Park of the week #14

This evening we headed to our last park of the week for the year.

We wanted to make sure our last park was a special one and it was!

Double Peak Park has one of the best views in north county. Breathtaking!

After we ate our dinner and took in the sights we walked down to the rock play structure.

Pros: The views!

Lots of hiking trails

Not well known, so it is quiet and peaceful

Cons: The excessive pda couple in their 50's... yuck. They made out the entire time we were eating our dinner

Only a small play structure. More of a hiking and exploring park

Lots of steep hills, not really a con but you have to be careful with little ones

This is a park that everyone should take the time and visit.

Even if you don't want to go hiking, there are some amazing views from the parking lots.

We had a wonderful time visiting all of the parks this summer.

Double Peak park was the perfect park to end our adventure with.

Happy Birthday Tía Lizzy!

We are pretty darn lucky to have you as our sister, Aunt and sister in law.

We love you lots!

Park of the week #13

This evening we headed to Knob Hill Park in San Marcos.

I never knew this little park existed until today.

It is right by Costco and Walmart on Nordahl.

When heading to Costco on Center Dr. you turn Right on to Avenida Ricardo between the apartments and the retirement home.

Douggie is always a good sport.

Funny that it was so much easier for Emma to climb in and out.

Pros: Such a quiet little park

Within walking distance from our house

Lots of things to play with for such a small park

Cons: No real bathrooms... only a port a potty

A popular park to walk dogs to. All were well behaved, but none were on leashes

Visiting this little park made me realize exactly why we started doing our park of the week trips.

It was such a fun little park, so close to our home and we never even knew about it.

Going to all of these parks has been so much fun these past two summers.

We have been to some old favorites and found some brand new favorites as well.

Looking forward to our last park of the week coming up.

JuJu and Emma had a sleepover.

Last night JuJu spent the night.

Ebit's birthday is coming up, so we watched their kiddo so that they could go shopping and out to dinner to celebrate.

When JuJu first got dropped off Emma was taking a nap.

Uncle Douggie thought of the perfect idea to keep JuJu entertained.

They took a little walk down the street to get the quad worked on.

Since riding it wouldn't have been the safest idea, Douggie pushed JuJu all the way there.

JuJu said he had a great time.

Then we watched a little tv, played and had Papa and Abuelita over for dinner.

And then got ready for bed.

This morning we got ready and met up with everyone at church.

Then came back to the house for a special birthday lunch for Ebit.

A visit with Brian and Matt

Friday night two of Doug's oldest friends flew in for a visit.

After Emma was asleep (and after a few beers) the guys decided to take the rhino for a ride around the neighborhood.

Then Saturday afternoon we went tail-gating for the WSU vs. SDSU game and met up with more cougar fans.

Anne, Douggie, Brix, Probst, then ? and ? followed by Matt way in the back, then Hiro and ? in the grey and finally Brian.

The ? guys I only met briefly so forgive me.

The first half of the game was great, but unfortunately the 2nd half was not so great.

Despite the disappointing loss, we still had a great time.

Today we headed to the Safari park (formerly the Wild Animal Park) with Brian and Harvey.

Then back to the house for nap time.

Emma wanted to make sure that Harvey was nice and cozy with her tiny doll blanket and her teddy bear. She is so thoughtful.

Brian just caught his flight home, but Harvey will be sticking around for a couple more days.

We have had a fun weekend with some really good friends.

A big thank you to Tía Lizzy, Tío Omar and JuJu for letting Emma stay the night with them while we were at the game.