Friday, April 3, 2009

Spring Break---California here we come--again



We met Kym and Kristi Child's family at the beach for a little sun and fun. It was more like freeze and breeze --sorry, couldn't help it :) We were told that this beach might have sea lions--it did. Here is a dead one and we saw one in the water.

Brit enjoying the sand with his newly uncasted bare foot!

It was sooo.. windy that we soon gave up trying to fly a kite--Hallie persisted for awhile after everyone else quit trying!

Give Benj a little dirt, or sand, and he is as happy as a lark!

Kaden working hard trying not to freeze.

We also checked out San Francisco. These streets are crazy. Can you imagine stopping at the stoplights at the top of some of the hills with a manual transmission!

The Golden Gate Bridge is beautiful! San Francisco


I was amazed that less than 5 miles from the previous skyscrapers was a scene such as this--one with a dairy farm--surprising!



In Sacramento, we attended the wedding of Kayle's brother Krys and his fiancee Jeana. Kayle's entire family was able to come, so it was a family reunion! (We'll post pics of the wedding when we get them!) We also went to an awesome train museum near the yellow bridge above. They have the actual train engines and cars restored to perfection and you can go inside them and listen to old timers tell about what it used to be like to ride on a train in the early days. It was a great museum--highly recommend it!

Then... we had the LONG drive home. Thank goodness for movies!! What did we ever do before we had them???