Aquarium of The Pacific

we had to see a beach that night- It was our kids first time ever!

messy but happy- who could ask for anything more!

Tate playing with his shark toy

Chad bought Livy this pink dolphin- she has not put it down since!

Touching! Finally our mom let us look with our fingers and not just our eyes!!!

Livia by all of the Nemos

The diver is showing the kids the sting rays mouth

Mad that I told her we would not be seeing any mermaids today

Tate wanted in the water too!

They had these fun squirting statues that the kids could play on- Tate was in heaven!

The seal loved our family!

Feeding the birds the lovely lunch I packed for my family

Disney Vacation

Livia called these trees "Hula Trees" she especially loved the baby ones.

We had a great family vacation this year in California. I strongly recommend going during this time of year. We had Disneyland all to ourselves and the Christmas decor and parades and fireworks were out of this world. We never had to wait for the rides and my heart was soaring with my kid's happy faces. We also went to the Aquarium of the pacific and to Newport beach. We did not want to come home! We actually stayed a night longer than we planned because Chad (who was dreading this vacation- mind you) was not ready for it to be over. My kids can't stop talking about it.