Erin's house - vacation part 2

After we had tons of fun at my parents we then flew on a plane. It was Penelope's first time on a plane and she did awesome!

We relaxed the first day we got there but then on Wednesday the boys took Gwen & Mason camping. I got this picture before they left. Mason & Gwen were really excited to go.



Marc took these pictures on his iphone, I sent my small camera with Brett but he just got some video & this picture of him & Marc.







Erin & I stayed home with Grahm & Penleope. We did a little sewing but really went to the fabric stores so that I could buy TONS of fabric. I also got some great pictures of the 2 kids together. This one is so cute with them on their quilts that Erin & I made.









Penelope came over to me to play with my new camera strap and I got this great one with her between my legs.



When the boys got home we took the train downtown......



....... and ate at Pat's BBQ which is famous for its BBQ. It was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives the food network show. It was really yummy and tons of food.



We went to The Gateway to let the kids play in the fountains and to eat some yummy frozen yogurt.





We really kept ourselves busy on this trip and it was great.



The guys look a little miserable here don't they? Maybe because it was really hot and they were still recuperating from camping!



Stay tuned for the final installment of our vacation soon. We have the zoo and 4th of July celebrations at the fair.

Santa at the Zoo.

I wanted to get the traditional (atleast to me) Christmas picture with Santa, but everywhere I went you were not allowed to use your own camera or if you did you had to buy a picture then you could use yours. Well that was not for me, so today I remembered that Irvine Regional Park had an awesome pumpkin patch (remember this post?)that we went to, so they must have an awesome Santa, right?? I get online and they say that Santa is there from noon until 8pm and that can you take your own pictures for FREE!! YAY!! Brett's parents came along with us and we got there and they said it was not the park that had Santa (they had him at night and you had to ride the train to get to meet him for $8 a person! Sheesh!) it was the zoo that had Santa! Did they just say the zoo?!?! I had NO idea that they had a zoo at that park. We were so surprised and very impressed with the small zoo that they had. It was only $2.00 a person and Gwenie was free. They had so many animals and we were amazed at how awesome their selection was:

Lions,bears,bobcats,beavers,goats,sheep,eagles,peacocks,leopards,turtle doves, raccoons,and so much more. Here are some of them. I got some great pictures.

Doesn't everyone look so amazed? lol.



I love this family photo. If only we had this in time for the Christmas card, oh well.



We had so much fun, it was such a surprise to be at a zoo and to see all the cool stuff that they had. (NOTE: Girls we so have to go as a group one day soon.) Santa was in the middle and he was great with Gwenie trying to get her to be his friend.




But I had to get into the picture with her this year. She wasn't afraid she was just shy.





We left the zoo and went back to the park and went on the train. On the ride we even got to see some wild peacocks. Gwenie kept saying "whee" the whole time, she loved the train ride. Thanks Mom & Dad.





Doesn't this pictures crack you up? Grandma & Grandpa posing with Gwenie when all she wanted was a drink of her water.



My little elf. She is such a great helper.



We had such a great time. I will have to remember to go to this again next year.