Wednesday, August 11, 2010

California Part 3: Disneyland!

What a great time we had at Disneyland! We left bright and early and got there when the park opened. We'd also like to thank Uncle Ryan for the awesome ride he took us on before even entering the park--nothing like flipping a u-turn into oncoming traffic! :) We stayed at the park all day, and didn't leave until the very last fireworks had gone off. What a blast! The boys absolutely loved it. Tate loved going on the rides-even a few roller coasters! Max surprised us by actually going on the Matterhorn. I was a little unsure about it, but the guy told us he was big enough, and he totally wanted to go, so off we went! Our favorite ride of the day was the new Toy Story Buzz blasters. We got to go on it twice, the second time was with a very tired sleeping Max in our arms!

Chad and Tate on the rocket ride (Tate declared this as his favorite ride of the day)
Waiting in line for the train to come
Chad and Max on the Matterhorn (I love Max's face in this-I think he might have been reconsidering!)
Lindsay and Tate on the Matterhorn
Lindsey, Max, Jaxon, and Tate
Chad and Lindsay
Ryan, Lindsey, Tanja, and Jaxon
Aunt Tanja tickling Max, and Max loving it!
Lindsay and Max on the train ride
It took about 2 seconds on the train for Max to fall asleep
Max and Tate's Wild Ride!
Chad, Max, Lindsay, and Tate
Max and Tate loved the Tarzan treehouse, especially the musical instruments at the end.

Mommy and Max on the Tarzan treehouse bridge
Beep, Beep!
The required Mickey Mouse picture
At the end of the day the boys discovered the Winnie the Pooh ride, which they both loved.
Max loves to take the camera and get a few shots in. Love the finger in front of the lens!
Max and Tate had a great time playing while we waited for dinner
Tate on the Tarzan treehouse bridge
Lindsay, Tate, and Max outside Adventureland
On the Jungle Cruise ride
Haha. Painless whatever!
Max and Tate outside the front gates of Disneyland

California Part 2: Oceanside Harbor

The fish and chips at the Oceanside Harbor are the best! It is so beautiful to sit out on the deck overlooking the marina.


Chad, Lindsay, Tate, and Max
Lindsey, Harald, Max, Tate, Lesley, Jaxon
Jaxon, Tanja, Lindsey and Ryan

Jaxon, Max, Tate, and Lindsey
Waiting for some fish and chips!

Trip to California!


We had a wonderful vacation to Oceanside, California. We went with Chad's parents (Harald and Lesley) and his sister and her family (Ryan, Tanja, Jaxon, and Lindsey.) It was wonderful. Nothing beats sitting by the beach!

(There are a ton more pictures...I will post them as soon as the computer decides to play nice!)




Tuesday, August 10, 2010

California Part 1: The Beach!

We had an awesome, wonderful, and pretty darn great trip to California the first week of August! (I know it is October, but time goes fast!) The condo we stayed at was on Tait Street, which our Tate thought was pretty cool. The condo is less than a block from the beach. We loved walking out our front door, down a few steps, and being at the waves. There is just something about the beach...time stands still and for a little while everything is just perfect.


Tate loved pulling the wagon on the beach. He would fill it with "sea poppies" and haul them up to where we were sitting. He and Max also liked to fill it with sand and search for sand crabs.

Haha Mommy! You're stuck!
Pulling in the seaweed is a lot of work!
The giant hole!
Jaxon and Max digging in the giant hole
Buried alive! (And lovin' it!)


Lindsey and Max digging
Grandpa Harald after boogie boarding
Max playing soccer
More digging...look at his legs! They were covered!
Max and Tate searching for Sand Crabs
The whole fam
Searching for more sand crabs
Max chasing the waves

Ready, set

JUMP!
Tate and Nana digging




Not sure what the plan was here, but they sure were having fun!
Tate, Lindsey, Max
Searching for shells
Chad digging a trench so the waves would not get us
Handsome Daddy!