California Dreamin

It started out a little rocky going to California. Alex had been sick to begin with, but on the way she threw up twice and had diarea.  Poor little thing, but she actually slept most of the way going and was pretty cheerful in spite of being sick.   We were so excited to be with the Sharp's.  Rusty was a little nervous of us all, but he did okay.  Friday morning we went to the park that is close to Amy and Mike.  The girls had fun playing on the slides, and having a little picnic.  It did get a little windy, but I thought it was perfect park weather. 

 That night Mike watch all of the kids so Mom, Melodee, and I could see Amy in "The Music Man".  It was so  much fun.  I haven't had a night out with the girls in a long time.  The play was so good.  Amy was terrific.  I was impressed with all of the costumes, and the sets.  Everything was so well done.  It was like a professional production.  Amy did a great job as Marian.  She is so talented.  It was nice to see her using her talents in such an expressive way.   Mom was making hooting noises as we cheered her on.  But Amy said the night we went was the best audience.  Yeah for us.

 

Saturday morning we went to Morgan's Farm.  We ate some yummy blueberry pancakes.  They had a wagon and buckets for you to go out and pick some fresh fruit.  We picked strawberries and blueberries.  They were so yummy.  Got a love fresh fruit.

 They had beautiful flowers and a little maze to go through.  They had a big trampoline that was fun to jump on.  There was even a little petting zoo.  Although most of the animals you couldn't get too.  But the kids had a great time seeing chickens, goats, ducks, peacocks, turkeys, and I can't remember what else.  It was a fun time had by all.

  

Emma and Annadele had a great time playing with each other.  They had fun dressing up, and pretending to be princesses.  The majority of the trip this is how we found Melodee, fast a sleep on the couch or bed.  She was having a hard time adjusting to the time change after coming home from China.  But when she was a wake it was fun to hear of different little things she would remember about Matt's wedding, and her visit.  

 It was so hot on Monday that Amy blew up the little pool for the kids to play in.  Emma and Annadele thought it was the next best thing to ice cream.  They loved having Grandma Ann spray them with the hose.  Alex and Vivian, however, didn't enjoy it at all.  When Amy put Vivian's foot in, she immediately started crying with protest.  Alex wasn't much better.  She was happy to just sit on mom's lap and watch her big sister and cousin.  The water was too cold for her. 

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 Tuesday before we got on the road, we went to the river walk park.  I don't know the real name, but that is what we called it.  The kids liked the swings and slides.  My kids thought it was great to see squirrels running around.  It was fun to see Annadele and Emma running hand in hand checking out the water and pretending there are alligators in there.

We got back to Las Vegas with out incident.  That night Mark had arranged for me to see the bishop.  We talked about the girls being sealed to us.  He read from the church hand book about that issue.  From what I understand, the girls are sealed to me.  I don't think they have to come to the sealing because of this.  The most important part is for Mark and I to be sealed to one another.  So June 9th is a go.  We are moving forward with our plans.