We took our annual July trip with our dear friends, the Modugnos, to Ventura. I was a little worried about going with a 2-week old, while getting up to feed Jonah every 3 hours. I definitely felt the sleep deprivation but, to a certain degree, I got use to functioning on no sleep. The kids had a blast, as usual, and it was nice to escape the heat for 8 or 9 days!!!
Julia's favorite passtime was to fish for crabs in the channel behind the house. Here she is holding a container of crabs that she caught. Anytime I was looking for her, I would find her on the dock, alone, fishing! It was really cute!she named herself the "fishing artiste"....whatever that means!!!!
The kids had a blast jumping off the boat and the dock....
and swimming in the channel. they were a bit freaked out because of the squid and stingrays, as well as various unknown creatures, they had spotted in the channel.
The biggest milestone this trip was the fact that all 3 boys developed a love for surfing. Josh was taught to surf, and learned all in one day. The older boys had surfed before but always went out with dad. This trip, the boys would run up to the shore, from the water, grab surfboards and paddle out on their own. They would get small waves, would stand and fall, but they were doing it and loving it. they learned to paddle out, catch waves on their own and ride them in. It was tons of fun for them and for us to watch!!!
here's Jacob on his new board!
Josh loved Frank's foam long-board and was able to stand on every wave with it!
Here's Jeremy!
Here are all 7 kid on the 4th of July.....before we went out to dinner and watched the fireworks!
Just my family....Jonah's 1st 4th of July and 1st flag T-shirt!!!
One of the last days we were there, Mr. Modugno came up with his 3 nephews nd took all 10 kids out sailing for several hours. This is when they arrived back at the house. They had so much fun!!!
Jonah-on a boogie board at the beach!
Julia
Josh
Jacob
Jeremy
Julia is very serious about her fishing and stays out there all day....participating in every slimy detail.
Hard to see in this picture since it is out of focus, but Josh is holding his fishing pole with the bait end in my face!
Jumping into the channel off the sailboat
Santa Barbara Zoo! (We LOVE it there!)
Joshua surfing!
At Sharkys before fireworks on the 4th
Macaroni Grill for Nico's birthday
Silly boy....happy to be back at the beach!
As the boys got ready to go out in the water, Josh came running up from behind....."wait for me"!
Jeremy took his little sister out on the kayak! She got a bit nervous about tipping over.
Love that sweet smile from Julia! Here she is having fun on the sailboat.
Jonah is so sweet and enjoys being at the beach. Today he was wearing a cute little terry cloth cover-up that my mom bought him from Gap....not necessary but so sweet!
Love the above picture of Jeremy carrying his surfboard to meet up with his brother and friend.
I have pictures of josh and Julia like this when they were little. I love it. I love that they are buddies...even though they drive each other crazy sometimes!
Josh was excited to surf on his own again!
....and, he "ate it" a few times too! :)
Here's the whole group...Cervantes and Modugno kids....they have sure grown over the years...in number and in size!
Cervantes boys! ....I love how Jonah is looking at them
My sweet fam.....how they love the beach.
There go the boys.....wow....unbelieveable. Exciting to see them grow and so sad at the same time. How I wish I could freeze time....just for a little while.....
Julia's favorite passtime was to fish for crabs in the channel behind the house. Here she is holding a container of crabs that she caught. Anytime I was looking for her, I would find her on the dock, alone, fishing! It was really cute!she named herself the "fishing artiste"....whatever that means!!!!
The kids had a blast jumping off the boat and the dock....
and swimming in the channel. they were a bit freaked out because of the squid and stingrays, as well as various unknown creatures, they had spotted in the channel.
The biggest milestone this trip was the fact that all 3 boys developed a love for surfing. Josh was taught to surf, and learned all in one day. The older boys had surfed before but always went out with dad. This trip, the boys would run up to the shore, from the water, grab surfboards and paddle out on their own. They would get small waves, would stand and fall, but they were doing it and loving it. they learned to paddle out, catch waves on their own and ride them in. It was tons of fun for them and for us to watch!!!
here's Jacob on his new board!
Josh loved Frank's foam long-board and was able to stand on every wave with it!
Here's Jeremy!
One of the last days we were there, Mr. Modugno came up with his 3 nephews nd took all 10 kids out sailing for several hours. This is when they arrived back at the house. They had so much fun!!!
Jonah-on a boogie board at the beach!
Julia
Josh
Jacob
Jeremy
