Part one of our trip to California!

(Part two is stuck on my camera and I can't get it to load to my computer.)

It all began with this...

A couple of months ago we received this lovely package in our mail from our awesome friends.

These friends of ours are definitely worth 11 hours driving in the car, 1 blow out, 3 throw ups, 5 movies in a row, 45 snacks, who knows how many pieces of paper for coloring and 1 round of listening muppets sound track on full blast.  Thanks to this great box of goods, we made it with a smile on our faces.  Thank you.

How could we miss out on good times like this?

 These beautiful twins were the biggest reason for our trip.  We just had to see these babies in real life.  They were SO good and SO sweet and SO adorable!

My girls LOVED holding them and would take advantage of every opportunity.

Liv and Isla.

While the boys went golfing one day we stayed back and hung out at the house.  With 8 kids we thought a movie was a good idea.  Here they are voting on which one to watch.

Owen is my fav.

Watching the movie so intently.

Jammed pack in the car for a trip to the park.

I am convinced Liv is part monkey.  

Rocklin has the COOLEST parks!

Loving baby Isla.

Handsome Lincoln

This is my new favorite pic of Owen.

His little face cracks me up!

 We took a day trip and drove to San Francisco.

We walked the Golden Gate Bridge.

It was super windy and crowded, but so much fun.

 The Fairbanks

 Looking out towards Alcatraz.

 My favorite pic of the trip!  ;)

 I am sure we looked like a spectacle walking around the city with 8 kids between us.

We had a fun picnic in the park.

Owen tried to shoot everyone with his pretend guns.

 Owen loves Elmo so we had to stop and let him try on this little hat.

We walked all around Fisherman's warf. 

We stopped at Boudin's bakery for some yummy bread.

 

 We stopped to eat some delicious cinnamon doughnuts.

 They had a lot of fun little shops.  This magnet shop was so great for the kids.

Looking out at the sea lions. 

  

  

We also played at the beach and drove down Lombard Street.

We had so much fun with the Fairbanks.  I really hope I can load the rest of the pics.

You will just have to trust me for now, we ate and ate and ate, laughed and laughed and laughed.

Perfect vacation!

Thanks Fairbank's Family!