Californ eye A!

We recently returned from California where we decided to spend Spring Break (since we don't get any such thing in Idaho Falls). First we visted Mark and Shannon Olsen and their gang in Bakersfield. Adam, Jessica and I made a day trip to Magic Mountain, where Nathan had his internal organs rearranged with the obnoxious number of totally insane roller coasters. All one hears in the park all days is screaming.

Of course we got plenty of beach time!

The kids also had the opportunity to try clams for the first time.
Of course, like all sea food, they loved it! Christina shoved a bunch of the shells in her pocket as "new pets."

Next we stopped by Aaron and Carrie Olsen's house in fabulous San Diego! We decided to take our chances and head across the border to Mexico. What a mistake that was. As a fair white family of six, we were a blobular moving target mobbed by the local merchants. One can never forget the little Mexican kids and their tiny mom approaching with their little trinkets and big brown eyes desperately chanting "one dolla! one dolla!" Needless to say, we nearly doubled the Tiajuana economy on that day.

We tired of foreign soil quicky and began yearning for the red, white and blue of our beloved America. However, not before having to wait in a line several hundred yards long and almost being detained because Allison decided to argue with the border patrol officer about not having our birth certificates on hand. (I guess Nathan's horrific spanish accent was not convincing enough to prove that we were American.)

It was all poor Adam could handle. (Next time he will pose for the camera.)

Alas-- we did make it back to the homeland. The land of the free, and did kiss the ground. We soon thereafter made our way to Old San Diego, and enjoyed a much more relaxing "synthetic" Mexico, including an authentic americanized mexican food feast and serenade.

Part two of our exciting California adventure tomorrow!