This trip to California was our first annual Rykert family vacation. Well Derric calls it a vacation, I call it a family trip. I invision a vacation full of massages and movies and dinners and no kids! Well they did make this trip fun though. We got to spend time with Clay, Cheryl and Gavin at their super cute place in Huntington Beach. They are only two blocks away from the ocean! We were super jealous! Daxton and Draedon couldn't get enough of Gavin. They played super heroes, played at the beach and the park and had a late night watching movies. Daxton followed Gavins lead as they put on superhero costumes and then proceeded to put on regular clothes over them. I was a bit confused until they came rushing out two hours later ripping off their regular clothes and ready to save the day! So funny,Gavin thought that one up! Derric and Clay had a fun time at the BYU vs UCLA game-Well until BYU didn't show up. We joined Clay and Cheryl for early morning seminary...oh I mean church...who goes to church at 8am??? Daxton went to primary with Clay & Cheryl. They sang him the welcome song and then sang him 'Happy Birthday' too. He thought that was pretty cool. After a little while in primary he decided it was time to go find us so before he left his class he turned and said to them,"Oh, I need to get all your names so that I can invite you to my birthday party."
Next we headed to Carlsbad to go to Legoland. That was actually Daxtons birthday, so he woke up to a new scooter, nerf gun and some chewing gum. They had a blast at Legoland and we felt that there was so much to do there that we could have stayed another day.
The next day we headed to San Diego to Sea World. By this time all the kids had had enough of the family trip. You see less smiles and they didn't want to sit through any of the shows. It was a little too much for kids that hadn't gotten a nap in four days and had been going no stop till 10pm every night. Derric and I pretty much were done by then too. The day was really hot so the boys and I decided to go down to the 'soak zone' to get a little refreshment during the Shamu show. Well they were both so excited for the whole 20min. and I have to say I was looking forward to a little splash myself... until Daxton decided he had to go to the bathroom 'right now'!!! Ugghh, "Hurry lets go!" I was really thinking, 'Just do it here, you be wet in a second anyway and nobody will know." Then I started thinking of all the other parents that might have done the same thing right where I was sitting. So we ran out, went and ran back. We plunked down in our seats and looked around out the laughing, drenched people sitting around us. I mean, come on Shamu, come back!
The way home we were finally able to stop off and visit with Drew and Krista in their cute new townhouse! It was late and we still had 3 1/2 hrs to go but Daxton and Draedon would not have it any other way. They had to see Uncle Drewsie and Aunt Krista! That pretty much ended the1st Annual Rykert Family Trip...can you say '1st annual' if you think there won't be another one???? If you got this far, thanks for reading...you must really love us.
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And I really DO love you all! It was fun to see the photos and read the travelogue.
Looks like you had a crazy yet fun "vacation!" Chad and I are still on a vacation and we get home tomorrow. We've been away from Bri for a week, and though I miss her terribly, this vacation would have been no fun trying to work in all of her different needs. Way to go with 3 kids on vacation!
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