SLC Cemetery

(The gold plaque means they crossed the plains... there were a lot in the cemetery)

Dave and I spent quite a while at the Salt Lake City Cemetery today and had a great time. We saw every LDS prophet's grave that was there plus a lot of Bennion graves. Mervyn, Adam, Samuel, John and Mary Turpin being the highlights.

If you are ever in the area I highly suggest stopping by and wear your walking shoes!

Happy Birthday, Rich

Big Thunder Ranch Dinner and Show

One of our highlights at Disneyland was dinner at the Big Thunder Ranch. Dinner was served family style in buckets. Buckets of ribs and chicken, buckets of smoked sausage, buckets of coleslaw, buckets of beans, buckets of corn, and baskets of corn bread. Drinks were served in jars. A great place for a family din-din.

There was music thoughout the meal, and the kids performed with the singers. This is the kids all performing on stage at dinner. The video is about 3 min, but is so cute of Hen. Also check out Greg on the right side.

Will and Hen at Disney California Adventure

This is like the teacups, but bumps as you move from track to track.

Pure happiness.

Beach

Well, after a marathon drive straight through from Garden Grove, California to Beaverton, Oregon, Wendy and I crawled into our welcome bed at 4:15 AM this morning. We took a long nap this afternoon, so I feel ready to post some photos of the past week. Monday we headed to Newport Beach on the 45th Street beach (where the JEBs stayed last year). We met up with the Taylor family for some sunny play time and some body boarding.

Back row: Sydney Willis, Henry, Hillary Taylor, William, Aubrey Taylor, Alexa (friend of Aubrey), Nathan
Front row: Katie, Taylor Willis, Devon Taylor, Greg (gotta love that kid)

Wendy caught this shot of Henry.

Nathan's fanny is on the left as he is digging a hole. Taylor is coming up out of the water.

The cousins in the water. It was cool water, but you got accustomed to it quickly.

Will and I were buddies for most of the week. We had a great time together.

Weekend in San Diego

Wendy and I took the kids down to San Diego this weekend. We had a great time with Grandpa. We got into town on Saturday afternoon, and had a low key Saturday playing at Rancho Bernardo Community Park. The kids had a great time, and Henry gave Grandpa a welcome hug (A wow for that normally shy guy!)
Sunday we headed to Fort Rosecrans and visited Grandma's grave and Uncle Burke's grave. After visiting the cemetery, we grabbed lunch and headed to La Jolla Cove so that Grandpa could run around and scream and yell. :) It was a smart decision, as we got to do some incredible tide pooling and saw the seals/sea lions. The kids played hide and seek, and the grown ups had a great chuckle as William peaked repeatedly while counting to 20 during his turn as 'it'.
After the park we headed back to out hotel for some dinner and games. Katie was our "Watchdog" champ. Nathan won the award for best passer in "Who Has the Button?". And Greg took the cake in "Mother Hen". Anyway enjoy the photos (in reverse chronological order).
We love you all!