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

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

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

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.”

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

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

Next we went to the Golden Gate Bridge

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

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

Austin loved it.

These two were cracking us up the entire trip

He seemed to be my most cooperative photo taker this time

Eva tried to warn them the tide was coming in

He looks so small…

The next day we went to see the Redwoods

Those trees were so tall

15 of them were labeled and had a story to tell

This one was the biggest

And this one you could actually go inside

After the trees we went to Pebble Beach for lunch

It was a gorgeous place.

Here is Blake by his dream car.

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.

Then we hit the Pacific Coast Highway

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.

Next Up Santa Barbara.