Christmas Trip to Cali

Our computer is back and so here are our pics finally from our trip to Cali.

We started our trip by staying with our friends the Brodericks, who live in Vegas.

(Here's your sneak peek Amber) I got to do a photo shoot for them and Amber's brother.

We then headed over to my dad's in Porterville and stayed there for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The kids got to decorate the tree, but really it was me and Corey doing all the work. LOL

Gavin loved these new glasses from Papi. Doesn't he look smart?

Then Gavin found some slippers and became "Slipper Man" the unstoppable super hero.

Izzy of course had to join in and become "Bag Girl". We should have just given them these toys for Christmas. After Christmas, we headed down to Monterey, CA and on our way stopped at my Grandparents house in Madera. 

We had a lovely visit with them and then headed down to our hotel. This was our first vacation with the two kids, so it was an adventure getting them to sleep at the hotel,

 so they watched a movie together first. 

We were staying at a hotel really close to the Aquarium, so it was really nice to get there early. 

Both kids loved everything about the Aquarium.

The sea anemones were so neat, bright, and colorful. The Jelly fish were really cool too. It was so dark the there that we didn't get a lot of great pics. But it was so fun.

Our penguin baby.

I think Izzy's favorite part were the pigeons outside. She was chasing them and so happy, like she's never seen a bird before. Hilarious.

After getting some food, and visiting Milpitas, where we used to live when I was a little girl, we headed over to San Jose to look at the Christmas in the Park. Sadly Gavin puked in the car when we got there and he was so sad looking the rest of the day. I also got tired of taking pics with my nice camera, (boy it gets heavy) so these are done with my phone.

(this one's for you Mary)

But we had a great time looking at the lights and seeing all the displays. We then headed back to Porterville and just relaxed. Corey and I went on a date to see the Hobbit, which was awesome! On our way back home we stopped in Vegas again and got to see some of Corey's family. The kids did great in the car. And even though we all came home with a cold, all in all it was a great trip.