California 2015

We had a pretty fun trip going to California last summer. I think everyone's favorite part was definitely visiting Santa Cruz. 

Emma and Sabrina are to the left of the break at the top. Emma's in a turquoise shirt. 

We were lucky to visit our West cousins for a day while we were in California. We had a ton of fun eating dinner and playing games with them.

 Later, Grandpa spent some time showing the kids all of his cool instruments. They especially liked trying to blow on the shofar horn!

One of my favorite parts was swimming with everyone in the pool. Even Grandpa jumped in and joined the fun!

Oregon 2015

We did the triangle again for summer vacation (Utah, Oregon, California).

While we were visiting Grandma and Grandpa Poff, we had an unexpected visitor in the house: a swallow! It was in the chimney for a day before it finally ventured into the house. The kids were mesmerized watching Grandpa try to catch it. He was the hero of the day!

While we were there, Anya and Emma joined the West girls at a gymnastics camp in the mornings. They had so much fun and we got to watch a little presentation at the end of the week.

We celebrated Anya's real birthday with a family dinner and cake.  

Nice face Lance & Mike.