carlsbad vacay

mark's parents invited us to join them in carlsbad for a week.  i had to work a few of the days, so we stayed a few days, then i worked for a few and rejoined them for the weekend...what a fun trip.  the girls got to go on their first train ride to old town san diego, we went to lawrence welk resort for a day (gorgeous weather that day).  mark and i got some good R-and-R time, too.  LOVED the gym, the food, all of it!  the place was right across the street from the beach-the most beautiful view from the balcany.  you could even hear the waves crashing from the living room.  one day, while taking a walk at the beach, we even spotted several migrating whales.  way cool!  thanks, g'pa and g'ma smith!

bad pic, but this is the view from our balcany..that is the sun setting over the ocean in the background-beeeeautiful

naptime...the girls shared a twin bed, er matress, on the ground...they were so cute!

 the water slide at lawrence welk!  mark and jill went, but i did not like the very frigid water.  mark tried to get miss BIG to go on it about a million times...she'd walk up to the top, stare at it, and then decide not to go and walk back down the stares.  it was so cute-mark tried to bribe her with ice cream, but still didn't work.  little boo, on the other hand, was so hoping to be tall enough-she wasn't.  she is currently eating vegetables with the sole purpose of growing bigger before we go back next summer.

this is the girls on the train...they were so excited...or so i hear...

i was bringin' home the bacon and missed it!