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Friday, July 29, 2011

It's All For Grandma Y

So this may be a little picture overload of our vacation. If you don't like it tough. It's for Grandma's Benefit. ;)
When it was time to meet up with my parents, we were still car-less. We need a new engine, again. :( My awesome brother-in-law and sister-in-law, loaned us their car so we would make it on time to meet up with my family in San Francisco for the rest of our vacation. The drive from SLC to SF is WAY worse than the drive from SLC to LA. Nevada is the stupidest state in the whole nation.
From there we started family vacation with my family. My family's vacations are not for the faint of heart. My parents usually pack as much as 4 days worth of stuff into 1 day. So this will take me several post and you will probably be sick of all of the pictures. But don't worry, I'll won't talk too much, I'll let the pictures do that for me. Today We'll go from SF to Portland.

Hailey loved hanging out with my Uncle in SF. He let her go up on the ladder with him and pick plums!

The drive through tree that our car was too big to drive through.

I LOVE redwoods!

This shows you just how big some of the trees we saw were. This one wasn't even THAT big.

See Hailey's hat? It made lots of appearances on this trip. Isn't it lovely, or something? Thanks Grankey!

Us inside a tree.

These Elk walked right through a campground we drove through, it was pretty cool.

This is the beach that the opening of Jurassic Park 2 was filmed on. It's not that impressive of a beach BUT...

The fern canyon less than a mile away is one of the most gorgeous places you'll ever see.

So they used the beach and then headed to the canyon for more filming.

Christmas Card? Greetings from Team J...

Hailey was most impressed by the fact that he waves.

No J vacations are ever complete without at least 4 waterfalls.

This one may have had more.

Waterfall two

Waterfall three, and those were all in the same day.

The best books store on earth. I would move to Portland just for this book store.

Maybe for these doughnuts too. They were as amazing as everyone says.

This picture is dedicated to Alex's cousin, Allison.

This is a mansion overlooking Portland. The grounds and view were gorgeous.

The required family pyramid. Luckily P girls are light.

I think that makes four.

Oh! And five. And that doesn't even cover half of our vacation. ;)  

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Home Again Home Again Jiggity Jog

So, where have I been? That is a very good question. I'll start at the beginning and when I get to the end, I'll stop.

I spent the lasts three weeks on family vacation, otherwise know as PJY Hoopla 2011. I'll start with the first week and maybe break this into a few post so I don't over load your brain.

We started out in Utah to spend some time with Alex's family. On the way up we had some car trouble. We ended up needing a new timing belt, a new chain thing, and a new radiator. This is why I hate Newton. Anyway, there will be more on that later.

We spent the week relaxing and hanging out with Alex's parents and siblings. It was so fun. I love hanging out with them. I especially like my kids getting a chance to hang out with there cousins. While we were up there we got to go to our niece's baptism and our sister-in-laws wedding. It was really a wonderful week. So now here are some pictures for you to enjoy.


Matthew Loves the swings!
He loves the splash pad even more.
I didn't know if we'd be able to tear Hailey away from Kenna when our Utah trip was over.
I love his smiles!
Hailey matching with her cousins.
In the ski lift on the way to the wedding.
Hailey loves lemonade.
Grandma Y bought all the kids matching shirts for our day at the Homestead.
Such a ham.
Dress up time for Kenna's 3rd birthday!