Ahhhhhhhhh.........

We just got home from an amazing vacation to CALIFORNIA with the kids. Well two of them anyway. We followed the brilliant advice of some friends to leave Caymbee with Grandma and Grandpa for the week so we could enjoy some stress and diaper free time with Hallee and Hope.

Hope was in true form on the airplane and had anyone within ear shot in stitches. The girl has no concept of a whisper or a quiet voice and entertained everyone with her singing voice, made-up knock-knock jokes, and her new saying, "Say what say WHAT??" As the plane taxied out to the runway she LOUDLY exclaimed, " I didn't want to go on this kind of airplane! I wanted to go in the ones that go in the sky!" Once the airplane started it's incline she exclaimed with a terrified face, "I don't think I'm gonna like this anymore!"

We made it to California without any problems, met up with our friends and headed to the beach. We couldn't get enough of it! Our only regret of the entire trip was that we were only able to fit in ONE day at the beach.


The next few days we crammed in Disneyland, California Adventures and Sea World and a day at the pool. The weather was perfect and the lines were short. Who could ask for more?



And while we missed Caymbree we loved every second we had with Hallee and Hope. Thanks to my mom, Kristie and Mindy for helping out with Caymbree so we could pull it off. We just kept wondering if life with only two kids really was this simple???

FAVORITE VACATION MEMORIES

1) Hope's "Say what say what!"

2) Seeing Hallee put on her brave face and try any and all rides she was tall enough for. We bought her new shoes with two inch hills to give her the extra edge which allowed her to go on everything but Scream'n at California adventures. It took the second go-around to decide she liked Space Mountain but there was no getting her back on Tower of Terror. (I can't blame her. I wouldn't even go on it to begin with :)).

3) Having Steve and Tara (our friends) watch in awe (and a little bit of horror) as Hope downed an entire bag of cotton candy all by herself....TWICE.

4) Hallee and Trinity getting drenched at the Shamu show.

5) Watching Steve, Troy, Hallee and Trinity go on a water ride and come out virtually dry only to have Tara and I go on it and come out dripping wet....TWICE.

6) Seeing the girls rope their dads into paying $15.00 to have their faces painted in Disneyland...suckers!

7) Watching Jovie at each and every meal time. Thanks for the laughs Jov!

8) Being with two other Diet Coke addicts. Only they could appreciate the horror of Seaworld only having Pepsi products.

9) The "spoon" flirting with Steve during the parade.

10) Watching the kids try and pick out their "trinkets" at the souvenir store down the street. Hope picked out hers within a matter of minutes. Hallee stressed and stewed over each and every item. It took her about an hour to decide.