California Dreamin'

We spent the last week in California and what a great trip it was! We stayed at Audrey's house where we were joined by Joel and Julie and my parents. It was great to spend time with everyone in a layed back environment. We were excited to get out of the heat as their highs were our lows.


On our way we stopped to see the large dinosaurs. Brandon was timid and a little scared in the beginning, but he wanted to climb up the large T-rex's back by the end. Sean and Brandon went inside the T-rex into a little museum with displays about the dinosaur extinction theories. Brandon saw a volcano model that showed lava covering dinosaur bones. He called them "sticky" bones and talked about them for the entire afternoon.

We went to Zuma, a beach in Malibu. Brandon was afraid of the waves and spent the afternoon digging in the sand. Joel and Sean spent a lot of time body surfing the waves. Audrey, Julie and I were brave enough to give it a try. We found it difficult to swim out to the where the boys were because the waves would bring us back in. Then, one by one, we were thrown to the ocean floor swallowing mouthfuls of seawater. Not exactly what I call fun, but Joel and Sean enjoyed it. Unfortunately, the non-Californians were not real wise about sunscreen and we all got sunburned.


Some of us visited the Ronald Reagan Library on the Fourth. They had crafts, a patriotic band, and historical characters walking around. We all ended the evening by watching fireworks from the park in Audrey's neighborhood.


The next day, we went to a kids museum which was much smaller than the description mentioned. It was fun for the kids to touch the starfish and also play in a small restraunt. Amanda ran the restraunt and, as Joel puts it, she stopped a mock robbery.