Superheros and Princesses

Isn't it fun to be a kid! :) A preview of Halloween...

Belle and the Red Power Ranger.


Superman

Back to School: Preschool

Today was the first day of school for Katelyn and Blake. This is their second year of preschool at BUMPS and I think it is going to be a good year. Katelyn and Blake's teachers are Mrs. Debby and Mrs. Laura and they seemed to take to both really quick-- quiet a change from the first day last year! Neither had any issues saying good-bye to Steve or I and the reports that we got were both participated and did excellent! What happened to our little babies? sniff-sniff

Here are our little preschoolers.

Blake with his new teachers, Mrs. Debby and Mrs. Laura.

Katelyn with her new teachers.

Our preschoolers.

A Quick Getaway: San Diego

We decided to take a quick getaway to San Diego before the hustle and bustle of school and the fall/holiday season kicks in. We spent two days at the fabulous Paradise Point Resort and Spa on Mission Bay. We enjoyed a beautiful room and had a blast exploring the resorts grounds. They have a super cool pool, a light tower you can climb, putt-putt golf, bicycle rentals and lots of ponds with fish. The kids were thrilled!

The first day the kids convinced us to rent a 4-seater bicycle and had a blast riding around the resort. Honestly, Steve and I felt so dorky, but the kids were thrilled! Then we spent most of the afternoon hanging out by the pool. That night we were went to a San Diego Padres game and had awesome seats. The kids are quite the baseball fans these days and PetCo park is so cool (this was mine and the kids first visit there!). We watched the Padres beat the Giants 11-3.

The next day we woke up and had plans to go to Legoland. We had been waiting to make sure the kids were old enough and wow-- this place is SO cool. A bit expensive--but so cool. Both had a blast riding on the rides and checking out all the Lego stuff. Heck, Steve and I were in awe looking at all the buildings, rides and attractions! We had a first while we there-- Katelyn and Blake rode their first "big" roller coaster... FIVE times and haven't stopped talking about it! :)

After Legoland we made a quick stop at the outlet mall to stock up on some new fall clothes and then headed home. It was a quick, but fun trip.

Some pictures of our vacation...

This bridge is near the outdoor restaurant where we ate breakfast. It leads to the water at Mission Bay.

Nicole and Katelyn relaxing by the pond.

This was our bike. :) The kids LOVED this!!

Some pictures at the beautiful pool.


Blake and Steve at PetCo Park.

This is Steve and his new wife and family and me and my new husband and son. These were all constructed out of Legos!! So amazing!

The 'real' Trombly's at Legoland!

Blake and Katelyn with a tourist!

Steve being eaten by a shark.

All of us on "The Dragon." This was a bigger roller coaster and the kids were tall enough to ride. We went on it FIVE times!

I'm going to be an Aunt! UPDATE

It's a GIRL!! (Well, the doctor is 80 percent sure!)

I'm going to be an Aunt!

Scott and Courtney gave me a gift... a frame that had the saying, "I love my aunt" on it and announced that they are expecting and due in late February! But with only one baby... darn! ;)

Congratulation's Scott, Courtney and Travis!

We are so excited for you guys and can't wait to meet him/her.

Happy Labor Day

The dog days of summer are coming to an end (well, not really here in California!), but it seems once September hits, the kids go back to school and the rest of the year is history.

We spent the weekend recovering from our beach house vacation and enjoyed two nice BBQ's at the Constantino's and the Spinney's with yummy food, cool drinks and lots of laughs with the family.

I hope you all got to do the same! :) Happy Labor Day.

Here are Blake and Katelyn being goofy with their second cousins Paige and Aidan.