Richard's Mom and Dad treated us to a great vacation in Oceanside, California. We stayed in a condo with his family and enjoyed all of the fun things California has to offer. We started off the trip visiting with Amanda's Aunt and Uncle in Las Vegas. Thanks for letting us spend the night Bri and Koami! We played at the beach, went to Disneyland and Sea World, saw a Dodgers game, went to visit Richard's mission in East LA, put a corndog in the Jeeps air vent (explanation to come), threw up on the way to the Dodgers game (thanks Arcadia), walked the pier in Oceanside, Richard learned to surf with his cousin Miles (unfortunately I saw none of it so I have no proof), Steve and Jeanne took the 4 grandkids + 1 cousin to the Wild Animal Park, saw dolphins swimming in the ocean, and Amanda cleaned up sand, sand, and more sand. As you can tell we had a great week in California and really enjoyed the time we spent with Richard's family. Thank you so much Steve and Jeanne for giving us the chance to do all that fun stuff!!
On one of our drives Arcadia was eating a corndog in the backseat. Later we found it in the air vent. Fortunately she did take it out about 30 minutes later and finish eating it!
The girls playing in the sand. They both loved the sand, especially Mekensy. I didn't like it so much. I have never cleaned up so much sand in my life. 
Disneyland with Richard's family. Yes, Mekensy is there, but she is behind everyone.
Arcadia fell asleep for about 2 hours after a long, hot day in Disneyland. She later woke up and enjoyed the Light Parade at California Adventure.
After a second attempt at making it to a Dodgers game- this is Arcadia feeding Grandma Jeanne her nachos. The first trip ended with us getting only 2 miles from the stadium, after an hour and a half drive, when Arcadia threw up all over the backseat. Unfortunately for me I was sitting next to her.
Arcadia playing in the water in California Adventure. She was soaked!!
Baby for sale? No, Grandpa Steve likes to put the babies in interesting places. It keeps them from crying. Notice how happy she is!!
Arcadia relaxing on the balcony after a long, hot day at the Wild Animal Park. Thanks for taking them Grandma and Grandpa. I don't know what was wilder, the animals or the children!
On one of our drives Arcadia was eating a corndog in the backseat. Later we found it in the air vent. Fortunately she did take it out about 30 minutes later and finish eating it!The girls playing in the sand. They both loved the sand, especially Mekensy. I didn't like it so much. I have never cleaned up so much sand in my life. Disneyland with Richard's family. Yes, Mekensy is there, but she is behind everyone.Arcadia fell asleep for about 2 hours after a long, hot day in Disneyland. She later woke up and enjoyed the Light Parade at California Adventure.After a second attempt at making it to a Dodgers game- this is Arcadia feeding Grandma Jeanne her nachos. The first trip ended with us getting only 2 miles from the stadium, after an hour and a half drive, when Arcadia threw up all over the backseat. Unfortunately for me I was sitting next to her.Arcadia playing in the water in California Adventure. She was soaked!!Baby for sale? No, Grandpa Steve likes to put the babies in interesting places. It keeps them from crying. Notice how happy she is!!Arcadia relaxing on the balcony after a long, hot day at the Wild Animal Park. Thanks for taking them Grandma and Grandpa. I don't know what was wilder, the animals or the children!We really had a great time. Arcadia did not want to come home. The only consolation was that on the way home we picked up my cousin, Loren to come stay with us for a week!! Thanks again Steve and Jeanne!!
Mekensy and Arcadia at the Murray parade. Arcadia was so excited to have candy thrown to her. The only problem was that she would only look at one person and unless she saw that one person throw the candy she didn't see all of other candy falling around her. It was a good thing she had Grandma Jeanne to help her. 
Daddy and his girls swimming at Grandpa Steve and Grandma Jeanne's. We were the only ones who swam so it was like having our own private pool. Thanks Rama and Rapa!
After a fun day of Parades and swimming we went to my parents house for a BBQ. It was a yummy meal. Thanks Mom and Dad! After we came to our house to do fireworks. Sorry about the funny pictures Mom and Staci. They were the ones Arcadia picked! We hope everyone had a great 4th!
