Cali Vacay 1 - Road Trip/Arrival

On the road in completely packed car 

 Brayden gets car-sick, so he was excited to sit closer to the front

 ...and Averi travels so nicely. NOT!! Don't let this picture fool you. Between her and Bryce, 6 of the 9 hour drive was whinning & crying. 2 weeks before the trip, we weened her off the pacifier. After about 5 hrs of whinning, we couldn't take it any longer and shoved it back in her mouth. [SO glad I brought it "just in case"] She was changed & well-fed, she just cried because she learned how to crawl-run (or crawl reeeeaally fast) and she just wanted to practice her new moves. 

update: she's off the paci again :)  

 While we pulled over to find the pacifier, we noticed this mountain in the background looked like a lady (or fish) puckering her/it's lips. ...so why wouldn't you take a picture like this?

When we arrived, it was actually dark and we couldn't see anything, but here's a partial pic of the villa we stayed in

 

 One of the master bathrooms - this picture really doesn't do justice and this is just the back half of the bathroom. Gorgeous view!

 The room we stayed in was perfect. Brayden & Brax stayed in another room, but Averi & Bryce stayed with us. There was plenty of room to put up the 2 playpins :-) 

 There were LOTS of windows and glass doors, so pretty much everywhere you look, you can see this breath-taking view of Lake Hodges. SO pretty to wake up to.

I wanted to take more pics of the house, but didn't. Here's a pic of the front kitchen area. On the left (or around the corner on the right), there's an opening to go into the back kitchen area. Yes, a separate kitchen with a large sink, extra fridge, and lots of storage - we called it the clean-up kitchen.

 ...and a random picture of the border  :)

There were 6 bedrooms, 6 baths, an indoor theatre, game room with open view of the pool & spa, and perfect seating areas on all 6 porches. Was quite lovely.