California

 We made it to California! We visited with S's sister Jane, her husband, and daughter. Little Lady had a great time playing with her cousin Nikole and we had a nice visit.  We went on the tram way up the mountain in Palm Springs. It was a great day to get out and enjoy the forest. We walked among the ceder trees and the girls loved climbing on the rocks. We went to a trampoline park and Little Lady was in heaven jumping like crazy. When we first arrived we bought only an hour and that seemed short. Then 20 minutes in and the adults were exhausted. We were counting the minutes until the hour was over! After we finished our visit with Jane and Rian we drove to San Diego. We checked into our really really really budget motel (it never said MOTEL in the description) and then went to find the beach. We walked along the boardwalk, had some ice cream, and enjoyed a beautiful sunset. We spent the next 2 days at Zoos enjoying animals. Then we went to the USS midway aircraft carrier. Little Lady thought it was one giant jungle gym. She loved climbing all over the ship. We ended our trip with a day at the beach and enjoying one last meal with Jane and Rian at Hodad's Burgers. Those things are amazing! Little Lady ate a cheeseburger for the first time and loved it! Who knew! It was a great trip and even better family time. We needed this little bit of vacation.

Heading up the mountain on the Palm Springs Tramway

Rock climbing

Jumping in the foam pit. These things are ridiculously hard to get out of.

One of the happiest kids around

Perfect night for a walk on the beach in Mission Beach

Beautiful view of very large waves

Yeah... this was her dinner. She loved every bite

sunset over the Pacific

Welcome aboard the USS Midway aircraft carrier

Hanging out in the ready room

Everything is for climbing

practicing her knot tying

Lower the Anchors!

"let me outta here"- Someones in the brig

In the Throttle room.

Trying her hand at flying a helicopter

Now on to bigger things

Well it all can't be perfect... trying the beds in the med unit

Who doesn't climb on missiles?

After checking out the ship, we found a playground

this little cutie is really happy with all the Daddy time she is getting.

sand between the toes makes for a perfect vacation

First time in the pacific ocean

she insisted she was making a snowman...I don't think she grasped the concept of snow well enough this winter.

Dinner at Hodads. Nikole wanted a milkshake and this is what they brought!