June Snapshots

Summer Goals

Ben: To be a little bit lazy every single day of summer.

Clara: To have a good day every day of summer.

Two kids and two jobs meant for creative planning so that we all had a good summer. Santa Barbara has incredible camps for kids so we created a plan of camp every other week, the best babysitter ever (we love you, Lauren!), and Leah working some days from home.

June also began with a “bucket list” of adventures big and small we wanted to have over the summer. Match all of that with a constant stream of friends and family coming through the best city in California (in our humble, but pretty spot on opinion) we became expert jugglers—and admittedly, sometimes one of those balls in the air took the shape of a cold Corona. Hey, it’s summer.

Birthday celebration for Fuzzy.

Releasing balloons for Grace’s birthday.

Celebrating our favorite Dad.

Pop Pop comes to town!

Westmont Sports Camp, a new generation of Warriors! Ben wants to go to Westmont, Clara might want to be in New York, San Francisco or Paris— she's still deciding.

Checking out the floats for the Solstice Parade.

On the night of the super moon we concocted a plan to do a surprise wake-up of the kids at about 10:00 pm and take them down to the beach to see this natural wonder. When we went to get the kids, they thought we were crazy and weren’t happy campers.

Leah had made fresh chocolate chip cookies, hoping to ease the pain with some warm, gooey goodness. By the time we were down at the beach (it was incredible- the bright moon reflecting in the wild waves)  with cookies in hand, Clara came around, but Ben was our grumpy old man, “Can you please just take me back to my bed?” In the morning all was forgiven and all admitted it was a magical memory.

Another fun Concert in the Park with Carrie & Co.

Cousin time! We finally got to meet sweet Katie— the girls instantly bonded.

We hope you’re making some magical memories, being a little lazy every day, having fun and popping a couple cold ones (sippy cup, sweet tea, beer or margarita...it's your choice).