Our Cali Vacation!

We left the day after school got out for our Newport Beach/ Disneyland vacation.  We stayed at Marriotts Newport Beach Coast Villas.  It was a beautiful location.  We were able to spend time at the cute beach called Crystal Cove that was just a short shuttle away.  We also enjoyed the pool and grounds.  The resort was lovely and we had a great ocean view and lots of space.  We spent three days enjoying Disneyland -mostly we enjoyed California Adventure because sadly. my kids are more into thrills now than characters.  We hadn't done DisneyLand before and we loved it.  It was a great time.  One of the days we were joined by the Albertis.  It was a blast to be able to spend some time with them.  They hosted us for Sunday dinner and we enjoyed reconnecting with them. We also got in a temple trip and beach day with them too.  And of course Brayden tried to get in as much Nolan time as he possibly could.  Overall it was a fabulous trip and we all loved it!

When you watch this as a "Live Photo" Emmitt jumped up and hit his head on Jacks chin which was apparently very painful to Jack and also very humorous to everyone else.  We all laughed about this pic all day.

Huntington Beach

Here was a special treat of the trip. We went where we suspected Ben was going to be attending church and then we luckily ran into him in the parking lot.  He was completely shocked and it was really fun to see him.

Emmitt became quite the fan of In N Out.  Its what you do in Cali ;)

Sunday dinner at the Albertis.  Special guest was Brielles friend Ella who is in our ward but was visiting the same resort as us at the same time.  So fun.  And those were some delicious tacos!

Exploring the tide pools at Crystal Cove beach

Saying farewell