California 2009!

OK-finally some time to put the pictures on the blog and sit down and commentate on the pictures. We were in Newport Beach, California last weekend for Chris Millard's wedding (Ty's cousin)....since the kids have been begging us to take them to Disneyland, we decided to make it a mini-vacation since we were already there. We had a blast!! I do not have pics of Disneyland though. I did not want to haul my camera around all day so we bought the disposable cameras to use. We have not used all the pics yet, but when I do get them developed I will put them on! I did my best to group the pics according to events, so I apologize if they are mixed up somewhere.



The mother of the groom-Julie Millard with Anne. We ate at Ruby's Friday night which was on a Pier on Newport Beach! We had a blast and they have great milk shakes. (Actually this pic should be down below!)--oops!



While we were in California, Ty's cousin was able to get us great seats to the Dodger/Rockies game. Our tickets allowed us to sit right behind the on deck batter for the Rockies, have all you can eat buffet of food, drinks, peanuts, pistachios, ice cream, the best cookies EVER etc....plus we saw Tommy Lasorda and Emily Osment (Lilly on Hannah Montana)...she was nice enough to let us take her picture! It was a beautiful day and very relaxing.




At Ruby's again (our last day here), Tate was able to feed the birds. He loved seeing the wild life, especially the fish! There are lots of people of fish off the pier. Tate went from person to person for about an hour asking lots of questions!! It was so cute to see him wander from person to person!




Our first afternoon there in California, we went straight to the beach! The beach was just a few blocks from where we were staying. Off course, Haylea opted to be the one buried in the sand. Ty had the honors---no way would I do that! I hate the feelingof sand on me...I could barely stand it while we were in the water!
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I love these pictures of Haylea! They had so much fun in the sand and in the water!!

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Tate wasn't so sure about the waves in the ocean...the picture above here was actually taken at the WEDGE. It is at the end of Newport Beach and it is known for massive waves for surfers, boogie boards and body surfers. Ty and were foolish enough to try it and it was made very clear we were definitely in over our heads!! There was a time were I was actuall scared!!!! The waves hit so hard and pull you back in so fast!!! There are more pics of the wedge at the end of the blog.


This is the house where we stayed. It was great...bikes, roller blades, boogie boards all included. This pictures is looking down towards the bay and up the street behind us was the beach 2-3 blocks away. Great location!



This is Reece...she wasn't real sure what to think at first, but I think she started to like it after a while.....and of course Tate playing in the sand.


Ok, these pics are from the first day we arrived. Ty burying Haylea and Ty boogie boarding! It was a lot of fun once we got the hand of it! I liked to body surf more than the boogie board.







Friday night at Ruby's a lot of us gathered together for dinner. Here is Reece with Erik and Jenny with her daughter Nicole. I had not seen Jenny in several years and this was the first time to meet Nicole. She is a very sweet girl!



Ty took this picture of the sun setting at Newport Beach. It was a beautiful night...a total California picture!! Palm trees and sunset!!
Tate spend much of the evening at Ruby's bouncing back and forth from fisherman to fisherman. He loved watching the sea lions trying to eat the bait off of the hooks. I tried to get a picture of them, but it was too dark!





Our last day there on Tuesday we went back to Ruby's for another great cheeseburger and shake. It was so pretty that day!! It was warm, sunny and you couldn't ask for a better day!








OK, here is the WEDGE...you can se how high the waves get (the pics on the right is actually just off the pier of Ruby's, not the wedge, but big waves!




HUGE waves knock you down and throw you into the bottom of the ocean. It is not very deep and the waves pull the sand back and push it back up over and over again!




To the right are yachts that were parked in the bay next to the Balboa Bay Club and Resort! They are huge!


You can't see them very well, but there are crabs on this rock. We went looking for them off of the WEDGE...Ty finally caught one and Tate is holding it here! He loved looking for crabs, but they are so fast and very hard to catch!


All in all, we had a blast and would go back in a heartbeat! Although we are glad to be home, we had such fun! We hope everyone is doing well and are safe and healthy! God bless you all!