california

i have decided that if i want to blog, i have to do it late at night... when my boys are asleep and doing laundry would be too loud... (it is the chore that never ends.. it just goes on and on my friends)

this past week we went on a quick trip down to southern ca.

my mom recently finished teaching a really rowdy group of kindergarteners and needed to get away.

we missed our family at home, but were glad we took this opportunity to go.

i was nervous about driving with cal, but too excited to not go.

so we left on thursday.

c did great in the car.

pit stop in the st. george heat

we stayed in a hotel right by john wayne airport.

c loved the continental breakfast and playing with the ac in our room.

 friday we got up and went to the fabric district in LA.

 found some great fabric, and ate the most delicious tacos.

that afternoon was spent at huntington beach.

it was too cold to get in the water (though jared did)..

 cal didn't even try to eat sand...

and those wonderful creepers behind me, smoked us off the beach with their illegal drug usage. lovely.

that evening, we prettied up and went to a close friend's wedding reception.

it was so fun seeing a lot of our old ward friends.

we went and drove by our old house and talked about california memories the rest of the night.

saturday was a spontaneous trip to sea world! my favorite place ever! thanks mom!

hanging with aunt alisha in the hotel

 sunday we got up and headed home.

with a stop in primm for denny's.

mad props to this little bug who was a rock star most of the trip.