The day that we went they were opening up a new exhibit about rockets! Tyler and Jake were excited, especially Tyler. He's been into space stuff lately.
I found Kelly while she was working and she showed us around and even snuck us into the exhibit before it was open to the public. While we were there a photographer from the OC Register took some pictures of our family and we made the OC Register website (not the actual paper though).
Those boys were so excited about every little thing that we hardly stood still for a second. We let Jake walk around too. He was pulling me one direction and Tyler was dragging Ryan another.
I had fun catching up with my friend as we experienced air and water rockets, simulated blast-off, earthquake simulators, grossology, driving a zamboni, hockey "games", clouds, tornados, and tinkertoys.
Thursday was supposed to be the warmest day at the beach. It was supposed to reach 80. Of course, the day we had set aside to go to the beach Jake decided to wake up super early and take an early nap so we had to head out the door by 9am. We were at the beach by 10 am and it was still incredibly overcast and chilly.
The cold didn't stop these boys! We started off digging in the sand a little while. We made some fun sand castles and dug a big hole.
Naps worked out just right to meet up with Great-Grandma Anita and Grandma Denos for lunch at Ruby's. 
Whenever we go to California we have to have a Ruby's shake at least once. Our boys love the shakes too :) and it's always nice to catch up with Great-Grandma and give her an excuse to get out (she's still recovering from a little surgery). Grandma even walked over from work on her lunch break to hang out with these cute boys.
We hung out Sunday too and then Monday we all got together at Irvine Regional Park to go to the zoo and ride the train.
We just got together at Heather's house and played for the day.
Of course it was lovely Las Vegas hot around here so the kids just enjoyed the watermelon, crackers, and time in the water!