Quick Trip to California!

Bill, Ethan & I took a very quick trip to California last week.  We had fun, just the 3 of us.  We missed the girls a lot though.  Ethan did great on the flights. The 2 flights going to CA though he did not sleep at all.  Well, he started to doze off as we were landing in San Diego.  He had fun watching movies and playing on Bills iPad.  This kids is so smart. He was playing Angry Birds.  LOL  And knew what to do.

Ready to Fly!

Beautiful sunrise

We arrived in beautiful San Diego and drove to the hotel. Our plan was to meet up with friends for dinner. We left our hotel around 3:30 PM to drive to Oceanside Beach.  We're on the street and notice all the street lights were out.  Then we pull into the parking lot and we can't pay because there is no power.  We were clueless and just left a note on the car saying we can't pay due to there being no power. We then walk out to the pier where we were to meet our friend.  The beach was beautiful.  It was not too hot out.  Perfect weather for me.  We waited some more.  Walked up to a guy asking if he knew anything about there being no power and he did not but then talked us into being a Green Peace sponsor.  Then we get a text from David saying traffic is really bad and he's heading back home.  So we get in the car and head to get something to eat.  I did not want to eat at the beach.  It took over an hour to get back to the hotel which was about 15 min away.  Traffic was insane. We still did not know what was going on. Finally we turned on the radio and found out the San Diego area has been hit with a MAJOR blackout and over 4 million people are without power.  This explains A LOT! We finally made it back to our hotel. Hungry & thirsty.  And thankfully the hotel was having a free dinner for all guests.  So we were able to eat. By 6:30 we decided to go to bed. We were tired and the hotel had no power.  At 10:15 we heard cheering and the power came back on.  YAY! 

Ethan had us up by 4 AM. He thought it was 7 AM of course.  :-)  We tried to keep him quiet for as long as we could but he's a boy and well he's not too quiet.  We were debating on what we should do. Go to Disneyland? Go to Legoland? Go to the zoo?  Go to Knott's Berry Farm?  We were nervous about Legoland and the zoo because of the blackout. We did not know if everything would be up and running.  So it was now a choice between Disneyland & Knott's.  They are about 10 minutes apart from each other so we decided to drive that way.  We ended up at Knott's Berry Farm.  We did not want our first time at Disneyland to be without our girls. 

We had a great time at Knott's Berry Farm.  Ethan could only do about 7-8 rides and he did them over & over again.  He had a blast.  We stayed around 4 hours and then we were ready to head back. 

This ride was going to give me whip lash. But I still ride it 3 times with Ethan. He LOVED it.

Ethan rode this ride 3 times

Ethan rode this ride 2 times

Ethan rode this ride 4 times

Ethan rode this ride 2 times

Getting brave with his hands up.

Bounce house. He did this 2 times and giggled so hard.

Ethan did this 1 time. It's a manual ride. It's called the Huff & Puff. :-)

Passed out. Yes he sleeps with his eyes open.

Friday evening we were able to meet up with our friends. We had a great time talking about China & the future. 
Then Saturday came and it was time to fly home.  Ethan did great on the flights home. He slept for most of our 1st flight.  And the 2nd flight he did great. It was short so the movie kept him entertained.  We are so thankful for the quick trip away. Thankful for the friends who watched our girls. And thankful the girls did not get homesick.  :-) 

Ready to go home

Looking for our plane

Back in Tampa.