Utah with the Family

So, the week after we went to California I tried to just hang out at my parent's house because the kids were traveled out and a little cantankerous (to put it mildly). Other than the crankiness we did have a lot of fun while we were there. However, I will no longer be taking any vacations without Ben. I really missed him and it just wasn't worth it doing things by my-pregnant-self and 3 kids. Here are some of the things we managed to do without Dad.



Jill and Troy got us tickets to go to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house. It was a beautiful temple and the kids liked being able to go through it with the Parkers.

The next day we went to the Orem City pool. I wish we had city pools like this is Alabama. I would be much more motivated to take the kids. I love that they have such a huge area for little kids to play.

We also got to celebrate Brooklyn's 3rd birthday. It was a girlie party - pink and "princess"y.

On the morning of the 4th of July my brother Dayne took me and the kids fishing up on the Provo river. I actually forgot how much fun it is to fish. The kids would like Ben and I to get a fishing license and poles so we can go fishing here in Alabama. And no, we didn't catch anything.

California Trip

I realize that it's been a WAY long time since posting, but it's been an extremely busy summer. And when it hasn't been busy, I've just been lazy! At the end of June the kids and I flew to Utah to visit my family. We got in at 10pm that night and left to drive to Oceanside, California the next morning at 7am for a family reunion. The kids did really great considering they had been traveling so much. I was really proud of them on that leg of the journey.


1st Day in San Diego:

We checked out the San Diego Temple. . .


. . . went to old town San Diego. . .

. . .and drove around Lakeside and El Cajon (our old stomping grounds). This is the house where Kerri (I think), me, Dayne and Jonathon were born.

The next 2 days at the hotel we hung out at the family reunion. Here are some of the things we did -

-swam in the pool
-hung out in the hot tub
-went to the beach in Oceanside
-watched Uncle Dayne catch (and pretend to eat) a crab
-caught up with family
-enjoyed ourselves as much as possible (which was a little hard because our sliding glass door was 15 feet from the marina. . . and no fence!)

On the way home we stopped to eat lunch next to the St. George Temple. It's a beautiful temple, but it was insanely hot in St. George. Thank goodness it was a dry heat! =)