Hansen Family Vacation

We just got home from the most wonderful family vacation. We spent a week in Southern Cali with my family. It was so fun to be with everyone and to hug and kiss and love each other's kids. I love my parents and my siblings and their spouses soooooo much! It was so good to be together. We had a couple gloomy days and then the sun came out, but we had a blast the whole time. We played at the beach and at the pool, we had professional photos taken in a park and on the beach, we went to Disneyland and the San Diego Zoo and we got to go through a session at the San Diego Temple. We read and relaxed a lot and had so much fun!

THE BEACH





I didn't get any pics of the sunny days at the beach, but our sunburns will attest to the fact that there were sunny beach days. Shea loved the beach and has been asking since we got home to go to the beach again. He doesn't quite understand about Utah apparently. Chris and I had a blast boogie boarding and body surfing. Shea had a lot of fun in the water, but decided that it was paradise to just throw sand for hours at a time. Luckily he didn't love eating it like his 3 1-year old boy cousins. :-) He also decided that it was his job to destroy each and every sand creation made by anyone else. This did not endear him to the girl cousins. :-)


DISNEYLAND
We were really, really, really looking forward to Disneyland. First, because it's one of Chris' favorite places on the planet and second, because Shea loves his Tigger blankie/doll more than life itself and we were so excited for him to meet the real Tigger. So we signed up for the Minnie and Friends Breakfast. Thanks again, Aunt Kamalani, who found out about it and made our reservations. It was a bit expensive, but really good and so awesome, because almost ALL the characters came around to our tables and the kids got to hug and kiss and talk to all of them without waiting in line or being rushed. It was so fun. Shea was absolutely in awe of Tigger, every time he came anywhere near our table Shea ran over for another hug. When he presented his Tigger to the real Tigger, Chris and I both got a little teary eyed. It was super super cool and special.



























































SAN DIEGO ZOO
Only a few of us were up for the Zoo, but we sure had fun. When we ask Shea about his vacation now, the first thing he says is I saw ONE BIG HIPPO!!! He was apparently VERY impressed by him. :-)