The Whiting Family

A few weeks ago we had our annual trip to Newport Beach with the Reynolds!

Teag was in the middle of training camp, so he couldn't be there, but everyone else made it.

We have been going my whole life, and everytime we do pretty much the same things. It is so much fun to be all together and I am so happy that we all love to be together as much as we do. I feel so lucky to have this time with my family and am so happy that Dallas loves it so much too!

FUN AT THE BEACH

We hit the beach almost every day we were there.

The kids love playing in the sand and waves, the guys love the water and football and the girls love watching it all while lounging, chatting and reading our gossip mags!

Dallas, Eliza, Alexa and Kira heading to the beach!
Lizy and Dallie

cutest Eliza

THE KID!!!

So a few Christmas's ago someone gave this white elephant: a red speedo with 'Newport 2007' on the back...

well, Jake changed it to '2009' and surprised us all by dropping his shorts to these little beauties!

We were all CRYING we were laughing so hard!

Josh and Jer

the little man was loving the boogie board, as long as it was on the sand and not in the water :)

Dad getting in his nap

Uncle Scottie playing with all the kiddos

Jer-Bear showing off some of his baseball skills

and the guys fighting for the catch

Dallas with cousins Ben, Alexa, Kira and Isaak

"BIG WAVES"!!!

Jay enjoying the sunset

we were so happy he was able to make it and stay the whole time!

THE FUN ZONE

(or "not-so fun zone" according to some... )

we hit the fun zone pretty much every day too!

we love walking just a few quick blocks for balboa bars, the arcades, a good diet coke, the cute candy store and the carousel and ferris wheel

oh, and we CAN'T forget dollar taco night!!!

Awwww! Dallas and Eliza stopping on the walk for a quick hug

Dallas and Uncle Scott loving the motorcycles

it was good to see that Jake hasn't lost his touch...
when he was just a little guy people would crowd around to watch him play because it was so amazing to watch this little kid make every basket and get the high score every time!

Dallas trying to follow Uncle Jakes lead

Dallas and Eliza trying to get in on the action on the arcades

Ben played this game with a wheel like on Price is Right

AND HIT THE JACK POT!!!

Benny with his 1,000 tickets!
He used his winnings to get a remote control helicopter

Dallas and his idol Isaak riding the carousel
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Isaak is such a good sport and so good to Dallas! Dallas is just a little obsessed with Isaak...he could be heard asking 'where Isaak go?' about 500 times a day.

Joosh and Lexie

it's great to see that Josh is still just a kid at heart, even though he is technically an adult now

Isaak hooked up to bungee cords and jumping on the tramp...

this little attraction is always a favorite!

the kids have a blast and the adults laugh our heads off at their expressions!

Alexa was the back-flip queen

we couldn't get enough of Keeks and her laugh while she was jumping

and Ben was just flying all over the place!

Dallas with cousins Ben and Isaak

Little Lizy pushing Dallas home after a long evening at the Fun Zone!

we just had to have a pic of Jer standing in line at 'dollar taco night'
Sorry Dad, but I don't think this is going to be a new tradition...

Mister LOVED riding the ferris wheel with me!
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FUN WITH GRANDMA

My mom is so fun and cute with her grandkids!
She and my Dad love taking them to get donuts in the morning, playing with them at the beach and she always has fun activities planned for them

Kira, Isaak, Kim and Alexa helping Grandma make her famous chocolate chip cookies

the kids doing a treasure hunt

Dallas and Eliza helped Grandma bury all the toys and treasures

Grandma and Aunt Steph having fun with the two little ones

the grandkids making t-shirts with Grandma

Dallie and Lizy helping make rice krispie treats...

such great helpers!

FASHION ISLAND

we love going to fashion island for a little shopping and lunch with the girls

and the pet store for the kiddos

Eliza was just a little unsure...

as soon as Dal saw the pug he ran over, got down and started yelling

"my Ruby!"

sad :(

the wild ones throwing about $20 worth of Grandma's coins into the fountain

we couldn't miss riding the horsies on the carousel

Uncle Jake having fun with Dallas at the Koi pond

THE DOT CUP

The guys always love to play some basketball in Newport. 3 years ago my Grandma Holt

(a.k.a. Dot) passed away while we were in Newport, so from then on the annual b-ball game was better known as 'The Dot Cup'
No one was quite sure how my mom would take it, so she didn't know the name of the game until this year...she thought it was a really cute and sweet tribute to her mom :)