California

For Memorial day, we took a last minute trip to see my grandparents near Sacramento. I think it was Wednesday morning when Cameron said, "Let's take a trip to see your grandparents this weekend!" I wasn't about to argue, since I don't get to see them very often, and I love to visit with them!

While we were there, we visited a fish hatchery. The fish were all pretty small this time of year, so that part of it wasn't very exciting.

But the kids loved the big fish that they could go inside of and climb on top of!

Brianna thought it was a fun game to throw her baby out of the fish's mouth and then go and "save her."

After Eli saw some other boys climbing on top, he wanted to do it too. But he needed help from mom.

Brianna decided to take a rest from climbing in the fish.

Next stop was the Folsom Zoo. It's much smaller than the Sacramento Zoo, but considerably less expensive. A few of the animals we saw there...

There were quite a few peacocks walking around there. This one we got pretty close to, and it didn't seem to mind the crowds of people.

Grandma and Grandpa

We had to take Eli on the train!

Lounging at Grandma's house!

Eli and Cameron were drawing pictures together while they were waiting for dinner.

We got to see my Aunt Cathy too.

The next day we went to Fairytale Town together! That was a big hit. If I had let them they would have stayed all day, but Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa were all getting tired. Dad didn't come to this one because there was a hike he especially wanted to do while we were in town and there was no other time he would have been able to do it.

This is Cinderella's carriage. Brianna really liked this one! They could climb inside of it too. 

The Tortoise...

and the Hare.

The Wizard of Oz

Jack be nimble! Jack be quick! Jack jumped over a candle stick!

It's kind of hard to see both of the kids in this picture, but here they are on a pirate ship.

And inside a castle.

The Old lady that lived in a shoe. This one is a slide.

This is a water fountain.

 Brianna and Eli loved this slide. Although Brianna kept going inside to climb to the top of it and then wanted me to come up to go down the slide with her. You have to go all the way around the barn and back in on the other side to get up to the slide. There was a tarantula in a cage at the top of the stairs leading to the slide.

These next three pictures are in Sherwood Forest. We ate lunch in here, and it was a good size playground for the kids. There were also little chairs in this section, marked as Robin Hood and Little John, that Brianna loved to sit in.

It's a family tradition to take a picture climbing through the cheese. Cheesy I know! :) This place has been around since my mom was young.

Mother Goose. Eli decided this was a slide, although I don't think it was originally intended to be.

Eli's favorite place to play was the Crooked Mile (There was a crooked man, that walked a crooked mile...). It was a little raised sidewalk that wound around through some bushes. He decided it was a racetrack and kept running along it.

Brianna and I coming out of the Crooked Mile.

Brianna in the Crooked Little House.

We also camped in Yosemite on the way there and on the way back. It broke up the drive a little. But I don't have any pictures of that. And if I did, the kids would have been a huge mess! It always amazes me how dirty they can get after camping. We had a really great time in California. I wish we could have stayed longer!