The Lenning Family: San Diego Trip: A Very Special Surprise For Us

Surprise, surprise, surprise indeed to wake up on one of our mornings (towards end of trip) and to get a phone call from my sister (who is suppose to be in Phoenix) telling us to look out the window towards the beach...only to find the entire Stein family standing there with a SURPRISE sign!!! :)))) Best surprise ever for sure and I can't believe my sister pulled it off despite my many phone calls begging them to come visit us while in San Diego. There surprise visit made this entire trip that much more special and exciting..I didn't expect to see them and wow, pure happiness! Lucas and Sam were thrilled to see Jillian and Ethan as all of us were. We had a great time hanging out at the beach and just relaxing with each other. We also got to celebrate Jillian's 8th Birthday, which was extra special for all of us. I will never forgot this visit from my sister and her family, it was so much fun! Hope they know, it might now be expected each summer, ha! Below are a ton of pictures of all of us hanging out. Thanks again Jen, Aaron, Jillian and Ethan...we love you all soooo very much!

Love these ladies! :)

All the cousins together...pure happiness! :)

Best surprise ever...seeing this girl, best sister in the world! :)

I think Grammy and Papa were in heaven too, having all the grandkiddos together.

Some giant hula hoops on the boardwalk that the kids got to play with.

Cousins chilling together!

The beach is so much more fun with cousins together.

My beautiful niece...love her!

Uncle Aaron burring some kids. :)

Everybody loves to swim with Grammy and she loves the pool. :)

In the Lifeguard truck...once our cousins arrived, Uncle Ric was once again very sweet and let them too have a ride on the boats and tour of the headquarters.