Fall Break in California-day in San Francisco

When we were planning the trip to California we talked about leaving the kids with Jeff and going to San Francisco for a day or two. We decided to take the kids with us and it was a lot of fun with them. We went into the city late morning and spent some time at Pier 39 seeing the sea lions and taking pictures by the water. We ate lunch and let the kids ride the carousel. We took the kids to the aquarium. They loved all the fish and other animals. By the time we were done with all of that, it was close to rush hour. We went to the beach to kill time while traffic was bad. Kenzie loved the water and running away from the waves. Hudson wasn't sure what to think and preferred to stay farther away from the water. It was a really fun day and a nice change from staying close to home.

It was really fun seeing Hudson and Kenzie interact with each other. They loved everything that day. Kids make everything so much fun.

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Fall break in California-part 2

I took way too many pictures to fit into one post so I broke it up a little. 

pictures with all the kids. i realized on Ashley and Hudson's last night I didn't have any pictures with just him.







We made these pumpkin sugar cookies every year growing up. My mom still makes them for co-workers and friends and did it with the grandkids.

all the cousins

We went to the mall and I took Kenzie to play in the play areas.



She was so funny about riding the horse.



Kenzie painted my nails and even did some nail art

We stopped at the outlets for a little shopping on the way to the airport. Kenzie wanted to try on several things..all at the same time.





She grabbed several bags at Old Navy and carried them all around the store.

Even though we were there for almost a week, the time went by way too quickly. I will hopefully be back for Christmas, but it is still so hard to say goodbye.

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Fall Break in California part 1

Ashley, Hudson, my mom and I went to California to visit Chelsea and family for fall break. It has been far too long since we've all seen each other, and we had the best time. I always love spending time with the kids, and it was great to see my mom and sisters too. We flew in Wednesday morning and spent the day with the little kids while the big kids were at school Kenzie and I played with snapchat and painted nails.  Kenzie had preschool one morning so mom and I took Hudson on a walk to the park after dropping the kids off at school.  We got pedicures
The 3 older kids play soccer on Saturday mornings. I felt a little like a soccer mom. Kenzie grabbed 2 sticks and said she was walking like a grandma.

We got out and did some fun things and also spent time doing the normal every day things since they were still in school.