California trip 2015

We decided last minute (as always) to attend our niece, Hanna Campbell's high school graduation in Ione California. It was a fun week with family! The kids loved playing with their cousins!

 The only way to have peace on the drive down was to put spongebob on... drove Grant and I nuts, but the kids loved it :)

 Hanna getting ready to walk!

 Jacob Campbell rocking the trombone! 

 I am one proud aunt! Hanna is an amazing young woman and I hope my girls can grow up to be just like her!! 

 Allivia, Celeste Campbell and Luke Campbell playing in the tree house someone built in the field behind their house. 

 There are some old tracks behind their house that are no longer in use. Luke, Celeste, Ellie, Allivia and Parker stopped for a photo op. 

 Just a few of the cousins. Left: Luke, Celeste, Allivia, Ellie, Susie, Max, Sadie, Garrett, and Jonah

 Pete and Gracie have a tradition of going to icecream on the last day of school. It was a perfect treat on a hot California day! 

 All the adult women went for pedicures. It was grandma Kathy's first one ever!!  

 Left: Gracie, Me, Grandma Kathy, Whitney and Hanna

 Max, Parker and Garrett playing outside 

 Max, Luke, Carter and Truman jumping on the trampoline. 

 Ellie, Allivia and Susie

 Max, Garrett and Parker

 The kids spent hours lizard hunting. It was fun watching them do things that I use to do when I was their age too. 0

 Dog Pile!! 

 Hanna's pool party for graduation 

 On Sunday we took a trip to the Sacramento Temple after Seminary Graduation. Truman and Carter stayed home, but this was the rest our crew. 

 Cousins

 Susie and Sadie were great babysitters!! Maddox loved them most of the time :)

 Hanna and Mad dog

 Hanna, Whitney, Kathy, Me, and Gracie

 Ellie and Grandpa Terry 

 Grandma and Grandpa with the grandkids at the temple 

 Most of the cousins slept on the trampoline every night. Whitney and I taught Hanna how to T.P!! We were laughing so hard that we woke up Allivia. It was really funny!! 

 Then Hanna got Jake who was asleep on the couch :) 

 Grandma Kathy and Allivia on the piano 

 We spent our last day in Santa Cruz. 

 Hanging out on the Beach on the Boardwalk 

                                     
WAVES!!!
                                  
                                  

                                 

                                 

 kids loved the rides 

 We drove Highway 1 into San Francisco just for Dinner at my favorite Chinese Restaurant called Erics. They remembered us from the last time we were there 2 years ago. Even told us the next time we are in the city, we can park in there driveway so we don't have to find street parking.   

 our kids will eat about anything with chopsticks! 

 A piece of my heart will always be in San Francisco!! I love it there!! 

I had not seen the new bay bridge, it was beautiful! 

 We only made it as far as Reno on the way home before we had to stop. We got a couple rooms at the Circus Circus and tried to sleep. 

 I don't know any kids who are more easily entertained than mine! They rode the escalator forever the next morning! 

 It was a very long drive home the next day!! We had a blast with our awesome family, but it was so nice to be home again!!! What a great start to summer!!