Vacation to Washington and California!

We made the trip of a lifetime last week, we drove to California to visit with Ricks family and then drove up to Washington to see my parents new home in Woodland, Wa and then drove back to Suisun and then home. It was 44 hours of driving, countless miles, but worth it! We packed a lot into the time we had with both sides and Rick even managed to work a full day at each home. It was amazing weather and great company. I'm so glad that we were able to do it! Here's a ton of pictures that we took....

At Stinson beach...

We hiked up to a pond by Suisun one day...

Juke box at my parents home...

View from my parents home...

When we got home, we had to put Lucky down so we had to take lots of pictures with her...

Suisun...

Lots of cousin time...

We finally got to meet Becca's 2 youngest kids!

Abby got to have a birthday party with each side!

Grandpas cub cadet...

View from my parents home in Woodland, Washington...

Rick worked from the deck...

Lots of swimming...

Haley booked a last minute flight up to spend time with cousins...

Celebrated Grandpa's 70th birthday a month early...

And we rescued another dog, Tyler. He's a terripoo and is the sweetest. He thinks he's my shadow and loves getting belly rubs...

Rick got to kayaking a lot on this trip! Even kayaked down the river with my dad and Zachary Whittle!

We even saw a whale at the beach! It was an epic trip!!

Week in review...

This week has been a challenge. Having a daughter that is dating has been tough. I won't go into details, but lets just say that it hasn't been a peaceful atmosphere in our home this last week. We are trying to figure out how to be parents of a graduated teenager who wants her independence and to push our buttons. So Sarah was so sweet and uber'd me some donuts! Totally made my day! I literally cried!

Ashlyn has been attending a volleyball camp, she's a trooper to play in this heat.

We also have been dog sitting this week with the cutest puppy, Frankie.

Ashlyn has been taking an online P.E. class over the summer and she has to take pictures to verify that she's working out.

Abby went to a swimming birthday party yesterday with a girl that was in her school class. Her name is Abbey and her mom and I were pregnant together in the same ward, they moved out when she was around 6 months old. So when they were in the same school class together it was so fun to see them become friends...

Rick has found a love for paddling up the Salt River, he has found it to be a great workout....

Abby took these pics on my phone, so cute!

More pics from the swimming party...

We head out to California and Washington this week, it will be a lot of driving but we will get to see lots of family. So we are excited!

Week in Review...

Haley got some flowers from a boy that shes dating. He gave them to her because of her new job at Walmart.

The kids have been tie dying like crazy. For some reasons, socks are their main thing!

We have been dog sitting 2 dogs across the street and 1 at our house. The kids are in dog heaven...

Abby and I made stickers from a tutorial by Emily Nelson on YouTube...

4th of July we had the Pauls over for dessert...

Carrie made pazookies. They were a hit!

Then we had a small fireworks show...

The kids love the sparklers...

they have a new feature on Family Search called Compare-a-face. Pretty cool!

Frankie is the dog that we are watching for a week, he's a pretty active dog!

The dogs across the street...

Fireworks....

It was a great 3 day weekend, we went swimming at a Mesa pool. We have to preregister and they only allow 50 people in. You get to swim for an hour and 15 minutes and then they clear everyone out, scrub it down and let the next group in. It's pretty ridiculous, but we are happy to have a close place to swim...