Trip to California

We had a whirlwind week of fun in California last week. We drove out to Anaheim on Thursday, went to Disneyland on Friday, went to a wedding in LA on Saturday, took Eric to the airport on Sunday (poor guy had to fly home to work), drove to San Diego to be with my family, went to Sea World, the beach, and reunited with old friends. It was a packed week, but we had a blast. Here are some highlights!

As we were leaving the park, we tried to get a pic in front of Aurora's castle, but somehow the castle was omitted from the photo. At least everyone was still smiling after 12 hours of Disneyland fun!
The whole Borgquist clan, even Erika flew in from DC to go to D-land with us.
The sisters plus Paige and Andrew (they are 6 months apart, but Andrew is way bigger)

The only picture we got with a character was this one. Where are all the characters these days? My kids were disappointed not to see more.

I love that Disney doesn't have lame ride restrictions. My kids were able to go on everything except Indiana Jones and even Paige rode a lot of rides. Logan even braved Space Mountain, but he still talks about how it was so fast and dark so I think it kind of freaked him out.
My dad and the kids the day after Disneyland when we relaxed at the hotel. That afternoon my parents took my kids to SD while Eric and I drove to LA for a wedding.
Eric's co-resident at Temple, Ina Kim, was married at the Grand Wilshire hotel. It was beautiful and we were so glad to reconnect with all the other residents.

More of the Temple endo crew.

After Eric flew back to GJ, the kids and I spent a few days in San Diego. Sea World was at the top of their list of things to do. Paige really loved all the animals, it was really hard for me to get her to take her eyes off this seal!

She loved the starfish too!
The boys and their cousin, Morgan. I could never get Zack to agree to be in a picture with them!
We had an awesome view of the polar bear and even got to see him swim!
We went to the beach, but sadly it was not very warm! I kept my tank on the whole time because it was never hot enough take it off, and way too cold to brave the water! I met up with my good friend, Lisa, and her 3 kids who just happened to be in San Diego for a couple days on their trip from New Zealand back to Wisconsin. How random is that?
It was great being with my sisters and my kids cousins, I wish we could do this everyday!
Paige loved the beach and surprisingly only ate sand a couple times! I was worried it would be in her mouth constantly since her favorite activity at home is getting in the garden to eat dirt!
Paige loved her cousin Andrew and would talk in the cutest voice to him. She loved to cuddle him and give him squeezes. It's rare that we see her being gentle, so we enjoyed seeing this side of her when she was around Andrew.

Whew! That was long, but I didn't want to leave out any of the fun. Now we just have to figure out when we are going back, and I find myself asking, "Why in the world do I live in Grand Junction?" I guess because I love my hubby!