Vacation From Mom & Dad

While Robert and I went on a vacation, the kids all took turns staying with their Aunt Suzanne and with Grandma Linda. They had a great time in Palm Desert. We're so grateful that they would watch the kids. The kids loved their vacation from us. :) 

The big kids did an Apple Camp at the Apple Store. Bruce made a movie and Linda and Jane made books. Robert and I were able to see the finished product on their last day.

 Bruce's movie was cool. He used miniatures to create a movie.

 Jane's presentation was on sports.

 Linda's was on a story about a girl coming to the United States.

Claire did Shark Week camp at the gymnastics school.

They also went to a movie, the girls each did a gymnastics class, they were able to go swimming, and have a lot of fun.

They had a great time. 

Claire's 7th Birthday!

Claire turned 7 years old on July 9th. We had a fun party with some family and a couple friends to celebrate. Claire had such a fun time playing with everyone. She had an owl themed party. She loved each of her gifts and hugged me after the party and said, "Thanks for  great day, Mom." 

 They spelled her name wrong on the cake. :)

Linda headed up the fishing station. Jane was in charge of the kids jumping on the trampoline with balloons on it, and Claire was thrilled to finally have a pinata at her party!

We love Claire very much. She is a a happy person that finds joy in every situation. It's hard to believe that our youngest is 7!

4th of July

We had such a fun time over the 4th of July weekend. Including us, there were 15 people staying at our house. It was so fun. We had my mom here, Jill's family, and Suzanne's family. 

Bruce camped out on the trampoline with Brodey and Sayre.

 The rest of us had beds and air mattresses in the house.

We had fun playing at the beach on the 4th. We got there before the crowds got too bad.

We spent the afternoon at a park in San Marcos eating snacks and playing games while we waited for the fireworks. We made a lot of good memories. We love having family around.

Thompson Children 2015

Family Pictures 2015

We had some family pictures taken at the Oceanside Harbor. Here are some of our favorites.

So Far This Summer...

We haven't had any major events so far this summer, but we've been enjoying our time out of school and have managed to have a lot of fun. We've been busy at birthday parties, the beach, swimming, reading programs, volunteering at the school garden, having visitors from out of town, play dates, and doing some fun things. Here are a few pictures. We have a lot of summer events coming up that we're looking forward to!