So we finally got back from our trip to California. It was so great! We left early on a Tuesday morning and drove to Sacramento. We were only going to drive to Mt. Shasta and camp, but we made such good time that we went on a few more hours. We camped at a KOA. The same one we stayed at a few years ago when we were on our way to the Redwoods. Along the road we saw a sign that said "Collier Logging Museum." So of course we had to stop. It was a nice little break. We didn't go to the museum, but we sure liked seeing the HUGE logging trailer. This was in Oregon and of course it was beautiful!
The kids had fun playing around at the KOA and we all got some mosquito bites. Great. We got up the next morning and drove to Carlsbad and stayed the night with my cousin. We got to see Marmie and Uncle Casey first and the kids were so excited!
The next day we headed over to the hotel in La Mesa, which is were we were for the next 6 days. The official family reunion started that evening at a nice park. It was great to see cousins and Aunts and Uncles that I (we) haven't seen in years!
That next day we met at the park again for the annual business meeting. Kody and I were lucky enough to be in charge of games for the kids. We actually had a lot of fun. We did kickball, Tug-O-War, water balloons, 3 legged races, and freeze tag on the playground. We also enjoyed lunch at the park. Then it was time to go over to Mormon Battalion. That was actually pretty neat. I learned a lot about the Battalion that went to fight (that never actually fought). It was a lot of fun. We got to pan mine for gold and do some other hands on activities.
That evening we went to a church building for a family talent show and dinner. We had some great talents performed. From our family Kamille sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," I sang the spin off from Taylor Swift called "A More Real Love Story" and Kody did the "Toast" song. OK, mine and Kody's were more fun talents. But everyone who did something did a great job. If I can figure out how to get the videos of the songs posted, I'll do that. For some reason lately I haven't been able to post videos. Hopefully I'll figure it out. And Kudos to my sister Jennifer and brother-in-law Ryan for coming up with some......interesting (I guess you could call them) and fun and funny games.
The next day we got to spend the day at the Beach. It was beautiful!! Lots and lots of fun, with lots and lots of sand. Kody enjoyed boogie boarding. My brother and cousin tried surfing......with tried being the key word! :) Jefferson and Kayda loved digging in the sand, and we all just had a great time!!!
We enjoyed a nice devotional and testimony meeting the nex day in the conference room at the hotel. And got a few pictures before everyone departed their own ways.
The next day we went to the San Diego Zoo. It was beautiful!!! The grounds are so gorgeous!! Worth the price of admission just to see the layout and grounds! The kids had a great time!
2 comments:
great post Julie. Thanks for the details. Good pics. also, some of them look exactly like the ones from my camera!
Renny was right..you do look good!
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