Family photos in Newport

We took family photos while we were their and the boys were not to happy about that. My mom's friend found us the photographer and he met up with us before the boys came back home to work. They turned out nice and now that it's over I'm so glad we did it. These are a few of them. The whole family. Don't worry we will crop out the 2 guys in the background.

My hair does not do well in the humidity of southern California .

Newport Beach

THE BEACH

Oh how we already miss the beach. The kids played for hours in the sand and more importantly took long naps. Sorry there are a lot of pictures I couldn't decide. They had a big storm come while we were there. I mean BIG! Water was running down the streets from the ocean. They built up the sand on the beach with tractors the day before to try and prevent that from happening but it didn't work. A body surfer died at the wedge. You can see from these pictures how huge the waves became and how dangerous. They only let professional out for a certain amount of time.

Before the storm.

After. The waves were 15+ feet clearing the pier.

FASHION ISLAND MALL

Fashion island mall is the best mall ever. They have so many things to do there we could have spent all day there. These are some of the things we did not to mention shopping and eating. A must do if you are ever in Newport.

Jackson loved the koi pond.

The kids wanted to ride the escalator so bad. And let me tell you it was so much fun.
We rode the carousel.
BALBOA ISLAND
We took the ferry over to Balboa Island it is this quaint island that is only 7 miles long so you can easily walk the whole island.The kids thought the ferry was so cool three cars ride on it with you and the people/bikes sit on the sides and you ride across the bay to the island. They have this cute little downtown with shops and the original hand dipped chocolate banana (I didn't have one).

They have amazing houses and gardens there.
Jackson loved the horse.
This was the cutest shop it was a tea party shop. They had a little girls birthday party going on while we were there and they dress up in these big hats and fancy dresses. Every little girls dream. This is the closest Avery will ever get.
This is one of their fire trucks on the island obviously not the one they use on a regular basis. They do have one engine for the whole island.