We got together over New Year's with Eric's family in Southern California. We rented a beach house near Dana Point, it was incredible, we walked out the back door, across the sand and right to the ocean. All of Eric's brothers and their families came, as well as his mom and dad.
We went up to Burbank on one of the days and an old friend of Tina's gave us a tour of Walt Disney Studios. It was really amazing to see all of the old memorobilia and the way they draw the animations.
A few days later we went to Disneyland, and it happened to be the only cold and rainy day we had while we were there. Within 15 minutes of getting there, we ran into our friends, the Dickson's, from Hollister! That totally made my day, to be able to catch up with them and hang out together all day!
On New Year's Day we had Eric's cousin Mark, his wife Lisa, and their daughter Amanda over for a barbeque, as well as Mary's sister, Anne, her husband Bob, and their kids, Angie and Dave and John and Ginger, and all the boys. That night we saw the most amazing sunset - we could see Catalina and San Juan Island silhouetted against the beautiful sky.
Mark lives very close by and makes custom surfboards for a living. He took the guys and some of the kids to his shop and they got to see how the surfboards are made.
The hot tub was the biggest hit with the kids! It was constantly full of little people, and about the middle of the week the pool guy had to come do a complete clean out (apparently, everyone under the age of 8 should wear a swim diaper!) Gross!
It was such a fun and relaxing week, and it really made me homesick for California!
2 comments:
And California is very homesick for YOU!! I'm glad you guys got to enjoy the end of the year in So. Cal. and get a break from the freezing temps in Ohio. (I checked the weather there this a.m. out of curiosity....)
Just 12 more days and we'll be sailing off into the sunset! Can't. Wait.
Ha Ha! I was going to say the EXACT same thing! California IS homesick for you and so are all us Californians! I'm so glad we got to spend the day with you! That was the best surprise ever. It makes it that much harder that we're not making it on the cruise :( because that was just not enough time! Love all the pictures and details from your trip. Bon Voyage my dear! Have an amazing time for us. Can't wait to see the cruise post SOON!!!
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