California Vacation {day 3}

Monday we headed to Disneyland! We were again going to meet up with Josh's great aunt Carolyn

and great uncle Bob. Josh's uncle used to work for Disneyland so they are able to get

a few us in for free! We are so appreciative of them making the drive. We love getting

the time to talk with them and catch up over breakfast. 

Unlike last year we were a lot more relaxed this trip.

Last year we did every ride at least once.

This year we just did all our favorites more then once

and a few rides we missed last year.

I went into a store to buy a hat and when I came out they were all sitting in this tea cup.

They knew right away not to even bother getting up because I would want to take their picture.

Jordan still loves meeting with the characters and getting their autograph.

This time we didn't see nearly as many characters. We did see Peter Pan twice but he 

was always running around and didn't stop for pictures :(

We ended the night with going on the Matterhorn bobsleds three times.
It was a favorite of everyone. Afterwards everyone was tired and ready to call it a night.

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!

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!

back into the swing of things

I have been pretty absent from the blog for quite some time. 

I didn't realize how long until I just checked when my last post was.

We as a family have been busy keeping up with life.

We also just got back from a week in California for a family vacation 

last night. We have spent today sleeping in and relaxing before reality hits

tomorrow. Back to school for the kids, work for Josh and housework for me.

I plan to blog all about our vacation this week so be ready for picture overload.

I have been keeping up with posting pictures on my blog facebook page and instagram.

I plan to keep up with blogging because I do love it. I have a lot of things I need to kick

myself into gear on again. Meal planning, eating clean, exercise, blogging, project life, crafts,

cleaning, time management, gutting/organizing the house, reading ect. You get the idea.

Spring is right around the corner and I can't be more excited for it!

After a week in the warm glorious sun I was not looking forward to coming back at all.

I am ready to uproot and move to a condo on the beach right now.

Unfortunately Josh isn't totally on board yet maybe in a few years.

I need to keep my spirits up and happy juices flowing until summer arrives here.

I am hoping keeping myself motivated with all the above things will get me through 

to summer! At least the sun decided to follow us home to Washington and shine today!

I look to sharing more on the blog in the upcoming days, weeks and months!