nephew time!

my nephew curran came to san diego with us and we spent a week having fun! it was so good to get to spend some quality time together. i adore this kid and he is growing up so fast. he is going into 7th grade, playing football and text messaging his friends! here are some highlights of our week:

soak city water park...so fun!


a day at california adventure (curran likes this park better than disneyland, so we just did this one!) kim knew we were going and decided to ask for the day off of work to come along! thanks for coming nimmer, it was so much fun to have you!


california screamin'...the best rollercoaster ever!


curran loves goofy ;)


more hat shop fun...i think we are pretty cute minnies :)


no comment...he's special ;)


me and uncle matt with meister


a refreshing adult beverage on a hot day


aaaaaand a refreshing treat!


the new toy story ride is awesome-so fun! it is 4-D and you get to rack up points by shooting at things...hard to explain, but go on the ride next time you are there! matt and i have a silly picture similar to this from disneyland about 4 years ago when we were dating!


meister and i being goofy waiting to go on the ride


belmont park at mission beach

(*please note, although curran's outfit is exactly the same in these pictures...this was not all done in one day! he put the same new outfit on again)

the bumper cars!


air hockey...i pulled off a win by a narrow margin


curran on some crazy spinning ride...no thanks!


mission beach


we went to our neighbor's house (who also happens to be my old student, jessica--on drums) and played some rock band. curran is awesome on the guitar! it was super fun! i got the hang of the drums and matt was amazing on the vocals :)


we put him on a plane back to portland on saturday. it was so much fun to have one on one time with curran, and i hope it isn't too long until we get to do it again. love you meister!