Lombardi/Burroughs/Vorhees Pictures at the Beach

While in San Diego this summer, Grace arranged for a professional photographer to take some photos at the beach. There are a lot of photos in this photostream, and there are some really great ones of everyone.

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Pictures from 2007

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Hermosa Beach

Our "big" vacation ended with a couple of days in Hermosa Beach. We stayed at a beach house, one block from the Strand and everyone had a great time in the water, riding bikes and enjoying the big beaches in Southern California.

Quinn learned to bodysurf and Reese built sandcastles. Cousin Like the true Southern California boy he is, Jake enjoyed the sand and surf.

More pictures at the beach

American Girl Store in LA

After Disneyland, we headed to Hermosa Beach for 4 days. On the first day, the girls headed out to the American Girl store in LA. The girls did chores for 2 months so that they could save up enough money to buy their 2nd American Girl doll.

Quinn got the Jessie, this year's "doll of the year," and Reese got a "just like me" doll. Their dolls were definitely the toys that they played with all summer!

More shots at the American Girl store

Disneyland Trip

Our "big" summer trip included a stop at 2 day stop at Disneyland with the Vorhees (Tommy, Grace and Jake) and Grandma and Papa. The last time we were at Disneyland was 2 years ago, so the girls definitely enjoyed different aspects this time around.

Quinn was very interested in going on "big kid" rides . . . she pretty much went on every big ride, including Splash Mountain (twice), Indian Jones, Space Mountain and a couple of roller coasters.

Reese's favorite rides were Its a Small World and The Winnie the Pooh ride. We split up a bit so that everyone got to enjoy their rides. It was a tiring two days, but the kids had a great time.

When you have some time, check out our photo album from Disneyland, it has 79 shots from our 2 days at the park. Lots of fun!

Father's Day Hike

We celebrated Father's Day with Aunt Ally and Uncle Steve Pfaffle by taking a hike up to the Pleasanton Ridge. It was pretty hot, but Quinn did a great job hanging in there (Reese decided to stay home with Grandma).

Later that day, we caught up with Uncle David and Aunt Julia for a BBQ at the Benjamin's.

More shots of the hike at the Pleasanton Ridge

Quinn's Rumpus in the Rainforest

Quinn's 1st grade recital was the Rumpus in the Rainforest. Didn't get a lot of great shots, but here is a picture of Quinn and her good friend, Julia Wood.

See some more shots of Quinn and her friends at the recital

Reese Preschool Musical

Reese concluded her preschool career with a musical that celebrated Mother's and Father's Day. The kids sang music from around the world.

Reese has turned into quite a performer and she even got to play the drums! She really enjoyed herself and we are very proud of how she grew in her last year at preschool. To think, at the beginning of the year, she didn't recognize any of the letters of the alphabet. At the end of the year, she was reading where Quinn was at the end of Kindergarten! She grew up a lot this year and is looking forward to Kindergarten

More shots of Reese and her classmates at the musical

Quinn Dance Recital

Quinn did a fabulous job at her dance recital this year. Quinn changed to jazz class this year and she did very well in jazz. Quinn has great balance and excellent attention to detail . . . she was asked to join the advanced dance class, which dances each year at Disneyland, but the time commitment was too much.

Some more pictures of Quinn looking like a dancer!

Reese Dance Recital

Reese really enjoyed her dance class this year, and it was all topped off with a recital in Livermore. Reese did an excellent job at the rectial - she was line leader and didn't miss a step!

Reese had a full house . . . Grammy, Pappap, Grandma, Papa, Aunt Bonnie, Uncle John, GG Janice all made special appearances.

Afterwards, we all went out to dinner at Uncle Yu's followed by ice cream cake at our house.
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