The Reid Family Spring Break 2014 was a trip to Los Angeles and San Diego to visit old friends, family, old stomping grounds, and of course to speed up the arrival of Spring!
We spent 4 nights in each place, caught up with at least 7 old friends, spent 48 hours with Nina and Poppy, took the kids to 3 different beaches, swam, explored, introduced them to - or reunited them with - 6 precious kids-of-friends, showed them the house and school I grew up in, went to the San Diego Zoo, took many long people-watching walks, and ate a gazillion fun meals out. Success!
Glad to be back to reality, and have had a fun "extra" stay-cation week of Spring Break in JH, as Frances doesn't return to school until Monday.
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| Venice Beach |
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| Pool time in San Diego |
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| Mom & Hugh on the Venice Beach boardwalk |
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| Mom's tiny school (1st-8th grade), which is now just a church and preschool, but the campus is virtually unchanged. It's one of the most magical places on earth (thanks Nina and Poppy, for choosing it) :) |
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| Chocolate croissant face at The Rose in Venice (mom used to love them too!) |
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| Santa Monica Pier |
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| Venice canals |
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| Del Mar |
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| Hugh & Paige at the San Diego Zoo |
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| On the L'Auberge Hotel black list, this guy... |
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| Olive, Hugh, Frances & Stella watching Frozen. Olive and Stella belong to Mike's college friend Sam and his wife Emilee. |
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| Breakfast with Nina & Poppy! |
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| Paige & Frances |
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| Frances' indulgent and spontaneous pre-birthday trip to Build-A-Bear Workshop! |
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| Sweet Mac |
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| Reid and Summa kids at the San Diego Zoo |
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| Give a kid a map, and you've fulfilled half the fantasy... |
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| Neens and Pops!!! |
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| Feeding the ducks (okay, one duck) in Venice |
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| Handsome, outside of our adorable Venice rental |
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| Mike, Frances & Stella on the Claypool's boat |
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| Lunch at the Grand Central Market in L.A. |
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| Venice rental was too cute for words |
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| Kids playing on my childhood school playground, which considering the passage of time, hasn't changed all that much. Pretty magical. |
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| My sunshine-loving boys are trouble, and too cute to scold! Things could be worse :) |
