Spring Break!

Dean and Shelli invited us to go to Newport Coast for Jord's Spring Break.  We found a place for the dogs and headed out west.  We drove out on Wednesday and it was a beautiful sunny day.  It was only a 6 hour drive so it just flew by for us.  We got to the hotel and everyone came in from the pool (yes they had a nice warm pool day) and got ready to go to The Cheesecake Factory. YUM!!!  We had a yummy dinner and it was fun to just be with the fam.  After dinner Al wanted to go to the beach to watch the sunset.  It was so pretty.  I just love watching the ocean!

We needed a group shot (well, of the kids at least) and tried to act like it wasn't getting cold and windy. 

Dean and Jord got to play 4 rounds of golf.  Two on Thursday and two on Friday.  They just love to get to play together.  I am sure they will have more than their share of golf dates once we move in next door.

Jord got a nice action shot of Dean.

Ah, just look how happy he is!

While Jord and Dean played we tried to do a pool day on Thursday.  We made it for about 3 hrs and then decided it was just too cold so we thought we would head out and see what we could find along the coast.  We went to Balboa island and walked along the pier.

Al at the beach at sunset.  Life doesn't get better for her than that!

As we were leaving the pier some fishermen pulled up this HUGE star fish.  It was amazing to get to see one alive and moving.  Some people were picking it up and checking it out.. I was not one of those people.

We stopped for some ice cream before we hit the little shops along the beach.  The ice cream was delightful!

Saturday brought rain and more cold.  We thought about going to see a movie but when we got there the movie was sold out.  The nurses in the group that that it was the ideal opportunity to start IV's on all the patients that were stuck in the villa with them.

The gloves were a tad small but Jord got the job done and was ready to get to work.

Al's face was too good not to post!

Riley was a great patient for Jord.

Again, too many faces that were too good not to post.  Notice who is smiling vs who is nervous.  It may have something to do with who is holding the needle.

Sunday morning came and that meant it was time to head home.  When we got 40 miles out of Flagstaff the road was closed.  We headed down toward Prescott hoping we could get in to Flagstaff from the south.  The interstate was closed so we found a mountain highway that got us to Sedona and by then the freeway was open so we could get home.  Our six hour drive took about 11 hours and added an extra 100 miles.  Oh well, we got home safe and sound to find Flagstaff under 18 inches of snow.  We had a blast with the family and are so glad that we got to spend the time with everyone.