California

We went to palm Desert with the Dorius family and had an amazing vacation. The kids enjoyed swimming and playing together. We put 2000 miles on our van. We aren't thinking about how much the gas cost for those miles. It was all about the memories for us and the kids.
Dorius Family - Mike, Alison, Kerry, Mckay, Grant.

On Sunday afternoon we took a walk to feed the ducks and see the area.

This day it got up to 120 degrees. We swam in the morning then went to lunch at the cheesecake factory. After that we tried going to a movie but missed it so we got icees in Target until the next movie started. During the movie no one noticed that Tyler was putting the popcorn down his shirt. When it was over he had a good stash.


Here's the kids just hanging out. Sadie, Alison, Olivia, McKay, Tyler, (Grant was sleeping)

We left Palm Springs and headed to Manhattan Beach to visit the Blanchards. They live a minute from the beach. Of course I left my camera in the car. It's probably a good thing though because I'm known to ruin electronics. It was such a beautiful area. My kids are still talking about how much fun they had playing with Ella and Cole. They loved digging for Sand Crabs and jumping over the waves.

Ella and Sadie

Tyler and Cole

Next stop on the trip was Henderson Nevada. We went to Brad and Danielle's house. The kids love to hang out with their cousins. We felt like we didn't get near enough time to visit everyone. It was all short hi's and good-bye's. Tyler and Olivia had to ride Acadia and Treyson's bikes.

Watching a movie.

Playing at the park

Danielle is helping Sadie rock climb.

This park had mountain goats that just hungout. They came running down the moutain pretty fast. I think Shane and I were more excited then the kids were about this.

This park also had some fun toys.