Day 1- California, Here We Come!

Our Family Vacation!

I don't even know how to sum up the amount of fun we had last week. My whole family ventured out to California for an awesome sun-burning time at the beach and a 5 day cruise to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico. We all had such a great time. Of course, I have over 1000 pictures from this vacation, so trying to pick a couple to put on this blog is pretty challenging. I don't even know where to start! For those who wonder how we did with Hailey on a cruise ship-she did fantastic! She slept in the crib the gave us and even though she didn't get to crawl everywhere and be Miss Independent like she does at home, she loved being held by Mommy, Daddy and all the rest of the family! She was known throughout the ship. People called her "red" in the elevator and even the customs guy remembered us when we left the ship. What a little celebrity we have! It makes us so proud, if you couldn't tell. :) All the kids just loved playing with her. I love my neices and nephews. I couldn't have hand picked any better cousins for Hailey. Here are some pictures from our vacation! Hope you enjoy them! There are 6 posts, so please scroll down and see them all!

Our little girl was way too excited at 3:00 am! Here we are before we left.

When we got to San Diego, our first stop was Sunset Cliffs, a favorite of Steves.

It was so pretty there!

Missy, Scott, JT, Amberly and Brandon

What a cute picture of Hailey and her Daddy
Missy and her pregnant belly!
Sisters!

Scott helping Amberly down the hill. That is a priceless picture.

Daddy's little girl!

Steve driving on the Coronado BridgeOur hotel in San Diego. The Westgate Hotel.

Hailey in her play yard! The view from our hotel room

Yay! Sara and Matt arrived! Here are all the kids greeting Hailey.

Hailey's first sunburn.. OUCH! This is from only 10 minutes in the sun. Sunscreen is going to be our best friend!

Steve in his fancy robe. (Can you see I had Mama Mia on in the background?!) :)

Day 2- Seal Beach

Life's a Beach!!
Day #2 we all met at Seal Beach for some R & R! At first Hailey wasn't sure about the sand between those tiny toes, however she quickly got over that and all of a sudden she started crawling as fast as she could toward the water! She would go up to where the water was and just watch it come close to her. She didn't care for the cold water though! It was adorable. She is just like her parents and is a beach girl. There is nothing better than walking in the sand and having the water come up to your feet. We bought a bunch of beach toys for the kids to play with and they had a blast! They made sand castles, tunnels for the water to go through and then JT was even buried in it. We can't wait to go back already!!

Hmm.. Sand and a stroller doesn't work so well....
Sami is all ready for some beach fun!Our first family beach picture!
Scott was telling the kids "Move over this way".. I don't know why, but this picture just cracks me up.
Brady catching some waves

Sami and Brandon moving into deep waters!
This picture of Ethan just makes me smile! Look at those arms. He means serious business!
Grandma and Hailey

Hailey's first time touching the sand with her little feet!
"I am not so sure about this Dad!"
Me and my little girl And she is off crawling to the water!

This is my FAVORITE picture!

Amberly

Grandma and Grandpa
Aunt Sara

Uncle Matt

Brady

Ashley

Where is Hailey's foot?!

Sami and Grandma

Brandon

Steve and his buddy, Brayden

CUTIE!

Steve and JT building a sand castle!

This is pure excitement for Missy when the water actually made its way around her canal!

I love this picture of Abby!

Grandpa just chilling on the beach

What a cute smile Ehan has!

I love our family!

Uncle Scott and Aunt Missy

JT!!

Grandma, Grandpa and Hailey. Hailey was wearing Grandpa's hat becuase hers was all wet!