Newport California

We are back from our wonderful trip to Newport California. The week went by way too fast! We drove the full 12 hours on Friday and it actually went fairly good. Scott is always a trooper to travel with, but Hailey had her moments of boredom in her confined car seat. We even had time to play a few rounds of the ultimate alphabet game. It was actually a fun drive! It was so great to have my entire family together. Us girls didn't really care what we did, we were just glad to have our significant others there with us! (They all work long hours!)

The Blaser Family

The Couples: Wally & Bre, Kevin & Nicole, Rick & Candice, Chris & Brooke

Our little family...

I love how Scott has his little arm around Hailey in these next two

Here's Candice's cute little family. Mia is always waving at the camera-so cute!

Here's an attempt to get a picture of the grand kids...

Here's some of cheesy Hailey showing off her teeth!

Me and my little girl...

Scott and Daddy

Chris and Brooke with Scott

We stay right above Crystal Cove State Park which is a protected beach with beautiful trails and renovated beach houses. Saturday and Sunday we rode our bikes down to the lookout point and rode along the ocean on the sand. We also spent some time just swimming in the pool and played in the courtyards throwing footballs and all that fun stuff This is one my mom got of Hailey in the room- she is such a crack up!

This is Chris and Scott at the pool...I guess Scott was asking him "Why do the girls wear shirts but the boys don't?" Chris creatively answered "Because boys have muscles and they like to show them off" I thought that was a great answer! Haha

My parents watched the kiddies while Kev and I went out to eat and walked around the beach...a date with my hubby is always nice!
Probably the funnest day for both Kevin and I was just relaxing at Newport Beach on Monday. We brought all the bikes to ride on the trails, and also played in the water a little.

Our little beach bum Hailey was loving Mia's little seat- so cute!

It took him a minute...

but once Scott figured out he was sitting in the world's largest sandbox, he was having a blast!

Look closely and you will see Chris and Kevin in the ocean. They were having a blast body surfing and diving for seashells for Scott

Hailey loved the ocean- no surprise there!

On Tuesday morning we rode the bikes down to Crystal Cove again. Later that night we went to dinner on Laguna Beach and walked along the beach and through the shops. Here I am holding Mia...she could totally pass as mine with her dark hair!

Wednesday we took family pictures and then headed out to the beach again. Bre and Wally came with us and brought their surfboards. Kevin was excited to get back on a surfboard and it brought back memories of living in Florida. Here's a pic of my dad heading out with Wally.
Sisters!
Scott had so much fun building sand castles with Aunt Bre...it's all he talked about the rest of the day. He also had fun helping grandma bury grandpa!
Here's a face Hailey pulled for Bre- pretty cute!
After the beach we barbecued steaks and Hailey wore herself right out crawling around on the pavement
Thursday we ate breakfast with my mom, Bre and Wally at a renovated beach house on Crystal Cove and then spent most of our last day playing in the pool.
We decided to just do something just myself, Kevin and the kids so we went out to dinner and then drove to Balboa Island. Scott was having so much fun watching the sail boats. He said to me, "why do the boats have these ropes?" I said, "I don't know Scott, what do you think?" He was so cute just thinking for a few minutes, "Well... well..." and then he told me they have to be tied up so they don't blow away. Then he said, "Look dad! There are 2 pulleys!" and continued to tell us how the pulley is what you use to pull the boat in with the rope. I tell you- this kid is sooo mechanically minded! It cracks me up!
We went for a walk and decided it would be fun to take the ferry across to Newport, so this is Scott not smiling for the camera...
This is what happens when dad bribes with ice cream...
And this is the face he pulls when a stranger takes the picture for us! Haha!
Scott rode the merry-go-round and then we took the ferry back, walked 15 minutes back to the car and got back after bedtime, but it was definitely worth it and a great way to spend our last night in California.
We headed home on Friday, but unfortunately the kids remembered the 12 hour drive there and weren't too excited so we stopped at grandma and grandpa's to get lots of energy out, swim in the pool and then we put them to bed and let them sleep in the car on the way home! I was shocked that they both slept the entire way! It was a much needed and very fun vacation that ended way too fast!