We started off our summer by taking a trip to LA!
First off, we went to see Grandma and Grandpa (Ansell's parents)!
While there, we celebrated Lani's Birthday (Ansell's little sis)...
and Father's Day!
Then, we were off to Disneyland! Our boys' first time ever!
Ansell's brother Terry and his daughter, Carissa, came with us!
Here's Cody looking a bit apprehensive about getting on the Storybook Land ride. I was surprised at how scared the boys were to go on rides. They were fine AFTER each ride (except for Alice in Wonderland, which terrified Tanner), but they would always resist going on a ride at first.
We caught the Disney Electrical Parade at California Adventure that night. The boys REALLY liked it. Cody didn't know what to do with his excitement, so he kept on doing a super loud train whistle sound over and over. Tanner just watched in awe.
Waiting in line for Small World at 9 a.m. the next morning. It was a short line, so we had Tanner stuff that french toast stick in his mouth before we got on the ride. He spit it all out on my shoe during the ride. Nice!
After being horrified on Alice in Wonderland, we took Tanner to Toon Town, which he really enjoyed! Whew!
After Disneyland, we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's for the night and drove up to Jalama Beach. We camped with four other families, and almost all of the parents are engineers. Camping with engineers is amazing. They, as a group, are a well oiled machine. We all signed up on a "camp spreadsheet" to plan meals and figure out who was bringing what equipment. I loved it!!!
Check out the camp... Leslie called it our little shanty town and her husband Perry said it was one notch above skid row. HAHA!
Frolicking in the sand
and surf!
Julie even organized games for the kids, complete with TICKETS and a PRIZE GALLERY!
There was a powdered doughnut eating contest, sack races, and the spoon with the egg race (but they used a golf ball instead.). All the kids (except Tanner) participated and had so much fun!
From left: Sophie, Claire, Katie, Cody, Peter, Noah, Paul and Jacob.Toasting marshmallows...no camping trip is complete without it!
