Quick Trip

The kids and I made a quick trip to southern California last weekend. We went to see Lill & Garr who had just returned from serving as the mission president couple in the Nova Scotia mission. It was a crazy busy five days, but oh so much fun! Annie and I met Mom in San Diego and then headed to Temecula, where Lill & Garr and three of their kids plus all their families live (all within about 1 1/2 blocks of each other). Dad was able to make it for one night, just in time to hear Lill & Garr give their talks. Sarah & Grant loved seeing meeting their cousins. With three of the Jacobsen boys + families in the same neighborhood there were plenty of kids to play with. Sarah took a particular liking to Collin...she still asks to see Collin and pretends to talk to him on the phone. Sometimes he even "visits" and we have to get a chair for him at the dinner table.
Sarah loved meeting and hanging out with her second cousins.
Sarah was dying to get in a picture with the "missionary girls"
Lill & Garr and a bunch of their missionaries.
San Diego Temple....gorgeous.

After the Homecoming, we headed down to Coronado Island for a couple nights. We made it to the beach and Grant hated it. I think he got sand and sunscreen in his eyes. Poor boy. But Sarah absolutely loved it. She couldn't get enough of rolling in the sand...strange, I know. She and Annie also had a great time playing "Jump" in the waves. After lunch and naps we all got pedicures, then followed with a few pictures on the beach at sunset, and finally a pancake dinner. It was a perfect, relaxing day.





Crazy story: they say that everyone has a twin somewhere on the earth....well, we found Dad's twin on Coronado Beach. His book, his hat, his hair, his sitting position, the way he pursed his lips, everything was a spitting image of Dad. At first we thought it was funny, but then it quickly turned to eerie because this guy looked so much like Dad. Annie posed to the side of the picture so I could get proof of Dad's look-a-like. Weird!



The pedicures...Sarah was so thrilled that she got to choose the shiny flowers for her toes. She just kept telling the lady to put more on and the lady kept doing it.

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July, with festivities starting the weekend before. We went to a fun festival with lots of free rides, snow cones, and even a petting zoo. The fire department lit a car on fire and then put it out. Grant was pretty concerned with the whole situation.







Sherri came for a visit and we ate lots of good food, saw lots of fireworks (three nights worth), worked on lots of fun projects, had a lot of great talks, and had a wonderful time. We also got to go to Greenfield Village with Sherri. The kids always love exploring the grounds, riding on the Model T, and playing with the puppets. It's so fun to have Sherri so close so we can see her every now and again.