Tawny Millar's Life: Our First big family Vacation (the begining)

On our way to California

Yes we finally did a trip other than camping! We headed to California on July 29th. On the way down it was just Alex and I and then Jaxt and Lola. Payton really wanted to ride with meme and papa. We also picked up Jason ( Jaxt dance teacher) in Vegas. Having one less kid in the car made it so we could drive Alex BMW. Boy was it nice on gas but I have to say it wasn't the most comfortable. We were heading to California for a dance convention that we had enrolled Jaxton and Jason into and we decided we would make a trip out of it. We had missed out a couple times while my family has taken their kids to Disneyland and we felt that it was our kids turn to experience it. We got into California on Monday and were pretty excited to take Jason to see some of the things he wanted to do. He had never been there so we really wanted him to see as many things as possible. We checked into the Hyatt Regency in Garden Grove , that is were the convention was being held and since Jaxt is so little we really wanted to be close so is he needed us it wouldn't be hard to get there. I am so happy with that decision. It was a beautiful hotel and it was great being so close to the convention. After we checked in we headed towards the beach. We decided we were going to eat dinner at Joe Crab Shack in Newport Beach. It has always been one of my favorite places to eat cause the view is beautiful.

After eating we headed to Laguna Beach to walk around. It was really fun to watch Lola see the water and touch the sand for the first time. She loved it and wanted to get wet so bad. The next morning we headed out to go to Venice Beach the one request Jason had was to go to Muscle Beach. As ghetto as Venice can feel sometimes we had so much fun. We watched a taping of a reality show for Australia called "I will survive" basically these four Australian men were going all over the USA doing different things. So in Venice it was could they survive with a dance crew. It was so fun considering that is why we made the trip to California.

After we watched they asked if some would interview on how they thought the guys did with dancing. Poor Jaxton gets so camera shy he answered the first questions and then it was like he didn't even speak lol Jason also got interviewed he did really good. It was crazy cause one of the questions these Australia guys asked Jason was "do you think the guys did good with the black mans dancing" We were so shocked lol

Jason - Jaxton - Alex

After that we headed off the sand to the strip of stores right there in Venice. We immediately saw these guys performing. They were insane and extremely funny.

These guys were so strong and boy could they Jump

Jason got picked to come out and help and they called him Gay and then they said "no no he is not gay his boyfriend is" and they came and grabbed Alex hand. It was so funny. We couldn't stop laughing

Then this guy totally reached in Jason pocket and took his phone

After watching the performers we walked down to Muscle beach. I remember the day when I came there cause it meant allot to me as well . Jason decided he didn't want to work out he just wanted his picture taken in front of it.

After Venice we headed down to Huntington beach to meet up with parents and Payton. We were all so hungry that we ate first. After we ate dinner we walked the street fair and then we had to take the kids to the water. Payton was so excited to look for crabs that he wouldn't even eat dinner. I apologize for lots of pictures next but i really couldn't choose between them :)