Now by no means am I saying that this is the best part of the trip, but this is my love. I come here to renew myself. I come here to get closer to my Heavenly Father. This is where I put everthing into perspective. The water, waves and all the beauty touch my heart. When I look at the wonderful things around me I can never figure out why some people don't believe in God. I see him in these things, I feel him. I can even say when I am standing on the shore line he speaks to me. In that still small voice he lets me know that I am his daughter. I am so thankful that I can have these moments of quiet. I am so blessed that I have the life I have, the family I have. Everyday I thank him, I know that if it wasn't for his help I would not have been where I am. I love my family and all the joys that they bring to me. Here in front of the sunset I see how lucky I am, I go home with renewed spirit to do the things that I need to be doing.

On the way to Calif. and back we were able to visit with Tina and her family, since they are mostly camera shy we decided to get a peak at Emily's room. I am glad that I am not going to have to dig through that, I am afraid that something might bite me. In all honestly we really enjoy seeing them. In fact we really had a nice visit. Family is great most of the time.

EE and grandpa hit it off. The other kids were in school and that left the two of them. I think another reason that they hit it off is because they are so much a like. They seem to think the same. It was nice they bonded so well it gave them both something to do while we were there. It was fun watching EE and the things he came up with. Some of them got him into trouble, but since I am not the mother I thought they were cute. I know his mother was having a hard time when he threw things over the bannister. One time I almost got hit in the head, I guess that was not as funny as some of the other things.

S was kind enough to let us sleep in her room, which ment she had to sleep with the boys. I am not sure I would want to sleep with the boys, so I am so grateful that she helped us out. She holds her own in that group. I think that her pretty face and the fact that she is a little doll helps her a lot. Hay, when your out numbered use what you can. We really enjoyed visiting with her.

E and K kept us going. I think they are smarter than
us so we had a hard time keeping up with them. Most
of the time I think we were way behind.

Rigby makes our 22nd grandchild. Is there any thing greater
than to be with a baby who has just come from Heavenly Father.
I am afraid I just loved to hold him, so I made a pig of myself.

Our trip to Calif. was a good resting time for us. Al and I needed a time out and what better way than to see our family. We always enjoy seeing them but this time it was special, we had a new one to welcome into the family. We went to help Joddy out and I hope we did. We love watching the kids doing their thing. Each time we go they are bigger, which means new experiences for us. All in all we had a great time.