California

Sunday night we decided that we should take a little trip since the girls didn't have school Monday or Tuesday and Dan is now on a new schedule. We got online and booked us a room in Redondo Beach and Monday morning we took off.
This is actually the first vacation trip that we have taken with just our family and with us not going to visit family.

We got down there in the afternoon and checked into our room. We then went to Target because we forgot a few things. By the time we got back we didn't have time to do much and so we took a walk down the the beach and then to eat at Joe's Crab Shack. The girls had their first taste of crab legs and fell in love with it.

After dinner we went back to the hotel and attempted to go swimming, but it was an outdoor pool, it wasn't the warmest night, and Ty fell down and so we just said that we would go later. We went to our room and watched some TV and went to bed.

We got ready and headed out to go to the beach. It was a lot of fun and the girls said that they want to go to the beach all the time.

After some time at the beach we drove on down to Long Beach and went to the aquarium. I really enjoyed it and the crazies had a blast. Can you believe that Jo Jo and Annie even touched some sharks? It took a lot of coaxing, but they did it. And Jo Jo touched some Jellyfish. What brave kids I have!

When we were done with the aquarium, we walked around outside.

After a day of fun, we got in the car for the drive home. Of course we hit traffic and so it took us a lot longer to get home, but we made it!
It was a very short, but very fun getaway.
A much needed getaway.

Fun Times

We had a good weekend past and I'm so blessed to have the family that I have. We all had such a fun time being with each other. I was sad to wake up this morning and send Dan off to work.

Wednesday and Thursday Dan was in California, so when Friday rolled around, we were glad to have him home and only go to work for a few hours. We went to Rock Canyon park and had a fun time there. Actually, Scarlett and Tyda slept for a long time and so Hawley had all the fun. They eventually woke up and when they did, they had a lot of fun.

Rolling down a hill. from Tiffany on Vimeo.

Saturday, Jenna and Dan ran a 5K and the crazies and I went to see them run. Jenna ended up getting 3rd place in her age group--Congrats Jenna!!!




Sunday was a normal relaxing day and then we went to the Skene's for desert. Grant was in love with my baby and was so fun with her. He didn't want her to go at the end of the night. He read her a book and she hit him with a stick. We played games and had good brownies.



Monday we were going to go to the zoo, but thought that it would be too crazy, so we went to the Living Planet Aquarium instead. It was a lot of fun. The crazies loved it and hated it. They didn't like the sting rays or the octopus. They cried so much when we tried to get them to touch the sting rays. It was pretty funny.






We had a wonderful weekend and I'm so glad that we were able to do some fun things as a family. Nothing beats family, especially mine!!!