Hanging out next to big Ben

Ladies Man

On our trip to the children's museum Pretend City in Irvine, Max was mostly interested in driving the cars and the girls were mostly interested in him.

Someone is 17-months going on 17-years old.

Mr. Sunshine

Happy (Twenty) Fourth of July

California Adventure

Max isn't even a year-and-a-half old yet and he's already a 2-time All-Star. Last year it was St. Louis followed by family time in Florida. This year it was one stop shopping in Orange County. The game was held in Anaheim and we followed that with five awesome days with my aunt Robin and cousin Lindsay down in Newport Beach.

Lindsay and Mark were on hand for the big game.

Max showcasing his baseball (or softball) skills to Hall of Famer Frank Robinson.

Max and my aunt Robin.

The splash table was a huge hit.

As were the awesome Newport Beach sunsets.

A visit to Pretend City helped bring out Max's inner-firefighter

Max's trip to Pretend City ended in the gift shop where unfortunately they don't take pretend money.

One of the biggest highlights of the trip was getting to meet Lindsay & Mark's son, Evan, who is ten days older than Max. It only took 24 hours for the two to become high-fivin' homies.

And Cheesy poof pals.

Day at the beach.

Day at the pool.

Picking the ponies.

OK, so the petting zoo was a hit on many levels. You had your rabbits...

Your goats...

And a pony ride.

Slurping down the goods at the Shake Shack

Not sure who had more fun, the boys or their grandmas

California Screamin'

Horsing around

Max relaxing

Taking daddy for a walk before work