We stayed in Pasadena for 3 days and then headed down to San Clemente for what was supposed to be about 15 hours and turned into a few days. There was the biggest snow storm of the winter since we moved to Parker and we missed it. The bonus was we were able to stay in CA for a whole extra day and enjoy the beautiful weather that came with it.
Pasadena was a GREAT time. We stayed at Kim's house and the kids did great sleeping and being portable during the trip.
The first day we hung out at my mom's house and had IN-N-OUT for dinner (YUM!).
Sydney LOVES Kiersten and would hold her all the time. Kiersten loved it too!
The second day was Brooke's birthday and what a fun day that was. We went to Griffith park and Nathan rode his first horse and rode a train, then we had TOPS for lunch (YUM again), and later we went to the Americana in Glendale which we had never been to before. It was a really pretty place and Nathan LOVED it. There is this great water feature in the middle that he really enjoyed. We ate at Cheesecake Factory which is always delicious. Nathan and Kiersten loved the mac n' cheese and ate it all. Let me tell you it was a huge serving! After dinner we walked around and rode the trolley. For those of you that know Nathan anything that resembles a train makes him one happy boy.
Our first morning at Kim's (Brooke's B-day)
Aunt Kim bought Nathan his first Chai (milk and 1 pump of Chai I think)
Grandma love
Nathan on his horse
Fun at Griffith Park
Playing with Brooke at Cheesecake Factory
Americana
Missing Abbey in this picture
The third day we went to DISNEYLAND! Nathan had been talking about it since we moved to Parker and we finally made it. It was a fun and long day. A big bummer was Small World was closed. Nathan loves that ride but I was really looking forward to talking Kiersten on it. It was a great day spent with family and we were even able to meet up with a few friends. The biggest bummer was I hardly took any pictures.
Kevin and Kiersten waiting for Nemo
Nemo ride, Nathan wasn't a fan. He said "Mr. Shark so scary"
Carousel - K loved it! Abbey loved it more, she couldn't stop crying when she had to get off.
K playing with her buddy Sydney. Sydney made her smile so much!
Tea Cups
Jenn and Jill came for a visit (the boys came later)
Nathan ate this whole Churro.
The forth day was Kiersten's birthday which I will post on later.
On the evening of Kierstens birthday we headed down to our friends Matt & Tiffany Hall's in San Clemente. We wanted to spend time with them, see our friends the next morning and our home which we miss dearly.
The next morning we woke up to a few text messages from my mom and my friend Hallie asking if we were going to make it home because of the storm. To our surprise our flight was canceled and we got to stay a very welcome extra day! We spent the first day in San Clemente doing some of our favorite things. We went to Surfin Doughnuts with our friends and their kids. Then we headed to the beach trail to walk and take Nathan to his favorite spot to throw rocks. It was such a beautiful day! We ended up going to the Irvine Spectrum that night with friends and my sister Kim, mom and my two nieces Brooke and Sydney. We were so happy to see them again when we thought we had already said goodbye the day before.
Ryden was so sweet with Kiersten!
Kiersten is such a beach babe! I was so happy to have her back in the sand
Our little group on the beach trail
The kids loved this spot. There were a lot of rocks being thrown
Such a beautiful day!
Throwing rocks
SO HAPPY! LOVED HAVING MY BOY BACK IN SAN CLEMENTE!
Sweet girl slept for a long time at the beach
Climbing his favorite stairs with daddy
Such a beautiful day
More sand!
We love this park!
This is sweet and sad at the same time. Nathan just laid on the ground because it was "warm". Love this picture of the kids.
Love these little legs. I don't get to see them enough in Colorado. Summer is almost here!
Fun with Tiff
The boys playing baseball
The girls at the spectrum
Brooke and her boyfriend, Ryden. Too cute!
Love this girl and she loved her Wahoos
Carousel fun
Nathan's first "coffee" (hot chocolate)
Our last day in SC we went to another place we like for breakfast (SC Cafe), went back to the park by the beach, walked to the pier, did the beach trail again, drove by our old house, walked through the tunnel by our old house, and played with our friends. What a great trip it was and I'm so grateful to be able to spend such a special time with our family and our friends. It was weird being back and it being "vacation" not home.
Thank you to everyone who made our trip so special and to all my friends that I couldn't see I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. Please believe me I wanted to see you all. I'm trying to figure out what that's possible when I am only there for a few days. I love you guys!
Rach
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Loved your first trip back! Counting down to the next one!
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