Happy Easter!

We had a few visitors this Easter - Poppy, BB, and the Easter Bunny. Poppy and BB flew in from VA on Thursday and LC has been eating up the attention (spoiled!). Yesterday, we visited an Aquarium in La Jolla and Leyton enjoyed looking at all the fish, sharks, sea horses and other sea creatures. We have had a beautiful weekend of sunshine and mid-70 degree temps. Not too shabby for Easter weekend. Here are some photos from this weekend:

 Poppy, BB, LC and Shannon checking out one of the many tanks. 

 This was one of the largest tanks they had. The fish in here were larger then Leyton!

The cove in La Jolla, CA

 Poppy, BB, and LC

 A lot of surfers were out hangin' ten in the chilly Pacific Ocean.

 BB and LC checking out the tidepools. You were allowed to touch the sea urchins, star fish and other creatures, but LC wasnt feeling adventurous. 

 Here is Shannon debating what to do with her dwindling stock portfolio.

 These were grey whale statues as you entered the aquarium. LC recently learned how to make whale noises so as soon as she saw these whales, she started to make the sounds. 

 The Easter bunny also visited us this weekend! He left LC's goodies on the table and as soon as LC got eyes on her goodies and her Hello Kitty bubble machine, she was immediately filled with excitement

 Here she is checking out her Easter basket and the Hello Kitty bubble machine.

 She still doenst know what to think of the bubble machine. It makes scary noises. The apple looking device is the bubble solution. She likes this much better then the actual bubble maker.

 She also received some yummy yogurt bar snacks and some booty cream. 

 Last but not least, she received some socks.

 Here she is showing off her loot to Scout.

About a week and a half ago, I flew up to NY to pick up another one of our new helo's from the Lockheed Martin plant in Owego. We had great flights back to San Diego and made some good stops along the way - Washington DC, Charleston SC, Biloxi MS, San Antonio TX, and Tucson AZ. 

 Here is the brand new MH-60R, side number 167008, waiting for us to take her. She had about 16 total flight hours on her when we accepted it. Once again, I signed for this $36 million dollar machine. What is the Navy thinking?

Here was my crew. My co-pilot was Brendan Negle, who was a classmate of mine at VT. Brendan, Myself, and another one of our VT classmates are all now in the same squadron. Crazy, and goes to show what a small community the Navy is. 

In other news, Shannon, LC, and myself are pleased to announce that Baby C 2.0 is baking in the oven. We went to the Dr. office for an ultrasound last week to see how things are going and check up on him/her. Baby C 2.0 was very fidgety and active, making the technician work hard to get her required images and measurements. The due date they gave us is 13 Sep and we are not going to find out what gender Baby C 2.0 is until he/she is born. So far, things are going well and we are excited to share this news with you. 

 Allow us to introduce you to Baby C 2.0. 

 Baby C 2.0's big foot. Stinky!

Baby C 2.0's leg, calf and foot. 


Happy Easter everyone. God Bless and take care!