Hello everyone, we hope this reaches you all in the olympic spirit! Saturday we headed to a beach called "ocean beach" which is a bit of a hippy beach, which of course was right up our alley. It was also a dog beach, and holly cow, their were more dogs than people!! Teag and Rry spent the majority of the time jumping the waves and making me anxious (because i swear i drowned in a previous life). They had so much fun.! We threw the football around and had some lunch, than headed home to have dinner. We had steak on the bbq and homemade potato wedges, it was a fabulous day! We all went to bed fairly early. The next morning was Valentines day, happy valentines day everyone! Mark and i were the first to wake up and than Aidan. He played cupid and brought the girls their chocolate. We all than got ready and went to "the livingroom" cafe for an all you can eat buffet. Than went back to that same beach, we also went to a garage sale right across from the beach. Rry got a few shirts and i got a great pair of Lucky jeans, Mark got some shorts, Brooklyn got a shirt, a pair of shorts, and a skirt and Aidan got a ball. Teag got to make a phone call from my cell phone. So we all got something that made us happy! The girls once more played in the water, our football was aggresivley pumled by a german sheaperd, but we played botchy ball instead. We went for a bike ride along the boardwalk and were all happy that it was sunny and warm. The waves were incredible, and the surfers were out. It was another great day. We came home and had spagetti and hit the sheets early again. My sleep has been splintered though, due to this cricket that has been lingering outside my bedroom door. He is so darn loud and is such a great hidder that i cannot find him. I am ready to become an American though and arm myself and shoot this small creature!! lol, just kidding. but he is obnocious really!

Today we went to a different beach in Coronado. What a beautiful little town Corondado is! We all just loved it. We went to the strand and Mark and i watched the kids play in the waves and than we checked out Imperial Beach. Than we went back to Corondado because the older girls wanted to do some shopping, we had some lunch and checked out he stores. Everyone dreamed about having a cruiser bike, we looked in the book store, Brooklyn got a puzzle, mom got a card (that she wants to frame) we picked up smashball to play at the beach, and Mark phoned the mechanic who is working on the motorhome and got some great news....apparently our oil cooler had a hole in it and the motorhome will be fixed tomorrow!! Mark is so happy and relieved and so are we. It means the show will go on so to speak, we will go and pick it up on Wednesday! Thank god! After that we all went down to the beach. Mark and i played smashball, the girls played in the surf, Aidan and Brooklyn fooled around in the shallow waters, and the dogs ran around. It was great.!! We stayed until the sun set....what a beautiful sunset it was. We are all pretty cashed tonight. Aidan passed out on the way home, we had some dinner and are all getting ready for bed.

I am so glad that things worked out with the motorhome, although i was optimistic anyways. I am just starting to really unwind and enjoy myself with my family. I feel so blessed to have my children and husband with me on this journey. Life never ceases to amaze me. It is the little things that always seem to matter the most. We are all getting used to dealing with each other 24/7 and although we have our different personalities, and our different quirks, we love each other, and it binds us together. You realize that no matter what happens you are in it together and you will get through it. I feel so proud of my children, they are so smart, and such troopers. This trip has allowed us to reconnect, for that i am greatful. We have many more adventures to come. Im sure it will be much like Disneyland, abit of a rollercoaster, but i can't wait.!!

Love all of us.

Sweet dreams.