~Summer Fun~

Well we are lucky and have had all of McKay's family close this last week... and we have made sure to have lots of fun and spend all our extra time with them since, one sister lives in Florida and one brother lives in Indiana! So until they all leave which isn't until the end of July... I will be posting a lot about the fun things we will be doing with them!

So this last week we have done quite a bit of swimming and little get togethers here and there!

One of the times we went swimming McKay and Colin got a teeter toter and tried to teeter in the swimming pool...

First trying to get on and balance... you can tell they are strugglin'! ... and face plant!!!...this time they get balanced but Kay is submerged and still holding on! They will not let that teeter toter defeat them!!!I think it got the best of them... Colin gave up and Kay is holding on for dear life... still with a smile on his face!!!Bethany and Talyn...Kaitlyn taking a rest from the pool!...Jake thinking he is quit the stud... and he is!!!Bethany, Talyn, Jake and Beth...Colin and McKay trying to balance Taya and Kennedy!!!

Kelli and Jake just chillin'...

Kay and Kaitlyn gettin' ready for a 4 wheeler ride!This is another time we went swimming...
Avery and Quinnlyn rolled up in a ball... Kyli and Kennedy catching a tan...Quinnlyn jumping from the side while Avery and Kayden cheer her on..On Wednesday of last week a bunch of us went and visited Hadlee... it was great to go with lots of family!
Kay, Grandma Jones, Kelli, Beth, Jake, Kennedy, Kaitlyn and Kyli...Kaitlyn, Talyn, Kelli, Jake, Kyli and Kennedy!Cute Cousins!... Kyli, Kennedy and Kaitlyn!!!I have the funnest family! So happy to have them around!...

San Fran ~ Day 6 and 7

The last of our trip!

~DAY SIX~

Today was Sunday... so we got up and got ready to go to church of course! We headed to a church about 5 minutes away from our hotel to attend sacrament meeting! It was a very nice ward! After sacrament we left and headed to the Sacramento Temple... about and hour and a half away!

Sacramento, California TempleUs and the Sacramento Temple... as you can tell the sun was right in our eyes!Then we headed to the Oakland Temple which was another hour in a half south!

Oakland, California TempleUs at the temple...Then while walking around the temple there was an overlook of the city! Oh it was beautiful! You could see the Bay Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, San Fran City and Oakland City all from one spot!

Here is a picture from on top the overlook...Then we headed back to our hotel room to enjoy the rest of our evening!!!

~DAY SEVEN~

Today was the day of departure! We woke up and headed to Yosemite! In hopes to go through the pass and to look around and do a little hiking!

The Giant Bear...Us before hiking around some...The giant roots and base of a fallen tree!...Us driving around Yosemite... studly driver!!!The next few pictures are of some of the waterfalls we saw!...Well the pass was closed again so we headed to Fresno to eat and then head home! While we were in Fresno we decided to visit the temple there!

Fresno, California TempleWe had a wonderful trip and are so grateful we could go and get away! We of course put all our trust in the GPS system which McKay named Shirley! So here is our trusty friend Shirley!!!

San Fran ~ Day 5

Well usually I do two days... but I had lots of pictures and the last two days don't have very many so I am doing one today and two next time!!!...

~DAY FIVE~

Well today we started off the day by heading into San Fran to Pier 39 to take a harbor cruise! We loaded the boat and started our voyage around the bay! We first headed up towards the Golden Gate Bridge where we would drive underneath it ...

The Bay Bridge and San Fran City...Driving under the Golden Gate Bridge...Us on the boat...Golden Gate Bridge...Alcatraz and Golden Gate Bridge...They told many stories of all the surrounding cities and about the building of the Golden Gate and stories from Alcatraz... it was pretty interesting!!! Next we got to go see the sea lions...

Sea Lions and Pier 39...More Sea Lions...This one was all by his self... apparently the others were being rude...Next we went to the Aquarium by the Bay... I enjoyed and highly recommend it if you have kids... I just wish it would have been longer!!!

Giant Fish...One stingray and one tiger shark that we got to pet...

Shark swimming above our heads...

Crabs... which were all along the pier... being cooked in a variety of ways...

School of fish above our heads...

A few starfish...

Big jellyfish...

Little jellyfish...

Then we went to the Giants game that night and they won again!!! We must have been good luck!!! It was cold... probably because we sat by the bay!!!