July 20-22, 2012: A Family Stay-cation!

Grant and I have always talked about how amazing it would be to take time off work, and do a stay-cation.  This weekend, we finally did it!  We both took Friday off and had a wonderful three-day weekend staying local, enjoying the weather, and relaxing.

On Friday, July 20, Harry turned 7 years old!!!  We cannot believe that we've had this little (BIG) guy for 7 years already.  He is such a joy to have in our family.  We celebrated the day by having a picnic and taking a family hike at Foothills Park in Palo Alto.  We feel so lucky to have this great park so close to where we live.  Harry enjoyed time off-leash running up and down the trails, and Ellie enjoyed a terrific slumber riding on Daddy's back.

We came back to the house after our hike and, to our surprise, a birthday package had arrived for Harry (and Ginny) from Grandma!  The doggies went crazy opening up their package, and we let them enjoy their big bones right away.  Thank you, Grandma!!!

 We continued our fun on Saturday by taking Ellie to a great community pool at Rinconada Park.  This place was awesome!  There is a "beach" for infants to roll and crawl around in, there are stationary water bikes that spray water in the air when you pedal -- it's like Disneyland for kids!  Ellie had fun splashing around with Mommy and Daddy, and playing "Ring Around the Rosy" and "Motor Boat" in the pool.  She even went all the way under water 2-3 times without crying!  She's going to be a natural water-baby.

Sunday was the perfect end to our family weekend.  We watched the British Open golf tournament (well, Grant watched, while Ellie and I slept), we did some gardening, took a trip to Target, played with bubbles, and took a 6 mile family run.  We love summer!