Seeing Double

Saturday.
Driving home from visiting friends and my parents.
Rain fell.
Clouds parted.
Welcomed sunshine.
Glanced out my window.
Saw double.

Made a wish.

Cali

Friday, July 8th we packed up overpacked and drove to the Cities and met Cheryl and 'the girls' for a one night stay at a hotel since our flight left early-ish Saturday morning.

The destination?

Anaheim, California!!

Donald Duck was Ethan's absolute favorite....!

But of course he couldn't give Mickey enough kisses on his nose.

Austin and I took a cab back to Downtown Disney to Ridemakerz so he could build his own car.

A visit to California isn't complete without seeing the ocean. Huntington Beach, baby!

The pier at Huntington beach.


Loved Cali.

Loved.

We'll be back!

A Few from the Fourth...

This year we went 'up north' to celebrate the Fourth of July...

We headed to the beach, meeting up with some friends I wish we'd see more often than we do...We all got married in the same year. We all sat around a campfire and said out loud that it's going to be funny - in a few years, we'll still be hanging out, but with lots of little ones running around. Those 'in a few years' are now.

We headed to a neighboring town to watch the parade. The temperature was perfect as we were on the shaded side of the street.

The firetruck crept along...then came to a stop. Then kids swarmed out from the sides of the street stood in front of the truck. After some revving up, the truck let loose....water came out full blast, and cooled off the hot sweaty bodies. Austin got drenched.

The kids waved their flags, collected candy...and had fun.

And the boys got a drink from an artesian well...what a way to cool off!