At the end of May we kicked off our summer by flying to California for Josh's youngest brother's wedding. We made it a vacation for us and spent a nice long weekend there. We stayed at Josh's aunt and uncle's house, spent time with cousins and had a blast. Unfortunately I didn't take all that many pictures, but here are few cute random ones.
Stella excited to fly. She got her own pack of tissues because her nose was running constantly.
James all ready for his first time flying. We don't have any pictures from the flight home, but James is lucky he made it. He was super tired and cranky and is really loud when he fusses. The guy across the aisle was ready to kill him.
We got to meet baby Olivia for the first time. They were sitting next to each other on the couch and looked so cute all matchy matchy. Stella was not feeling very well. The combination of a bad cold and flying turned into an ear infection. Not a fun combination for a vacation. It did make her more mellow and less crazy, which made things a little easier with lots of kids around.
Waiting after the ceremony. Stella felt pretty bad most of this day and was really tired. I think she got to be held pretty much the whole time.
Cute Logan enjoying the rainy day. The rest of us were all packed together under the entrance area. June gloom was just rolling in and we had misty weather most of the weekend.
Sicky Stella did not want pictures taken. Luckily Dr. Uncle Gavin was there and was able to check out her ears and give her a prescription.
Throwing a fit after he broke my necklace.
Cute couple coming out of the temple.
I think this was the only time Kiki held still the whole day.
Cutting the cake.
Enjoying the cake.
Isn't she cute? We love her!
Our last day there we got to go to Legoland with Dad and Susan and Jake and Lauren. Stella wasn't too sure about Bob.
The parents getting to go on a big person ride while Grandma and Grandpa watched the kids.
They loved all the kid rides.
I think Stella and Grandma Susan went on it five times.
There is this really cool water area in the little kid area of the park. The covering on this was this really cool foamy squishy stuff. It felt really cool!
If you stood right in the middle of the yellow things you didn't get wet.
The kids loved this area and played there for a long time. We got just enough sun for the little while that we were in the water park that it was nice to get wet.
Yeah, that's ice cream on her ear. I'm not really sure how she did that. :)
James "helping" to get things packed up.
Mel couldn't decide what to eat with all the food we had
Stella and James really love to be artistic, whether with paint or markers. This was wonderful for them during Halloween.
Stella loves to bury herself in the leaves
Stella excited to fly. She got her own pack of tissues because her nose was running constantly.
James all ready for his first time flying. We don't have any pictures from the flight home, but James is lucky he made it. He was super tired and cranky and is really loud when he fusses. The guy across the aisle was ready to kill him.
We got to meet baby Olivia for the first time. They were sitting next to each other on the couch and looked so cute all matchy matchy. Stella was not feeling very well. The combination of a bad cold and flying turned into an ear infection. Not a fun combination for a vacation. It did make her more mellow and less crazy, which made things a little easier with lots of kids around.
Waiting after the ceremony. Stella felt pretty bad most of this day and was really tired. I think she got to be held pretty much the whole time.
Cute Logan enjoying the rainy day. The rest of us were all packed together under the entrance area. June gloom was just rolling in and we had misty weather most of the weekend.
Sicky Stella did not want pictures taken. Luckily Dr. Uncle Gavin was there and was able to check out her ears and give her a prescription.
Throwing a fit after he broke my necklace. 
Cute couple coming out of the temple.
I think this was the only time Kiki held still the whole day.
Isn't she cute? We love her!
Our last day there we got to go to Legoland with Dad and Susan and Jake and Lauren. Stella wasn't too sure about Bob.
The parents getting to go on a big person ride while Grandma and Grandpa watched the kids.
They loved all the kid rides.
I think Stella and Grandma Susan went on it five times.
There is this really cool water area in the little kid area of the park. The covering on this was this really cool foamy squishy stuff. It felt really cool!
If you stood right in the middle of the yellow things you didn't get wet.
The kids loved this area and played there for a long time. We got just enough sun for the little while that we were in the water park that it was nice to get wet.
Yeah, that's ice cream on her ear. I'm not really sure how she did that. :)
James "helping" to get things packed up.
