So CAL : Part II - Road Tripping Through Ventura

We drove from San Diego to Santa Bardara with a stop in Venture, 

so Daddy could do  a call. 

So to get our wiggles out, me and River played and ran around their little courtyard in the center of the hospital. It was SO MUCH COOLER than San diego. 

River and I relished in the relief and chased and giggled in the "green jungle". 

We actually went to Venture for part of our Honey Moon. It is a cute little beach town.

You should ask about the Sushi Story.....

 Skyler has fond memories of Venture because that's where his Uncle Glenn lived when Skyler was Younger.

And of Course we grabbed some yummy In-N-Out 

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So CAL : Part I

Look how Curly Cute River's hair goes in humidity. Looks so cute.

We tagged along on one of Daddy's work trip. This time we ran around the Coast of Southern California, starting in San Diego. While Daddy ran around working, River and I played in Mission Bay (we could see Sea world from the beach), swam in the world's most awesome baby pool, and took crazy long naps. 

(ok I watched HGTV while River napped and it was AWESOME!). 

We were there during a crazy heat wave, so the pool was the place to be.

Crazy HOT

Besides getting to go places, I love going with Skyler on his trips because we get to see him in the Evenings when work is over. We miss him terribly when he's away traveling, so going with him keeps us all together and I love that. It works for our little family.

One Evening we went to Old Town. We picked up our favorite licorice treats, and then ate at our Favorite Restaurant, The Cosmopolitan Hotel. There was a down pour while we were in the restaurant and the cool wet air was such a welcomed relief.

Old town is fun to walk around and see. I found beautiful glass stars last time we were there, for River's angels. I hope to hang them in one of our windows with their names.

We visited the Mormon Battalion Historic Site. If you have an hour, they have a cool interactive tour, but River couldn't handle that so we just we panned for gold and pumped some water. River had a blast. I appreciate the sweet sister missionary from Honk Kong who showed us back and chatted with us for awhile, snapping our little family shot.

We decided River should have a picture in the Wagon just like his daddy's.

Wait.... you haven't seen that amazing picture?

Well, it's your lucky day cause here it is:

Classic!

Sorry, River, daddy's picture is still the best.

We can try again next month when we go back for Shelby & Jimmy's Wedding.

Little Jet Setter

Going to the Airport and flying is almost second nature to this little kiddo.

Give him some snacks and a kindle and he's ready to GO!

Line 'Em Up, Move 'Em Out

River loves his Cars. He loves lining them up like Train Cars.

Every Car is "Grandpa's Truck". He points to the windshield and says "grandpa".

So we can trace any car obsession he may have in the future to his first ride in Grandpa's Truck.

Woodland Park CO - Dinosaur Resource Center

A very picturesque photo of River  . . .  pooping.

The sniff test.

A Positive Result

Run away!

Speaking of poop . . . . .

 

Sky's on a bit of a dinosaur kick, so we packed up and drove to Woodland Park CO and visited the Dinosaur Resource Center. 

Although the building was a bit small, each room was packed with dinosaur skeletons and fossils. They had a lot of cool things to see including some real fossils. 

My favorite was the see monster room. All the Skeletons were hanging from the ceiling and I couldn't believe how big they were. I learned about the Megaladon Shark, and that was pretty cool. It was a contemporary of early humans so they could have seen his dorsal fin the size of a sail cutting up through the water. Crazy!

River was a little bored, you know cause he can't quite read plaques and signs, so we took turns one playing with River and the other reading things and looking at the exhibits.

Then we walked the main street and found the most wonderful thing ever

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THE DONUT MILL

They had the most delicious and humongous Donuts. 

They're maple donuts, Yum!

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Not to mention they had Blue Bell ice cream.

To be honest we all had a little bit of Both and it was tasty.

River was in ice cream heaven, and we all know how sticky that can be.

Whenever we go visit these cute mountain towns, I start dreaming of living somewhere like that. I am sure Skyler is sick of hearing me say " Oh I would LOVE to live here, wouldn't you?" and then the 45 minute conversation of debating whether we could really or not. It always boils down to that it's not really our stage of life right now no matter how much I love little towns and being close to nature. We need people. 

 Besides i don't think I could handle the winters in the mountains. Pleh snow.

Thanks Skyler for a fun adventure. You're the best!!