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We decided that we had to take the Leys to the beautiful Redwood forest was had seen.  We were so excited to be back.  And we all were even more excited that Roman, Isla, Sandra and Shawn were there with us! We headed off and all the little ones decided they needed walking sticks, whichContinue reading “Back to the Redwoods”

40 minutes away from the house we stayed at in Capitola was the Monterey aquarium.  We held out until the Leys arrived and then excitedly all headed down to visit the aquarium together.  Right when we arrived at the aquarium they were feeding the sharks! Later that day when we asked Adam what his favoriteContinue reading “Thrill Seekers”

Guess who came to visit us in California! The Leys!! We were so excited to see them and even more excited to get to celebrate Roman and Isla’s birthdays! The last time we celebrated a birthday together was three years ago and they were this size!  Now look at them! Everyone was excited to beContinue reading “Birthdays in California”

After a fun two days in San Francisco we headed back to our little house in Capitola.  Our friends Jenn, Miguel and their daughter Lily came to Capitola to spend the weekend with us.  Adam loved every second of it!  Lily was older and so sweet and spent loads of time reading and playing withContinue reading “Adam's Girlfriend”

Let me ask you what you haven’t seen in at least a day on this blog. That’s right, it’s a carousel! We took the boys and headed to Pier 39 to see some sea lions. Who knew there would be a two tier carousel on our way.  After the carousel we headed out to seeContinue reading “Parks and Carousels – Take 15”

We decided to go to San Francisco for a couple of days our first week.  Gabby and Lev and their two cute boys were unfortunately in New York but they were so sweet and let us stay at their apartment.  It was perfect. There were toys everywhere and the cutest little toddler bed ever forContinue reading “The Coldest Winter”

Dear everyone, Do you all want to see what is my idea of a favorite day? I have two words for you- Carousels and cake! Love Adam P.S. – Happy Birthday Are Ria! Glad we got to celebrate with cake in California together.

Are you all getting sick of our loooong trip to the US yet? Don’t worry, only two and a half more weeks to go 🙂 If it makes you feel better we have been back at work for a month already and missing vacation.  Day two in California only got better. We headed off toContinue reading “First (and only) dip”

After a good nights rest we decided for our first  day in California to head out and see some Redwoods. The whole time we were in California we stayed right outside of Santa Cruz in Capitola and it was amazing! It was so close to so many things! Every day we saw something new andContinue reading “A Big Red Tree”

The next leg of our trip was a short flight to California. A piece of cake after our long trip from Manila one would think. Except that after United boarded us all they had us wait for hours at the gate, and let me tell you toddlers like nothing more than being strapped in longerContinue reading “Touchdown in Cali”