San Diego 2007

Summer 2007 June/JulyThis is our third summer going to San Diego and house sitting for a previous neighbor of ours in Encinitas. This year was a little different because none of our husbands could make it. The weather and the beaches were spectacular and all we were missing were our husbands there to enjoy it with us this year.

Sharon brought the girls for a couple of days and after two days at the beach we decided to try and take photos in the backyard. As you can tell all the kids were tired, but we managed to get a few photos in...

The house in which we dwell...and take care of for a couple of weeks. God has blessed them with a beautiful home, which they use frequently to bless others.

Almost every evening you see hot air balloons pass over the house.

Mom and I with the girls!

Before the girls came we took Dylan to the beach almost every day and before

we even set our stuff down he made a new friend... He really loves the ocean! (and we do too) The little boy in the orange played with Dylan for hours and told us "knock knock" jokes, one after the other (and we thought it was just a Dylan thing to tell knock knock jokes) It was hilarious.

The second pictures is of a little girl Dylan befriended who was just a "free spirited beach girl", here they were pretending to surf.


Dylan started really getting into boogie boarding this year and just loved it soo much.

Cambria loved it as well.

I would hold onto the chords and swing them like they were water skiing over waves and they would just laugh and ask for more...

Sharon and the kids...

He smiled from start to finish...and stayed out in the ocean for hours.

Before the girls came I would body surf and Grandma kept and eye on Dylan...

June - July 2007

We are off to stay in San Diego for ten days...
We will see Grandma, Sharon and the girls and will post pictures later...
Nothing like the San Diego beaches!

Okay I know my blog is all out of order...so i'm learning and working on it...but here it is so far.

Shelly's Running buddies in Bakersfield

Sharon and Tanya were so gracious to allow me to join them on their MWF runs and boy were they early. Cracking the dawn at 4:45 on Wed and 5am on Monday and Fridays. We ran, biked and swam and were able to accomplish some amazing goals; triathlons and races...

These gals are commited and what wonderful women they truly are; commited not only to running, but to the Lord and their families. I feel honored to have them as examples in my life and to be able to have spent the last couple of years running with them.

Thank you for all you've done for me and our family.

Our first home in Bakersfield California

The below picture was taken on moving day in April 2007. Actually right after we took this picture, my parents and Jason and I got into cars and a moving van and ventured up North to San Jose.We enjoyed our home and were able to work on it as a family. See that rose tree in the back and the grass, we dug and planted all on our own...we put a lot of work into this home. We were thankful God provided it for us. One of the things we learned as a couple is you don't have to have a morgage to call a place home. We grew a lot in Bakersfield as a couple and a family. Our friends and times there will never be forgotten.

Natural Bridges state Beach Santa Cruz

June 13, 2007

Friends from Bakersfield came to visit and we had a day at the beach with teh kids.

It was a gorgeous day at the beach. A little windy, but we found a starfish and as you can see in the photo a feather and stick on the way out.

This is one of our favorite beaches on the coast up here.