Winter Break Vacay

Tuesday we drove to OC and jumped in my sister's car just in time to go get Nix from school. Then we went to the animal hospital where they rescue and rehabilitate seals and then return them to the ocean. They only had 2 when we were there, fun to check out.

 Went back to Briana's and got swim suits on and went swimming...well Briana and the kids did, I just watched. :)
We watched "Smurf's," ate some yummy leftover soup, clam dip :), peppermint hot chocolate!
The kids and uncle Brett made a movie that is so cute! He posted it on youtube so you can check it out, it's titled "The Barefoot Baddy."
This morning Briana made a yummy breakfast with eggs and mixture of white and orange potatoes. Then we went to the beach! YAY! We were at the beach for about 6 hours, you can only do that when you live 10 minutes away. It was hot, the sun was hot, so warm, so wonderful! The ocean was freezing but the kids didn't care, I care, I tried to get in the ocean with Sierra but I really couldn't, icy coldness! But I can sit in a chair in the hot sunshine with all my sunblock on and soak it up and watch her boogie on the boogie board! :)

 We went to the rocks and found all kinds of interesting sea creatures! Fun to explore!

Went to Cafe Rio after the beach, LOVE Cafe Rio! Went to Briana's and made the kids grilled cheese cause they don't appreciate Cafe Rio like I do. Enjoyed my delicious salad, showered me and the kids and then headed home. Love to visit my sister at the beach! We don't get to go often enough. Thanks Brett and Briana! Love your family! xoxo
Thanks Briana for all the photos too! :)

Beach Days

Went to Briana's in the OC on Monday with my mom and my kids. What a great visit we had! When we arrived we went and picked up dinner and then went to a park called "On Top of the World Park," so BEAUTIFUL! Hiked a little ways over to see the sunset on the ocean. We went back to Bergener Palace and Sierra gave the FHE lesson on David and Goliath. She wore armor and crumbled up pieces of paper and let the boys pretend they were David and she was Goliath and she let them throw the "stones" at her. What a perfect lesson for a house full of boys.
The next day we went on a 6 mile run with the kids in tow. The big kids rode bikes or scooters and the littlest ones were in the jogging stroller. SO much fun!!! Then we changed and headed to the beach with everyone else. :) What a great beach, Sierra and Ashton were in the water ALL DAY! My mom got in the water and I got in the water too! The water was packed with people, reminded me of the movie Jaws when the water is packed with people and Jaws comes to attack. Got "Cherry on Top" and then pizza and ate all our yummy food and then headed home. Rossi was so cute! He cries everytime we leave. But, this time he said "you come back to see me soon?" I said, "Yes we will!" and then he said "ok, I'm goin to go swimmin with my dad." :)
Today, Wed. is Ward beach day. Didn't really want to go. We had just been at the beach. But, my kids wanted to go. SO glad we went. My kids had so much fun. I had so much fun!!!

OC

Day started off at 6am. Got a shower in and packed some clothes, bathing suits and food and water. My dad picked us up at 7:15am. Headed to the OC. We spent our day with Briana and family. Sophi and family were there too. We got there about 8:30am right in time for Nixon's Gymnastics performance.
We were all goofing off while Nixon waited for his turn. Lincoln did "fire power."

Rossi was my vending machine buddy. I took him there with the first $1 and then I created a monster. "What, treats comes out of there?" We made several trips back with Brett's dollars and dad's dollars. The other kids were into it too! :) Look at this face though! How could you not want to buy him another treat when he grabs your finger. Sierra got some sour skittles. :0 She loves them! Ashton does too!
Nixon was showing his skills.

"TA DA!" He got a medal and a certificate! Way to go Nixon!The day was cloudy and cool. Us mom's were not up to getting wet. What we were up to is laying around. Dad and Briana went and got yummy things at the Mexican market. Dad bbq carne asada and we made guac and ate tacos and chips and watermelon. So Yummy! While they were out dad got Briana her new carseat for her new bundle coming soon. So cute! We just watched movies and ate while the kids played. I felt like I was on vacation. So wonderful! We got to help Briana do a couple of things too, we weren't completely useless. :) So fun to go and visit her, I love where she lives. Went to Yogurtland too! Got home super late. Such a fun day!