Our family vacation this year was in Cupertino with the Del Vecchio family. We had an amazing house across the street from the beach. We were last in the area when Jack was 2 and Zak was 1, and I was pregnant with Luke. The house we had was 2 stories, with the top story having the kitchen, great room and master bedroom, and the other bedrooms downstairs. Cupertino is such a nice, lazy beach city! We had a fantastic time. We had little day trips into Monterey (Aquarium) and San Francisco (Ghiradeli's, Science Museum) and also to Roaring Camp for a fun train ride. In town, we headed to the boardwalk for slushies, deep fried twinkies, and rides for the kiddos. Luke wasn't such a fan of the rides, but he came around in the end. Grandpa and Nana Gisler came down to Santa Cruz and watched all four boys one night so that we could have an adult night! It was a wonderful week, and we were all sad to have it come to an end.
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| Sea Lion off the Santa Cruz pier! The boys loved seeing and hearing the sea lions. |
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| We grabbed some fresh seafood from the fish monger and headed home to grill some bacon wrapped scallops. Yum! |
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| Fun on the Santa Cruz boardwalk! |
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| Not sure about this... |
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| Maybe it'll be ok... |
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| Nope. Stop the ride and let me off! |
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| This is more Luke's speed! |
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| S.S. Corndog. Too cute! |
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| Jack watching a movie. Look out the window and you can see the ocean. |
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| View from our deck |
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| Monterey Aquarium! Luke and Josh were brave about the touch pool. |
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| The Del Vecchios |
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| The Gislers |
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| El Torito in Monterey |
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| Santa Cruz |
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| Roaring Camp! |
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| a little loud... |
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| Jack with the train conductor. |
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| Beautiful scenery, but all the boys were impressed with was this pile of gravel. Running up and down was nonstop entertainment! |
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| Science Museum in San Francisco |
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| We stopped at Ghiradeli's for hot chocolate/ chocolate milk/ ice cream. |
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| Checking out the cable cars |
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| On the way back to LA, Luke had to use the potty to do #2. Nick thought fast, and I have to say it's not often you get a potty with this kind of view!!! I think this picture will come in handy on Luke's prom night, don't you? |
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