Playing in the Ocean...

Better late than never, I finally got around to posting the pictures of us at the beach on our trip one month ago. The kids had so much fun playing in the water and sand, I wish we would have had time to go back again before we left. Carson I think loved the beach the best. Before we left on vacation Carson kept telling me that all he wanted to do was to run on the beach. It was such a nice day that the boys stripped down to their underwear and played in the water. Brynlee was mostly busy looking for seashells and Baylee never stopped moving except to bend down and pick up a handfuls of sand. The beach was very relaxing to me. I loved just sitting there and watching the kids having the time of their lives.

California Here we come!

We finally saved the money to take our family on an amazing trip to California. We left on January 1st and came home January 11th. We had the best time as a family. We made a few stops on the way there and on the way back but while in California we stayed with my second cousin Laura and her family. We started our adventure with first driving to San Diego to Sea World. Here is Baylee checking out the Polar Bears!

The kids loved watching the Whales!

Here is our family pic right when we arrived at Sea World! We spent one day there and I loved it the most. There were no crowds and we walked right on to everything. It was very relaxing to me to walk around and look at everything. The boys loved the ride the Atlantis, they got on and off it several times because no one was in line.

Next on are agenda was three days straight of Disneyland and California Adventures! This was a favorite for our whole family. The third day we went I scheduled a special mother-Daughters lunch at Ariel's Grato. It was a bit expensive but well worth the experience. We had five special visitors at our table. The first was Sleeping Beauty, who asked Baylee for a Hug!

When we first came down the stairs Ariel is waiting at the bottom to greet you and have your picture taken with her. Baylee was too nervous to stand by her but Brynlee was eating it up!

Here is the girls with Belle! Also visiting at our table was Cinderella( Brynlee's favorite ) and Snow White who we also got pictures with. Brynlee was so cute she asked mom are we really eating at Ariel's house? I will always cherish this lunch, the excitement on the girls faces were priceless!

Carson in Toon Town, isn't he strong.

The kids in Toon Town.

A family Picture in California Adventures!

Next on our stop was a day trip to Universal Studios! Connor was so excited to pose in this uniform.

This picture may be a little freaky to people but it has a story behind it. My little brother has nicknamed Baylee Chuckie because of her wild hair when it's not done up cute. So when I saw this cutout of Chuckie I couldn't resist. This picture is for you Sky!

We ran into Dora the Explorer while we were there!

Warren and I took a nice pic overlooking Universal Studios!

Here's our cute kids posing by a fountain. I took almost 150 pictures while we were gone so it was hard to narrow it down to a few to share with everyone.

The kids begged to have their picture taken with Jaws! Ending our day we were in a mild Earthquake. Connor and Carson were able to feel it and thought it was cool. My dad even called us to ask if we felt it. We were told it was a good thing it wasn't as big as the last one. It was a real shaker.

Last but not least on our adventure was driving back to San Diego to go to the San Diego Zoo!
Isn't this picture sweet, I usually don't believe in taking pictures unless people are in it. When I saw this cute Koala sleeping in the tree I was a goner.

My hot husband looking cool by the elephants!

My four monkeys!! What a time we had I hope they never forget it. Seeing their excitment was well worth the wait it has taken us to finally take them on a real vacation.