July 2015 Family Vacation

    Wow!  Best vacation ever!  Started with a visit with Grandpa Steve and Grandma Linda.  Eric and Abbey ran to the temple to do baptisms while the rest of us played at the splash pad.  The next day, we loved the

family reunion with my mom's side of the family.  I interviewed my grandma and recorded it to upload to family search.  I also recorded my aunts and uncles sharing their favorite memories of Grandma Mary.  Super funny!  I can't wait to get them on family search.
     The kids went  on a great hike with grandpa Keith to a local waterfall.  Next we surprised the kids with a trip to California from there.  Visiting Great-Grandma Pikes house is always a treat.  We had a blast at Zuma beach!  Jeremy and his kids met us there.  Abbey body boarded almost the entire time and got a sunburn (despite her sunscreen) to prove it.  The kids were entertained from 12 to 5.  It was awesome!  Messy hair, sand all over everything and everybody, and fabulous memories!
      Next we visited the L.A. temple.  Eric and Abbey did baptisms for the dead while the kids and I played with the snails on the temple grounds.  Then we went to the L.A. zoo and then later the park.  Then the next day we went to the L.A. Science Center.  Very fun!  Then we watched a 3-D documentary on an imax screen.  Very well done!  Then bar-B-Q with smores.  Yum!
     Then home and recover.  Loved it!!!!  Total repeat!!!!