We are finally home from our fun 9 day excursion to CA. We had a blast and were able to spend time with my family, Gene's family and tons of friends. We attended the sealing of our friend's daughter at the Sacramento Temple, which was very special. Then we went on a few adventures. It was a great trip. We got home Sunday at 6:30 pm and immediately began getting Chloe ready for EFY at BYU-I at 7 am the next morning. Does this family ever slow down?! Nope! Gene is off to Germany this Friday for 9 days!
We love CA and miss our family and friends!
Brittany and Aaron. Don't they look wonderful!
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Lawson. Sacramento Temple.
Chloe surrounded by all the boys.Heaven help us.
Lindsay and Nat with their favorite "Uncle" Brian. Does this guy look familiar, Shannon?! ;)
Lindsay dancing with the bride!
Nat has to collect 17,000 rocks and shells every time we go to the beach.
See the blue beach house in the distance? That is the house that is owned by a distant cousin of my grandma's. I grew up going to this beach house, my girls have spent weekends in this beach house, it's been in the family for years. My mom and her family went to Capitola all the time, my mom has cool pictures of this beach from the 1940's and later. This beach is very near and dear to our hearts.
Sisters.
Watch out for that wave, dudes!
Decorating mini sand castles.
Haley looks a tad too big for this miniature drop zone ride, don't ya think?! :)
My girls LOVE this yellow, spongy guy!
Three of my darlings!
Drying off after having fun in the big ol' water park! Thankfully, no one stepped on her!
In the gift shop at Great America... I told you this kid loves bugs, right?
Toasty spa... there used to be a diving board here, but I guess it was too dangerous, so years ago the diving board went bye-bye and this yummy spa took its place!
Having fun at Grandpa Walt's pool!! I grew up going to this house and swimming and playing in the cool backyard, it's so fun seeing my girls jumping into the same pool I did a million times through out my life.
My two step-grandpas! Johnny on the left, Walt on the right. Both have been very important people in my life! I love 'em both!
Lindsay and Nat with their favorite "Uncle" Brian. Does this guy look familiar, Shannon?! ;)
Lindsay dancing with the bride! Capitola, CA. Our most favorite beach of all times! Grew up going to this beach, so did my mother. Not only do we love the sand and the water here, but the little shops all over Capitola are so much fun. We have a favorite Mexican Restaurant and ice cream shop here.
We love it here!
SOOOOOO many memories! :) 
Lindsay Lu-Lu, the beach girl. She kept doing sand angels and ended up very, very sandy indeed!
Lindsay Lu-Lu, the beach girl. She kept doing sand angels and ended up very, very sandy indeed!
Nat has to collect 17,000 rocks and shells every time we go to the beach.
See the blue beach house in the distance? That is the house that is owned by a distant cousin of my grandma's. I grew up going to this beach house, my girls have spent weekends in this beach house, it's been in the family for years. My mom and her family went to Capitola all the time, my mom has cool pictures of this beach from the 1940's and later. This beach is very near and dear to our hearts.
Sisters.
Watch out for that wave, dudes!
Decorating mini sand castles. GREAT AMERICA, Santa Clara, CA
For you CA people, remember how it used to be "Marriott's Great America" then I think it changed to something else, but now it's:
California's Great America!
Woo Hoo!
We had a blast here, spent the whole day riding rides and splashing about in the huge water park and getting soaked on the water rides!
The Demon is STILL there!! Ahhhhh, memories!
Fun day:
Haley looks a tad too big for this miniature drop zone ride, don't ya think?! :)
My girls LOVE this yellow, spongy guy!
Three of my darlings!
Drying off after having fun in the big ol' water park! Thankfully, no one stepped on her!
In the gift shop at Great America... I told you this kid loves bugs, right?A day with my two wonderful step-grandpas! My mom and I drove out to Orinda to spend the afternoon with Johnny, Walt and my sister Laura. It was a delightful day. Walt's health isn't doing so great, so this visit may have been my last. I hope not, but he's just not doing well.
These two men are all that I have left, as far as grandparents go! I lost my grandma back in 1995, so these guys are it! They are truly remarkable men and will always have a special place in my heart!
Toasty spa... there used to be a diving board here, but I guess it was too dangerous, so years ago the diving board went bye-bye and this yummy spa took its place!
Having fun at Grandpa Walt's pool!! I grew up going to this house and swimming and playing in the cool backyard, it's so fun seeing my girls jumping into the same pool I did a million times through out my life.
My two step-grandpas! Johnny on the left, Walt on the right. Both have been very important people in my life! I love 'em both!Orinda, CA (very close to the Oakland temple)( FYI):)
Chloe being coached by my step-grandfather, Johnny. He coached girls and boys tennis at Miramonte H.S. in Moraga, CA. (my mom's high school) His teams were #1 for years and years. Back in the day, Johnny used to take me out on the courts for some pointers! Now he's teaching my girl! :)
Gene's awesome sister, Ann, and her adorable grandson, Peter!
"Fun Run" on the 4th of July. My niece organized a fun 5K for friends and family and almost 60 people attended! It was awesome! Everyone had a blast.... I finished the 3.45 mile run in 35 minutes! It seemed to be easier to run in CA at sea level! :)
Random photo:
Gene and the girls all dressed up for their Daddy/Daughter evening.
Chloe being coached by my step-grandfather, Johnny. He coached girls and boys tennis at Miramonte H.S. in Moraga, CA. (my mom's high school) His teams were #1 for years and years. Back in the day, Johnny used to take me out on the courts for some pointers! Now he's teaching my girl! :)4th of July Fun Run!
Gene's awesome sister, Ann, and her adorable grandson, Peter! 
"Fun Run" on the 4th of July. My niece organized a fun 5K for friends and family and almost 60 people attended! It was awesome! Everyone had a blast.... I finished the 3.45 mile run in 35 minutes! It seemed to be easier to run in CA at sea level! :)Random photo:
Gene and the girls all dressed up for their Daddy/Daughter evening. (This was obviously before our big trip, but still wanted to post it!)
My amazing camp director and super wonderful 1st councilor! I love these gals!
Lots of eating is done at girls' camp!
They whittled their own sticks to roast their hot dogs! My girls are so talented!
Girls Camp!
Our stake attended camp at Heber Valley Camp. It was gorgeous and so much fun! This year's theme: "To Eternity and Beyond!" The girls made their own super hero capes and we got them cool orange leg warmers and super nice hoodies with this year's theme embroidered on them!
We had a blast!
My amazing camp director and super wonderful 1st councilor! I love these gals!
Lots of eating is done at girls' camp!
They whittled their own sticks to roast their hot dogs! My girls are so talented! I had to leave camp a day early so that we could take off to CA to make it to the wedding in Sacramento! Talk about crazy, the second I got home from camp I immediately began getting ready for the next trip! Crazy, crazy, but so much fun!
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7 comments:
You guys were crazy busy down here!
What a fun post! I loved all the pictures and especially Great America. We went to Marriotts all the time growing up and it's one of my favorite memories of my childhood.
You guys have had a fun-filled summer! So fun to see what you guys did. Glad you have had so much fun! We have missed you guys!
Holy Cow! You have been SOOOOO busy. No wonder I haven't seen you in forever. I loved all your pictures. You guys are obviously having a fun summer. I'm glad you had such a fun CA trip.
I wish I could've been in CA too! Sounds like you are having so much fun. My in-laws loved their Alaskan cruise also. The pics are gorgeous! I think I caught the back of Betsy in one of the wedding pics. Thanks for always visiting my blog and making me feel special. Somehow I didn't have you on my google reader, but you're on their now and I'll know when you have a new post. Have fun staying busy!
i wish we could have seen you guys when you were here. about Rob's family, no one really knows why they moved. he is here every week. it makes no sense to us. and last but not least, yes Gene was at our reception. He even made us a mixed tape that was played during the reception. He is like a brother to me!
i like how the only picture of me is when i'm surrounded by boys, mother.
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