Easter in California

I know, many of you didn't even know we went to California for Easter. That's because it wasn't planned and we went on a whim. My dad called Friday afternoon because he had found out we all had a 5 day weekend (which we already 2 day into) and asked if we wanted to come down. We debated for about 3 hours, even took the kids to see the movie "the Spy Next Door". I asked the kids if they were willing to take the long drive for such a short visit. They were begging to go. They started packing their clothes before we had made a decision and even started packing Bill's clothes.

We headed out around 8:00pm on Friday night, drove all night...got to California around noon. I have to apologize to all my friends in California for not getting together with anyone. It was such a short trip and it was Easter weekend so I assumed everyone was busy with family. As soon as we got there we showered and went out to lunch. I was SO excited about going to lunch because we NEVER eat out. It is one of the many things we have had to eliminate from our budget. My mom and I got a chance to go shopping. Which was fun, I always love the one on one time I get with my mom.

The kids got to dye Easter eggs with Grandma.
Colin...ahem...I mean the Easter Bunny got a little creative this year by taping candy to the walls. He even put a stash of candy in the grandfather clock and then locked it.

Rachel's basket is overflowing! She had to dump it out and head back for round 2.

Ellie wasn't so fast. She made sure she liked the candy before putting it in her basket.

Daddy helping Jared get to some that were a little hard to reach. I just realized they are both wearing red shirts.

The kids made out rather well. Grandma & Grandpa helped the Easter bunny out A LOT!

After the Easter egg hunt, we had a huge breakfast with everything from Waffles with homemade strawberry syrup, hash browns, corned beef hash, bacon & sausage. Oh man I am getting stuffed just listing the stuff we had.
Then we watched General Conference. It was a wonderful General Conference. Lots of great talks, with a lot of reminders and new resolutions for myself to bring me and my family closer to the Savior.



Jared begged to go in the pool. It was only in the 60's and the pool was definitely colder than that. He actually played in the pool for about 20 minutes. Although he kept coming out because it was so stinkin' cold!

Sunday afternoon we got to feel the 7.2 earthquake. The kids were playing and didn't really get to feel it but they saw everything swaying. Earthquakes don't usually bother me, it's just the fact that there have been so many BIG earthquakes in such a short time span. There have been a couple of times since being back in Idaho that I have been startled by the heater coming on or a truck going by thinking I was going to feel another one.

Sunday evening we were able to go and visit with Bill's family. We got to go over and see Amy's new house. I am so happy for her and love the progress she is making on it.

We headed out early Monday.

Even though our trip was short, we sure had ourselves a fun adventure filled with lots of great memories.