California 2012: Random Pics

This was the backyard at the house we rented.  It was gorgeous!

We also had our very own lime tree.

Lunch with Grandpa at the American Legion.

Thatcher made a claw with straws and he was tickeling Lincoln with the other hand.

My sweet boy.

Harrison getting into the Disney bags.  He must have know one of them was for him.

Lincoln with his new Mickey Mouse cup.

The view from our front porch.  This house was so nice and cheaper than staying at a hotel.  It was a great set up for us.  There were three bedrooms and two baths.  The living room, dining room and kitchen were all pretty good sizes.  I really loved the fact that there was a washer and dryer so I didn't have to go home with a ton of dirty clothes.

California 2012: Chargers vs. Falcons

When Christian and I decided to get Falcons season tickets in 2009 we also decided to try to go to an away game every year.  This actually wasn't decided until the end of the 2009 season because I didn't really think I would like going to the games.  Turns out that I love it!  Anyways, we haven't made it to one every year but year before last we went to the Browns vs. Falcons game in 2010.  We didn't make it to an away game last year since we had a newborn.  We did good to make it the the home games.  Originally the Chargers were suppose to be coming to the Dome but somehow the NFL switched it around.  We were dying to go back to California so we just planned it around the football game.  Christian's California family are big Chargers fans so that made it perfect.  As soon as the NFL released the schedule we made plans for sunny San Diego.  I am getting pretty spoiled to having a dome and I think every should have one.

Me and the hubbs in front of Qualcomm Stadium.

9/23/2012

Whit, Rosa & I

Funny Story...The girl in the middle is named Alaney and I kept wanting to call her Alana because I thought she looked like the girl from Smallville.  The girl on the right hand side is Katie.  I swear when Rosa introduced me to her she said her name was Haiti.  I thought that was kind of an odd name but hello my name is Matisha so who am I to judge.  I called her Haiti for most of the day until someone else finally corrected me.  I felt awful!

Clent, Ted (David's Dad) and James

James is Christian's cousin that lives in Las Vegas.  He made a special trip to California just to meet us.  He hasn't been to California is several years.

Katie (not Haiti)

Ready to head to the game!

If you have ever seen the movie Anchorman you understand.

My love

Ted & James

Whitney's smile cracks me up!  I'm not sure why she was chessin' so big.

Thankfully the Falcons pulled off a win!  The final score was 27-3 Falcons.

California 2012: Safari Park

Last year when we went to San Diego we (as in Christian) was under the impression that the Safari Park was just a safari ride like it was when he can 15 years prior.  We got to the park about an hour and a half before it closed at 5pm.  All we really had time to do was ride the safari ride and leave.  This year I really wanted to explore more of the park.  The plan was to get up Saturday morning and head over to the park before it got too hot.  Things did not go as planned!  Everyone was exhausted was staying up so late the night before so they all wanted to sleep late.  I was up because there we kids to take care of.  Lincoln went and laid back down with Grammy and went back to sleep but Harrison and Thatcher were ready to go.  Finally, about 11am everyone got up and started getting ready.  When we finally made it to the park it was blazing hot.  Maybe not as hot as it has been in GA but very hot for San Diego.

Lincoln is already over it and we just got there.

I loved that they had neat little spots to get your picture made.

Both boys loved the flamingos

Family pic on the Rino

How cute are these three?

Whit was feeling a little rough.

There is a tiger in there somewhere.

There was a little water place for children to cool off.  Both my boys love water so of course they had a blast.

Lincoln had a meltdown when we had to leave the water part.

big mama lion

on the left side in the middle is the Daddy lion

Behind the boys is where the safari ride is that we didn't get to take.  It was hot and we were all tired so we left after a couple of hours.  I was afraid the boys were getting too much sun and I forgot the sunscreen at the house. (I know, Mom of the Year) I had put some on Harrison before we left the house but he is really pale and his skin started looking a little red.

The biggest frog I have ever seen.  Can you imagine the warts you would get if this bad boy peed on you?

Once, we left the Safari park we headed to my favorite place to eat.  This hooters has an amazing view of San Diego plus the hot wings are yummy!

Harrison eating everything in site.  Lincoln enjoyed some cheesecake with Aunt Whitney.