While we were in San Diego, we went to the beach a few days. The water was a chilly 57 degrees, but the wet suits helped. About 10-12 dolphins were swimming and playing around us, nearly running into a few of us. They were catching the waves too! It was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.

Today was also Tyler’s first day at the beach! Tammy is such a good mom, and Shane is a wonderful dad. And of course, we are the best aunt and uncle! Ha! Check out the picture below. He spent most of the day with his hat pulled down sleeping in the sun. He is such a good baby . . . hardly ever cries!

San Diego has been great these last few days. Tammy and Shane are great parents and little Tyler is a lot fun. Shane and I went surfing this morning, he caught most of the waves but I managed to get a few as well. We were actually surfing with dolphins this morning, it was crazy. 6 or 7 of them were "riding" the waves that we were catching, one time coming within 20 feet of me! It was absolutely crazy as I was paddling out and they were coming towards me, one jumping out of the water really close! It was obvious they were having a great time, and we were too!

During the last week or so, Sara and I, with the big help of Shane Shepherd, changed the look of our kitchen! Below are two pics of the new look. We sanded, primed, and painted the cabinets, tore off the old backsplash and tiled it, installed additional lighting, and switched microwaves from the "counter" version to the "over the oven" version.
This is a closer look at the tile job. Shep did great work.