July in California

This month is flying by! Our whole little family got to take a trip to California! Mitchell stayed 4 days and Audrey and I stayed 2 weeks! It was great and we just got back yesterday. Mitchell sure was ready to have his girls back!

My little (haha, not so little. He's a man now) brother returned from his LDS mission on July 6th! It was so fantastic to see him again after 2 years of serving in San Antonio, TX. We got family pictures taken. I have only seen a small preview of them but here's the one of all 4 siblings! Love it! We all love how James' giant wingspan reaches around all of his sisters. There are perks to being 6'1"! Can you tell we're all related?

We also got to visit Grandma Peterson in Palo Alto. It was a fun visit! We got a picnic lunch from the local deli and walked to a really fun park. We all really enjoyed the day! We hope it isn't too long between visits! Love you Grandma Peterson!

The weather was absolutely gorgeous the whole time we were there so we spent a lot of time outside! Mitchell, my dad, our bro in law Jarrel and I went white water rafting one Saturday! So fun! Thanks Dad for putting that together! Makes me remember my childhood, rafting every Saturday all summer!

There were many trips to the park, morning walks and playing with the cousins. Summer is so grown up and Ricky is the smiley-est baby I know! We went to Fairy Tale Town with Jarrel, Lynn and Summer and Ricky. James, Eileen and Mom came along for the fun too! I remember going to Fairytale Town as a kid so it was fun to see Audrey enjoying it too! Basically it is a very old (built in the 50s) amusement park for young kids based on fairy tales and nursery rhymes. There are climbing structures, slides, a barn with animals to look at, open grassy areas and an Indian teepee. The little girls loved it!

Peter Cottontail. In the cages behind the large blue bunny were 4 live rabbits that the kids could look at. Their names are: Flopsy, Mopsy, Peter and Cottontail.

Behind bars on a pirate ship.

Walking the plank.

The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.

Sitting on Mother Goose

Cinderella's Carriage

Jack and the Beanstalk

The 3 Billy Goats Gruff. The goats were chillin in the shade.

Tepee...

...and from the inside, with Grandma!

The trip was busy and leisurely at the same time. So fun to be with family! Oh and how could I forget, we got all caught up on the Harry Potter movies so I am prepped for The Deathly Hallows part 2! ...No, I am way too old to be going to the movies at midnight!