Our Adventures in California

We finally made it to California....and it was definitely worth the wait. We had such a great time, I already want to go back! We visited the beach, Disneyland, Sea World, and most importantly...Josh's baptism. Josh was super cute...all smiles and so very happy! (Josh is my nephew...my brother Tyler's son). Here are a few photos (okay, so there's more than a few, but count your lucky stars I didn't put them all in) to fill you in on our family vacation....

A vacation wouldn't be a vacation without swimming! (at least I remember that being one of my favorite things to do on vacations from when I was little)

My dad pushed Ellie in her 1st swing ride......she loved it! My parents were in California as well to see Josh's baptism, so we got to hang out with them too!

Tanner and Spencer "CHEESING" it up for the camera. We went to an Easter Egg Hunt at the park with Tyler's family.

Josh and Meagan posing for a picture.

It was a chilly day at the beach, upper 60s, but the sun was warm and everyone had a good time. You can't really see, but the waves were HUGE!

Silly Tanner, running from the waves.


Despite the cold, Ellie really enjoyed the beach, especially when we took her down to the water. She loved the feeling of the waves rushing past her legs as they washed back to the ocean.

Watching Josh's baseball game. Doesn't he look adorable all suited up! Wish I'd gotten a picture of his face?!

Loving our first experience (as a family) of Disneyland! Ellie isn't in many Disneyland pictures, she was sitting in the back of the double stroller, sleeping or just being a good girl. She was a little sick, but such a trooper!

Waiting in line to ride Autopia. It was sooooo cold!

The kids really liked getting their picture taken with any Disney character they saw...especially Tanner.

Our nephew, Austin, (Brad's sister's oldest boy) performed at Disneyland with his high school ballroom dance team. He is amazing!

Notice that we're all smiling at the camera and Tanner is ignoring us. He refused to look while my mom took the picture. I thought it was a perfect picture and really expressed how he was acting at the time. He really did have fun, but it was getting late in the day.....

This was one of my favorite pictures.....if you look really close, Tanner is just grinning!

I've always loved the Shamu Show at Sea World!

Notice that Linds has her arm in and Meag doesn't. Linds is a little more brave than Meagan with stuff like that. Actually, I really don't blame Meagan at all.....it was a sting ray.....the Sea World staff did say that they'd had their stingers clipped, but you can never be too safe, right?!

They had the Sesame Street characters at Sea World and we couldn't pass up the chance to get a picture with them. Tanner LOVED Elmo, and kept going back (3 times at least) to give Elmo hugs!

Just hanging out with the cousins. Tyler and Suzanne just purchased a home in Fontana, and they invited us to stay with them. Their house is beautiful and I was serioulsy so sad to leave their home....do you think I could've packed up the kitchen and rented a UHaul to get it back?!

One funny thing I do have to mention...notice the dolphin Lindsay is holding...we told the kids they could get something while we were at Sea World and Lindsay had the hardest time deciding between the dolphin and Shamu. (Seriously! It took her almost 15 minutes at the gift shop to decide! And that was after a whole day of walking around Sea World thinking about it). So I asked her what made her choose the dolphin, and she (very non-chalantly) said, "Because it passed the most tests." What?! "It's taller, easier to cuddle with, and he's very soft." Oh! I was impressed.

The End.....or should I say To Be Continued?!