Tuesday, July 13, 2010

California Adventures!

We took a trip to San Francisco and Orange County for two weeks and had an amazing time! We had 5 fun days exploring the city and all the bayside cities near San Francisco with Ed's dad and Ms. Jan. Then we flew down to OC to stay with my parents. We swam in the pool, went to the beach, went to Disneyland and Sea World, and visited with lots of friends. We spent the 4th of July swimming, BBQ-ing, and watching fireworks! Ed and I were even able to slip away for two nights in San Diego. The whole trip was perfect.


Fresh off the plane, we went to Pier 39



Lunch by the pier... the sea lions are out the window behind us.

Eddie picked out an oyster to see if there was a pearl inside.

Being careful with his new treasure

so proud!

standing by the Golden Gate Bridge

Eating lunch on the bay


wrestling with Grandpa Ed

Attacking Daddy!

Riding the train to our hotel

Picking lemons and oranges at Grandpa's house. They made lots of fresh juice!

Reading with Jan

ready to swim!


Ed and Eddie bought me a rose at a flower shop

Sitting on a bench made of skis

At the Exploratorium


Posing with a bird! (Not sure what he was doing with his shirt)


on a boat in the bay!

with the city behind us

having a fun talk on the boat

finding crabs in the rocks

burying Jan's foot with sand

Hands up, yell, "Ahhh!" as you run down the hill!

"Ahhhhhhh!"

In OC, we met with Rachel, Aubrey, and Micah





Sophia, Eddie, Aubrey, and Micah


Disneyland! Ready to go on our first ride!

It's a Small World

Teacups

Snuggles with Daddy on the pirate ship

Indiana Jones on the bridge.


After searching many caves on Treasure Island, we finally found the treasure!

Sophia was so excited to go on Dumbo

Ice cream treat


At Minnie Mouses' house, listening to her phone messages. :)

G and G relaxing on Minnie's chaise

Eddie driving Mickey's car

Sophia's main mode of transportation around D-land

Excited to meet Tinkerbell!


Is it really her?!

It is!

getting to know each other


they couldn't get to the water fast enough!


The beginning of Daddy's "fort."






Ed taught Eddie how to "surf."

Eddie rode a wave all the way to shore!

At Sea World, excited to see sharks!







Daddy won a huge (5 foot long!) dolphin (the kids named him, "Yoshi")

smooooch!

All of us, except Grandma, went on the raft ride and we all got a little wet...

but Sophia was completely soaked and freezing! (we had to buy her a new outfit) :)

excited to see the Dolphin show

I loved the look of surprise both kids had when the dolphins did their tricks!


Ed and I stayed in San Diego for 2 nights. This was the view from our room. Ocean on the left...

City (Gaslamp District) on the right.

At Miguel's in Coronado. Soooo yummy!

Swimming in G and G's pool. This was actually the last day Sophia wore a vest. She is a little fish now!

playing with Daddy

My Daddy giving a sermon at his church

Girl time! Sophia, me, and my mom all got our nails done together!

Right before we went to the airport, Uncle Dave and the kids were having a blast playing in the backseat.

Cool mohawk, sweet boy. :)



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