Last Days of Summer

We headed down to San Diego for our last getaway before school starts. The kids did so much in the five days we were there. Started off playing at Mission Bay Park...

It was really warm, getting a nice cool down...

Allied Gardens Pool. The kids sure love the pool...

Teru and Takeru

Mission Bay

Portraits from the Picture People (thanks Karen for the coupon :) )

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil...

Awwww...how cute!

Bahia Point...Sage getting suplexed by Teru.

Playing with Kaichi. Our family has been friends with his dad since I was in elementary school. He came to visit from Japan for a week.

Ate lunch at the famous Tommy Burgers...I think the kids prefer a regular ol' hamburger...

Playing basketball at the Rec center.

La Jolla Shores

Abby and Takeru collecting shells...

Yamamoto-san and his son, Kaichi. He is 11-yrs. old, just the right age for our kids to play together. He was such a crackup, the kids just couldn't stop laughing...

Takeru making sandballs to throw at his dad...

Arm wrestling tournament...

A group picture on the stairs in my dad's backyard. This is the place where we always take pictures. When I look back at old pictures, I can see the bushes on the side getting bigger...

It was really nice to see Yamamoto-san again. Last time was 9 years ago when Emi was a baby. I'm glad the kids all had fun together. Sage was really happy to play with a boy. It was like having an older brother for a few days. A nice end to a pretty active summer break. Pretty soon, back to hectic school days...