4th of July SoCal Adventure - 2017
Posted by Amy Evelyn Oden , Sunday, July 16, 2017 11:32 AM
This 4th of July week, we had a one-of-a-kind adventure living with peacocks. Candy, a friend of Patrick's parents welcomed us all to stay in her lovely SoCal home for the week, whose backyard garden & neighborhood boast free range peacocks.
Grampa came prepared to keep the kids entertained....sidewalk chalk & blow-up pool!
We spent much of our time enjoying the back porch view and being entertained by the visiting peacocks. They often made their way in via the roof (a little hard to see below, but there's a female there.)
This guy's a bit scraggly, but still strutting his stuff.
It is quintessential Vianne to discover a lemon tree in the backyard
and want to make lemonade out of them :-).
She does that in all of life!
Proud to be an American!
4th of July cuties :-)
We went on an excursion to the Queen Mary. A little rundown compared to its former glory, sadly, but the kids were enchanted with the experience.
Oliver entertained everyone with his map :-)
The Lego room proved to be the main attraction.
Another fun outing to Redondo Beach
And a stroll through Shoreline Village in Long Beach...
Vianne saw this jumper when we first arrived and then begged to do it for the next couple hours.
Oh my goodness. She is so brave. I could hardly watch.
The last day of our trip we got to see Rachelle & the boys (apparently I didn't take any pictures, though) and spent a night at the Losies' before heading back north to Sacramento.
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