California Trip (lots of pictures)

Gavin and I took a trip to California to visit. We packed a lot in each day. The kids had a fun relaxing day when we arrived and decided to do a "Wipeout" version in the backyard. We picked up Heather from the Newport Temple and walked the grounds. We took a trip to the La Brea Tar Pits and Griffith Observatory in one day. They had lots of fun and learned cool things. I loved the observatory. We got a great view of Los Angeles. We stayed until dark to see the stars and lights. We even got a glimpse at Saturn. The next day we went to San Juan Capistrano Mission. That was a neat place too. We hit the beach a couple days and tried new things to eat. Of course it was all wonderful. We had lots of fun visiting with the Petersons and Grandpa!

Newport Beach Temple

La Brea Tar Pits

Griffith Observatory

San Juan Capistrano Mission

Huntington and Newport Beaches

Cabin Fever

This past week Gavin and Sam spent time with Grandma and Grandpa at their cabin in Southfork, CO. They had a great time fishing, swimming and horseback riding. They love to spend time up there. Glad Grandma kept them for us.

Grandma's little friend

Albuquerque

Sam, Gavin and I went down to Albuquerque today to run an errand and then have some fun.  We went to Cliff's Amusement Waterpark to play in the sun.  They had fun, but it is more for little kids, so we didn't stay too long.  We went to the famous "Sadie's" as featured on Man vs. Food to fill up.  It was very good.  We went to the mall to visit See's Candy and stopped by Krispy Kreme.  On the way home we were poured on by the heavens, which made me drive extra careful and slow.  We had another amazing sunset too.  It was a great day to spend with theses two guys.  They were great travelers. (taken w/ my iphone - some great some not so great)

Our 4th of July was spent relaxing and having some burgers for our BBQ.  We didn't do fireworks this year because of the dry conditions and fire hazards.  We did watch the fireworks the city put on and then watched our dogs hiding in the closet because they were terrified of the noise.  Such wimps ;)