I flew to Oakland with the girls on April 2nd. They had two days of parent/teacher conferences before spring break so I took full advantage of the week and a half off. We left on the 6am flight to Oakland and by the time we walked into grandma's house at 9am they wanted to go to the park. I wanted a nap. So after lunch with grandma, grandpa and Johnny at the Shark Shack we walked to Carlos Bee Park. We also walked over to the Japanese Gardens.
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| Carlos Bee Park. Gilly so happy |
Later on grandpa had to go to Schucks to get some brake fluid and he let Drew drive the Cadillac part way there. She was sooooo happy. She just loves old cars.
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| Starting off vacation right at the Ice Creamery on the Boulevard |
The next morning we took grandma's car and drove to Huntington Beach. And of course we stopped at In N Out Burger on the way.
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| So tired at In N Out from sleeping in the back seat. |
Finally arrived at Suzy's at around 3:30pm. Of course the girls wanted to go right to the beach. And of course they went in the cold water even though it was almost evening.
The Next morning we headed to HSS to see Bethany Hamilton. The girls were so excited. Drew did a report on her this year. They got front row seats and got autographed posters.
The girls got their Easter baskets Sunday morning then we watched General Conference. Mike fried up some Spam for breakfast and the girls made pancakes.
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| Drew was also excited for Easter. And for bunny ears |
Sunday night we headed to San Diego to stay with Rebecca and her family at their beach house. They have a vacation rental just blocks from Moonlight Beach in Escondido. We all had a wonderful time. Kids had so much fun getting to know their second cousins.
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| Leah (friend of Marnie's), Marnie, and Drew. |
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| Ross drove all the girls to the beach in the Cruiser. Glad he didn't get pulled over |
We tried and tried to get a normal picture on the beach. I think it turned out pretty good.
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| cousins in a hot tub |
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| Selfie at Heber's house |
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| Alice at Heber's house |
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| Darby, Ava, Gillian, Mary, Marnie, Georgia, Drew and William |
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| Gilly the unicorn |
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| Jumping for joy at Moonlight Beach |
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| Drew and Ava |
Alice and Drew
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| Drew briefly reunited with "her" Land Cruiser |
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| In her happy place |
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| Dinner at Don Ramon's with Rob and Suzy | | |
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| Sophie met up with us at Crystal Cove. Kevil's were staying in Newport |
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Drew makes friends wherever she goes. She met a girl last year named Kristy, who goes to Suzy's ward. She came with us to Crystal Cove.
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| Drew, Kristy, and Georgia |
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| Ava, Ben, Anders, Gillian, Drew |
Our very last stop was Pacific Palisades to see Tricia and her family. We took the kids to the Santa Monica pier to ride the rides.
