California Vacation

I just did a super-blog-session of our two week vacation to California. I broke up the vacation into seven different blog chunks. If you'd like to look at the pictures from beginning to end, scroll down to "Apology" (you'll have to hit "older posts" at the bottom of this page) and work your way up. We miss all our family and friends and can't wait for our next visit.

Cowboy Town, part 2

The children weren't the only ones to have fun...

JB, Jared, & David tossing horseshoes. Were these guys competitive? Is Buffalo Billy missing a leg?

Here the boys strike a pose with their be-be guns. While the ladies do the real work in the picture below...

Back Home in Davis

We had to go back and see how home was doing. The little Christmas tree we planted outside our apartment seven years ago was huge; it almost reached the second story roof.
We loved visiting old friends. Here are two pictures of friends who met us at the church.

Dawn and Chrisana hanging out and talking while kids play around them. Pretty much the exact same thing we did as friends before we moved.

All the kids having a good time. (Notice who is in the front of the game holding the rope.)

Cowboy Town, part 1

My Uncle's ranch in Big Sur is named "Cowboy Town." It was gorgeous and with family there, ABSOLUTELY fun!

Here Calvin stands on the landing at Cowboy Town under "Buffalo Billy."



Uncle JB defends himself from an attack by Grant and Enoch.


Playing on the trampoline. From left to right: Jennifer, Taran, Kirsti, Grant, Enoch, Emma, and Bumpa Hasleton wearing Emma's coat.


Emma loved the trampoline. She went down to jump as often as she could. No wonder too, the view of the ocean on a high jump was lovely.


Addy and Calvin playing in the driftwood "tree house."

Getting There

We spent a long weekend at my aunt & uncle's ranch in Big Sur. We had a GREAT time! But, getting there was the hard part. It was rainy and stormy, the power was out through many of the cities that we drove through. The going was slow and boring. We took several wrong turns. Things were getting tense. Okay, we were yelling.
Finally, we pulled off the road and took a break at a seedy little Burger King with hundreds of crowns put out. The burgers were awful, but the hats were super!
We decided that whoever wore the crown longest, would win.
I won!

Ronny

On the windiest, rainiest day, Amy and Ronny came to visit us at my parent's home. The power was out for several hours, but (or maybe because of it) we had fun.

To Grandma's House we Go

[Posted on 4/22/13:  I found this in the unpublished section.  I think this is from our trip to California with Kirsti and family.  January 2009 is my best guess on the date.]

The week after Christmas, the Martin family left snowy Minnesota for rainy California. We began our two week vacation at grandma's house.


Here we are playing at grandma's house. We love the old toys that daddy used to play with when he was a boy. (The faceless boy without any pants is Enoch.)


Emma and Taran coloring while grandma works in the kitchen.


Together on the couch. We love grandma's house!