California Part I - The Beach!!

I never thought August would get here! We had been planning this trip since February! My grandparents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this year and they took us all on a cruise to Mexico to celebrate! It was so much fun getting to see all my family and get to spend time with them for a whole week. I have a TON of pictures so I'm going to do this in two different posts.

We decided that since we were going to be in California we HAD to go to the beach. So we went a few days early with Jesse and Amber to go play.

Dallin thought the motel room was SO cool!

After a LONG drive we had to go play at a park to run some energy off that night

Reese is the cutest little thing!

And so is Carter!!

We headed to the beach the next day. It was a nice warm day until you got down to the water. Brrr! The wind that was blowing was pretty chilly from the water. Dallin LOVED the water! He is fearless when it comes to the water and so there was NO way I was going to let go if his hand.

Ignore the blinding whiteness of my legs. I decided to not put sunscreen on myself because we were only going to be there for a little while (I was trying to work on a tan)... not too smart! My shoulders were burnt pretty bad.

Being buried in the sand was a little warmer. Can you see his little toes poking out?

Andrew said there was no way he was going to a beach and not get in the water... so he and jesse did. It was SO cold!

The next day we went to Huntington Beach to just walk in the water and find some shells. We walked on the pier that went out over the water.

This was a better beach we went to than the day before.

His shorts were soaked by the time we left.

BIKE VALLET

I thought it was funny so I had to take a picture!

We loved going to the beach! If we lived closer, we'd be there all the time!

California Part II - Crusin!

Now for the Cruise!!!

Our ship at the port

This is the Queen Mary.

On the top deck of the ship

Pictures just dont show how huge this ship is!

Every night our we'd come back to our room with our covers turned down and a cute towel animal. We took a class on how to make them, it was pretty cool!

Catalina Island! We anchored there for the whole day. We took boats in and got off on the Island to shop and play around.

The Paradise

My boys

He's such a cutie!!!

Another view of the ship

Ensenada, Mexico

We stopped here the next day and got off to go to all the cheap shops they have. My dad stayed on the ship and watched Dallin for us while we got off, that sure was nice!!! We got a few t-shirts and some other fun stuff. I loved how cheap it was! I wish we could shop here and "make them and offer" of how much we wanted to pay for something.

We couldn't tell if they were seals or seal lions and none of us knew the difference. They were everywhere! We got to see a few dolphins swimming too!

Everynight we went to dinner. It was just like some fancy restaurant, except its paid for and you could get anything you wanted!! Our waiters would do a little dance during dinner. It was pretty fun! The food was SOOOOO good!!! And the desserts were even better!!!!! And I can't forget about the ice cream that was available 24/7...... I can't count how many we ate!

The very front of the ship.

And here he is!!! This was him alot of the time. Lets just say, a cruise is not for an 18 month old.

We had so much fun, got a little sun , and gained a few pounds! I will definately be going on another one!!! I'm so greatful for the opportunity we had to go! Happy Anniversary Grandma and Grandpa!!!