Reunion in California

We met up with Sam's family at a beautiful beachhouse in Oceanside, CA. We had an amazing time playing with family, eating way too many treats and spending time on the beach.

On our first day, we drove to the San Diego temple to take family pictures. The grounds were closed but we still managed to find a pretty good view. One of my sisters-in-law took took the group shots with her fancy pants camera but I don't have them yet.

The next day, we went to some tide pools. I forgot my camera in the car. Boo.

We spent a day at Sea World which was a ton of fun.

I gave Clara her first pigtail. She looked very cute. Clara was a good girl all day. She loved watching the shows and would dance and clap along to the music. She took a nice nap in her stroller.

Abby loved going on the rides. Daddy manned up and took her on the spinny ride because I couldn't handle it.

We both took her for a spin on Elmo's Flying Fish.

Toward the end of the day, Clara was excited to get out of the stroller and wiggle around a bit.

We spent lots of time playing in the sand. Clara really like sitting and digging. She even had a taste.

Abby had a blast playing with all of her cousins. She loved playing on the beach. That day, most of the dad's and lots of the kids rented wet suits and went boogie boarding. Sam was excited to play with his brothers out in the water, even if he did freeze his face off.

We don't get to see our family enough so it is always a wonderful time when we do get together. The girls did really well travelling, especially since we had kind of crazy flight times. We already miss hanging out with everyone and look forward to the next reunion in 2014!