a few steps here and there and cruise along the furniture. But on his birthday, he decided he was done with crawling and started to walk....all of the time! We were so excited and proud of him! Hailee was especially excited, now she had someone who she could really chase around!
After opening Jake's presents, we walked over to Mission Beach. (Our condo was on Mission Bay) The weather was absolutely PERFECT for flying kites! You would have thought that we were on some kind of roller coaster, or at a comedy club for how much we were LAUGHING as we flew these kites! I wish I would have gotten a picture, but there were hundreds of birds in large groups flying by really low and we kept trying to hit them. My Dad was the lucky one and nailed one of the birds! 
After flying kites for a few hours, we went back to the condo and were very surprised that the EASTER bunny had found us and hid Easter Eggs!!! Hailee has really started understanding the fun when it comes to holidays and the Easter Bunny and Santa Clause. She was so excited to start finding the eggs!
She was a little disappointed when she dropped an egg and only one Hershey kiss had fallen out. I guess the Easter Bunny needs to work on packing the eggs full next year!
That night we celebrated with cake and ice cream!
Jake wasn't one to dig right in, so Hailee showed him how its done....first she let him taste the frosting, and then she helped him put his hands into it.
And once he realized what it was, he dug right in!
A few things about Jake and 1 years old:
The next day, Gregg and I and the kids stayed at the beach for most of the day. The kids were loving the sand and sun!
We had a picnic lunch and then fed the seagulls rest of our food.
Kip, Sarah and Brooke met up with us at the house that night and stayed the rest of the weekend with us!
Brooke and Hailee enjoyed dancing the morning away! 
In the "Kids" bedroom, they had this chalk tree on the wall! It seriously felt like a pottery barn room! 
Early morning! Kids snuggling with Grandma and Sarah 
We were able to watch some of conference while we were there. It amazes me that when ever the choir would sing, it didn't matter what Hailee was doing, she would run to sit in her chair to listen to them. She is so fascinated by music. I cant wait to get her into singing and piano. 
Sunday morning breakfast 
Grandpa and Jake snuggling during conference 
This house, or in Hailee's words, " 'Cation home" had a dream back yard! It had a zip zip (aka zip line), tire swing, 2 tree swings, horse shoes, quads for the kids, so much room to run around! 
Hailee LOVED the zip zip! And Echo loved chasing her! 
Little Brooke is so brave! 
And so is Hailee! These girls impressed me that they were totally willing to try it and LOVED it! We spent alot of time out back! 
This is the "pottery barn" room! Isn't it just so cute!?! You could seriously fit SO MANY PEOPLE in this house! I can't wait to go back again! 
Family room 
This was the upstairs master suite. One door led to the bed and the other to the bath. 
This picture cracks me up. So, when I was packing, I asked my Mom if they had a crib there or if I should bring a pack-n-play. She told me she was pretty positive they had one. I jumped online and looked at the house pictures and noticed there was a crib. But, I did not know how LITTLE it was! It seriously looked like an orphanage crib! Stretched out, Jake was almost the entire length of it! He was definitely not a fan of it either! 
On Sunday, my Mom and I took the kids into town to do some shopping and sigh seeing. We first stopped at the old town jail. 
Grandma had to tie the horse, I meant Echo, up! 
Shopping in Julian 
We had such a wonderful weekend and am so thankful for amazing parents who are able to take us on trips like these. We love them so much and are so thankful for the relationships we have with them.
On the way home, Hailee had to use the bathroom. We were in middle of no where, and then this little restaurant pops up. I pulled in and noticed a huge sign saying that you must buy food to use their bathroom. So, that's what we did. We ordered chips and salsa so she could use the potty! They had these cute wood frame horses, and the kids loved playing on them! Jake is our natural cowboy! 
And Hailee is our cowgirl! 
