First trip to California

At the end of April Owen went on his first trip to California. He did great on the plane, no crying at all, he was content to eat, sleep and look around. (I realize that he's probably at his most portable and any future flights will require a lot more entertaining on my part).

While we were in California Owen was baptized in the church Eric grew up in.  Owen is named for Eric's grandpa, who was a much beloved member of the congregation.  We were told many times how touching it was to see little Owen being baptized there. Unfortunately we didn't end up with any pictures of the baptism on our camera.  Here are a few later that afternoon of Owen and his cousins with his grandparents and great grandma!

Later that afternoon we packed up and headed up to Newport Beach for the week.  We had a great time relaxing with the family that week.  The kids definitely dominated the agenda - family vacations are no longer about the adults!

Here's Owen on his first surf board and his first trip to the beach!

The week wrapped up with Eric's brother Marc's wedding.  It was a beautiful ceremony and reception overlooking the beach in Laguna Beach.  All in all it was a terrific time with the Oslund clan and Mommy and Daddy even got to go on a date on night to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary!