or "The OC" (...don't call it that) and the rest of our vacation
We had a free day at the end of our vacation and we drove around my old hometown, Fullerton, CA a little bit. It has changed a lot. We looked at my old house, which looks a lot different too. We went by Cal State Fullerton and the Fullerton Arboretum, a place I spent a lot of time as a kid. Here we are at the Heritage House at the Arboretum.
Grant getting a ride
More walking around at the Arboretum
We had lunch at Pick Up Stix one of my favorite Chinese places in OC
We drove down to Corona Del Mar and stopped at Balboa Island along the way to get a Balboa Bar...
...and a frozen banana
I've been to Balboa Island before a few times as a kid, but never had the frozen banana. It was good.
And we finally made it to Corona Del Mar. Corona Del Mar is a beach we went to LOTS as kids. It was mostly how I remembered. Grant really wanted to get down and RUN
The kids had a lot of fun running around at the beach
Here are some beach pics...
After our visit to the beach we drove out to Redondo Beach to visit my brother, John. We went to dinner at Ruby's Diner. Why did I not get a picture with my brother? I know, I know...we were too busy talking and having fun and I forgot. Grrr! We had fun seeing John though!
So we had a busy trip, but so much fun. Most of the nights the kids were all asleep by the time we got back to the hotel. All the kids were awake the last night though. Here's Grant helping Scott work on his computer.
Go to bed kids!!
The next day we drove part way back to Colorado. We stopped in St. George, UT and hung out with Alycia and Cody for the evening. They let us stay with them in their family's condo (they let us stay there on the way out too!) and even entertained us with swimming, BBQing and ice cream. It was so fun and summery! Thanks Alycia and Cody...and Lulu!! Here are Lulu, Anna and Grant hanging out at the pool.
Matthew finally got to swim! He wished we had done more swimming on this trip. :)
The next day we drove the long stretch from St. George to Colorado Springs. Grant had a hard time toward the end. Here we are taking a break at a rest stop somewhere in the mountains of Colorado. A much needed rest.
The boys! I think Anna was asleep in the car for this stop. Anyway, we made it safely back to Colorado...and got snow two days later. So much for our summery warm vacation. :) We had such a fun time on our trip though...and the sign of a good vacation, so I'm told, is that you're happy to be home. And we were.
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