California!

The last weekend in February I got to tag along on a family trip to California. It was fun to visit with family and enjoy the warm weather. I also got to visit with my childhood best friend Elissa, I hadn't seen her in nearly five years. It was great to see her and her family. My dad brought some of his old family slides so we spent two full nights looking through them with the whole family. It was pretty entertaining even though I wasn't in any of them. I think my dad enjoyed it the most though. :) The last day we were there we made sure to go to the beach. I know it's not really the time of year for the traditional "beach outing" but we had to at least go and look at it. Although it was about to rain, it was still pretty nice weather. Aiden had a blast playing with all of his cousins, even though he was revisited by an illness I thought had passed before we left. I felt bad for him, by the end of the trip he was running a fever and still trying so hard to just play and have fun with his cousins. I had a really nice time and it was difficult to come back to reality. Anne and I both agreed that we didn't want that to count as our California/beach trip for the year. We need to come back in the summer so we can swim! :)

Slides 2009

How the kids spend Slides 09

Liam, Aiden, Me, Elissa and Laila

Laila and Liam, new best friends! (And only 6 weeks apart)

We fed Liam lots of Nilla wafers to keep him happy on the way down :)

The Newport Beach Temple (I think I need to get married there ;)

Aiden being cute at Newport Beach

Aiden, Tom and Millie feeding the birds

Sand and snot, what a delicious combination.

Me and Anne on the pier.

Liam, 9 months old!

I attempted a family picture on the beach, this is the best shot I got :) Aiden wasn't really feeling very well.