Ladd Photos

Gavin wanted to see the polar bear for his birthday. We saw some other animals and bears while we were hiking to the back of the zoo where the polar bears live.

Gavin wanted to eat his favorite food, pizza, for his birthday. So we had everyone over to La Bella’s for pizza and games. Gavin discovered his love of air hockey. He also loved his Dodger birthday cake.

Connor practicing at being a ninja.

We kicked off the day by opening presents in the morning. Connor is really into Mickey Mouse so he was excited to get lots of fun stuff with Mickey on it.

Next we went to the San Diego Zoo. Connor requested to see bears, so we checked out the panda and black bears.

We finished off the night with birthday cupcakes. We weren’t sure he would like them (our boys don’t eat much sweets) but he ate 2 of them. He was exhausted at the end of the day so he did his birthday right.

We took a stroll around the San Diego Zoo to check out the newly opened Australian Outback exhibit. We said hi to some of our favorite animal friends while we were at it.

Our friend Jennifer Weaver talked a bunch of her friends into trying one of her favorite hobbies for her birthday party: rock climbing. I’m surprised I actually made it to the top without having a heart attack. It was a blast!

Checking out some animals at the San Diego County Fair. The heat and the stink of animal poo almost made me think I was back in Bakersfield.

Back in Bakersfield for a very hot 4th of July. The heat at 9pm (still over 100 degrees) and the smoke from the fireworks were not a nice combo.

My two boys, little brother and little sister had a blast in Grandma’s inflatable pool.

We took the boys to the San Diego Botanic Garden to check out the Insect Festival. There were big lizards, tiny bugs and beautiful plants all around.

The boys love going to Westfield UTC, a local mall close by in La Jolla. The shopping center has a great playground for little kids.