California 2011

We just spent 10 fun filled days in California! Our trip included Disneyland, Camping, the Beach, and the Bay. We flew into the LA area and spent the 1st part of our trip at Disneyland with Jeff's sisters and 2 of their little ones. We all had so much fun riding the rides and finding all the Disney characters. After 3 days at Disneyland we headed to central California to meet up with the rest of the California family and to camp and enjoy the beautiful beaches of Big Sur. Then we continued northward to the San Fransisco area for a day of relaxing and exploring at the Academy of Science. We had a wonderful time enjoying the cooler weather, visiting with family and taking in all the fun adventures. LOTS of pictures are below.

DISNEYLAND TIME!

Caden, Caleb & Addison waiting on the train:

The mommy's and their little ones on the train:

Elizabeth & Caden:

Riding the ragging river ride:

Our 4 Disney characters:

With Goofy:

More fun rides:

With Lightning McQueen:

Caleb heading to the roller coasters:

Aunt Amberlee & Addison:

E had to have her face painted:

The tea-cups:

Caden & E enjoying cotton candy before the parade:

The parade:

At toontown:

Disney at night:

Riding dumbo:

Princess time - Minnie Mouse:

Tiana - Princess & the Frog:

Story time with Cinderella:

Family picture in front of the castle:

Mickey Mouse:

Playing at Tarzan's tree house:

The castle at night:

CENTRAL CALI

Logan & Addison riding around in the jeep:

Our beautiful morning before our camping trip:

All packed and ready to head to the coast for camping:

BIG SUR CAMPING

Caleb, Addison & Ethan helping put up our tent:

Our tent!

This was the 1st time C & E had camped in a tent:

The beach was across the street from our campground:

The kids playing in the COLD water:

Family picture at the beach:

Thankfully the beach was warmer than our campsite.

The kids had a blast running from the waves,

splashing in the water & digging for sand crabs:

Logan:

Breath taking views all around us:

Our campground:

Back at the campground playing in the trees:

Trent & E snacking on grapes:

1 morning we took a nature walk along a logging road next to our campground.

We had more beautiful views:

Overlooking the beach:

Snack time along the logging road:

Another view of the beach and Hwy 1:

Walking down the logging road:

Our campground, we had 3 sites:

Hanging out at camp:

Back to the beach:

Ethan & C:

All the cousins together:

Caden (4), Trent (2), Logan (1), Ethan (4), Caleb (6), Elizabeth (4) & Addison (7)

Fun in the sand with Uncle Joel:

Aunt Damaris & Logan getting their feet wet:

Logan attempting to take down C:

Art time back at camp,

the kids painted rocks from the beach:

All helped paint the big rock Uncle Joel found:

SAN FRANSICO AREA:

Nice warm temperatures and a heated pool:

Trent playing on the trampoline:

At the Academy of Science:

Checking out the sharks and stingrays:

An albino aligator:

Back to the pool:

The kiddo's enjoying pizza and being silly

Can't wait to see our California family in a few weeks here in TX!!!!!!