Go Padres!

For a family fun day a few weeks ago, we went down to Petco Park to cheer on the Padres!

We hadn't been since Izzy was just a month old!!!!

(Steve's been quite a few times with friends, but even I haven't made it down there!)

We love going to the padres games, so excited to do it as a family!

 Pretty exciting stuff!

 Izzy kept calling it football, and was looking forward mostly to eating hot dogs, but we have a baseball fan for sure in Miss Izzy!

 Daddy saved the day and got tattoos for when the girls started to get a little antsy....

 Jessica also took over camera duties and snapped a few pics of the game 

Such a fun day, can't wait to do it again!

One of my favorite things....

One of the best parts of soccer and swimming, is that its right down the street.

So we can just walk

I love that

(and Jessica and Izzy LOVE the sit and ride stroller!)

Happy Birthday, Papa!

Happy birthday to the best Dad a girl could ever ask for

and the greatest Papa in the world!

We love you, Papa!

(Pictures taken on a recent Papa/granddaughters date- lunch at Boudins, just Papa & the girls )

Our trip to the Del Mar Fair!

A few favorites pics from our trip to the Del Mar Fair (now actually called the San Diego County fair, but that just doesn't have the same ring to it)

Always come prepared! Pit stop before going in...

Eating Fried Food. I could not join in the festivities, but my bro go fried kool-aid and Steve got fried avacado.  Nice.

Jessica rode an elephant! Izzy wanted to, but we figured she would actually throw a fit once up there and didn't want any scared elephants running off with my babies on top..... next year!

They LOVED the rides! It was so cute to see the two of them together. I love that Izzy is finally old enough to do things with Jessica, they're totally BFF's now :)

Jessica rode her first roller coaster! AND all by herself! I was so surprised at how brave she was!

Corn dogs for lunch.  Woot!

and Chris had chocolate covered bacon for dessert....

My favorite part- Photobooths! AND we actually got a pic with all of us smiling!  Made the day that much more perfect :)

Can't wait to go again next year!

Homemade Corn Tortillas

On Father's Day, after our yummy breakfast and adventure at the WAP we came home, napped/rested, and then made homemade corn tortillas & fish taco's with fish Steve had recently caught.

Actually pretty easy and I know they will get easier.  I need a tortilla press though.....

Found the recipe online, real simple:

Water & Masa Harina (you can find this at a Mexican market or online. Good thing I live so close to mexico, there is a market right down the street!)

Mix 2 cups Masa Harina

with 1 1/2 - 2 cups water

Apparently though, the ratio is where it gets tricky. I should have read around a little bit more before starting. You don't want it too wet, or it gets sticky.  Too dry and it breaks a part.

Then you roll the dough into little balls:

 This is where a tortilla press would be nice.  We just had to pat and smoosh them down.  We tried to roll them between wax paper, but they got sticky and it got kind of crazy. So I just decided it was easiest to use my hands

 Sorry, pics are out of order.  Me with my first successful tortilla!

 Jessica trying to help with the rolling.  Before I got frustrated and sent everyone outside so I could do it in peace :)

 Then you just fry them on a pan, about a minute or so each side, when it they turn a nice golden brown color :)

 Then, the best part- you get to eat them! I think we had about 16 successful tortilla's.  So so yummy with our fish, cabbage, guac & black beans!

 Daddy approved :)

Camping Trip Highlights

So many fun memories from our camping trip. Want to be sure to preserve them, hope to one day get them in a scrapbook!

The highlights:

Car Ride:

-2 pee stops for an hour and 20 minutes of driving.  AND we still had a pee pee accident

-"Big Mountains" everywhere. Izzy & Jessica both kept pointing them out. It reminded me of my youngest brother, Greg, pointing out every water tower he'd see when driving through Iowa

- We put on Jessica's Jams. A cd that we've had for Jessica for a few years.  Izzy started getting really upset in the back seat, and it literally took us 5 minutes to figure out she was saying: "Isabella's Songs"  So sweet! Made me realize we can't leave her out, got to treat the two girls equal. She's not a baby anymore!

-During the pit stops, daddy had to go, too (we pulled over on the highway, and used the portable potty for the girls).  The girls could not get over that Daddy pees in bushes!

Izzy was so excited to finally set up camp!

 The First Night

-Roasting hot dogs & marshmellows. They weren't a fan of the smoke (who can blame them?) and only lasted a few minutes before Daddy had to take over. Loved the messy faces after s'mores!

-Bedtime was much easier than we thought it would be! Both girls woke up in the middle of the night cold. So did mommy. We were better prepared for the next night

Jessica, Izzy, & Daddy roasted hot dogs!

 Jessica & Izzy doing dishes.  So cute!

 So excited to be making s'mores!

Mommy s'more ingredients

 Friday

-Izzy proved that is pretty much 95% potty trained.  We set up her little potty in a corner and she would go over there every time she had to pee.  Proving she is just a stinker and doesn't like to take herself to the potty at home.... 

-Taking the girls on a Nature hike! They learned about Mother Nature and had fun exploring

-Izzy requested blue chicken nuggets for dinner. Don't know where the "blue" came from, but it was pretty funny.  And we kept having to explain to the girls the only food we had was what we brought.

-Down time- Izzy took a long nap, Daddy & Jessica took a walk to the pond, mommy layed out in the sun! Then mommy showed Jessica how to make "fairy houses" that she loved making as a little girl.

-We brought the girls bikes, and learned that bike riding with the girls is a 2 parent job! But oh so fun :)

Daddy & his fancy french press coffee maker

 On our Nature Hike

 Love love love this candid moment I was able to capture. So precious

 Jessica's fairy house!

 Bike riding

 Friday Night
-Spagitti for dinner!

-We took an evening walk after dinner to see if we could find deer.  It turned into a photoshoot when Mommy realized how great the lighting was!

-Bedtime was even easier BUT when Izzy started whimpering at 2am we made it worse by talking to her too much, then she started screaming and the neighbors got annoyed so she ended up in the sleeping bag with daddy.... at least Jessica slept through the whole night!

Mmmmm psgetti!

 Evening walk- where Izzy had her first pee accident of the trip

 This was her "no I didn't" face when we called her out....

 Getting arsty with my s'more shot

 Messy, messy faces!

 All bundled up and ready for the cold/bed! 

 Saturday

- We packed up and said good bye to our super fun first family only vacation and camping trip.  Can't wait to camp at the beach in August!

After a night of sharing his sleeping bag with Izzy, he didn't get much space from her. 

Those girls love their Daddy!

 The view of San Diego county on our way back home