California Vacation

We had such a great vacation this past week!
We landed in L.A. on Saturday and met up with my family after Sarah won 1st place in her volleyball tournament. Of course we had to get a little In-N-Out for dinner! We had a blast right from the start.

The girls-I miss them so much already!!

Monday morning my Dad took some time off from work so we spent the day with my parents shopping and getting some lunch. Then we went to Matt’s water polo game where he did amazing! They were tied 5-5 and he scored the winning goal with less than a minute left in the game. I could not believe how tall Matt is now. Last time I saw him in May we were the same height, now he is close to 6 feet tall!

After that we raced over to Sarah’s volleyball game. I have never seen her play before. She did incredible as well! She can jump so high and just slams the ball in the 10 foot line! Check out how high this girl can jump (the pic came out a little bit blurry because of the gym lighting)!

On Sunday my cousin got baptized so I was able to see a lot of my family! Grandpa and Grandma came too and it was so fun to see them!

On Tuesday we went to Disneyland for Will's 10th birthday. Jack had not been for about 6 years and it had been about 4 for me. It was Jack's first time at California Adventure and we loved it.

The happiest place on earth! = ) After Disneyland Gammy and Papa drove down there to eat dinner with us, we were so glad we got to see them!

Wednesday we went to the beach with Mom and Jack surfed. It was so nice to be back on the beach! It had been way too long.

Look at this guy go!

Of course we took a break for Malibu Seafood. You have to, haha even though I just get the chicken!

Jack surfed everyday we were in Agoura. He saw dolphins each time. Look how close they got to him!

That night Erika, Bryce and Caro came! We were soo excited. Look at this cute girl!

On Friday we went to the USC campus and Jack got to meet one of his Professors who we ending up talking with for over an hour.

Then we met up with Dad, Erika and Bryce at the Giants/Dodgers game. We had so much fun, even though they lost by 4 runs. Oh well... all of the crazy people around us made the whole game a success! Jack made sure to get us seats in "Mannywood" so we could get a close up of Manny Ramirez.

The whole gang

After the game there was a firework show and they let everyone on the field. Neither of us had been on the field at Dodger Stadium. Of course Jack got a little more excited than me. = )

Jack pretending to rob someone of a home run to win the game! Just to give you an idea of how excited he was he started picking the grass and putting it in his pocket to bring back home- he's cute!

Where the outfield grass meets the warning track...

G & G came down to see us all too. It was so nice to see them. Here is Jack and Grandpa playing Wii bowling.

What a good looking group!

Jack and Caro just hanging out before we made the trip back to Washington.

It was such a fun trip and we are so happy we were able to go home and see everyone! We can’t wait to go back!

Walla Walla County Fair

Last Friday after work we went to the Walla Walla County Fair and had a blast! We haven't been to a fair in a couple of years and it was a nice date night together.

To start out we could not decide on what to get for dinner but we heard the curly fries were amazing, so we decided to get one and then get dinner after…..bad idea. The fries were huge and pure grease. Talk about way too much grease in one night. We ate over half of them and lost our appetite (the picture below was when we were finished eating the fries, so you can just imagine how big they were). After we looked at all the animals and walked around a lot we decided we should get something to eat besides fries and I got a delicious hot buttered corn on the cob and Jack got really good fresh tacos.

You can’t go to the fair without going on a ride, right? Of course most of the rides at the fairs are all ones that just spin you around in circles which are not my kind of rides. So we went on the two that would work for me, the ferris wheel, which I loved, I don’t think I have been on one in years, and the drop zone, where it brings you to the top and drops you, it was really fun!

Drop Zone

(I look just a little scared, ha ha)

So before we went to the fair we had a “Fair Day” at work for our residents. It was a lot of fun! Jack was in charge of the popcorn machine and I was in charge of a ring toss game and pictures. We had cotton candy, funnel cake, popcorn, and sodas. They also had a camel come to the facility and some goats and a little piglet. The residents absolutely loved it and it was neat to see them have such a great time.

Jack and Bernice

Jack giving out the popcorn

Izzy the camel

Labor Day Getaway

This weekend we decided to go out to the Oregon coast and Portland for a couple of days. The day before we left the weather reports said rain and temperatures in the low 60's. We chose to go anyways and were so glad to find out that the reports were wrong. It was beautiful.

We went to Cannon Beach, the Portland Japanese Gardens, and the Portland International Rose Gardens. Here are some pics:

Even though the water was freezing it still felt so good to lay out on the beach. The scenery was incredible. We just wish it had the Southern California waves and water temps. to go with it.

Jack loved using his new camera from Uncle Jeff. He was like the paparazzi, but he got some great shots!

The Japanese Gardens were immaculate.

It was a nice getaway. Now we are packing our bags for California. Can't wait!