Family Vacation

We just spent a wonderful week with our boys in California. What a fun time we had just being lazy and enjoying the weather and the company. We started our vacation with Wayne and Allen picking up a van in Nephi. How nice it is to have relatives that will loan you a vehicle to travel in for comfort. It was so nice, everyone had their own bench to sit on. We traveled in comfort!!!! The boys arrived late Friday night.
Saturday we had some family pictures done. That is always a trip to get everyone in the mood for pictures. We had a few on them turn out decent, unfortunately they look just like us. After the pictures, we all went to breakfast. We finished our packing and got ready for the road trip. It was fun to be easy going and travel as carefree as we wanted. We stopped in Vegas and had dinner at a Mexican restaurant. We stayed Saturday night in Primm Nevada. Dennis, Allen, Wayne and I rode the Buffalo Bills roller coaster. That is quite the ride!!!! Wayne thought Dennis was having a heart attack when in fact Dennis was just trying to find his glasses that he had lost out of his pocket when the bump knocked the wind out of him. Scared Wayne but we had a good laugh.
The next day we headed to San Clemente California where we had a condo. After scoping out the beach we had dinner and enjoyed the evening.
Monday we spent the day exploring the town, pier, and the beach of San Clemente. It was very clean and we had it mostly to ourselves. The weather was a little cloudy and not as warm as we would have liked, but that changed after the next few days.
Tuesday we took off and went to Universal Studios. Not as fun as the one in Florida, but it was fun because of the company I was with.
Wednesday Jeremy, Allen, Wayne and I spent the whole day on the beach. The boys did a little boggie boarding, and some wave jumping. We saw dolphins not far off shore, scared me at first but the boys assured me that they weren’t sharks.
Thursday we were on the road again to San Diego, we went to Sea World. This day was another hot one!!! We went to all the shows, ate a wonderful lunch and ended the day with a water ride that got us drenched. We left the park wet. We then drove to National City to show the boys where their grandma is buried. We had not had the opportunity to visit since they were younger.
Friday we went back to San Diego. Dennis and I attended a session at the San Diego Temple. What a beautiful Temple that is. While we were there the boys visited a few of the beached in San Diego area. When they picked us up we went to old town for lunch. We did a little site seeing of the downtown area and the Coronado area and then headed back to the condo in San Clemente.
Saturday, the end of the vacation. Back up and head home. This was a great opportunity for Dennis and I to spend some quality time with the boys. I am so grateful that we did this and look forward to the next time. I hope Leann and family will have the chance to join us sometime! We missed not having all the kids with us.