California: Santa Monica, Disneyland & Corona Del Mar {Post 2 of 2}

The last few days in California were spent visiting the Santa Monica Pier, Disneyland & California Adventures, and also visiting Corona Del Mar.

The easiest way to document is of course by pictures so scroll down & see how much fun we had!

[Santa Monica]

{A guy parked his bike to grab some lunch.. there's 4 parrots on it! They were chatting away at all the people passing & didn't try to leave or anything - those are some well trained birds!}

{Jelly fish in the Santa Monica Aquarium}

{We got our names painted by a talented guy on the pier}

{The Bronze Robot Man - so much better to see in person}

We had the privilege to see Arthur Nakane 1 Man Band at the Santa Monica Pier. Some of you may recognize him from being on America's Got Talent and Jimmy Kimmell.

He sang two songs for us - one dedicated to Devanee, Me & Tyler {video below} & one dedicated to my parents {video also below}

It was quite interesting to say the least.

{Dev had to have her picture taken with him}

{the view from where we sat and soaked it all in}

{Porter did a lot of sleeping in the car.. this was one of those times.. extra cute}

One of the nights we ate at Mama Cozza's in Anaheim. We wanted to make this a priority because it was featured on one of our favorite shows "Diners, Drive-ins & Dives". It was INCREDIBLY delicious italian food & it was quite the experience.

{I was extremely hyper at dinner & Karli got proof.. Poor Tyler was prob so embarrassed to claim me.. haha}

[Disneyland. California Adventures]

{Karli found her inner 5 yr old on the way to Disneyland, she wanted to re-enact what it would have been like going as a child}

{It's a Small World ride.. Tyler's worst nightmare}

{Devanee is stoked}

{Porter showing us how cool he is}

{Me being sarcastically excited to be riding the teacups}

{Porter's first ride!}

{From a distance: Dev, Karli, Micah & Chase about to have the ride of their life}

{Me, Mom & Ty}

{Another fun ride we got to experience with Porter}

The last day of the trip we decided to head out to Corona Del Mar & try to take some family pics for Aaron & Meghann. It had been overcast over the past several days so we were banking on that being the case.. but it was bright and sunny which wasn't ideal for photos but it was still beautiful there.

{Karli, Me & Dev}

{Tyler & I}

We had such a blast on our vacation & it was so great to be with able to spend all day everyday with each other. Once we got home we went through withdrawals because we had to go back to hardly ever seeing each other. It was rough but we just look forward to Sundays and our NEXT vacation ;)