We love California....just not the drive

We went on a family road trip to California last week (somewhat different than college road trips!) We had such a great time though - and here are some of the highlights.

We stopped in St. George to see Marie and her new house. So much fun, but we didn't stay long. Her house is beautiful though, and I really want to make a roomie trip down there to see her (hint, hint girls!)

We pulled in to Jes's sister, Amy's house at about 12:30 in the morning and just crashed. The next day we went to Newport Beach and let the boys dig in the sand and we also looked around in the tide pools for crabs and star fish. It was a little cold that day, but the beach was still fun. It took the boys a while to warm up to the idea of the ocean, but once they did, they had a great time!

Here's Sam walking on the beach with Grandpa Lundberg

Isaac getting out the digging toys with Grandma Lundberg

Isaac & Jes in this cool cave at the beach

Sam and Grandma Lundberg at the beach

Isaac, Jes, Grandpa, and Aunt Amy searching the tide pools

The boys finally warmed up to the beach and we buried their legs in the sand

Here we are being the best parents in the world! Letting our kids play on the lifeguard stand that has no railings and a sharp 5 foot drop

The next day we took the kids to Disneyland with all their cousins (minus a few). It was their first time and they both LOVED it! I thought that I took a million pictures...but these are all there is.

Isaac was so excited to ride on the Flying Dumbo's because he saw that ride on the Disneyland commercials on TV. He also really wanted to ride in a green one, and even though we were the last ones to get on the ride...we got green!

This was Sam's favorite ride, Casey Jones, the Circus Train. We are riding in the Wild Animals car. The ride was really cute - as you went around the track, the Casey Jones song played on the speakers. Both the boys had a lot of fun!

This is after It's a Small World. Isaac was a little weirded out by all the singing puppets, and Sam fell asleep

Both kids were a little scared on the Finding Nemo submarine ride

Here they are meeting Mickey at his house!

Such a great moment!

This was the Jungle Cruise ride. Isaac really loved this ride, naturally because of all the animals you see!

The boys had a blast playing in Toon Town! We could have spent a lot more time there!

Saturday we spent the morning and afternoon at Laguna Beach. It was much warmer and sunnier (is that a word?) that day. The boys had a ton of fun digging and playing with cousins.

If you look close you can see my awesome, gorgeous, beach bum, hubby body surfing! It was fun to watch him! The water was FREEZING!

Uncle Eben and Aunt Amy spent a lot of time making this cute little pool for the kids to play in. They all loved it!

Sam loves to dig!

Finally, Saturday evening was the event that brought us to California in the first place. Jes's brother, Lucas was getting married! It was a beautiful ceremony in a gazebo overlooking the ocean at sunset. It was so magical and romantic! We all totally love his new bride! Samantha is so cool, and nice, and cute, and fun.....and the list could go on. She makes Lucas so happy and that is so nice to see. Somehow, I didn't take any pictures of them though, but here are the boys at their wedding.

Thanks so much Lucas and Samantha for choosing to get married in California. We never would have taken this trip this year without you providing us the reason to. We love you both and are so happy for you!