Fun in the Sun 2013

We took a much needed family trip this past spring.

Right after JQ left for his mission, we headed down to sunny and delightful California.

Last January, Presto was promised a trip to Disneyland as he lay sick in the hospital.

When the snow melted and Presto recovered, we headed out.

To say the least, we needed the sun and the excitement of anticipating such a trip.

Now for the photos.

I took sooooo many pictures and would love to put them all on this post…

but I will spare you all the scrolling.

Here are some of the pictures I selected out of the hundreds that tell the story of our

Fun in the Sun 2013 family trip.

Riding the shuttle buses to the airport. Even this was exciting.

Heading down to our plane.

We will see how JuBean does on her first airplane ride.

I was mentally crossing my fingers.

Ahh, we made it.

JuBean did great and we were all excited to be on California soil…I mean cement.

The majestic palm trees welcomed our family to warm California.

Off to the first day of Disneyland and California Adventures.

We also went to the beach and were loving the sunshine, wind, water, and sand.

Presto wasn’t feeling well that day for he had come down with a fever that morning.

But the ocean breeze and finding shells and seaweed made him perk up a bit.

Dolly M wanted to stay all day at the beach and didn’t want to leave.

I think we need a beach vacation next.

Presto still wasn’t feeling 100% in time for the next day of Disneyland,

so we rented him a wheelchair and got a special Fast Pass for him.

It made all the difference in letting him keep his strength up as much as possible.

By the end of the day, Presto was happy and feeling pretty good.

We also were able to visit EB’s parents serving an LDS mission in Riverside, CA.

We loved swimming in their apartments pool and visiting mansions and temples all within miles of their place.

It felt so good to be with family and to rest from the commercialization of theme parks.

My favorite outing was walking the grounds of the Riverside LDS temple.

The roses were in full bloom and I had to take a gazillion photos of them.

 Then, when I added my children with the roses…ADORABLE!

Those were my favorite photos of the whole trip.

Even with JuBean having a small rose garden melt down.

To soon it was all over and we had to pack up our bags and head back to reality.

The plane trip home was uneventful and a little depressing.

The cold weather hit us in the face as we walked off the plane.

Thank goodness we have our memories and photos to freeze frame those precious moments of our Fun in the Sun 2013.

“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” –Karl Lagerfeld