Friday, April 3, 2009

CALIFORNIA

We spent four fabulous days in California this week! We got to go to the beach, to Disneyland, to California Adventure, and to some super shopping malls. The weather was GORGEOUS so we came back a little more tan than when we left (which we badly needed). We had a ton of fun and can't wait to go again. Here is our trip summed up in pictures:


Grady loved seeing the hundreds of "pwanes" we saw this trip and would scream and point every time he saw one. Probably got annoying for everyone we were sitting by but we thought it was pretty funny.

At first, Grady wasn't sure he wanted his feet in the sand while he played--but he was soon off on his own climbing up the lifeguard tower!


Lillie and Grady

We loved the beach.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? I still can't believe this burlap bean bag that is displayed in one of the shops along mainstreet in Disneyland (you can't see it but it does say Othello, WA 99344 across the bottom)! Todd told Grady that they were the beans that gave Disneyland its magic!

He seems too little, but he already thinks that animals are to be shot at! Before we left to Disneyland, he actually took a couple of shots with his hand pistol at a dog walking by our house.
Grady, remember when we went on the Peter Pan ride?...Nope!





Grady excited to be on Donald Duck's boat.

Probably the lamest ride in CA but the kids liked it.

We had the perfect picture lined up, but I had the camera set on video. So there's about ten seconds of some pretty sweet footage before I finally figured out what was going on. By that time Grady had had enough.

Celebrating Todd's 28th Unbirthday! (The second cake he has begged out of family members and his birthday isn't until Monday.)

Staying up past bedtime to watch movies.

Thanks to the Eric, Carrie, and Lillie for housing, feeding, and chauffeuring us. We couldn't have had a better time!

9 comments:

Unknown said...

It looks like you had a great time! I LOVE the picture of Grady shooting the gun!! :)

the Morrisons said...

Charee, some of my favorite places! It's always fun to go...glad you had fun!

Eric and Carrie said...

Thanks for coming to visit, we seriously were very happy to have you here! It was a ton of fun. Glad to hear that you had a good time. Oh and Todd left his deodorant. Let me know if you want me to send it.

Wendy said...

We MISSED out! What fun! I'm glad you posted the picts on your blog. Love your family pict walking on the beach. Can't wait for our turn.

Black Family said...

HOW FUN! Jake and I kept thinking how cool that was .....the bag of Othello beans!!! Looks like your trip was fun....so sad we did not get to chat at church when we blessed Jaida...I was bummed....hopefully we will get back soon....and for longer than a day so we can see everyone...miss you guys!

Esther K said...

Your beach pictures are BEAUTIFUL!!!

Brooke said...

What fun! and so great to have a sister there to share it with!

Lindsay said...

So fun! What a great trip, love him sleeping through peter pan! You all look great, I'm glad that you had fun!

jana said...

Sweet trip. Those are some cool pictures. You look great! I have to say the bag of beans and the child hunter were my favorites. How fun that must have been.