End of Summer, Coldplay and Dodger Games

This is a little catch up from August!

Chase started preschool super early on August 16. He is doing two one day a week things. One at St. Andrew's by the Sea Church and another at Miss Julie's house. Next year I will put him in a three days a week program. It's just SO expensive here :(

We have been taking advantage of the beach since all the local kids are back in school! It is the best. And can you believe how many little friends my kids have!? That picture of all those kids at the beach is so crazy! And that is probably only half of the kids of all the LDS friends we have in San Clemente. 

We went to Coldplay at the Rosebowl last minute and it was so worth it! Hands down the best concert I have ever been to! We waited till the morning of and got $50 tickets on StubHub. We ended up sitting with my parents and their friends who had better seats and luckily some empty spots behind them. I was obsessed with Coldplay in high school and am still a loyal fan so I have always wanted to see them live!

Our Disneyland blackout dates stopped so we have been going again! We love to go Monday mornings with my sister Becca (her day-off). And my mother-in-law Christy came down to visit. We attempted the trolley ride again in Laguna and it was full when it came to our stop. Chase was so sad he almost cried. There is always next year!

We went to the Dodger game with our friends the Schmutzs. Casey's best friend Mason just moved out here from Texas and will be here for a year doing a Ophthalmology Fellowship. So we have been trying to hang out with them as much as possible! 

Cousin visits, Disneyland, Balboa Island and Train Rides

Last month Casey's sister and her family came down to visit and we went to California Adventure for the day. 

Chase loved being with his cousins!

We also went to Balboa Island with them. The kids loved the ferry and frozen bananas of course (we were on whole30 so we need to go back!). 

On President's Day we decided to take the train down to Old Town San Diego. I have been wanting to do this forever! It is a little tricky though because you have to drive to Oceanside and then hop on the train that takes you directly there. And working with train schedules with kids is kind of hard because if you miss your train you are stuck for two hours or more! 

We almost missed it coming back because we were eating at a sit down Mexican restaurant (but so worth it because i was amazing). 

We also stopped by the Mormon Battalion and let the kids mine for gold. Chase has a rock obsession so that was fun for him (plus its free!)

The weather has been oddly warm lately so we have been spending lots of our Saturdays at the beach. Our typical schedule is me doing pilates in the morning, then we grab breakfast and head to the beach till nap time. During naptime Casey will surf or I will run errands/get a pedicure and at night we either hang with friends or go out for dinner. Can't complain!

Life is good :)