La famille, c'est l'amour

WARNING!!! LOADS AND LOADS OF PICTURES.

Enter at your own risk!

O.k., so we had a fabulous time in California with all of my family!

We started the trip on Sat. Mar. 21 by visiting a dear family from my mission. I had the amazing opportunity and blessing to teach Bro. Stephenson (the distinguished looking gentleman on the far right :) and see him be baptized. This family is like my own family. I felt perfectly at home with them and they made us feel so welcome and loved! It was great! And we ate SO good while we were there.

On Monday we drove down the hill, to Orange County and saw where Buddy lived when he was little. It was a great little neighborhood and we even visited with some friends that still live there. We also spent some time at Mile Square Regional Park which is across the street from the neighborhood where Buddy lived and where his mom spent a lot of time with the kids, walking and playing. It was a beautiful park and a lot of fun.

Then we went to meet everyone at the hotel to check in. It was so fun to be with everyone and spend a week together. My dad took 3 times as many pictures as we did and he has some group shots, so when I get those, I will post some pictures with all of us.

We spent two days at Disneyland and California Adventure and one day at Laguna beach. It was awesome and the kids loved every minute of it, well almost every minute, we had a few meltdowns, but not too many. Everyone did great and it was a lot more fun than I expected going with three little kids.

Thanks Grandpa for all the arrangements, thanks Amy for the tickets, thanks mom and dad for organizing everything, and thanks to all my brothers, sister-in-laws and kids for coming and making it a wonderful trip. I can't wait until we go again!!!