Autumn in Newport Beach

We spent a week in Newport Beach, CA with Steven, Brooke, Dylan, Sydnee and my Mom--and it was beautiful!! Can you believe it was 85 degrees and we swam and laid out by the pool?! It's great to get a real tan in mid-November. We did wear sweatshirts at night, but the weather was just perfect!! Johnny was only able to stay a couple days with us, but we had fun going out to eat and relaxing while he was there. It was our 5 year anniversary this week too!! Happy Anniversary to us!
Dylan, Sydnee and Avery had so much fun together. Avery kept calling them her friends, which they are of course, but they are also her cousins, so I was trying to explain that to her on a daily basis. Sydnee and Avery had an especially good time together. They really enjoyed their bath every night in the big tub. Avery would say, " want Syd bath with me." We are gonna miss them :( The kids got to feed these big Koi fish at the resort we stayed at, and Dylan got to spend quite a bit of time at the arcade they had there. We also had fun at Disneyland all together. It is set up for Christmas and is so neatly decorated. We did something we had never done before also, the kids got to be "junior chef's" on main street at Disneyland. They made cookies-Dylan put the eggs in, Avery put the brown sugar and Sydnee put in the flour. It was so cute to watch, and the kids really enjoyed it. They each got to take 4 fresh chocolate chip cookies! The kids had such a fun time seeing all of their favorite characters too. Avery's new favorite ride is Dumbo!! We went on it a few times...
Carrie and Bill came down to Newport Tuesday night and had dinner with us, that was fun. We had dinner out on the balcony. Something funny that happened this week, note the picture of the kids on the luggage cart, Brooke and I had the kids alone at Disneyland(Steven had to fly to SLC for just 24 hours for a meeting, Johnny was back at work and my Mom hadn't flown in yet) so, getting the kids back up to the room, when they were tired after a day at Disneyland, was going to be a problem. We also got lost on the way home and that was pretty comical too--long story...Anyway, thanks to the luggage cart, we got the kids and bags up in one trip!
This week, we are going to Salt Lake for Thanksgiving. Can't wait to see Grandpa and Grandma and everyone again. Avery says, almost on a daily basis, "I want papa hold me."