California Vacation

Every year for the past 4 years we have gone to Newport Beach for our family vacation. This year was no exception. However this year we went with our great friend Millie. We always have fun and this year did not disappoint. We meet up with Kim and Tyler on our first night there. Went to dinner and had a great time with them. Its always nice to see them, since they live in Utah we don't get that to often. No picture because I used my other camera and have not developed that film.


We always take our bikes and bike the boardwalk and take the ferry across to Balboa Island. This is one of our favorite things to do as a family.
We drove into Hollywood and went to this awesome mall. They have a trolley to take you from one end of the mall to the other. Hunter and Skyler (his impression or should I say obsession of Nixon.) Tom and Hunter at Cheesecake Factory for lunch.

Hunter and Malia buried in the sand courtesy of Skyker.
The weather was a little cold but the kids made the most of it. Hunter and Malia on our last day at the beach. No one was ready to leave or not enjoy that last bit of beach.


On our way to dinner with Monica and the the group. Millie and her sisters what a hoot they were. They kept us laughing all the time.


Skyler started to dig this hole which turned out to be as deep as he was.
Then he decided to have himself buried.

On our last night at the pier enjoying dinner and the view.
This was our last morning at the beach. We had Malia with us for the ride home. I will take her anytime. The drive up was a little cranky with the kids. the drive home was HEAVEN . No fighting or arguing just quiet movies and music.
I know that we all love this week of our summer vacation. We do so much together and hang out at the beach almost everyday. The memories that we get to have from being together is priceless for us.