Cali

This past week, I took the kids out to California to see Papa and Nana. As always we had a great time. On the 4th of July, my dad is in charge of a big breakfast in the park for his ward and so we went and enjoyed the food, company and the heat.{Being sarcastic about the heat part}. While we were there, it was so friggin hot and humid. The humidity was killing me the whole time. But thank goodness for the pool:)

                                                       Even Papa got in on the fun:)

A tradition we have while we are out there is to eat at Tokeo Wako for dinner. They cook the food right in front of you and make cool volcano's and fun little tricks while they cook. The kids LOVE this place and so I took a picture of them out in front of the restaurant. Check out Carly's facial expression, its hilarious!

 This was her face while the fire was made...

                                                                 We did lots of this....

One day I braved it and took the kids to Disneyland all by myself. I know most people might think I might be crazy for attempting this great feat but to tell you the truth I was more scared of driving down there than actually doing the park itself. I did good. Only missed one exit but eventually finding our way. Thank goodness for navigation systems. The kids all did great and we had such a wonderful time. It was HOT but we made good use of the ice cream stands:) I have to give props to Caleb. He was super brother/son there. I couldnt have done it without him. Such a mature young man. Grateful for his help!

                                                   
                                                       The girls got their faces painted

                      Even Carly was a pure gem there. She LOVED the parade so much. She was clapping and making cute noises {singing} as the parade went by us. We took her on Pirates of the Caribbean and she really liked it too. But even she couldnt keep up with the Happiest place on earth.

 I have been using a phone app called instagram on my iphone that makes pictures look really cool.

                                    Caleb's favorite part of the trip- enjoying Papa's Big TV...

                            Thanks Dad and Mary for having us out there. We had a great time!