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California Trip

For my 30th birthday, we went to go visit my family in Southern California.  And since I'm a mom of two small boys, we spent the day at Legoland.

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N loved it!

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Waiting in line.  My brother loved to photo bomb almost all of our pictures.  =)

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I got to meet my brother's girlfriend for the first time.  She's super sweet.

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Hanging out with grandparents was very special

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In a moment of poor judgment, we decided to get on the wettest ride just before it closed at 5PM.  Needless to say, we were soaked and cold until we left the park.  The boys didn't seem to mind a bit!

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We also got to visit the Sea Life Aquarium at Legoland
 
Although Legoland was a big highlight, we also got to see a lot of our family.  N enjoyed going over to his great-grandparents' home, and reading to his great-grandma.

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Two of my mom's sisters were in town too which made for a nice reunion.

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N really wanted to hear his great-grandpa play his saxophone which was readily granted.

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Most of the time, though, we just spent hanging around my parent's home in San Diego.  They have a wonderful play structure in the backyard, but the boys spent most of their outdoor time at "Rock World" the big rock in the front yard.

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We also got to go to Guajome Park and feed the ducks and coots.

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And visit San Luis Rey Mission in Oceanside.

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There we got to see where the Native Americans lived and did their laundry, ruins of old military barracks, and learn more about the friars.

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On our last weekend, we went up to Orange County to celebrate this girl's 7th birthday!  It was great to see my cousins again.  N and Z don't have any immediate cousins, so it is always a thrill to hang out with second-cousins.

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Playing in the bouncy house with little Shaun.

We got to visit my brother's new condo.  We had a good time playing with their "toys".

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Our final day included us going to our old church from our Biola days and spending the afternoon with all our great college friends.  Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures, but we just loved hanging out with all of them.  Our final two nights were spent in a hotel, and the boys were wiped out!

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It was a fantastic trip and a great way to enter this new decade!

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