California Vacation part 3: The Randoms

Okay so there were a few random things that happened on our trip. One day we were going from Laguna to Huntington Beach and the air conditioning in our car went out... not good. Especially since we were planning on going home the next day which meant traveling through the desert for hours with kids in the backseat with no a/c. Not going to happen. We knew it had to be fixed before going home. We decided Drew would drop off the girls and I at Huntington Beach where we could play and walk around the shops while he took the car to a nearby dealership (we didn't know of any mechanics so the dealership seemed safe and close). The drop off went well except Drew never made it to the dealership. About a mile away while making a left turn the entire car died. Drew rolled into the nearest parking lot which happened to be a hotel. While he was waiting for the tow truck a man in a mechanic outfit came up to him and said he owned a local shop down the street. He said he would have whatever it was fixed by the next day, would be cheaper than paying the dealership, and would pay for us to get a rental car while we needed it. Then he handed Drew a card and the name of his business was H Heaven Auto. Thank you Jesus we will take your help! He kept all of his promises and we were good to go the next day. However, we still decided to stay one more day because we would have had such a late start getting home. While we were initially frustrated that the a/c went out it all ended up working out for the best. We praised Jesus that the girls and I were NOT in the car when it totally died leaving all of us stranded, that we ran into a trustworthy mechanic/angel, that we got to extend our vacation one more day because we had a blast.

The girls and I walked around beach shops by ourselves for about 2 and half hours! Luckily they took turns napping in the stroller and did really well. Here is a picture of when we stopped and got Cambry a temporary tattoo. It was from a henna shop, but Cambry was to young for henna so the lady gave her a glittery one that was supposed to last two days. It's been two weeks and it still won't come off!

Colbie is obsessed with putting things on her head right now. This day it was socks.

Do not be fooled into thinking this was a hug. This was in the middle of hotel bed wrestle-mania and this is a headlock!

The potty we took in case we were in the middle of the desert with no place to stop. It didn't fail we heard Cambry say "I have to go potty!" So we pulled onto a frontage road and let her go. And then I used the potty. Hey it's better than a diaper. I'm moving up!

A beautiful gazebo by the pool at our hotel with my beautiful family in it!