Photo gallery

Photos by Calvin Boraas and Louise Brenders

OCEANSIDE: The boys at Goat Rock State Beach along the California coast—not far from Bodega Bay, where Alfred Hitchcock’s 1950s movie The Birds was filmed.

WHERE A LEGEND LIVED: Erik (L) and Alexander in front of Winchester Mystery House in Santa Cruz, CA. This house was built by the widow of the son of the man who invented the Winchester Rifle.

MAKING FRIENDS: Erik (L) and Alexander got to meet the official mascot for the Anaheim Ducks after they caught a Calgary Flames game against the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA.

LIKE THE STARS DO: Louise and Calvin on a simulated red carpet at the Oscar Museum in Hollywood.

ATTRACTIONS BOTH GREAT AND SMALL: A maintenance man strolls down the streets of a miniature U.S. city in LegoLand.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: A friendly dolphin at SeaWorld smiles for the camera.

IN CONTROL: The boys got to “turn the key” to launch a missile at the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona.

MAKING A STAND: San Antonio’s annual re-enactment of the attack by Santa Anna on the Alamo.

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: Erik, Alexander and Louise at the riverwalk in downtown San Antonio—across from The Alamo.