(You may need to adjust the volume on each individual video by using the speaker icon... and the quality is better than it initially appears!)
Mike and I decided that it would be best if he only took a few days vacation this year and store up those remaining days for a rainy day... or month!
We decided to start with a trip to the Cabrillo Beach Aquarium since we had already done the Long Beach Aquarium. For a small museum we were most certainly pleased! We stopped for some fun at Redondo Beach on the way back home and made an entire day out of it! We all had a really enjoyable time!
This first slide show is about 7 minutes long I think, but if you can hang in towards the middle/end to see some of the photos of us dressing up like sea creatures, it would be totally worth it! :)
This next slide show is of our trip to the California Science Center. We knew it would be a great place to visit, but we were surprised to learn that they had an abundant amount of ocean life exhibits, which was great since that was kind of our theme... the kids studied ocean life all Summer and these first two trips definitely helped things "sink in"! :)
Next came our trip to Mt. Baldy to visit the fishing farm for the kids! Of course we kicked things off with a picnic in the woods, although we were too busy munching to capture photos! Now, we'd taken the kids fishing before, but with no luck and much frustration (more for Mike & I than the kids!)! SO, we decided to go the "easy route" and take them for a guaranteed catch! Little did we know, fish aren't always easy to catch at these farms, as you'll see in the first couple of slides! Took us about an hour to catch our first fish with a second following shortly thereafter! Blake caught his first and was very involved in the process that followed the catch! Addison caught hers next and turned out to be a true girl! :) She didn't want anything to do with her fish, unless it involved a taco! The kids LOVE their fish tacos! It was a ton of fun... and in the end, we were glad it took awhile to catch our prizes... otherwise it wouldn't have felt as authentic! The kids were thrilled either way!
The last 10 or so slides on this show are from a quick trip to Cal Poly... a regular visiting place for our family! Nonetheless, it was exciting!
This final slide show was from our visit to the Peterson's Automotive Museum! What a treat it was for us and the kids! The boys went crazy over everything, while Addison was drawn to anything pink! There were a couple real cute pink cars for her there... and she was beyond excited about it! Blake was in some kind of dream come true because he was super antsy and full of adrenaline... and questions/comments! ;) Fun for the whole fam!
This was the best stay-cation a girl could ask for! Thanks Mikey! The kids and I appreciate your hard work and labor to not only provide for our family, but for always making time for the important things... especially, time with our family!
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