The Happiest Place on Earth

Who can pass up a visit to Disneyland when you come to California. It's just something you have to do!! So we did. We picked a day that we were hoping would not be too crowded. We made a good pick. It was a great day!!

My brother Paul & my niece Savanna joined us for most of the day too. Noah & Savanna had a great time.
In Jeff's words, "Disneyland was really FUN, there are some very cool things to do even for us grown-up kids!"

Grandma's always up for any ride. We even had to wait for her & her two boys, when she rode Screamin' California {which goes upside down!} and Tower of Terror.

After a full day at the park we had a great dinner at RainForest Cafe.

It was fun...it was tiring....it was worth it!

Professor Penny Pickle

There is a really neat Children's Museum in Old Town Temecula. It's called Pennypickle Imagination Workshop. Noah loves the place. He's only been two times, but he talks about it all the time.

We decided to go visit it one afternoon. Uncle Jeff thought it was pretty cool & Noah loved going around figuring everything out...it's a fun thing to do, especially when it's not crowded. We were lucky!

A Hole in One!

Just a quick fun afternoon adventure. Obviously this was more for Noah than for us adults. He had a great time though....of course he had his own rules!
After mini golf, Grandma & Noah rode the teacups {way to go Grandma, I could never do that with him!}

We didn't get any good pictures, but next was the go-carts. Noah loved this. He giggled & hollered the entire time. It cracked me up. We were "racing" Uncle Jeff. I can't remember who won.

It was a fun afternoon!

Yosemite National Park

Welcome to Yosemite National Park....I should not be the person writing this, because I know there are a lot of details that should be told, but I don't know them because I was not there! The day started with a bus tour to visit the highlights of the park. They had a great time, saw beautiful waterfalls, Half Dome (the picture that everyone knows is Yosemite), had a great lunch...all in all a great day. The one big problem, there was not restroom on the bus. Noah had to go to the bathroom & the poor guy had to "hold" it for 40 minutes. When they pulled up to their lodge, he immediately stood up and said, "get out of my way, I have to PEE!" He was in the back of the bus! But everyone chuckled & let the poor guy get off immediately. I'm quite impressed that he didn't have an accident.
Noah & his favorite travel buddy

HALF DOME

This kid loved being outdoors!

In case you haven't seen a waterfall, here's a beauty!

This is the lodge they stayed at....

Yosemite was wonderful. They had a great time, enjoyed their stay at the Lodge & then started their 7 hour drive home. It was great for the 4 of them to go on this beautiful adventure...to enjoy the beauty of California.

Kings Canyon

Today is day two of their trip....Kings Canyon National Park

This area is one of the most beautiful parts of California
Take a look at this snow bank! Pretty crazy!! Good thing they planned their trip for this week because the week before they had 2 feet of snow

The trees are amazing...you really cannot imagine it, unless you see it in person

Noah loves waterfalls....really LOVES them...he was in heaven because this place had so many waterfalls

Noah loves hanging out with Grandma Judi. He was super excited that she was coming. It doesn't matter what they do, but he loves it. He was already saying how sad he was going to be when she leaves to go home. He was saying that the first day she was here!Here is Uncle Jeff, doing one of his favorite things to do, climbing rocks....

Here is Noah, learning from Uncle Jeff... wow!!

Another one of Uncle Jeff's favorite activities...exploring caves! He was loving this day! Noah said it was dark & slippery

What a FANTASTIC day!!

Sequoia National Park

Grandma Judi & Uncle Jeff {Scott's brother} arrived on Wednesday & their trip started off with fun trip up to Central/Northern California. It may seem strange that this trip was just Judi, Jeff, Scott & Noah went on a trip without Christine. But, there is an explanation. Christine was hosting a weekend scrapbook getaway and so she was hanging out with girlfriends & scrapping...and the rest of the family took off for a 5 hour drive to go on a four day adventurous trip

After a good night sleep, they were on the road by 5:30am...a 5 hour drive in the car to arrive at Sequoia National Park. Take a look at the beautiful scenery...

This was just day one of their trip.....

Preparing for a visit

When Grandma Judi comes to visit there is one thing that Noah & her usually do. BUT, this time, Noah decided that he would do this task, before she came. He came up with this idea all on his own.

So, today, Noah & Madison set out to preparing for Grandma's visit.

They got their bucket (with water only), their cleaning towels & their scrubbing arms. They were going to clean his kitchen & "food" and make it "sparkly clean".

It was just too cute!