Summer Vacation

Well it's been over a month since mom and dad last updated which means its now the end of June which means that school is out and summer vacation has started. I am very happy about it but mom's not too sure. She says summer is really busy but all I'm doing is having fun which makes it one of my favorite times of the year.

We left a little over two weeks ago to head out to Arkansas for my dad's family reunion. It was a very very long drive but we had lots of fun once we got there and I met a bunch of cousins I didn't even know I had. Here is a picture of Jayden playing with his little cousin Keaton. We spent four days swimming in the lake and playing games in the lodge and they even took us to a water park.


After we left the reunion we spent two days driving back to California and took a detour into Mexico to visit Nana and Papa.
We don't get to go down there very much so it was fun to be able to spend some time there. This is my new friend Getsemeni (the g is pronounced like an h). Getsy is from San Mateo, Oaxaca in Southern Mexico. She doesn't speak any English but we had fun playing together anyway. We played dominoes and ate mangos and we even got to watch Finding Nemo in Spanish. Getsy taught me how to say two new Spanish words: grande, which means big and hielo, which means ice. It was fun to see Nana and Papa's house and play with friends from another country.


After we left Mexico Nana and Papa took us to Sea World for two days! We got to see lots of shows and get splashed by dolphins. My favorite show was called Cirque de la mer. It was a new show that was full of gymnasts and acrobats doing all kinds of crazy tricks. We liked it so much we went to see it twice. Jaydens favorite was the Shamu show. It was the last one we saw and Dad finally talked mom into sitting in the splash zone. They were only eight rows up (the first sixteen get wet) but the whale splashed every section but theirs and they didn't get a bit wet. Dad and Jay were a little disappointed but I don't think mom minded so much.

Well all in all it was a pretty fun trip but we were very happy to finally get home and sleep in our own beds. Mom and dad say thankyou to Nick and Rachael for holding down our fort for us. Dad still has one more week of vacation left so we'll see what fun we can come up with. Maybe they'll be a little more with it and actually post about it! Hope you all are having a great summer too!