Girls Weekend in LA

At the end of April we were supposed to have a girl's weekend with my grandma in Palm Springs at her house but it was still getting remodeled so we just did one in La Canada at my parents. My sister-in-law and little sister Kenzie came down from Utah.

Friday morning we went shopping at the mart (sample sales) in Downtown LA and scored! I haven't shopped there since having Jimmy, I forgot how good it was. After we had lunch at Grand Central Market and it was amazing! They had my favorite ice cream McConnells! heaven on earth. We got a bunch of different food and shared. That night Case and I went to a Dodger game with my best friend Ariana and her boyfriend. 

Saturday we went to the farmer's market in the morning and the dodger game again (just girls!) It was so much fun to spend time with just my sisters and mom. Having a break from the kids is nice because we can actually all talk to each other!

Monday we all went to Universal Studios. My brother Trent came at that time. Girl's weekend was over. My mom got us passes from Costco for cheaper than a day ticket is. We went to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and had some yummy Butterbeer. I was obsessed with HP in high school and so was my sister-in-law Ray so we loved it!

 We visited my Grandpa on Sunday at his Rehab (he broke his hip) But is doing great!

El Capitan Canyon

A few weekends ago we spent the weekend up near Santa Barbara at El Capitan Canyon. We have been taking full advantage of all the California coast has to offer these days :)

El Capitan is what they call "glamping". There are safari tents, yurts and cabins and they all have heaters, beds, and all linens. The cabins have bathrooms which we deemed necessary with having two little ones. We are kind of wimps when it comes to camping. 

We spend two nights there and it was perfect!

It took around 4 hours to get there due to Friday traffic. We met my parents in Ventura to swim and surf but it was blown out. That evening we made tin-foil dinners and smores with friends. It was so nice because we were able to put the kids to bed and hang out by the fire at night. There were around 7-8 other families from San Clemente that came so Chase had plenty of friends!

Saturday we went into Santa Barbara. We had lunch at Three Pickles then headed to the Zoo. The zoo there is so awesome. Perfect size and has an ocean view! 

After we had ice cream at McConnells! so amazing. 

That afternoon the boys napped, Casey surfed and I just hung out by our fire. We ordered pizza from the general store and sat around the fire.

It was a perfect little getaway!

We felt like we were in the mountains in our little canyon. 

The weather was cool and everything was so green!

Hopefully we can make it a yearly trip :)

 Our nice little setup

 My friend Annie took all these photos of her daughter Piper and Chase. 

They have the cutest little relationship :)

 cement hill covered in turf! so genius!

 Santa Barbara Mission!

 So green and pretty!

photo credit : Jill Facer Photography :)