We've been on VACATION!!! YEAH!! - Part 1

Well, we're finally back and it was a GREAT vacation! I'll give you the run down...expect an extra long blog here - thank goodness for slide shows! Okay, so the plane ride over wasn't as terrible as it could have been though Ryan somehow managed to get each girl on the stretch she slept and I had them when they were awake and crazy. Luckily everyone around us was so kind and played with them, too. The weather in Sunny California was NOT sunny (except for the last half of our last day). There was so much cloud cover when we came in it looked like we were landing in the arctic and everyone there couldn't get over how cold it was (mid 60's). We headed to the beach for the day anyway after we got settled in and let the kids get their first view of the ocean on this side of the US. It was Ella and Sylvie's first time. Dade spent most of his time chasing little animals in the rocks and Corben had fun collecting things and building a sea wall. Ella just wanted to dump dirt on everyone's shoes. We took a walk down the pier and ate lunch and watched dolphins swim.

Then the boys headed up to Ryan's granddad's house to pick fresh fruit from his trees. They ate oranges and grapefruits, avocados, lemons and limes. He then took them to crush all the cans he had for recycling and gave them the money. They were so excited! Thursday we headed to DISNEYLAND!! It was so much fun. I finally had to give up going on the coasters with Dade and Corben. My stomach couldn't take it. Ryan took over and the boys had a blast. Meanwhile Ryan's mom and I took Ella to play at Goofy's playhouse. She LOVED it! We stayed all day in the park. It was so much fun! I got silhouettes done of the kids. They're so cool!

Ella must have gone on this slide 50 times! She kept shoving through the 10 kids in front of her and once down would run so funny back to the start. She had a great time and it was just as much fun to watch!

More to come...