Mom, Chellese, and a caterpillar come to visit

On the morning I was getting ready for my mom and Chellese to come and visit, I was out tending to my garden when I realized that about half of one of my tomato plants leaves had been eaten. Well, this was the culprit! Luckily I found it in time and my plant recovered. Mason loved playing with the squishy caterpillar and thought it was the coolest thing ever...a little scary...but awesome!

Where's the caterpillar?Oh, there it is!

After the yard was put together, we headed back inside for some lunch. We'd had spaghetti the night before, so of course leftovers would be on the menu.

The spaghetti aftermath! I know my child looks like he's in his diaper 90% of the time. Well, I'd rather get spaghetti sauce off of him rather than stains out of his clothes :)

Then the watermelon...I'll never let him have more than two pieces again. We paid for that for a a week.

That evening they finally arrived! We kicked off their stay with a trip to the O.B. Street Fair/Farmers Market. Mom bought some little summer squash to have with our steaks for dinner that night. Mmmmm...

The next day we headed to the Zoo. Mom hadn't been there since she was a kid, and I hadn't been there in a while so we were all looking forward to it.

You can't really see them, but there are hippos right behind them.

Chellese got picked as a volunteer to help with the Dr. Zoolittle program. Mason was terrified of that big orange tiger. We had to stand clear to the back so he wouldn't scream. Mason's favorite animals were the giraffes! Probably because they were so close up and BIG!

We also spent a day at the beach. Last year when Chellese was out here she tried boogie boarding and surfing. She did alright then, but this time she really picked up on it and was doing so well! She kept going farther and farther out. I was afraid that she was going to get wrecked by a wave, but she kept her ground-thank goodness! Mom even watched Mase for a bit while Bowen and I went surfing together. That doesn't happen too much so it was a lot of fun!

Mother daughter beach shot! Cute little sis!

All to soon mom had to head back to Utah. Chellese, on the other hand, stayed with us for another week and a half. It was so much fun to have my little sister here. It was sure nice to have and extra set of hands to help out. We went for lots of walks around PB (she did not like those to much) and of course got some Yogurtland (which she loved)!

We even made it down to Seaport Village. I'd never been there so it was a treat for both of us. Chellese found some presents for her friends, a postcard to send home, and we bought some delicious cookies to snack on while we walked around. This pic is right on the boardwalk and you can see the Coronado bridge in the background.There was a guy there with all of his birds and parrots just hanging out. For a little donation you could get your picture taken with them. Obviously she thought it was pretty cool.

I had won 2 tickets to Seaworld the week before. Mo LOVES Seaworld, so it was the perfect opportunity to go. Plus, it was FREE! woot woot!

Mason was thoroughly excited to wear his hat...can you tell?

We went to most of the shows, which are all so good. I love SeaWorld! This is us sitting in the soak zone for the Shamu show Believe. As you can tell, we are well prepared with our swimsuits on! Another cool thing for the littler kids is the Bay of Play there at Seaworld. It's Sesame Street themed so that's a bonus. When I found out we could take pictures the characters we had to go! Mason LOOOOVES Elmo but calls him Oh Oh. When he saw Oh Oh, he got soooo excited! He couldn't believe that Elmo was actually right there in front of him! He was giving him hugs and kisses, poking his big orange nose, and playing peek-a-boo! We could've stayed there all day just doing that and Mason wouldn't have cared.

There were some fun house mirrors just randomly placed on the sidewalk. Mason did not like them at all!

Looks like the Flamingos were excited to see Chellese

The last day she was here we were packing and getting ready to head to Utah. I had some friends that were getting married one week after the other, so it was the perfect excuse to come out! Hopefully Mom and Chellese had a good time while they were here. We sure did!