Back in Utah

I made it back to Utah this last weekend. It's nice to be back to my own place, with my own bed, my own bathroom, and my own schedule. I love being with family and being away from responsibility, but it's nice to be back to more predictable circumstances.

Here are a few more photos from my vacation. This is from Southern California at the place we were staying at in Newport Beach. It was really nice and the kids liked playing tether ball especially when Sarah wasn't screaming about not playing or not winning.


While I was home, I went to Kohl's with my mom and her 30% off discount. I got 6 shirts, a set of wash cloths, and an awesome pair or pants for $13.58 (plus tax). We really love Kohl's.


My cousin, her husband, and their kids stayed the night at my mom's house the night before we all left for reunion. It was fun to let the kids all play together before spending a weekend in the dirt. I think Joe had fun too, what do you think?


Last weekend ended my trip at a family reunion. We camped in South Lake Tahoe in a very nice campground. This was the largest reunion we had--61 people were there. I was super excited that I was able to have my three closest cousins there together as it had been nine years since the last time we were together.
Fun times!

Southern California

I went down to Newport Beach with my family last weekend. My parents and I spent a week there Friday to Friday and my sister and her family joined us Friday to Wednesday. After getting there we all decided to go to Disneyland for a day. We were waiting outside the gate when it opened and left right before the park closed. We ran around all day. It was nice that we went in October and got most of it done so we could now see what we missed and take our time without running too much.

To save some time and money, we packed lunch and dinner and ate in the parking lot.

We got fast passes for the rides we could get fast passes for so we wouldn't have to wait too long in lines. One line that took A LOT longer than we expected and were planning was the Nemo submarine ride. This was mostly because the audio on the submarine we were first put in wasn't working so they then had to unload us and reload us. Because of this, they gave a free fast pass/head of the line pass so we used it on Space Mountain at the end of the night. We had fun, but Andrew and Lissy looked a little unsure.

The day after Disneyland, we were so tired, we slept until we woke up. Of course, the kids woke up at a somewhat normal time for them. We sat around quite a bit and some of us decided to walk down to the local beach. We found some cool rocks to look at and some tide pools to explore.

After my sister went home, my parents and I went down to Desert Hot Springs to visit my dad's aunt. It was really hot.

The day after we got back into town, my nephew, Andrew, was baptized. He had asked me to speak about baptism which was an easier topic than my talk in sacrament meeting a few weeks ago.

Our cousins came into town for the day so we went to the Castle Air Museum and walked around all of the planes and jets. Yet again, another hot day.