Cali Vacation Day 3

On Monday we headed to my hometown of Chino Hills. We ate breakfast at Bravo Burger, which was a place I went to in high school. They make my favorite kind of hash browns. We drove around the city to see all the changes. We went to the Shoppes, but the kids weren't up much for shopping, so we weren't there too long. We visited my old Borders store, which is closing now. We then went up to English Springs Park, where they have a play area, ducks and apparently turtles, which I don't remember. The kids ran around and enjoyed themselves, while I tried to take a few pictures.

On our drive out to Cali, we thought it might be fun to go see my Uncle Chris at his fire department. We've never had a tour of a station, so it was pretty cool. Funny story. So, this picture below was right before my uncle opened the doors of the ambulance. When opening the doors, the truck makes this loud hissing noise and lowers, for easier access. Well, I think that scared Savannah a little bit. While Carter, Cooper and I looked at the ambulance, Savannah went back over to the game table. Awhile later, Carter picked Savannah up for some reason, and her pants were wet. We think when she got scared, she peed a little. Poor girl.

The paramedics actually got a call while we were there so we got to see them leave really quick.

I really had no idea there were so many different things/compartments on a fire truck.

I also never realized how BIG the trucks are. They seriously don't look so big as they're driving down the street. Cooper got up and sat in the drivers seat, but Savannah was a little scared to do that.

Sitting in front of the station.

After visiting with Chris we went to a restaurant called Pat & Oscar's. Carter used to work at one of the locations in San Diego, so he's been wanting to go back for years. We got a ton of food and it was really good. They have amazing bread sticks that Carter had been telling me about forever, and they sure did live up to the hype.

After dinner we headed back to our hotel. My Aunt and Uncle surprised us with a hotel by Disneyland for the time we were there. It was so great to be close by and not have to worry about traffic each day. Thank you guys so much for doing that!!

Cali Vacation Days 1 & 2

So, we're home, and dead tired, but I figured I could start blogging on the first few days of our trip. Saturday the 5th we started driving to California. We drove to Vegas and stayed with one of Carter's good friends, Dave and his family. The kids were able to play and we all had dinner. Brexton is just a few months younger than Cooper, so they had fun throwing balls from the banister.

We got up early on Sunday and finished the drive to my Aunt and Uncles house in California. We played a really funny game of "What is Savannah singing?" while she listened to my iPod. Pretty funny. Britney Spears new song is all I have to say. Coming out of a 4 year olds mouth. Hilarious I say. And then she'd start yelling (while listening to music), "I want some....(fill in the blank)".

Poor Coop had the sun in his face practically the whole trip.

We arrived at our families a little after noon. I totally forgot to get a picture, but my Aunt had such an adorable set up for us. We all had beds to sleep on and she had a Cars and Princess sleeping bag for the kids. They were so excited! She had lots of fun things for them to do as well, like color books, chalk, bubbles and kites! Darn, we never did get to do those kites. My cousins Joe and Christi were there and Christi's boyfriend Mark. And of course Gibson, Joe's dog. The kids just loved him! Cooper wasn't so sure for a few days, but by the time we left, he was loving him! My Uncle Chris bbq'd and we had a fun evening together. The kids loved running around the backyard!

Trying to play with Gibson and be dogs. I think....

Playing with Aunt Annie.

.....to be continued.