Showing posts with label midwinter break. Show all posts
Showing posts with label midwinter break. Show all posts

Thursday, March 13, 2014

California Vacation {day 2}

Sunday morning we were all up pretty early. 
The kids enjoyed some breakfast and then were ready to check out the beach.
I hadn't bought coffee yet so I was on the hunt for a coffee shop.
We walked the beach and out on the pier. Then we grabbed coffee
and hot chocolate to continue our walk. There were a ton of surfers due to the weather.
The waves were pretty big. Jordan brought along a football to play catch with Josh.



















After a bit we headed back to the condo for lunch.
We then headed out to find another grocery store and Ross.
Josh needed a belt and Michelle a swimsuit.


After our little adventure out on the town we returned to the beach.
The sun was coming out and it felt wonderful!
Like I mentioned before our condo had everything we needed for the beach.
There was a huge bag of toys that Jordan used for panning for gold the whole trip.
















After a relaxing night in the condo we got the kids to bed at decent time.
The next day we were headed to Disneyland!

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

California vacation {day 1}

The kids had midwinter break last week so we decided we needed a vacation!
Last Saturday we left the snow behind us to fly to brighter, sunnier skies!
We got a condo right on Newport beach, CA for the week!
I couldn't have have asked for anything more. I love the beach and sun
so I was in absolute heaven! I am also so happy that we went with a condo this time.
A lot more room for everyone to spread out, a view a the beach out our window,
lots of windows that created so much light, a kitchen to cook in and a washer/dryer to 
clean clothes. Our condo also provided for us everything we would need to cook, 
beach towels, beach chairs, beach toys, a surfboard and boogie boards. I was very
in love with our condo and was ready to buy it and move in. Almost had Josh on board
if he didn't have a job to do once we got back. We are considering a transfer in our future.

We left Saturday on our flight around 1ish. It started to snow right before we were getting
ready to leave. Once in California we had to play the waiting game quite a bit. Wait to get 
off the plane, wait for luggage, wait for the rental car and then wait to get to our destination.
It was pretty late by the time we got to our condo. 
We made a stop for groceries on the way.
We let the kids relax a bit before telling them lights out.




I tried to keep the pictures down to a minimum. If you know me you know I take lots.
After going through all my pictures from the trip I have them down to 1,300. I may have to go 
through them a few more times. I hate deleting them because each one makes me happy and is 
a moment I want to remember. Collages will help for blog posts.
Come back for day two hopefully tomorrow for fun beach pictures!