Californ-I-A

Bryan and I went back and forth about going to California for months and months until about mid January when we kind of decided not to.  We were going to invest more money and pay even more off our house then we had planned.  Then I saw that our tax return was going to be higher then I thought and I started to wonder if we should go.  Then Bryan got salmonella (no joke) in the middle of January and I stayed home that whole week with him.  I was so stir crazy I felt like I was going to loose my freaking mind! So one Sunday I was looking at how good the weather was and how much cheeper hotels were in January there we decided something crazy and said we would go in 10 days from there.  From that my brother and in law found out and since he was going to be in Las Vegas with his family anyway they would come for a day to Disneyland with us.  Then my in laws decided to go if we were all going.  What a crazy week that was! And in case you were wondering it was worth every penny.  =)

 When we went to California last year my camera freaked out at the beach and kept the shutter open so all my pictures were pitch black.  I only had a few crazy photos from my cell phone so I made up for it this year!  A little too much because I feel bad I didn't relax and just play with my kids instead of taking lots of pictures. There is always next time I guess.

We woke up at 4am and drove all day until we got to our hotel around 2pm California time.  It was 77 degrees and felt SOOOO GOOD!  I still can't get over it!  It was the best weather of our trip for sure.  We dropped off our stuff, ate lunch and headed for the beach.  This is the third year in a row we have gone to California so you would think we could easily find the beach but we got on some wrong roads and what should have been 15 to 20 minutes ended up being almost a hour and after being in the car already 11 hours that day my kids were nuts.  We finally found Huntington beach and had to pay 13 bucks to get in for the hour we were there.  At that point we would have paid 50.  It was super nice and very few people were around it being a Wednesday.

Bryan just got a new iphone at work right before our trip so it was a nice change to have him take a few photos:

What isn't there to love about a family selfie? What a awesome picture.  

These are my photos:

The boys found lots of sea shell and loved playing in the sand.  Brett could have chased the birds all day I'm pretty sure.  Too bad it took us another hour to get back to our hotel because we were in 5 PM traffic.  I love California but I will never live there in all of it's traffic!!