Thursday, July 12, 2012

vacation destination: right here

Santa Paula, San Diego, the South Pacific. Yes, our little town attracts visitors who also visit other really amazing places. And sometimes those visitors make SP their first stop of the three. Like these guys:



We were so excited to have some of our best, best, besties come and stay with us for a few days on their California/Cook Islands tour. We hoped to have a good mix of getting out to see what this place is all about, and getting downtime to enjoy being together, and I think we succeeded. All I know for sure is that it went way too fast.

Here are some highlights...

Orange Picking, Santa Paula












Beach/Pier/Playground, Ventura














The Backyard, Santa Paula








Not Pictured:
*Couples date night - Ojai
*Working out & running for the ladies - SP
*Guys night (okay, Jared had to go for Scouts so B went too) at the Marina - Ventura
*Home tour (aka trying to sell them on moving here) - SP
*How great it felt to be with great friends, to watch Bethany & Isaac try to learn some of Lamp's cool skills (like scooting and using her toes), and just to see our 4 kids love each other - right here in my heart

5 comments:

  1. Fun fun fun! I love the photo of all the kiddos on the beach. Looks like you guys had a great time.

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  2. You beat me to it! And your post is better than mine.

    You guys were the best (as always). We miss you already and LOVED our time in the SP.
    Hugs to the fam.

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  3. Your blog makes me want to move back to California. Right now.

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    1. Jocie, that's funny. Your blog always makes me want to move back home to DC!

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