Winter Break for the girls

While the boys were having some Winter snowy fun in Utah, us girls went down to Arroyo Grande to see my family. We had a spring weather trip. It was lovely.

If you drive up into the canyon of Arroyo Grande, this is what you see:

Rolling hills, cows, beautiful blue skies, skattered oak trees, and pretty spring flowers popping out from the ground.

My sister's friend, Mindy, owns a horse ranch up in the canyon, and we had the opportunity to go out to her ranch and ride her horses. The kiddos had so much fun, and I have been trying to figure out how to make my city slicker Orange County hubby to buy a house in the country because it was perfect.

Meggy had so much fun riding the horses. She must have gone around at least 10 times!Same with this little cowgirl. Kimmy might be getting a pair of cowgirl boots for her birthday from her Grandma, and nothing could fit this little lady more than a pair of cowgirl boots. She is after all our little Texan!Annabelle and Meg on the tire swingKimmy swingingMy girliesOn one of the days, us girls went down to Solvang, a Danish town about 40 mintues south of A.G. We had fun window shopping, eating chocolate, and of course, some danish pastries!

We drove down to San Diego to visit with my Nana Jo. I have not seen her since Jordan was a tiny tot, so it was wonderful to visit with her again! She is always full of energy and I was glad to find her doing so well!

Of course the girls couldn't resist the pool, even though it was a little cool

She took us to this art sculpture park, and the girls had fun investigating. It was hot though (we are not used to that, but will soon have to be going back to Texas this summer...)

My mom, Me, and Nana Jo

Mom and Me in front of the Hotel Coronado. What a beautiful and lovely Hotel!

Then we headed over to the Mormon Battalion Historic Site. The girls had fun pretnding to ride in a wagon, dressing up like the militia, panning for gold, and pumping water to do laundry. It was a really neat interactive tour that the sister missionaries took us on.

We celebrated my Dad's birthday at Tahoe Jo's, a favorite of all of ours!

We had a wonderful time with family and can't wait to see other again!