"Where's the party at?"....."California!"

That's what Jhett asked when we were on our way to California. So naturally I answered California!

(I think I should have broken this trim up by days because it has literally taken me almost a week and a half to post this because of all the pictures!)

At the end of September we were FINALLY able to do our Christmas present from Austin's dad and Stepmom from 2 years ago! But since we were not able to go to Mexico in June Austin wanted to make our trip a little longer and hit the beach. The kids didn't do too bad. They each had a dvd player and cardboard in the windows. BEST thing we did! It made the car dark so they would sleep. My kids won't sleep anywhere but their beds so we have to go above and beyond and cross our fingers they will sleep. We also didn't leave at the butt crack of dawn. That too was nice. Austin and I were able to get a good night's rest and we just left after the kids woke up.

A friend at of mine at work told me that she stops at Carl's JR in Yuma because they have a play area for kids and that it always wears her kids out. So we thought we would try it.

We let the kids play for about 15 min, took potty breaks, and hit the road. It was great and worked! Both kids fell asleep within the hour!We stopped a couple more times on our way to the hotel, Del Taco and H&M. Then we went to the beach. Austin could hardly contain himself! The beach was right down the road from our hotel.

The kids LOVED playing in the sand.

This is Tredd's thing, shoes on his hands. You can catch him walking or crawling like this. He has been doing it ever since he started crawling. He is obsessed with shoes!!!

I tried so hard to get pictures with the boys.Jhett was so awnry and would not take a picture with me. It then became a goal of mine to get a picture of us with him smiling!

Tredd wouldn't cooperate either.

Thursday was Beach Day. We decided to make the drive to Coronado Island. Austin really wanted to try Skim Boarding and we were told by some locals the sand there was not too rocky and good. We went in the morning and it was not crowded by any means and the waves weren't gigantic so Jhett could boogie board.


The video I got of Jhett boogie boarding was so funny! He actually screamed in terror. Let's just say when he wiped out at the end he was NOT happy. Am I so mean to think that is was funny??

Tredd wanted to try too. I thought it was hilarious that he knew how to stand as if he were surfing. I think he will be my board boy :)

Austin spent quite a bit of time in the water by himself. Check him out in his sexy wet suit!

The water was way too cold for my liking. In fact I wished I wore sweats rather then a swimsuit! I was so cold sitting there.

MUST GO HERE IF YOU VISIT CORONADO ISLAND!!!

Flavor to try: Coconut Cream. SCRUMPTIOUS!!!

For lunch we decided to try the Mexican Restaurant right by our hotel because we had a complimentary nachos coupon. So we changed out of our suits and walked over there. It was pretty good. Not the best Mexican food I have ever had but I'd eat there again.

Thursday evening we decided to go to Sea World to just do rides so that Jhett would do other things when we met up with the rest of our family. The park was completely dead and we walked on and walked off rides and played in the jungle gym for a couple of hours. The boys absolutely LOVED this! Plus it was fun because we would all ride together!
Elmo's Flying Fish was the only ride I got pictures of.

I was the lucky one to climb up the playground with Jhett because he wouldn't go alone.

The toddler area was great! Tredd LOVED it! He is such a social butterfly and makes friends with kids and adults. He isn't afraid of anybody!

Earlier in the day while all the boys were napping I went shopping. I was on the hunt for a sweatshirt for Jhett. First stop was Goodwill! No sweatshirt but I found this long board for $20! It made our trips to the boardwalk so fun!

Austin & Jhett couldn't get enough of it! Austin let Jhett ride it on his own.

But actually Jhett preferred riding it like this. Austin said people thought it was great and got lots of comments. These two cruised up and down the boardwalk every night we were there.

I ended up getting a sweatshirt for Jhett at TJ MAX. The local surf shops didn't carry anything in his size and I didn't want to spend a ton of money on some cool ones I saw at Sea World. I also picked up a pair of TOMS for myself. Mission Beach became our nightly outings where we would go to watch the sun go down. We even ate at the same place too.

Friday was the day we were meeting up with Gma & Gpa Udall and Ben & CJ for our 2 day Sea World Adventure. They weren't going to be there until later so we went ahead without them. Sea World offers these awesome All You Can Eat passes for $29. If you are planning on being at the park all day these are so worth it. The pass pays for itself after 2 meals. We got one pass that Austin wore. The only thing it didn't cover were churros. I don't know what it is about theme parks but I crave those things the second I step in the park. I only got a couple the whole time we were there because the pass got me pumpkin cheesecake and cups of strawberries! Yum! We literally spent most of the day eating! I just wish I took more pictures!

The second day we went was the first day of their Halloween Spooktacular!

The whole park was decorated! A few shows were changed to be more "spooky" and there was trick-or-treating! This was the first time any of us had been at Sea World during this event.

We had a blast! Once again, I sucked at taking pictures :(

You can't go to a Spooktacular without getting your face painted!!! I really wanted Jhett to get some sort of Monster painted but he was set on being like Uncle CJ and wanted to be a tiger. Here he is waiting for the other two to be done.

I spy 2 tigers and a leopard!! Jhett sure adores his uncles Ben & CJ!!!

Jhett LOVED the shark exhibit! Well at least the end when you walk through the underwater tunnel and they are swimming all around you. Trying to get a picture of him in front of this mouth was impossible. The camera caught him running off! If you look at his face you can see he thinks he is hilarious!!

Tredd was unsure about this giant sea turtle we put him by.

Jhett was completely pooped by the afternoon.

He fell asleep while sorting Sugar Babies! Haha.

It was the most perfect weekend for this trip. The weather couldn't have been more perfect. We saw all of the animals and shows, ate until we wanted to burst and rode rides until we were sick. No souvenirs were bought at the park. I think the longboard, Jhett's sweatshirt, and my TOMS were good enough. We missed the sunset at the beach Saturday night and Austin wasn't too happy about it. It was driving him nuts being in California and not being at the beach.
I must admit, I miss seeing these beautiful sunsets.

The trip was FABULOUS!!! I hope we make it back real soon!!!