Vacation to Lancaster

In July we took a short trip (7/21-7/26) to Lancaster, CA to visit Billy's family. Billy's brother Rick and his family were on their way to Pensacola, Fl after living in Okinawa Japan for 3 years. They made a pit stop in Lancaster to visit for 2 weeks. We thought it would be a great time to visit family and have Ryan be able to play with her cousins. We were all together, except for Elder Blair (who returns from his mission tomorrow :). Sorry about the picture above. It's the right way on my computer, but after I downloaded it onto my blog, it turned like this. I can't rotate it either. It's a cute one of the kids in the bath so I had to add it. On Monday we went to Little Rock Dam to play in the water. The water was really cold, but we still had fun.
They had a fun rope swing too. Rick and Billy had to out due everybody by climbing to a high branch at the top of the tree and then jump off.


Ryan getting some snugs from Uncle Rick.
All the grandkids: L-R: Jeremiah, Dexter, Eddie, Will, Ammon, Evelyn, Jo Jo, and Ryan.
We went to one of Billy's good friend's (Spud) house on Saturday night for a delicious dinner. They have a little girl named Lucy that is about 1 month younger than Ryan. They had fun playing together.

Ryan loved playing in the water and helping Grandpa water the plants (actually sidewalk).
Ryan and Grandpa water the grass.
On Sunday we went and said hi to Coach. Ryan was a little nervous, but it was great to see him. He knew who Billy was. Billy is named after Coach, William Reynders.
Ryan and Grandma having some pie. We went to the beach the day before and we all got pink. I blew it and didn't reapply sunscreen after a few hours. Luckily it turned into a nice tan a few days later.
On Thursday we went to Marina Park. Ryan loved the beach and playing in the sand.

We found this huge sand crab.
Our family. I love Billy and Ryan. They make me so happy. We had a fun time and always enjoy visiting family.

Sorry for the late post...more to come soon....Preschool!