FAMILY CALIFORNIA ROAD TRIP (PART 3) MONTEREY TO AVILA BEACH TO VENTURA

[@lisadixon8983]

Oh wow, Katie, what a pleasure to watch. To share your memories, your adventures is just so lovely. As always, stunningly captured and edited. Thanks for sharing. 💛👌🏼 xx

[@katie_ellison]

Thank you Lisa x

[@danaday8072]

What wonderful memories you are making with your children. What a trip.

[@katie_ellison]

Thanks Dana, they are very lucky, we all are. x

[@LovelyLollyB]

You're always so gracious, humble & grateful for every opportunity in life. It's a refreshing & inspiring quality, & I adore watching your little family Katie :)

[@katie_ellison]

+LollyLovesBeauty oh thank you lovely this is such a nice thing to read. Thank you that means a lot xx

[@chloejackson8232]

These videos are just stunning! This would be a dream! So lovely to see California from a family view, can't wait for the next! X

[@katie_ellison]

Thanks so much Chloe, it really was a dream trip for us, one we have been saving for for so long! And thank you I can't wait to make the next one! :) x

[@Sarah-sr9yl]

I love your beautiful travelling videos they're inspiring me to want to travel more with my little one. Love all the drone footage too. How lovely that the girls and Wren have these videos to look back on when they're older. 💚 x

[@katie_ellison]

Thanks so much Sarah, that's why I started them so they would be able to look back on them in years to come. I love making them. x

[@laurengoodchild8717]

I always think these can't get any more beautiful and then you do another one that is even more beautiful than the one before. I am really enjoying these California videos Katie. xx

[@katie_ellison]

Thanks so much Lauren, what a lovely compliment. I am really enjoying editing them, I will be sad when I have no more to do! ;) x

[@KaraInnocentCharmsChats]

Just beautiful. We were always going to take the kids to Cali and stay with our family in different places. Making me nostalgic for our plans.

[@katie_ellison]

I hope that you will be able to do them one day lovely. xx

[@mommyof3smarties]

Saved watching this for my coffee break ☕️ while my tot has a nap. I'm really loving discovering all these neat spots and appreciating the tips. Cannot wait to try this trip with my family one day. Xx

[@katie_ellison]

Thank you, it is such a great trip for families. xx

[@dellamantle355]

What a beautiful video! The music was perfect and the scenery was stunning. I love watching your girls as they remind me of my boys. You are very natural in front of the camera now - your videos get better and better xx

[@katie_ellison]

Ah thanks so much Della, I am still finding my feet with them really, I still get very nervous. I don't know if I am really cut out for you tube, when I started my blog no one was doing you tube but it is something that everyone does now so I feel like I have to do it too! But I also love the editing side of it so much, it is my favourite! xx

[@ElleSteer]

Oh the beaches look so gorgeous and the sunset amazing, I blummin love a sunset x

[@katie_ellison]

The beaches were all so clean and lovely, really beautiful. And me too, you can't beat a good sunset. x

[@veratoucinho4945]

Oh, what a lovely trip!! Your videos look like films, so nice to watch!

[@katie_ellison]

Thanks so much Vera. xx

[@MeetTheWildes]

Couldn't be more perfect. I love it.

[@katie_ellison]

+Meet The Wildes ah thank you lovely x

[@emilygoring222]

I love everything about these vlogs! The editing and the music is just beautiful, so lovely to watch 😊

[@katie_ellison]

Emily Goring thanks so much Emily, that's so kind of you. I've been working so hard on editing them xx

[@emilygoring222]

Katie Ellison you've done such a good job, they're so enjoyable and calming to watch😊 I'm looking forward to the next one, California looks amazing! x

[@cazcrossland8600]

Wow! Katie these California vlogs are just amazing.. they're beautiful! You've got really fantastic shots and captured lovely memories which you can treasure forever 💜 Avila Beach looked lush, and the sunset shot was just perfect. Can't wait to see the next one xxx

[@katie_ellison]

+Caz Crossland thanks so much Caz, I'm really enjoying making them, I shall be sad when I have no more to do ;) x

[@jeanramm4733]

Love love loving these vlogs, I just want to say your children are a credit to you both the love they have for each other really shines through and that is a reflection of your parenting, I have 3 children also and they are close its the best feeling ever xxx

[@katie_ellison]

Jean Ramm hi jean thanks so much for your lovely message. I really appreciate it. It's wonderful when they are close isn't it? X

[@jeanramm4733]

Katie Ellison yes it really is xx ❤️

[@whatalexdid]

Those ice-creams looked proper tasty!! But that sunset, wow, what an amazing thing to watch on the beach xx

[@katie_ellison]

What Alex Did it really was so beautiful. And the ice creams were so good, they had like 90 flavours or something crazy x

[@simonealisa]

Can't wait for the next video. :) We live on the Pacific west coast and we took our kids to England a few months ago for our "dream trip". We did a road trip also, from London through the Cotswolds to Liverpool and back down to the Jurassic coast. A California road trip is on our list and looking at your videos is giving me great ideas of places to go! We would love go check out San Diego Zoo and the safari park.

[@katie_ellison]

Ah wow Simone, I hope you had a lovely time in England, it always makes me smile thinking that we save to come to your country and vice versa. The Cotswolds is such a beautiful part of the UK. San Diego Zoo was amazing, we really enjoyed it. x

[@georginabusfield-birch8970]

Gorgeous video as always! Looking forward to LA xx

[@katie_ellison]

Ah thanks so much Georgina! xx

[@emilymurphy93]

Watching your videos has made me want to go and do the trip, it looks incredible! It looks like you and your family had an amazing time! Looking forward to seeing the rest 😀 xx

[@katie_ellison]

Emily Atkinson thanks emily, it really was such a great trip, I really recommend it x

[@NorthYorkshireMummy]

Arghhhh! These videos give me all the feels! Your crazy talented and make beautiful videos! Love them x

[@emilyclarke2023]

Nooooooooo don't end there! Can't wait to see the LA part, always wanted to go! Xx

[@katie_ellison]

Thanks Emily, I always wanted to go to LA too, it was a really crazy place. xx

[@sandrayoung336]

Really enjoying your California road trip! Looks amazing!! 🙂 xx

[@katie_ellison]

Thanks Sandra, I have really enjoyed making the videos. xx

[@KerryMConway]

Aw I'm so envious of these videos Katie it sounds amazing!!

[@katie_ellison]

Kerry Conway thanks Kerry, it really was so incredible x

[@carlyboote1155]

Beautiful video, loved watching xxx

[@katie_ellison]

Thanks Carly. xx

[@JessicaAnne]

Katie your videos are stunning! The views and filming is spectacular !!!! This is def a trip that you will all remember forever!!!! So so lovely that you have the footage to look back at when the children are older 😊. How do you coupe with staying in hotels with children? How do you wash their clothes etc... ? You make it all seem so effortless and quite idilic 😊. Beautiful just beautiful xxxx

[@katie_ellison]

Jessica Anne thanks Jessica, don't get me wrong travelling with children can be stressful but for the most part we just go with the flow and it can be such an adventure. I generally pack enough so we don't have to wash them but on this trip as we were away such a long time I washed them, I just generally use soup and water from the sink and give them a quick hand wash x

[@thebrennans117]

Amazing vlog! Loved the editing 👌

[@katie_ellison]

Thank you, I really love this one as I worked really hard on the editing. x

[@Goodlifexplorers]

Lovely video. Your kids will have such a great record of the trip to watch for years to come. What a precious gift! Any chance you would do a video on how you get such lovely footage and processing? I know it's a lot of hard work putting a video like this together, so any tips would be amazing!

[@katie_ellison]

GoodLifeXplorers ah thank you I can definitely add that one to my list of ones to make, I worry I won't be good at explaining it though x

[@Goodlifexplorers]

I would love to watch that. Nonsense, I know you think you ramble, but we all do.

[@beckyodonnell9862]

Beautiful video - love it x

[@MrsHodgson]

I LOVED this Katie. You made me get emotional when you said you were teary and then the scenes of you all at sunset on Ventura beach? was it? really got me in the feels. How do you keep the footage so still when it's motion, ie. when Mads is running, is that the drone? or do you have a gimbal on top of your gorilla pod? Or is Jon just a crazy steady hand haha. I always think how amazingly professional they look. Just beautiful. Please drag these out over as many videos as possible haha x

[@katie_ellison]

Haha thank you my lovely that is such a nice compliment. The bits where maddie is running is just us holding the camera steady and then me slowing it down so it isn't so shaky. I loved that sunset on Ventura Beach, one of the highlights of our trip. xx

[@MrsHodgson]

Katie Ellison just beautiful. I am not a steady hand and look at gimbals often, but they're so expensive. Xxx you guys are awesome xxx never stop making videos

[@katie_ellison]

They really are aren't they? We looked at one but it was HUGE and expensive and we just decided we would never use it! x

[@MrsHodgson]

yeah I think I just need to get fitter quicker, then I'm not always waddling along behind, playing catch up trying to film them haha xxx

[@monstertruckbrothersMCZ]

Gorgeous video as always! Such a dreamland! Quick question for you - what travel stroller did you use and would you recommend it?

[@katie_ellison]

Thanks so much Marion. We have the Nuna Pepp Luxx I think it is called and we love it, it is lightweight, it goes down flat and can even fit my 4 year old in if she can't be bothered to walk, and it is great for that too. xx

[@jackiem3402]

amazing video!

[@katie_ellison]

Thanks so much Jackie. xx

[@hannahberry5781]

Love your outfits!

[@katie_ellison]

thank you x

[@Kate-hg6mg]

what camera do you use? and what drone? 😊

[@katie_ellison]

I use a Canon G7X and a DJI Mavic Drone. xx

[@aliwilson8149]

love your family beautiful xxxxxx

[@katie_ellison]

Thanks so much Ali. xx