California Girls (and Boy)

This past week Greg, Allie and I flew on over to California and had a wonderful time with our family who lives out there. We now have 2 grandparents, 8 aunts and uncles and 11 cousins living there (not to mention the countless members of Dad's extended family). We flew in Sunday afternoon and hit the ground running. Monday we spent 10 hours at Hunting Beach were Greg and Allie tried their hand at surfing until the waves got too big (6-8 foot waves kind of big) so the life guards closed the beach for surfing. We hung out with our family, took a walk down to the pier to "be seen" by the Holister camera, and ended the day with a cookout on the beach.

The rest of the days were packed full of baseball games (the Baumgartners LOVE baseball!), cookouts, Knott's Berry Farm, and sight seeing. We packed our days so full that the on going joke was that we'd need a vacation when we got back to recover from our vacation . . . and I'm realzing it wasn't really a joke =)

We were sad to pack up and leave on Saturday but we are looking forward to future visits!

The travelers at the airport bright and early (thanks, Mom!)













My cousin Michael - he was the youngest until March when his brother Nate came along













Me and Nicole, we have the same birthday, just 15 years apart













The high schools grads . . . Kevin is pointing to Allie to show that she is the older one (by a month)


















Greg's first steps in the Pacific




















































Cooking on the beach (Hungtington Beach is one of the last beaches in CA that allows bonfires)












Palos Verdes













The beach club at Palos Verdes













Trump National Golf Course













We got to see Trump at his golf course . . .









































PBS ranked this sandwich place among the top 5 in America . . . they were right!



























Greg at Union station













Dodger's Stadium!



























There was a firework show after the game (we went on July 4th)













Brendon's all-star game, we got to watch both him and Scott play that week













Me and Tricia at Knott's Berry Farm













One of Greg's favorite rides, they use the same technology as air craft carriers to shoot the cars out at 80 miles per hour in 2 seconds - 3G's


















Another of Greg's favorites