Arroyo Grande

 Our last night in Pismo we met friends for dinner in the cute town of Arroyo Grande.  We went exploring before dinner and this is what we found.  LOVED it!

 Found a fun bridge

 The kids (and Grandpa) had a great time scarring Grandma (and me) by shaking the heck out of that thing and jumping up and down.

 We loved this part of California and have thought many times since our visit to move there....but we are not ready to live that far away from the grandparents...you can see why. 

Sand Dunes

 You can't go to Pismo without experiencing the San Dunes, right?  Still so weird to me that right next to the beach are these amazing sand dunes...its just doesn't add up.  Thanks to Tyler's radio show he was able to score 2 4 person buggies for free in exchange for an interview and publicity shout out on his show.  SWEET!

 The kids had a blast.  Even Chase survived...I was so worried.  Those helmets are crazy heavy and he had to sit on a cushion just to be able to be strapped in.  He had his paci in his mouth and didn't make a peep the whole time.  I did have Tyler stop a few times so I could make sure he was still alive.  The poor kid was probably wondering what on earth was going on. 

Taylor could he heard screaming in excitement for more on each hill we went on and I could be heard screaming in fear from the back on every hill.  However when we were done, we were done.  I think everyone was ready when the time was up and our necks were a little bit stronger. 

Morro Bay

We continued our central coast trip with a visit to Morro Bay, another beautiful beach perfect for the kids with a cute little town to explore as well.

The kids had fun catching crabs with Grandpa J.

Once again I was not prepared with swim suits.  It was cold, hence the sweatshirts being worn by all the adults present.  That didn't stop the kids from getting wet from head to toe.  Thankfully the beach showers were warm and they got cleaned up and never complained about being cold.  I love my outdoorsy kids! 

1st trip of 2012!

The kids had another week off school after the holidays so we decided to take a little trip to Pismo Beach. I have wanted go there ever since I saw Clueless about 15+ years ago and Cher was organizing the Pismo Beach Disaster Relief (that is the 1st thing that comes to mind every time I hear Pismo, anyone else? just me? ok) Anyway...fell IN love with that area of the California Coast and how could you not when this is what is looks like....

It wasn't loose sand so it was perfect to run and play on.

It didn't matter that the water was freezing and it wasn't real warm outside, Andy and Taylor had so much fun playing in the water.

Grandpa J braved the cold to stay close by them.

And to yell RUN if a big wave came.

There were lots of great sea shells and Sand Dollars to find. We even caught a live Sand Dollar...how come I never realized those were living things at one time???? Should have paid more attention in Oceanography class.

Taylor in her element. She was not born to be a city girl, put her in any kind of outdoors and she is in heaven.

There were fun caves to explore and it was great to have Grandma and Grandpa J with us on this little vacation.

Ashlyn had a big fall into the water and was content to spend the rest of the time searching for sea shells.

This was our view for 4 days....it was really hard to leave.

1/1/12

 On New Year's Day we continued our 4 year tradition of going to Balboa for the day.  

It is always an amazing day, fun and beautiful. 

A picture with all kids looking forward.....

 

And then the boys are off and the girls are posing! Love it!

 

I am blessed to be surrounded by handsome, sweet boys.

 This little man is looking way too grown up for my liking.

He gives the BEST loves EVER!  He pretty much has all of us wrapped around his little finger.

Our friend Viwe from South Africa was visiting us for the week.  Tyler had fun showing him around LA and we got to take him to see Wicked...such a fun visit.

 I am also surrounded by beautiful girls....I am one lucky momma.

 

A perfect way to start the new year! 

Ringing in the New Year!

Hello 2012!

The kids were so excited for the "countdown" to midnight ...NYC time. They waited (im)patiently all day and decorated (made a mess) the house with their own confetti from these necklace things.Finally our friends the Hill's arrived to celebrate with us but the countdown was still hours away...TORTURE! We almost did a fake countdown at 7:00 just to end the madness. However, 9:00 finally came and they were able to count down, watch the ball drop, and blow their rather loud horns. We then released them outside with sparklers and silly string.

I think I had them in bed in record time after that.
It was a rather loud and crazy evening but of course lots of fun.

2011 was a great year for us and the future is very bright from where we stand.
Here's to a great year!

Well Hello!

For those of you who use Google Reader, are you asking yourself who is Jorgenson Clan because its been 7 months since my last post. Had you given up on us? It's true I abandoned the blog world after an annoying stalker required me to go private, launching a new business that took up all my time and let's just face it, life is busy and I can barely keep up with all its twists and turns to really put time into a blog. However, as the new year approached and I reflected back over 2011 and all that transpired I realized that I have no journaling of all our crazy moments. As pressured as I felt to keep our blog regularly updated and the occasional stress I felt when I fell behind, it forced me to record our family and all our experiences. Without it the last 7 months I feel that I have lost many precious memories and so here am I committing myself to the blog once again. I'm not sure how many people still follow non-money making blogs but our family will and I just KNOW our kids will love to has this record someday. For those of you choosing to tune in, welcome back and here's to a fabulous 2012.