Weekend Sleepover with Cousin Isabel

It doesn't happen often enough with our schedule, but we do our best to find some time to have one of the Wirschem cousins sleepover at our house. We know it's tough on Leon's dad (Lee) to raise 4 kids (with Barbara's help), so to give them a break every once in a while is hopefully some kind of relief for them.

During President's Day weekend, we had Isabel (5 years old) stay over with us for 3 nights. Both Leyton and Lincoln love to play with Isabel. In fact, Isabel was one of the first names that Lincoln could say easily (he'd say it every time he saw her picture on our frig). The kids played in our yard most of the time, but we were able to get in an afternoon at the tide pools in La Jolla (just south of the Wedding Bowl where we got married). It was great for Isabel, since it was her first time ever to a tide pool. And Lincoln enjoyed it more this time since he is a very confident walker (and even runner at times). As for Leyton, he loves the tide pools and always wants to go back. Nothing too exciting discovered other than spotting a Garibaldi in some seaweed, but the kids still had fun.

We had dinner over at Linda's parent's house one evening and played around in their backyard. On President's Day, Leon, Leyton and some of Leon's co-worker friends met up at Lake Jennings (Lakeside, CA) for some early morning fishing. The rest of us met up with them for lunch by the lake. You can see some pictures of Leyton's big catch in the slide show on the right column of the blog.

Spring Break is coming up and maybe we'll be able to have some of the kids over for a short stay. Here are some pictures from Isabel's weekend with us, click on the link to enjoy!

Weekend with Cuz Isabel