I’ve already posted some pictures of our vacation to California, but there are so many more! Jesse was taking pictures like crazy and his turned out really great with the fancy camera. Here’s a few (or a lot) of our favorite things:
It’s hard to pick, but I think my favorite parts of vacation was visiting all the places we used to frequent years ago. I’m a very sentimental and memory loving person, so seeing my old house and old town was high on my priorities for while we were there. Plus I wanted Jesse to see all my old favorite places.
Rancho sign
A walk down memory lane, our old neighborhood
Jesse and me at the lake
The family at the lake
Jesse and me appreciating the mountains
Andrew and Nicole chasing birds
We loved seeing these purple trees everywhere
We gawked at the Bugatti Veyron and the fancy shops along Rodeo Drive
Jesse thoroughly enjoyed his Pink
We took a drive through Hollywood
The family overlooking the Hollywood hills
We were all so excited for the graduation events. We managed to score front row seats for both the hooding ceremony and the graduation ceremony. I’m pretty sure Ashley’s friends thought we were a little crazy. We had our seats so early that we got to watch the rehearsal too. Dad was giving all Ashley’s classmates high fives as they passed us to take their seats. But our craziness paid off with some great pictures!
The main event
Ashley getting hooded
Ashley after hooding
Dad checking Ashley's hood
Ashley hooded
Ashley laughing at our crazy family
Ashley's hand shake
Ashley receiving her diploma
Ashley exiting graduation
Ashley with proud parents
Ashley with proud siblings
After the graduation festivities, Ashley was able to join us for more site seeing and remembering of memories.
The beach we loved going to for years
Beautiful beach view
Mom and Dad enjoying the beach
We've always laughed at this triangular house, no piece of land goes unused
View driving down Pacific Coast Highway
Ruby
La Jolla Cove waves crashing
La Jolla Cove seals soaking up the sun
La Jolla Cove beach
Jesse and me at La Jolla Cove
Hang gliders over the ocean
The bridge to Coronado Island
We thought the valet parking for boats was too funny
Andrew and Nicole at Coronado Beach
The girls on Coronado Island
The boys on Coronado Island
The boys being told to take a funny picture... Andrew looks the same
The boys being told to be funnier
Me shopping on Coronado Island
View of the San Diego runway from the top of the famous parking garage
Jesse and me imitating the famous Unconditional Surrender statue
Is that enough pictures for you? Do you feel like you were there too? We really had such a great time. Now we are back home and back to real life. However, not back to our normal sleeping schedule. Adjusting to the time change has been much more difficult coming home than it was when we got out there. It was really hard to get up this morning, but I’m still up later than normal again. Just think, in three years Ashley will be getting her doctoral degree and we’ll get to do it all over again. We loved California!
