The Arboretum!

One of the last things we did in Summer before Julie went back to School was go to the Arboretum! It was the first time for Cayden and I and it was pretty humid and hot (we had a lot of those days this Summer) but luckily it wasn't very sunny which helped a little and we still had a great time..

 

on the snakes head..

Our little runner..

Some really tall bamboo..

A really pretty waterfall..

Walking up along the waterfall..

Almost at the top!

At the top there was a really pretty pond..

whenever Cayden was out of the stroller he would always have to stop and smell the flowers..

There were these little huts the kids could go into..Cayden loved it..

We saw lots of peacocks which isn't really unusual for us since we see them almost every day but it was neat being able to get that close to them..

Chipwrecked and Pump it up!

Back in the beginning of August, Julie and I decided to try out one more of the Summer movies with Cayden. This particular day was showing Chipwrecked. Cayden probably ended up liking this movie the most out of the three he saw! He loved all of the singing and probably just enjoyed watching the Chipmunks.

 

Clifford wanted to join us at the movies..yep that's Clifford being thrown

After the movies we had our traditional lunch and Blimpies and headed over to Pump it up! We had never been and were excited to check it out, Cayden loved it!

Mommy and Cayden racing..

He kept running over to this arcade game which he never actually played, just loved turning the wheel and pretending to drive..

Cayden loved being on this big blob thing that was not stable at all..

as you can see..

Julie and I got a very good workout and it was a fun day out of the heat!!

Meeting Donald..

Several weeks ago Cayden and I met up with Amanda at Disneyland! While we were in California Adventure we happened to see Donald and stopped so Cayden could meet him..

 

We were also able to catch a little bit of a water show put on by Goofy himself..

I have been wanting to take Cayden to the Disney Jr. Live show for a while and luckily we were able to get into one..

They had Caydens favorites, little Einsteins and Mickey mouse clubhouse. It was very interactive but Cayden wouldn't do any of the stuff all the kids were asked to do but I still think he liked it..

Cayden catching the Gold A Bloons that were floating all around from the ceiling..

We had a great time =)

Travel Town!

While my sister was still on Summer break we took Cayden to Travel Town! My Dad took us there a few times growing up which I hardly remember. I was excited to take Cayden though knowing how much he loves Trains and had been waiting for months to take the trip!

 

It was really neat to see all of the old trains, and crazy how big they are!

Cayden loved this old Fire truck and wanted to see it over and over..

Ringing the bell!

We went into the gift shop and they had a little train set to play with which Cayden was excited about..

We also took the train ride around the park which was cute...Cayden loved the train I got him..

After we left we went over to check out Griffith park which had another train ride which we didn't pass up =) It was a fun day!

Mike's Big 27!

Mike's Birthday was back on July 22nd and we had such a great weekend celebrating it! Mike was out of town for five weeks for training but luckily was able to come home on the weekends. Cayden and I picked him up from the airport on Friday and went to Outback for Dinner..

Another thing we did was go to Catalina! We heard about all the free stuff you can get when you go on your Birthday so we left Cayden home with Grammy and off we went! One of the Birthday perks is a free boat ride there and back..

We took advantage of another freebie which was a free meal for lunch..we had delicious buffalo burgers

The restaurant had a pretty patio and there was also a helicopter landing literally right next to it as well so it was fun to be that close to a helicopter land.

We did a lot of walking that day and went through a lot of the shops and of course had to get a free Birthday gift from one of the stores which was a fortune bracelet. I sported it for Mike and he got "health" as his fortune..

Mike took advantage of a free ice cream as well =)

My brother has been living there for a couple months now and had never stepped foot on the pier! So we of course had to document the first step =)

There was a random guy who loves snakes that lives there..

My brother knows a guy who has lived on the Island for a long time and knows a lot of fun facts and was pretty hilarious..he was kind enough to take us on a tour of the Island in his golf cart..

The golf cart "broke down" so they made Mike push it =)

 

 

 It was really fun to see the other side of Catalina..it was like we were on a whole knew island..

For dinner we ate at the Lobster Trap and had yet another delicious meal!

Sadly we had to leave but had such a fun day hanging out and relaxing and eating too much..it was starting to get pretty cold and I knew I was going to be freezing on the way home so I splurged and got this..

And we were able to see this the majority of the ride back =)

Mike took Monday off and we headed to Disneyland! We had heard good things about an all you can eat BBQ place so we decided since it was a special occasion we would try it out.

The food was really good  and we stuffed ourselves..Cayden was loving the cornbread..

Such a goof ball..

There is a petting zoo area right next to it so we took Cayden over to play with the animals..

After our food settled we headed over to the T-cups which Cayden loves to go on with Daddy..