06.23.2011: Escape While You Can....Cali Here We Come

While most people were sulking in misery here in Arizona, Vince and I decided to take control of our lives...and dragged Alisa with us!  We hit the road for California...land of trees, flowers, beaches, family and cool weather!!  Actually Vince and I were planning to come out for a few days just to get a break from the heat and to go to the Spark twins birthday party in San Diego....and convinced Alisa to bring the kids out too.  They just bought a new Tahoe that was begging for a road trip....and Avery had never been to CA before either.  Brent was working up in Flagstaff all week anyways, so it worked out perfect. 

We left Fri morning, and I drove with the girls in the Tahoe.  Vince took our car with Drake and Andrew.  Avery is the most perfect traveling baby....she sleeps & talks and just basically sits in her seat completely content.  She did great on the 5 hour road trip.  We got into Riverside about 4pm....kids did not hesitate to get in the pool immediately.  I did too...it was quite refreshing!  We had our standard Albertos for dinner too, which is the Friday Night Special!!  We were loving it!

In the evening we needed to give Avery a bath...which is her most favorite (besides eating and sleeping) thing to do!  Since we didn't have a tub for her, we just used the sink...which she fit perfectly in.  She actually loved it...we dubbed it the Avery spa.  She loves being naked....just like her brother & sister....except when I was taking her pic while Mom was holding her...she went from smiling to all shy :)  Oh well!