Ian and Grace had their birthday party 7/8/06. Five kids came and they had a fun time, we did lots of games and then decorated cupcakes. Justin and I were tired and glad when it was over!

Ian and Jack work on building their legos.

Another game, we had 3 sack races and Gracie won every time by a mile.

Ian wanted a kitty cake so I did my best. Grace wanted a mermaid cake, and I made that one about a week later.

Jackson takes a wack at it, finally it broke but he had to really whomp on it.

Ian hitting the pinata, it was really tough, each kid took 2 - 3 turns and still it didn't break.

They decorated cupcakes for one of their activities.

Jackson observing the balloon toss

They had an airplane race at their party...

Grace in her b-day outfit from Grandma

This is towards the end of the vacation, everyone is ready to go home!

Ian loved the sub

Here they are on a Russian sub, I got claustrophobic and had to get off.

We went to the Maritime Museum in San Diego, we got to tour 5 cool ships...

More hands on stuff...

We took the kids to SeaWorld - they had fun, this is Ian and Jackson touching the dolphin

Kids enjoyed the pool and hot tub at the hotel...

Gracie on the beach!

We took a vacation to the beach, we miss our Grandma and Grandpa's house!

We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn - South Carlsbad beach. It was a beautiful beach, and great for the kids.