We Love California

We decided to take a little family vacation to California.  Anna and Jake are living there for the summer so we had a free place to stay right near all our favorite places.  Our first day there, Anna and Jake laid some big news on us.  They are pregnant!!!  Emmy will be getting a new cousin in December!  We were so excited to hear the news.  It added something special to an already great trip.  While in California, we got to see Anna and Jake, visit Great Grandma Wilma, take Emmy to Seal Beach and we snuck in some much needed Disneyland time!

It was Emmy's very first trip to Disneyland, but hopefully will not be our last.  We actually only went for a few hours in the evening, but it was still really fun to take her into the park and experience some things.  Emmy was very curious on the tram ride from the parking garage to the entrance of the park!

Emmy is too small to ride a lot of the rides, but there is still plenty to do with a baby at Disneyland.  We took her over to the Mad Hatter and tried on various hats and Minnie headbands.  She wasn't a huge fan of having things on her head.

Still adorable, though.

The picture above is right before we got on Alice in Wonderland, which was also Emmy's first Disneyland ride.  We have video of footage of her taking it all in.  She was wide eyed the whole time and just kept looking around at all there was to see.  It was so fun watching her little self on her trip through Wonderland.

What a cutie!

Emmy was absolutely over the moon watching the Electric light parade.  It was definitely her favorite part of the day.  She was such a trooper all day and was in such a good mood despite the long hot day we had.

We are glad we got a few hours as a family at the Happiest Place on Earth!

We took Emmy down to Seal Beach for a fun day in the sun over the weekend.

This is the cute little shell shop Sean's Grandpa Walker would always take him to when they would go down to Seal Beach Pier.  We had to stop in for some memories and to show Emmy her father's life history.  We even picked up an ornament to hang on our tree this Christmas.

Emmy rode on Daddy's chest while we walked along the pier.  Sean mentions the seal statue every time we visit and insists on rubbing the nose for good luck.

It was great weather, and after a walk on the pier it was time to get in the water!

Emmy's first time in the ocean!!!

She was giggling and squirming playing in the shallows with Daddy.

We packed a lot in during this trip.  In addition to Disneyland, the beach, and Grandma Wilma visits, we were able to catch an Angels game with Anna and Jake.  Sean grew up going to Angels games with his family and he was excited to break out his Mike Trout jersey his parents gave him a few birthdays ago.

Emmy was a trooper and liked looking out over the field.

It was a great game to go to because we saw some home runs and the Angels won!

Emmy didn't quite make it to the end of the game, but she loved snuggling up with Daddy, and appreciated him covering her ears when the fireworks were going off so she could keep sleeping.

One of the last things we did before leaving was attend church at the Seal Beach ward where Sean's Grandma Sherry and Grandpa Art lived.  We decided to go so we could introduce Emmy to Sean's Great Aunt Marlene, who is his Grandma Sherry's youngest sister.  We were glad to be able to see her.

It is always fun to go back to California and this trip was no different!