A Typical Weekend

In Havasu that is!

We spent with weekend in Havasu with the Campos family and had a blast, as usual! The boys, um I mean DADS, got a little out of control thinking they were the latest rock band and singing until weee hours of the morning! Oh how I wish I had pictures of THAT to post! It was all in good fun though and we were able to spend time out on the lake, hanging out by the pool, bbqing and just plain relaxing. I hope we'll all make it back up there together before the end of the summer.

Another Fun Weekend

Well it was another great weekend in Havasu for the Valdivia Fam. Driving up at night was definitely the way to go and both of the kids were great! We woke up and hung out for a while and in typical Arellano fashion, didn't head out to the lake until about 1:00 pm. So there we were in the Marina waiting for Gabriel to park the Suburban and get back to the boat.

We've got the kids all geared up
Sunblock on - check
lifejackets on - check
hats on - check
sunglasses on - check
icechest filled - check
towels, blanket, dylan's bumbo - check
alarm sounding on boat - check

Yep, that's right. Before Gabriel got back on the boat, the stupid alarm went off AGAIN!! Yes Tracy, it was Deja Vu! We just had the water pump replaced and the boat serviced at a hefty price last month when this happened. This should not have happend again. We brought the boat back in, which does not make for happy ,hot, sweaty kids. We took the boat back to the shop, left it there and headed back to the house. This is where having a pool makes for a great plan B. The guys had went to the market earlier that morning and had picked up some great food to BBQ later and so we just ended up enjoying the afternoon in the pool and the guys heated up the grill. Gracie's getting a lot braver and is doing better swimming without her floaties on. She'll definitely be swimming on her own by the end of the summer. Dylan went in the pool for the first time and LOVED it.

The guys picked up the boat later that night and all was fixed. We headed out to Moabi on Sunday and spent the afternoon there. All the kids were great as usual and they had a blast.

Nathan loved hanging out in the boat pretending he was driving. Although, he seemed to have gotten a bit distracted when Uncle Gabe turned up the jams and the girl next to us proceeded to jump up and down, up and down, fake boobs and all! Hmm....thanks Uncle Gabe!

We ran into some of Rudy's friends from work and they were in full party mode (Oh, the good 'ol days). They had Rudy bring out the beer bong and we had two very interested onlookers. Dang...where are those kids parents?? Don't get any ideas kids, you've got a good twenty years 'till you're having this kind of fun!! Stick to your sand toys for now!

We wound up our weekend by celebrating Grandpa Mike's birthday. We spent the afternoon at my in-laws with the family enjoying some more great BBQ. Gracie woke up this morning and the first thing out of her mouth was "Mmmm...that was some good birthday cake Grandpa Mike had!" Silly girl, she must have been dreaming about it! Happy Birthday, Grandpa Mike!!

On the Road Again

Because we didn't get enough last weekend, we're headed back up to Havasu with the Arellano clan. This time we're going to wait until the kids bedtime to take off tonight so that 1) we don't have to watch 3 disney movies on the way up and 2) Dylan doesn't get all thrown off and think his new bedtime is 11 pm. Gracie cracked me up this morning when she came staggering in my room at 6 am saying "I'm so happy we're FINALLY going back to Havasu! I think me and Grandpa should just live there. Enember Mommy, Grandpa said that?" That girl's hilarious!