Fall break came and went all ready. We started out a day early and went to California for Holden and
Svetta's wedding in the San Diego temple. That temple is so beautiful! And the wedding was so nice! It was also Rachel's l7
th birthday! (Rachel's the best!) The day started out pretty cool and windy but turned out to be a beautiful day. We enjoyed the beautiful temple grounds outside with all it's beautiful flowers and grass and had a picnic in the car when it turned cold again. When the pictures and lunch and
everything was all over we went to
LaJoya Beach which was only about 5 minutes away from the temple. The weather was beautiful again and we played in the ocean and jumped rope with the sea kelp on the beach. It was really fun. We got a little lost on the way back to
Perris but still made it in time for the reception. Susie caught the bouquet which was all white roses. It was beautiful and smelled so good! No one could have
appreciated it more! On Saturday we visited with all the family at
Gerrold and Clarice's home. We had a birthday party for Benji (Scott's little boy) and Rachel in the house and then went immediately outside to the front yard for a
Halloween party put on by Emily. (
Coby's 9 Yr old daughter) Both were very fun. Mostly it was just so fun to get to watch all those kids being parents and getting to know all those cute little
grandkids. On Sunday it was stake conference and
Gerrold and Clarice were two of the speakers. Clarice spoke on Charity and
Gerrold spoke on Patriarchal blessings. Melissa and Chris and their family and
Coby and her little ones all had to go home and I felt sad to let them go,
alot like I do when we all have to go home after we've been together as a family. They are all great people.
Monday we went to Disney land and saw Scott and His family and Holden and S
vetta every once in awhile. Then we it started to get dark we all got together and spent the rest of the night together. Joe loved all the
rollercoaster type rides and I loved Buzz
Lightyear laser ride. Here are some funny pictures. We also went out to eat pastrami burgers at midnight with H
olden and
Svetta. We had lots of fun. We were going to stay one more day but we were all tired so we drove home on Tuesday and visited with Anne and Rob and their little ones that evening. The rest of fall break was spent doing home work and resting. One really fun part of the trip was getting to know
Svetta. She is so sweet and thinks
everthing is so beautiful. It will be great to have her as part of our family.
Steve, Julie, and Joe on the day of Joe's Baptism August 2005. 
These little ones are the cutest grandkids in the whole world! L to R Joshua, Benji, Tyler, Celeste, Teancum, Andy holding Michael, and Hyrum holding Spencer at our Family Campout 2006
Becca, Susie, Rachel, and Joe! This was taken at Grandma's on our way to see baby James in January 2008. It was COLD so we had to go buy new coats!
I do have a great picture of just Jeff and Laurie but I haven't found it yet. This is from Andy's kindergarten graduation.
