California Trip - Day Seven, Eight, and Nine

On Day Seven, we checked out of our hotel and drove down to San Diego. We checked into Homewood Suites and headed to the Beach. My brother, Brian, and his wife, Katie, joined us. The kids loved the beach and Kelsea and I had fun riding the waves.

Day Eight, we went to Sea World. It was a lot of fun! Brianna begged to sit in the soak zone for the Dolphin Show and I could not believe how soaked we were!! (Yucky Salt water!!!) The Shamu Rocks show was my favorite - it was at night and I loved all the lights and music.

Day Nine, we took it easy in the morning and swam at the hotel. We went to Mission Bay Park, then drove back up to the airport. Our plane was delayed three hours so we didn't get home until about 2 a.m. Sunday morning. The kids were so good though and except for Amber, they did not cry or complain at all.

This trip was a success. I truly had a great time with my little family! I am so grateful that Jason took the initiative to plan everything and pull it off. I was pessimistic about taking all the children, but Jason talked me into it and I thank him. I hope this trip will be in our children's memories for a long time.

California Trip - Day Six

On day six we decided to go to Universal Studios. The kids enjoyed the shows, however, some of them were too adult to go to. We had a fun time, but one day was plenty.

We stopped for dinner on the City Walk, heading back to our car, (the City Walk was probably my favorite - I loved the lights and the hustle bustle).

California Trip - Day Five

We spent Day Five in Disneyland and had a great time! We were eating in the Blue Bayou Restaurant when all of a sudden the ground started moving. When we realized we were having an Earthquake, the kids were pretty scared. We tried to make it seem "cool" that they were in an Earthquake and that seemed to ease their minds. Many of the rides were shut down for hours so they could check the safety - we took a much needed break and surprisingly, the kids didn't complain at all. What a great day!

California Trip - Fourth Day

Our Fourth Day, we went to California Adventure for most of the day. The kid's favorite ride was Soarin' over California. The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show was super exciting too.

Caifornia Trip - Day Three

We had a wonderful Sunday in California. We went to Church at 11:oo a.m. and the kids were excited to be the "visitors" in Primary. After Church we spent the rest of the day at the hotel. The kids played make believe together and had a lot of fun.

Later on, the fire alarm went off in the hotel and even though it was a false alarm the kids thought it would be fun to walk down the 14 flights of stairs to the main floor.

We had dinner in our room and found that it takes a long time to feed 8 people when you only have a microwave to cook your food. It was a pleasant day of rest.

California Trip - Day One and Two

We went to California this past week and had such a blast! I was a little worried about taking all five kids, but they were so good!!

Here's some photos of the days that we were there. Enjoy.

(I am still catching up with laundry and house work, so I will post the rest of the days later.)

I've Been Tagged

4 places I visit often:

1.Gold’s Gym
2.Walmart
3.Smith’s
4.My mom’s and Jason’s parent’s in Sandy

4 People Who call or e-mail me often:
1. Jason
2. My Mom
3. My little Sis’, Tami
4. Talya

4 Places I'd rather be:
1. On a cruise with Jason
2. Lake Powell
3. Hawaii
4. On a Snow Skiing Trip

4 movies I'd watch over and over again!
1. While you Were Sleeping
2. Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth)
3. North and South (A&E)
4. Zoolander (Edited – of course)

4 Favorite Foods:
1. Dark Chocolate / Ice Cream
2. Italian Chicken Pasta
3. Homemade Whole Wheat Bread
4. Chips and Salsa

4 Favorite Hobbies
1. Writing Music
2. Playing Basketball
3. Reading
4. Exercising

4 People I'm tagging:
1. Jamie Hutchings
2. Andrea Durrant
3. Devon Linn
4. Tami Robbins