Friday, June 15, 2012

California Trip

The kids and I took a trip to California in May.  It was nice to get off of the island for a little bit and to see family and some friends.  We enjoyed lots of swimming in the pool with cousins, Papa and Nama, Memorial Day BBQ, 2 back to back baby showers at my mom's house, a visit down south with Tatum, Whitney and little ones, and dinner with Clawson cousins in San Diego.  And of course we made a trip to Disneyland, the most crowded place on earth, but still one of my favorite places ever.  
These two were inseparable until Joaquin got pink eye and had high fevers for a few days straight.  Poor guy!  We felt so bad and were sad that they couldn't play anymore.  
More cousin time!  Everyone was thrilled to be reunited again.
Bronson grilling some hotdogs and burgers.  Best BBQ ever!
Playing dress up in the play room.
Kelly's baby shower.  Cute little belly!!
The next night was Chelcie's baby shower.  It was SO fun to see her pregnant.  She was adorable, as expected!
I think this was the first time we took a picture with all of us girls together, with the little girls too.  

On our way down to San Diego, we stopped in Mission Viejo to visit with Tatum and Whitney (Christian's sista).  It's always fun getting these two roly polies together, Tess and Bets.  We were excited to see baby Ever as well.  She's grown so much!  
Betsy's going to hate that picture when she gets older.  But I'm a little obsessed with it.  

Meeting up with the Clawson cousins in SD.  They were super cute together.

The last day we were there we went to Disneyland!
Tristan was very serious when he met some of the characters.  It was a big deal.
Poor Bets was running a little fever while we were there.  Love the teething stage.
I forced Chelcie to turn side ways so I could get her cute baby bump.  Love this girl and can't wait for baby Leo to come in August.
Post tree house adventure with Papa.  
It was a hot hot day, with a ton of people.  We did get to wait in a few short lines like It's a Small World and Pirates, but everything else was pretty long.  It was still a super fun day.  

Looking forward to coming back to CA in August!



8 comments:

jenn (+ will) said...

you packed in so many fun things this trip! glad i got to see you :)

Alisa said...

Yay for August! Let's do the fabric district!

Bill Hastings said...

Great trip! Love the pool! And Betsy's getting cuter & cuter!

The Thomson's said...

I'm loving the picture of Bessy girl topless in the umbrella stroller. haha. Classic. And T's face when he's meeting the Disney characters. Love it!

The last Unicorn said...

it was so fun seeing you when you were here! your little family is adorable :) missed christian of course!

Whitney said...

What a fun trip! So glad we got to see you. Thanks for making the Mission Viejo trip. That picture of Betsy in the doll stroller is seriously the best picture ever. I love it so much. Such cuties you have.

Anna said...

Fun times!

Courtney said...

Looks like so much fun! Your kids are so cute, I'm jealous I didn't get to be in on the fun. Seriously in love with the topless Bessy pic. And T-bone with Mickey. Awesome.