Tuesday, May 25, 2010

California trip March 2010

Well to start things off we had the time of our lives! We enjoyed every minute. Oops... except one minute on 'Day 3' of our trip when Ryan was looking at the pics on our camera and accidently deleated all the pictures of our trip so far. So here is the written recap:
Left Thursday night after work and drove to the Jewett resort in Henderson. Thank you Mom and Dad for a great stay! Got up early Friday morning and headed to CA. 1st stop... Temecula. Had a delicious lunch at Oscars on the Pond. The weather was so warm we ate out on the patio. We drove the kids by where we used to live and their old school. We love and treasure our time and memories of Temecula. Next, off to Carlsbad! The flower fields are in bloom so we had to stop and take pictures. The pictures turned out beautiful but unfortunattly were erased, yikes! We met up with our awesome friends John, Anne, Madison & Sarah. We went to the beach. It was beautiful and just so nice to be there with our friends. The kids swam and had a blast. Literally! Then we went to a yummy dinner and visited till late. Saturday morning, bright and early off to Lori, Jeff and Cole's. Wow, there home is so amazing and they cooked us the most delicious breakfast on the beach. We went on a walk on the pier and it was so much fun. Ry was a little scared at first on the pier. This made me sad cuz the beach is my home and my Ryan had not been in so long he felt nervous. I love the beach soooooo much! Next, we went to see Grandma DeVries and Aunt Glenna. This was one of our favorite parts of the trip. We miss them terribly in our daily lives and could not wait to get our arms around them and hug them! We talked about what was going on in our lives right now and what is keeping us busy. Then we talked about all of the amazing memories we share together. Next, off to the park to see Cousins and Aunts. This is right after the pictures had been erased so I was a little grumpy at first. But we loved seeing all the family that we love and miss so much. We really love Utah now but we really struggle with not seeing our family often. All of the kids have grown up so much, it was so fun to see everyone and I just felt so loved. I just wish we had LOTS more time!
Now, back to Orange County and have dinner with Marlene and Jim & Samantha, Polly's Pies... one of my favorite resturants YUM!

3 comments:

Shelley said...

It was so great to see you guys!

Lara said...

Miss you!

shanda said...

I am so glad that you got to go on a fun trip back home. It sounds like you had a blast.