California Trip

We had a great family trip to California in July.  Chris's cousin Michaela got married and the wedding wat at his Aunt Liz's house in Fallbrook, CA.  It was BEAUTIFUL!  It felt like we were in Tuscany, their house and property are amazing.  It was a non-stop trip with the rehearsal dinner, a winery, Legoland, San Diego, Carlsbad Beach, Disneyland, Huntington Beach, and Hollywood!  Whew, I'm tired just thinking about it!  It was a 9 day long adventure with the girls which included some creative solutions such as Emmie sleeping in her pack-n-play in the hotel bathroom (it was very spacious!) so that she slept longer/better.  They both did great and it was wonderful to see all of the Cronins (Chris's mom's side of the family) and spend lots of time with Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Samie.  The highlight of Maddie's trip was spending time with Cece and Justina, Chris's cousins.  They hit it off right away and Maddie was so sad to say goodbye to them.  We spent one day at Disneyland with them which was surely one of our best days!

Look out Charlie's Angels!

Rehearsal dinner at a beautiful restaurant on the water at sunset

Chris's Uncle Terry and his wife Marisa (Cece and Justina's parents)

Love this picture of Chris's Aunt Maureen, mother of the bride.  She looked beautiful and had such an adoring look on her face when her daughter walked down the aisle.

Emmie played in this car for about 30 minutes at the reception.  One of the perks of a backyard wedding for those of us with kids there :)

We spent a day in San Diego at Balboa Park, drove around to see amazing views of the coast, and ended up at Carlsbad Beach

Pictures on the beach near our hotel

Check out this guy paddle boarding with 3 dogs on his board!!!

First night in Anaheim at the Rainforest Cafe (we were trying on silly hats)

Our first day at the parks we had a Princess breakfast at Ariel's Grotto with the Cronins

Coolin' off

We tested everyone's endurance by staying ALL day until fireworks...and they were still smiling :)

Our second day at the park started with another character breakfast.  We saw so many it was great, although this time Emmie was not so crazy about the big fluffy ones.  She's never acted scared of anything before, it was sort of funny to see.

Pixie Hollow to see the Fairies

Fawn

Vidya and Tink

Sleeping Beauty's Castle

Chinese theater in Hollywood

Big sister, Little sister love

Our last night before flying home. 

p.s. Emersyn did not sleep at all on the plane to CA and slept for 30 minutes on the way home.  Made for a long flight, but no real crying thank goodness!