Ashlyn woke up on the Fourth so bubbly and happy! (Meaning of course I had to get a photo of her in her 4th of July outfit before she spit up all over it)!
People keep asking how I get her to smile for the camera. And the truth is, really I don't! She's just so smiley and happy, especially when she wants to lay down and have "happy wiggle time". I just pull out my phone and talk to her and smile. She even laughs (but this picture is about as good of a laugh as I'll get, because when she laughs she tilts her head back and pictures get blurry).
Before going to the Beach House, we dropped the doggies off at "Doggy Camp" aka Mimi and Pappy's because the fence is being re-done at the Beach House so there's no way to keep them in. (So yes, Cole and Kensi were with Mimi and Pappy for fireworks, like they were last year, so we don't even know what they do about them).
They didn't mind hanging out at Mimi and Pappy's because their cousins Samson and Schatzi were there too! But we didn't tell them we were going to the beach...
We got to Cayucos too late for the parade, but just in time for Daddy's and their girls time!
And the rest of the day presented endless adorable photo opportunities of all the little girls (especially because no one likes to sleep at the Beach House)!
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| Drew & Aubrey, Tim & Ashlyn, Val & Bella |
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| Two babies smiling in one picture??? Seriously?!?! |
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| Bella, Aubrey (pulling hair), Ashlyn, Claira |
It was also Ashlyn's first day on the beach!!! It wasn't that nice of weather, so we didn't hang out down there, but we took her down to touch the water for the first time.
She wasn't too happy!
Before people started leaving we got a group picture of everyone there from community group. We're all so sad the Altenhofens are PCSing to Ohio at the beginning of August. :(
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| Jason, Tim, Ashlyn, Drew, Callen, Bella, Val Claira, Tara, Shelby, Aubrey, Carlene, Deanna |
Mom and Dad sent this picture to all their friends :)
The highlight of the Fourth (for the men) is not playing in the ocean all day, homemade root beer, homemade ice cream, tri tip, or even Carmel oatmeal bars, but going out in kayaks to watch the fireworks that are shot off the Cayucos pier. This is a "tradition" even though Tim and Drew only did it for the first time last year.
This year, Dad shared his kayak so Jason and Dan were able to go too, and they took hot chocolate and Carmel oatmeal bars to snack on too.
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| Tim and Drew taking their kayak down the stairs |
Unfortunately for the rest of us, it was foggy, so we couldn't really see the fireworks! Ashlyn decided she did NOT want to be held, so she lay on the picnic table during the fireworks. The noise didn't bother her either, she must be her Mommy and Daddy and Papa's girl!
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