zernickow family: July 2011

Thanks to my wonderful Aunt, we were invited to go to Catalina and stay with her for a week! We had a blast! But there are so many fun stories...I will only share a few! SO it began with me taking just the girls in the beginning of the week and the boys met us over there on Friday. Avery had never been on a boat and let me tell you......she had no appreciation for this boat ride. The minute we walked on...dragging the luggage and holding her on my hip, she screamed in terror. Now this is nothing new for her. She does not like anything new and it takes her awhile to adapt...you remember our Sea World experience! Well I found that she was going to be a permanent fixture on my hip the entire 50 minute ride...and we were standing up the whole time! Whoa...needless to say when we arrived she was a happy little clam and enjoyed the whole week to its fullest! Katie and Kenadee spent the days in the water or walking around doing there own thing while Avery found some friends next to us that were there for the whole week and they played together everyday until I had to drag her from the beach. This left me and Aunt Sue on the beach to read and chat for hours on end! We have such a good time together...always fun and never a dull moment! We ate our nightly ice-cream on the wall watching people walk by and cracking jokes about our day. We played Bingo on the beach two nights and although we didn't win much...it was a great time!Aunt Sue bought this boat so that all the kids could use it instead of renting one. Uncle Dave spent a great deal of time trying to teach the girls had to row the darn thing...to no avail...we laughed as they went around in circles for quite a long time! But that was fun for them as well as floating on the inner tubes in the ocean! When the boys came over they stayed at the campground in a tent! Not my cup of tea...but it was a great experience for them. Bill and Bryce fished off the pier all 3 days catching fish left and right. Of course we could not have a trip without Bryce dropping his pole in the ocean off the pier...and yes our lifeguard friend dove to the bottom and retrieved it for him! I even fished with them for a few hours catching my own fair share of fish using organic frozen peas! We were able to take the kids to Antonios were Bill and I were engaged 15 years ago! Not before Bryce knocked an entire glass of water onto my lap...but it made for some good memories! I am so thankful for this trip...it was so much fun spending time with my Aunt and my cousin Katie. Hopefully there will be more trips like this one in the future!