California

Finally posting pictures from our trip to California.

We arrived on a Sunday afternoon and walked the 1-2 miles from our hotel down to Balboa Island. Jason wasted no time getting his favorite island treat: the chocolate covered banana (with all the toppings).
At our hotel on our way to eat sushi the first night (the first of three sushi meals!).We went back down to the ocean the second day. The little blip in the water is Jason. The water was freezing, but Jason really wanted to play in the ocean. He made friends with the high school guy standing in the water and they body surfed the waves together for about 30 minutes.Hanging out in the sunshine at about 9:00am at our hotel . . . with an iced coffee from Starbucks (at the hotel) of course! Another trip back down to Balboa Island.

Sunset

Before we left Iowa I had scouted out where the Goodwill stores in Orange County were! We rented a car and went to three of them. (Jason took the pictures!)

The third Goodwill we went to was a "Classic Closet," the nicest Goodwill I've ever seen.
Here I am with my purchases from the Classic Closet.
My favorite purchase was a red Gymboree vest (size 3T for our boys) with the tags on it for $1.99! Sitting by the pool in 75 degree weather was awesome, but going to Goodwill in California ranks right up there as one of my favorite things we did on our trip!

Jason took way more pictures than I did, including one of the back of my head. This is one of the patios at our hotel, with a gas fire pit (it got a little cool around 5:00p) - very cool!
Sunset from where I was sitting above.
On our way walking to the beach.
I was running one day and found this great spot overlooking the ocean so Jason and I went back on our last day.







Walking back from the beach.

So long California. Jason's annual conference is going to be in Nashville next year - not California like it has been the past five years.