We went to San Diego over the weekend, first and foremost for my dad’s cousin Dale’s funeral on Saturday. It was a sad occasion — he was a great guy — but it was nice to see some family members I haven’t seen in quite a while.
After that we went over to Grandpa Bill and Grandma Therese’s house where the boys swam … for about two hours. I took lots of pictures and video because I’m still amazed that they’re so comfortable in the pool sans swim vests. Of course, they’re cheating most of the time with paddle boards and/or flippers but I’m going to let that go. Here’s Finn getting a little help with the flippers from Grandma.
Bruce and Ezra did some racing. It’s hard to beat Ezra when he’s wearing flippers.
Here’s Finn laying out the rules for Grandma … and eventually doing a little swimming, too.
Ezra spent a lot of time diving for the orange shark. He mostly needed help but toward the end was doing a lot of it himself.
Despite the swimming bonanza, we also got to see Laura and her boyfriend, Eric, for a lovely grownups only dinner, while the boys got some extra grandma and grandpa time. On Sunday we headed to Peter and Kathy’s new house which was spectacular. The boys had a great time playing board games and reading books with Peter. They’ve really taken to him with our two recent visits.
Unfortunately we couldn’t stay longer but we fit in just about as much as we could in a short period of time.