Lance, Suzanne, & Ellie Cummard

This summer, my mom, sisters, & the kids spent a week at NEWPORT BEACH, CA.

We had so much fun....and I took way too many pics (Alisse, too).

We left early Saturday the 28th in 2 cars.

In my dads truck, Shalae & I had the youngest 3 kids. (plus, their babies)

The first day, it took us 2 HOURS to find parks for both cars. Once we parked, we all agreed that we were not moving the cars! - So, we walked, & walked, & walked (and sang as we walked...)
the kids rode scooters & we crashed at one of our MUSTS: MARIO'S!

Sunday morning, we RODE THE BUS...

to another MUST-

As always, it was fun! Although we wished we had a sitter, the kids were pretty good. They got rewarded with all the things we love to eat there, along with sunglasses, toys, etc!

We saw PLENTY of this from these 2 girls thw whole trip:

Speaking of 2 girls- OMG!

These 2 girls LOVED themselves! It was funny to watch them take a million pics (at different angles) OF THEMSELVES! SUCKING IN!!!

Monday, Monday! The glories day of BRAD being able to e-mail! My mom looks forward to reading these every Monday morning! (He is doing good! Check his blog for any updates.)

Roxy cracked us up.Since she looked so cute, she got loots of snaps from Aunts!

Alisse busted some SWEET moves with her handy camera!

HAnDstAnDs AnyOnE?? Ellie could not get enough since she had so much space on the sand.

The kids had a blast!

We stayed on 42nd St. Our cousin rented the downstairs of a house for the summer. Then, he let my mom know qbout the house & they figured something out...

Doug Stone said it perfectly : "Love Grows Best In Little Houses"!

It was a nice house, but it had the STRANGEST {MAZE/puzzle piece} you could imagine.

Just to explain a little:

* "The loft" was a a place for a twin matress with unsafe stairs.

* The HALLWAY was ALSO a BATHROOM!!!! We could barely pass each other in the hall! When it said it had a HALL-BATH- it really meant it!

GOOD TIMES!

Monday morning, Shalae & I were last to leave the house. There was a lady on the property that we figured was going to be staying upstairs?? She asked us if we were leaving & we told her "Yeah, we're going to the beach right now."

She said "Oh no. You guys have to leave today."

We told her that we just got here on Saturday & we were staying a week.

She started to be so rude to Shalae & I. She told us that we had to be out of the house by right away, because our cousin only had it through June & that the next morning she had people moving in. We went and grabbed our mom (who was on the way to the airport) & had her talk with her.

ANYWAY- she first told us that we had to be out by 9:00 AM the next morning & then changed her mind to MIDNIGHT.

We heard from neighbors that she was a loon & to ignore her... but she told us that she called the police & that if we didn't leave, she would put our names in a lawsuit, blah blah...

SO- my mom & cousin contacted Burr White Reality & in Auburns words

"we got upgraded to the RITZ"!!

So, Monday night we threw stuff in the truck & moved loads to our new home for the week! It was really nice. Closer to the sand, more rooms, the hall was not a bathroom, more beds & bathrooms. We would love to stay there again!

{Side note:The WIERD LYING LADY... (Her name was KAREN- we called her "CAR-N-JEAN". ..Thanks Roy D. Mercer) is going to be sued by our cousin from that drama plus PLENTY more.}

After dealing with Car-N-Jean, we could handle a few tantrums here & there by a 2 year old! (LOVE YA ROX! Ellie use to do the same thing!)

Our Cute Grandma- (Mary Riggs) stayed with the Goodmans about 8 blocks away.

X-BOX! Where would we (I mean the boys be) without it??

Tuesday, too many girls were sunburned, so I took all of the kids down to the ocean. We looked for sand crabs all day! Jaxen caught a HUGE CRAB & Ellie caught tons of BABIES!

YAHOO! Matching, and lots of it!

Tuesday night we went to
HUNTINGTON BEACH for SURF CITY NIGHT!
Lots of shopping & plenty of weird entertainment!

Grandma Vicki bribed the kids to be good & at the end the reward: BOUNCES!!

There were LOTS of people there. AND LOTS of SALES!
Have I mentioned that Roxy spots every dog in sight & has to go say HI? It is so cute!

After HB, we ate at another MUST: El Torito Grill! AMAZING! We love the fresh tortillas with their honey butter!! YUMMY!

Speaking of FATTY TOWN- the kids had a special delivery from their moms.
What's in the box???
DONUTS of course!

More matching & great weather!

Alisse was once again THE FUN AUNT & took Ellie & Noah on rides on the boogie boards! They loved it so much!

Wednesday night we went to more Fatty Town-

Thursday morning, we hooked up with Alma, Krista, (& eventually saw the rest of the fam.) to quickly shop BALBOA & the new Jacks.

P.S.-I love Balboa!

And Ellie loves to try on clothes, even if I tell her that I am not buying anything! She's so funny sometimes. We had some FAVORITE SUITS this year:

Yes, Krista & I were once again twins.. (well- I mean clothes-I wish I had her body!) Our moms just surprised us with these jackets! (THANKS MOM!)
AND- a NEW MUST- that I can not stop craving!!!! TUTI FRUITI. It is a brand new fozen yogurt shop on Balboa. I have never had anything like it. If anyone knows where to get some NonFat Vanilla frozen yogurt with fresh fruit (esp. blueberries) PLEASE let me know. I already scoped out Golden Spoon- and it's a NO!

POSER! Doing her infamous POSE!

We love LANCE... and we missed him TONS!

Thursday night we stayed at the beach until about 7:00 or 8:00. We played ball & had tons-o fun!
Well, except when Noah hit the ball so hard that it hit the pitcher in the head!
YIKES, that boy can swing! Noah felt so bad.

SUCH ATHLETES!!!

HA HA HA HA HA

{Notice Elle doing some kinda flip & just laying down in the sand..)

GOOD MORNING SUNSHINES!

Friday snuck up on us, & of course we took way too many pics!
Doodles looked DARLA, oops I mean darling.

The boys caught waves all day...

These 2 loved spending every minute together being in love!!

"A camera is out- Oh, hello!!!" - Ellie

Friday was so crazy there! It was the 4th of July & the party started early in the morning. We were dying at how many people were in the streets- ALL DAY.
IT WAS CRAZY!!!!
One more round of MARIO'S while we watched the CELEBRATION of FREEDOM in the streets.

Ah, the romance!

We were lucky enough to have "Pitures By Deb"... I mean "Pictures By Alisse" show her skills.

Pretty good, huh!

Ellie & Noah had fun at PROM.... Nice foot Ellie!

She even shot some great family shots before the sun was gone (at 8:00 pm).

We walked, or rode bikes or scotters down to Alma's for the fireworks.

Like I said- it was so crazy!!

The sand was packed that day, but JAM PACKED that night for the fireworks. Couples did not care that there were little kids right behind them- as you can see.