California - Part 1

We had an amazing spring break and it's hard to believe I'm just now getting around to blogging about it (I guess that's what amazing weather in Juneau will do - there's no time to be inside on the computer when it's absolutely gorgeous out! And it's been gorgeous for WEEKS!!!)

My mom and Mike rented this AMAZING house in Dana Point!  It had a million dollar view and was big enough to accommodate the entire family.  There were 3 living rooms, one amazing upstairs deck that overlooked the Pacific Ocean and a wonderful downstairs play area for the boys.  It was an ideal location and house.  :)  I took a video of the house so I'll post that soon.  Here are a few pictures (actually, let's be honest there are A LOT) from the first half of our trip.

Happy travelers!  

Our trip didn't start out that great with an hour and half delay in Juneau due to mechanical issues, but we managed to make the most of it.  We quickly found friends in the gate and through a wonderful stroke of luck we were seated next to 2 other families traveling with small children and they all managed to entertain each other to Seattle. But the most amazing part of our two flights was this......

Yep, that's Jaeger Ray snoozing in first class.  Thanks to Daddy's MVP status we all flew first class from Seattle to Orange County.  Oh my gosh - we were treated like Kings and Queens and we loved every second of it!

Even though we had such a great flight, we were so excited to get off the plane and be greeted by these 2 smiling faces!!!  Yea for Grandma and Grandpa.

Besides seeing family, Dane was super excited to see real lifeguards.  We've been watching this cool show on The Weather Channel called Lifeguard and Dane has now added lifeguard to his long list of potential careers.  So Grandma and Grandpa took us to San Clemente Pier and we got to meet not one but two REAL LIFE lifeguards.  Pretty exciting for our little man.  Dane also got to sit in a lifeguard chair and "watch" just like a real lifeguard. 

Dane and Jaeger also got to sit on this very cool lifeguard ATV.  It's just like the ones they use on the show!  

We spent many many hours playing firefighter.  Dane absolutely loved having Uncle John and Aunt Caitlin there to play firefighter.  Here are Uncle John and Firefighter Dane in action.

And Firefighter Bingle Bonnet getting in on the action!

Jaeger Ray LOVED hanging with Grandma...

Our trip wouldn't be complete without Jaeger causing some kind of mischief.  Yep, that's sand from the outside sandbox INSIDE the house!  That's what happens when you don't pay attention closely enough.:) 

The rest of these photos were taken at Montage - a special place near and dear to all of our hearts. 

Stay tuned for more pictures of our fabulous trip!