Our California Trip

Getting on the plane

We boarded a plane for California last Thursday, and came back home Sunday. It was a quick trip, but well worth it and jam packed with loads of FUN! On Thursday, we landed in San Diego where the weather was OH.SO.AMAZING! I even debated on "loosing" my plane ticket back to Texas. I mean, I LOVE Texas, but the weather in California definitely makes you second guess Texas Summers! After we landed, we loaded on a shuttle to the rental car lot and picked up our MINI VAN! Yes, you read that right, we rented a MINI VAN! It actually worked out because we were able to let some of our family ride with us to different locations. After the mini van was loaded with all of our gear, we headed to the Beach! This was not a planned trip, so we were not really prepared to stay at the beach for a while. We had NO TOWELS! However, we did it anyway! We put Ezra in his swimsuit, grabbed some lunch and headed to the water. It was so nice. Ezra loved it. He loves running in and out of the water away from the waves. Emersyn, well, she does not like to be in cold water (which the ocean water in cali is way different than in texas!) and apparently she doesn't like putting her feet in the sand. Brent ended up holding her the whole time while she watched Ezra run and play. We probably stayed at the beach for an hour or so, by that time, Ezra was wanting to wipe the sand off and we still had no towels. We rinsed off, changed clothes and loaded back up in the van and headed to Temecula, California.

running from the water

This was our destination for a few days. My cousin, Doug, got married and Ezra was a ring bearer in the wedding. We had a great time in Temecula. The wedding was so pretty. It was on a hilltop at a winery! Not a very big wedding, but a very nice wedding. Ezra actually walked down the isle with the little flower girl. He was supposed to be holding a cute little pillow, but once he saw that she had a basket full of rose petals to throw, he threw me the pillow and said "here mom, I don't want this" and helped her throw the flowers. It was pretty cute! Hey, whatever gets him down the isle! We didn't do too much in Temecula, since we were helping prepare for the wedding, then attending the wedding, but we did get to take the kids to a park and play, walk Old Town Temecula and enjoy a great burger at In and Out! It was just nice being with my family!

The winery

Emersyn checking things out at the rehearsal

My model

sweet ring bearer and flower girl

helping throw the flowers

Doug and Aimee

Ezra and Lincoln on the dance floor (where they were most the night)

She was into everything!

 On Saturday morning, we got up, packed up our luggage and loaded back into the van. We were headed to DISNEYLAND! We arrived at Disneyland around 830am and didn't leave until 830 or 9pm. We had a jam packed day of FUN! We road all the rides (well, all the ones we really wanted to), saw our favorite characters, ate good food and even got some souvenirs. It was such a great trip! A great first trip to start the summer off.

Disneyland

The only character they would take a picture with (if I was holding most of them!)

Tarzan's tree house

Buzz ride

Woody and Jesse

Teacup ride

It's a small world ride

Toon Town

Now, we will be home this week, and head back out on the road this weekend to Colorado, with Brent's family for a week! Should be really good times!! We are looking forward to it.