California Dreamin

The first 6 months of this year were some of the craziest most stressful ones we have endured in our marriage (I would dare say in our lives!) After all the being apart, packing, moving, and  unpacking we were definitely ready for a break. So for 4th of July we packed up and headed to Cali (gotta take advantage of the fact it's such an easy drive now!) My aunt and uncle were gracious enough to let us stay with them. I loved it because most of my 4th of July childhood memories were at their house. I spent most of my summer running around with one of my best friends/cousin Katie! It was great being back at their house watching my kids do alot of what I did for 4th of July! It was such a wonderful break, we came back recharged and renergized, yet wishing for more vacation!

World cutest 4th of July baby!

Tavita is really good at "standing" in water, we got two pics in just a few weeks of him entering the water mid-jump

Taiven with Great-Grandma Lila

Kalei was loving all the girl cousins to play with

Daddy and Vita hanging out

A lot of playing and being kids!

We forgot our camera for the fireworks. Brayden was the only one that stayed awake long enough to do the sparklers afterward

The next day we headed to the beach for a fun (but FREEZING) day with one of my besties Crystal an dher cute boys!

Taiven found safety in the tent

I have great memories of playing on this ship/zip line. It was so fun watching my kids play on it too.

LeiLei doing what she does best where ever she goes...collecting rocks!

Daddy was a good sport and braved the cold water so our fish boys could have some fun

Tavita didn't want to be left out

Whenever he got too cold, he'd jump on Daddy's back

The whimpy girls hiding from the wind in the tent.

The next day my cousin hooked us up with tickets to Legoland. We unfortunately didn't get too many pics because we left the camera in the car or the 1st half of the day then the bettery died shortly after we got it out of the car. It was so fun to spend the day with her and her cute family.
The 4 older kids felt so cool they got to go on a boat alone.

Then the ride broke down and they were stuck, suddenly it wasn't so cool. Their dad's on the other hand were having a romantic cruise of their own, crammed into one of the boats by themselves.

Little bathing beauty at the splash pad

ENORMOUS water playground, I have never seen so much water going at once.

Hanging out with good old Chewy

The had a TON of really cool replicas

Hello Mrs. Witch

Leilei couldn't go on some of the rides, but sitting with the princess was sooo worth sitting out!

Getting ready to shoot some mummies!

Taiven was a champ and was like this ALL day. Such a good baby!

Leilei and Chike having fun on the frog hopper while sitting out on another ride.

And then our camera died and no more of our trip was captured. It was a wonderful trip spent relaxing with family and friends. We were even introduced to geocacheing, something we're going to have to make a habit of it!