California Trip

For our family vacation this year we headed out to California. We flew in Sunday and drove down highway 1 where we stopped at Oceanside Pier. It was freezing cold, so we didn't go in the water, just walked down the pier and had lunch at Ruby's diner which is at the end of the pier, so it looks like you're having lunch in the middle of the ocean.

The next day we went to Legoland, the boys were SO excited for Legoland, I wished I would have recorded Karter's reaction when he first saw the Lego castle. We spent most of the day at Legoland, it was a bit rainy, so it wasn't very busy and we could pretty much walk onto all the rides. Although I have to say it was not my favorite amusement park, and I think we'll be skipping next time we go out.

Tuesday we drove back up highway 1 and stopped at one of the most beautiful beaches I've seen in Cali, Aliso beach. This beach has everything, beautiful sandy beach, awesome rock formations, tide pools, and even a playground and picnic area. We spend a few hours here playing in the waves and climbing the rocks.

On Wednesday we went to Disneyland. The weather was perfect and the park was not too crowded. Kamryn was so cute, when we walked in she pointed at everything and would squeal and laugh. We stopped at one of our favorite places to eat at Disneyland, Carnation cafe, for lunch. The food and service is great here and I highly recommend it. The boys got to ride everything that they wanted before we left. As we were leaving the parade was starting, so we stopped to watch it. Kamryn absolutely loved it. She clapped, danced, waved and blew kisses the entire time, that alone made my whole vacation.

Thursday we spend another day at Disney, the park was a bit more crowded, so we didn't get to ride on as much, but we stopped to watch the Jedi training and Keaton got picked to do it.

Friday Disney was packed, so we headed over to California adventure. Karter was too short to ride on most of the rides here, so I took him to play boardwalk games and everyone else went and rode the coaster a few times. Karter won 3 stuffed animals at the boardwalk games, one a a big Mickey.

Saturday was Keaton's birthday and the day we were heading home. So we went to downtown Disney first and got him some Legos at the Lego store for his present, then headed home.

All in all it was a great trip. Each time we've gone to Disney, it makes me want to go back again. We will now look forward to another trip when Kamryn is a bit older.