A Campin' We Will Go

So it's finally here, 2 weeks after the fact, but nonetheless. We had a great time camping. It was just what we needed before "Life" started again. We went to Pine Valley UT and it was BEAUTIFUL! Here are a few of the things we loved about camping. (okay so more than a few, but I think the pictures are priceless)

We loved being together as a family.

We LOVED our beautiful campsite!

WE were so excited to go camping, on the way there we had a drop of drool on our lip the whole way.

We loved our daddy for putting up our tent.

We loved sneaking chips when we thought no one was looking.

We made many a fashion statement.

We enjoyed the beautiful creek that was 30 sec. away from our campsite.

We hiked.

We got thrown over a creek.

We loved posing for pictures.



We loved getting in touch with nature.

We loved our flashlights

We loved when daddy would make us fires.

We loved roasting marshmallows.


We Loved eating SMORES

And SMORES

And SMORES

We loved our huge tent.

We loved that our huge tent fit 2 queen size blow up mattress so everyone slept great

We (and by we I mean Prince) washed off in the the beautiful creek.

We waded in the gorgeous creek

We napped on the picnic table.

We read on the picnic table.

We LOVED our tent.

We loved being together.

We pushed our bikes.

We stuck our butt out every time mommy told us to smile for pictures.

We had many milk mustaches.

We followed our fearless leader.

We stuffed our huge tent back into it's itty bitty bag.

L.A. Adventure

This year our summer vacation found us in L.A. I was not excited because L.A. does nothing for my driving anxiety, but after many prayers for safety we were off. Since we were going to L.A. our first stop of course had to be the Staples Center. We programmed the GPS and it took us straight through L.A. with all of its traffic. We did not realize beforehand that the X Games were there so that was a surprise. I am glad Prince was finally able to see the Staples center. We walked around for a little bit, and the kids loved seeing where "Kobe lives". Then we were off to our hotel.




After we got settled into our hotel we headed out to Redondo beach. We ate a cute diner called Ruby's. There was an classic car show going on outside, and it was a really fun atmosphere. After dinner the kids were so excited to see the ocean, we headed for the pier. They had a little boardwalk with a fun little arcade. The kids loved the little carousel and I took Samarrah on the Tilt-O-Whirl for the first time. I am definitely not as young as I used to be I wanted to hurl. It was a gorgeous night, the kids loved seeing all of the crabs they had that were for sale.





Saturday morning we got ready for the beach. It was really cold and foggy, but we ended up driving around for a few hours so by the time we got to the beach the sun was out but it was still chilly. The kids were not very into the beach this year, but that did not keep me and Prince from having fun. We went to Manhattan Beach, it was really pretty.






After our beach adventure we went home changed our clothes and went out to Chilis, we had to wait for a bit so the kids ran up and down the handicap ramp while we had a mini photoshoot. After dinner we went back to the hotel and enjoyed hanging out together. The kids love staying in hotels. This one was an extended stay hotel, but very small. We had a kitchen, but room for the kids to sleep was lacking so Ayo slept under the table and Samarrah slept with half off her body in the closet. The kids thought it was so cool.





On Sunday before we came home we stopped at the LA temple. It was huge, and beautiful. We had never been before, and thought it was gorgeous. THe kids had a great time exploring the grounds, and we were able to reinforce some of the things they already know about the temple. It was a great way to end our vacation.






After a great trip we were all rally tired, but so happy for the memories we made! It was great to be together!