California Trip Day 1,2 & 3

We had such a fun trip to California the week of Thanksgiving.  The weather was perfect and it was a nice way to spend our holiday week.  We left the Friday before Thanksgiving and drove to Las Vegas.  It was uneventful, thankfully, but a long drive.  We pretty much had to stop every 2 hours so I could go to the bathroom and stretch my legs.  I thought the drive was going to be awful as a pregnant woman, but it wasn't too bad.  After a night in Vegas we got up and drove to Newport!  We first had to eat at Nate's favorite place Lemonade.  It is a healthy salad kind of place and was pretty good.  After eating we ended up at Crystal Cove State Park.  We had to pay to park and access the beach but it was totally worth it.  There was hardly any people around.  Lucky for us it was in the 80's and felt awesome!  The kids had a great time playing in the waves and searching for ocean life. 

After the beach we drove to Anaheim to our hotel and then to some yummy mexican food!

We had to document everywhere we ate on our trip since we are such a foodie family. :)

The next day was Sunday so we found a local ward really close to our hotel to attend Sacrament Meeting.  It's always fun to visit wards out of Utah!  After church we decided to kill some time in the afternoon by going to Seal Beach and walking along the pier.  It was so strange to see everything decorated for Christmas when you're walking in 70 degree weather! 

Yummy ice cream!!

Sunday evening was when we met up with almost all of the Hess Family for our Disneyland party. Sadly, my sister Aimee and her husband and son were not able to join us.  We missed them so much!

We planned the trip through a local travel agency so we were all at the same hotel for the days we were at Disney.  It was one big, non-stop party!

Our first time eating some really good Italian style pizza at the Pizza Press near Disneyland.  We ended up eating there again one evening for dinner because it was so good!! :)

Next up...Disneyland Day 1!!!