California Part 1

In August we visited Darrell's mom and had a wonderful time.

Hanging out in the front yard enjoying the beautiful (cooler, at least to us) weather.

Emily



Tyler swiping Grandma's drink.  (Poor Grandma didn't get any of her water, thanks to three little thieves.)



Megan and Grandma (again swiping the water bottle)



Megan playing ball with Grandma and Emily playing with Darrell.



We headed to the beach one day and had a blast.  The kids (and the "kid of honor"--Darrell) didn't want to leave.  We had so much fun.

Emily (When I asked Emily how the water was she said, "It's cold and it tastes like potato chips!"  Yeah, I guess salt water could be described like that.)



Tyler



Emily and Megan



Emily sitting in the hole that started out small and got bigger and wetter as the day went on.



Filling up the hole







Megan with the really big and wet hole that led back to the water.



Tyler



Darrell and the kids



The back of Megan's head was plastered with mud when they stopped long enough for lunch.



Lunch on the beach



Having so much fun



Another day we went to a nearby nature park where Matt works as a volunteer.

Darrell, Matt, Brenda, Carol, Tyler, Megan and Emily



The kids loved running ahead to the next sign to see what we would see next.

Tyler, Emily and Megan



Us



Tyler with huge elk horns at the visitor center.



Darrell and Debbie with a lovely fur

Darrell and Emily



Tyler, Emily and Megan at the Black Bear Diner.

Of course we had to visit "the puppies" at Brenda's house and give them the treats we brought for them.