Pop Pop's 71st birthday weekend

Grandpa James (aka Pop Pop) turned 71 on Saturday June 25th and we were glad to be able to celebrate it with him.  It was a beautiful San Diego day so we started off with a trip to the farmer's market in Little Italy, where Wyatt helped carry some onions we purchased.

In the afternoon, we went down to the bay to walk around and we went to see two Japanese Navy ships that were visiting.  Pop Pop was 1 year old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.  They have long been our allies but on his birthday it's another example about the amazing changes that a person can see in a lifetime.

That evening we went to a Padres game and had a blast hanging out on the hill in the park and watching the game.

Wyatt went out on the kids' diamond for a little while.  Hey slugger, don't get caught too far off the bag.

Uh oh, it looks like Wyatt wants to wrestle with Mommy a little bit...

...he is a tough one.

I must give Kelly credit on this photo because she told me to snap it and we love it.

Wyatt is either calling his home run shot in this photo (a la Babe Ruth), or saying it's time to go home.  Either way, Happy Birthday Pop Pop, thanks for sharing your day with us.  Look at that smile, I think he had a good day.

We are getting pumped up for the fair this weekend, just thinking of it reminds me of an all time favorite video clip.

On Sunday, we actually didn't make it to the fair because the traffic was crazy, but it was quite fortuitous because it gave us a chance to spend more time with the Kimnachs and my fraternity brother Mark Nevitt who was visiting from DC.  Nevdawg and Barr were a key part of my first San Diego family when I moved here 11 years ago and it was great to spend some time catching up.