After 10 weeks working in AZ, we went to CA for a few weeks to work at a different law firm. We stayed with my sister, Shera and Danny Walker and their cute family. We absolutely fell in love with CA and are currently interviewing there for jobs after law school. We'll see what happens. Anyway here's a smorgasbord of fun.
On April 30th (our 3rd anniversary) I gave John tickets to Wicked (knowing we'd be in Hollywood in a few months). So here we are 3 months later celebrating! John picked a yummy Italian place for us to eat and it was called "Bella's". I asked him if he purposefully chose that restaurant cuz he was dying to read Breaking Dawn (it came out a few days later). He just rolled his eyes and tried to convince me that he didn't even know the name of the place when he was on line looking for somewhere to go. (Ya right!!)
We had such a fun time and needless to say, Wicked was AMAZING.
One Saturday while in CA we went to Huntington Beach. We walked on the pier and watched people catch fish, play sand volleyball games, and then went to the water for a little of our own fun! Jack wanted mommy to notice that he had sand on his hand. He was very concerned!
Our first couple days in CA, my sister and her family were gone at a family reunion. And since we were staying with them, they graciously let us into their home even though they weren't there. Our first night there we were dying to go to the beach. For FHE we picked up a pizza, drove down to the beach and sad on this awesome grassy hill and watched the sunset. We played catch, watched the birds fly over the ocean, and enjoyed the perfect CA weather. After coming from 10 weeks in AZ, we were so excited to finally be outside and not sweat to death!
Building sand castles with daddy. 
Why is it that when you go to the beach, you always bring more than you can carry? This particular day we went with my sister Amber and her kids. She brought them to CA for a little vacation and we had such a blast. Anyway, as it was time to leave, we prepared for the walk across the sand, up the stairs, around the zigzag sidewalk, and through the parking lot to the car. Everyone started loading up their arms with chairs, camera, coolers of food, boogie boards, towels, umbrellas and all that other junk you bring to the beach. Jack was throwing a fit saying "No, don't wann it!" He kept pulling on a towel I had wrapped around my neck. I assumed he was crying because he wanted to stay at the beach and of course at this point my arms were full, my baby was screaming everyone else had headed back to the car with their heavy loads; I couldn't just pick him up and carry him. Anyway, I bent down and said, "Jack, what's wrong?" He quickly replied, "Help!" I said, "Jack, Mommy can't help you right now it's time to go!" He continued to pull on the towel and it was then that I realized... HE wanted to help carry something! As soon as I gave him a bag of beach toys to drag through the sand, up the stairs and across the parking lot to the car, he was happy as a could be. 
Moral of the story: I can't wait till he can fully communicate. Poor little guy, all he wanted was to carry something back to the car like everyone else was... He's such a big helper!
While we were there, we experienced our first earth quake. My sister, Shera and I were in the kitchen making lunch for the kids and I was pretty sure the Incredible Hulk was trying to bust through her kitchen floor because he really wanted a tuna fish sandwich. Come to find out, it was just a category 5 earthquake (is that how you say it?). I guess when there's an earth quake you're suppose to go outside just in case the after shock is worse than the actual earthquake. Anyway, here we are... enjoying the beautiful CA summer day. Everyone was fine, but if you can't tell by some of the kid's faces, some of them were a little scared! And little Andrew just wanted some pretzels.
One night, the Walkers took us to the beach for a "Crab Cookout". We reserved a fire pit and Danny brought a huge pot. We threw some seaweed, potatoes, corn on the cob, a few crabs, and scallops, and a few more things and ate delicious dinner. After that we roasted mallows in the coals (and that's what's all over Jack's face). Towards the end of the night the kids got a little tired, sandy, and cold but overall, we had a great night.
Jack's favorite activity
A whole lot of sand and little bit of fruit snack!
Our Summer in Paradise!
On April 30th (our 3rd anniversary) I gave John tickets to Wicked (knowing we'd be in Hollywood in a few months). So here we are 3 months later celebrating! John picked a yummy Italian place for us to eat and it was called "Bella's". I asked him if he purposefully chose that restaurant cuz he was dying to read Breaking Dawn (it came out a few days later). He just rolled his eyes and tried to convince me that he didn't even know the name of the place when he was on line looking for somewhere to go. (Ya right!!)
We had such a fun time and needless to say, Wicked was AMAZING.
One Saturday while in CA we went to Huntington Beach. We walked on the pier and watched people catch fish, play sand volleyball games, and then went to the water for a little of our own fun! Jack wanted mommy to notice that he had sand on his hand. He was very concerned!
Our first couple days in CA, my sister and her family were gone at a family reunion. And since we were staying with them, they graciously let us into their home even though they weren't there. Our first night there we were dying to go to the beach. For FHE we picked up a pizza, drove down to the beach and sad on this awesome grassy hill and watched the sunset. We played catch, watched the birds fly over the ocean, and enjoyed the perfect CA weather. After coming from 10 weeks in AZ, we were so excited to finally be outside and not sweat to death!
Building sand castles with daddy. 
Figuring out this new feeling between the toes!
Why is it that when you go to the beach, you always bring more than you can carry? This particular day we went with my sister Amber and her kids. She brought them to CA for a little vacation and we had such a blast. Anyway, as it was time to leave, we prepared for the walk across the sand, up the stairs, around the zigzag sidewalk, and through the parking lot to the car. Everyone started loading up their arms with chairs, camera, coolers of food, boogie boards, towels, umbrellas and all that other junk you bring to the beach. Jack was throwing a fit saying "No, don't wann it!" He kept pulling on a towel I had wrapped around my neck. I assumed he was crying because he wanted to stay at the beach and of course at this point my arms were full, my baby was screaming everyone else had headed back to the car with their heavy loads; I couldn't just pick him up and carry him. Anyway, I bent down and said, "Jack, what's wrong?" He quickly replied, "Help!" I said, "Jack, Mommy can't help you right now it's time to go!" He continued to pull on the towel and it was then that I realized... HE wanted to help carry something! As soon as I gave him a bag of beach toys to drag through the sand, up the stairs and across the parking lot to the car, he was happy as a could be. Moral of the story: I can't wait till he can fully communicate. Poor little guy, all he wanted was to carry something back to the car like everyone else was... He's such a big helper!
While we were there, we experienced our first earth quake. My sister, Shera and I were in the kitchen making lunch for the kids and I was pretty sure the Incredible Hulk was trying to bust through her kitchen floor because he really wanted a tuna fish sandwich. Come to find out, it was just a category 5 earthquake (is that how you say it?). I guess when there's an earth quake you're suppose to go outside just in case the after shock is worse than the actual earthquake. Anyway, here we are... enjoying the beautiful CA summer day. Everyone was fine, but if you can't tell by some of the kid's faces, some of them were a little scared! And little Andrew just wanted some pretzels.
One night, the Walkers took us to the beach for a "Crab Cookout". We reserved a fire pit and Danny brought a huge pot. We threw some seaweed, potatoes, corn on the cob, a few crabs, and scallops, and a few more things and ate delicious dinner. After that we roasted mallows in the coals (and that's what's all over Jack's face). Towards the end of the night the kids got a little tired, sandy, and cold but overall, we had a great night.
Jack's favorite activity
A whole lot of sand and little bit of fruit snack!
Our Summer in Paradise!
We love our Papa Bear!
Jack's feet
I hope he never loses the chubs in his feet!
I put a bowl down for Cooper to get a drink, but Jack found it first.
Cooper wasnt' a fan of the spoon. But neither was Jack at this point.
My sister Jana and her 2 girls, Bekah and Mikayla.
We were freezing and wet. We wanted to wait out the storm to see the fireworks, but there was no sign of it slowing down. So we went to the nearest Wendy's and waited and waited and waited for our food. They seriously took 45 minutes for us to get a single french fry! Thank goodness I had a few Coco puffs in my purse!
