California

I’m going to break down the California trip into a few different posts so I don’t have picture overload.

One of the things I loved most is all the different flowers everywhere. I have never seen so many different types and all in bloom

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Blake is in love with old cars, trucks, vans, etc. He was in heaven as they were everywhere.

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Austin wanted to check out University of California at Berkeley so that was our first stop.

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So while he got the tour from Andy’s cousin Chris, Blake and I messed around. He called this one “this is what I would look like if I got better grades and could actually get in here.”

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Chris gave Austin lots of info and it was nice having a guided tour.

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Cole was wearing a super bright neon shirt so I made him black and white

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Next we went to the Golden Gate Bridge

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And then down to Baker Beach- a cool little park on the water

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The Pacific has such a different feel than the Atlantic we are used to

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Austin loved it.

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These two were cracking us up the entire trip

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He seemed to be my most cooperative photo taker this time

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Eva tried to warn them the tide was coming in

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He looks so small…

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The next day we went to see the Redwoods

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Those trees were so tall

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15 of them were labeled and had a story to tell

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This one was the biggest

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And this one you could actually go inside

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After the trees we went to Pebble Beach for lunch

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It was a gorgeous place.

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Here is Blake by his dream car.

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Every time one was spotted they would yell “WESTFALIA!” at the top of their lungs. There are a lot of them in California so we heard it a lot.

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Then we hit the Pacific Coast Highway

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The view is amazing but the road is twisty and Eva puked all over the car. Twice. So we had to take a break and clean her (and the car) up. It was gross but the boys were troopers.

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Next Up Santa Barbara.

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2 COMMENTS

  1. Adrienne | 7th Apr 15

    Been hoping you would share these pictures! Beautiful

  2. Hannah | 7th Apr 15

    Very cool. My mom grew up in Cali…she’s cool 😉

    Love that you pulled out the big girl camera too. Awesome pictures!

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