A friend of Luke's has a family beach house in Carpinteria and offered it to us the weekend before Thanksgiving. We have never been to Carpinteria before (or that immediate vicinity) so we thought it would be fun to go. Tubbs was already planning to go with a friend from church/school for a weekend in Anaheim, so it was just the four of us for a few days. We really missed having Tubbs there with us, but we knew he was having a good time with his buddy.
Friday afternoon after Luke got home we packed up and got on our way. We stopped in Santa Clarita for Cheesecake Factory, so we were all very happy about that. We ended up getting to the beach house much later than anticipated. We stayed through the weekend and drove home Sunday around lunch time.
The view of the beach from the back porch.
Saturday morning we drove to Santa Barbara and ate a late breakfast at Jeannine's Bakery. We ate strawberry cake first....which is my kind of breakfast!
Some treats from a bakery in Santa Barbara. Their cookie sandwich dipped in chocolate was WONDERFUL.
We took a little boat named "Little Toot" around the harbor.
Bubba was a big fan as you can see. :)
The churros from a food truck in Santa Barbara.
The BEST churros ever!!
The private walkway from the Beach house to the beach. We walked over together on Sunday morning before we left. It's about a one minute walk from the house.
Tubbs and his party for the weekend.....
That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....
So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.
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