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Sunday, October 11, 2015

Baughman Sibs Reunion

We had the BEST vacation ever this summer in California!!  I don't know if we will ever have a vacation quite as fun as this one was.  It was anticipated for years and exceeded our expectations.  We went to Disneyland and California Adventure with our cousins (thanks to Russ for the great military discount tickets.)  Aunt Susie made the parks so much fun by working the fastpass system and running miles every day procuring the passes for everyone.  The kids never stood in a line for much more than 15 minutes all three days.  It was amazing!!

We stayed in a fantastic house in Anaheim that Aunt Katy was generous enough to get for us (and payed a good portion of.)  We got to visit the LA temple where our parents and grandparents were sealed and the kids did baptisms for family names that J Man and Baby R found.  We went to Laguna and Huntington Beaches and had a BLAST boogie boarding and playing in the sand.  It was the vacation of our lives!!!
First day of California Adventure.

The stroller buddies.

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These cute boys had so much fun with their matching mouse ears, especially when they lit up at night.


We had so much fun thanks to awesome Aunt Susie!!






Uncle Ernesto and Aunt Susie


J Man and Baby R are holding up papers that have the family names they found just for this temple trip.  This is the group that did the baptisms.

The temple where Grandma and Grandpa Gunnell and Baughman were sealed.  LA Temple.








Boogie boarding was so much fun!!







This kid (Big B) would not let me out of his sight the whole trip.  It was Aunt Susie that could distract him and help him be happy when mommy wasn't around. 






Aunt Netti and Uncle Jon and cousin R


The fun house Aunt Katy rented.


This was our cleaning fairy.  Sometimes she would clean in her swimming suit. Haha.

Aunt Katy brought a bunch of scrapbooking supplies for the kids.  They had so much fun creating their books!!

Cute girls doing nails.

The awesome pool at the house.



Dad had so much fun boogie boarding at Laguna!!  


Lady K

Mr. M

Las Vegas

On our way to California we stopped in Las Vegas at a nice hotel just off the strip.  We drove down the strip to show the kids what it was like and then hurried to the hotel to have dinner and swim.  It was so fun to be in super hot weather and swim at night.  We were right by the airport so while we were swimming we watched airplanes fly overhead.  It was such a fun night!



Rogers Family!!

We love our Rogers cousins!!  We got to stop by and see them while we were in Utah and have lunch with them.  These guys are the best cousins ever!!








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Gardner Family Reunion

I'm not sure how I managed to get NO pictures of our time up at Downata Hot Springs for the Gardner family reunion.  We ended up camping, which was stressful because of the afternoon thunderstorms.  We ended up having to put all the camping gear in the van and then having to set it up again.  Also, the weather was chilly and windy so the kids had a hard time sleeping.  We'll have to rethink the camping thing in the future.

 The family time was great!  The kids got to go swimming and go on the slides with cousins.  They played volleyball and other fun games and got to enjoy good food, fun programs about Grandma and Grandpa Gardner.  It was a great time with family.