After the wedding it's the after party!

The last part of our California trip was probably the most eventful! Troy and Tammy took off on their honeymoon to Mexico, but the rest of us had so much fun in Cali! Each day was a new adventure and we'll document the first 2 here!

SATURDAY - Day in San Clemente

We spent the morning at the beach and it was so fun being there with Tyler's siblings! Jackson actually fell asleep on our 5 minute drive down there, so Grandma ended up driving back home to let him take a real nap. I left my camera in my diaper bag so I didn't have it with me and thus have no pictures. I'm not sure if anyone of us were stopping to take pictures actually. The boys had tons of fun boogie boarding and competing in paddle ball while the girls laid out, walked on the pier and chatted. We all had fun watching Reese and Grandpa explore the beach together. It was her first time at the ocean and she loved it!

That afternoon we all went over to the tennis club and had fun swimming. Jackson joined us for the afternoon and did so great in the pool! It was probably the longest he's stayed in the water all year. It helps to have Grandma, Grandpa and all his Aunts and Uncles to entertain him :-)

That night we all went out to dinner at Pizza Port and walked over to a little frozen yogurt place in downtown San Clemente. We were quite the sight all 17 of us walking down the street together!




Later that night some of us went and saw Kung Fu Panda 2. It was a fun movie but we weren't so stoked when we found out our tickets were $15 each since it was actually in 3D haha.

SUNDAY - Day in San Diego

Sunday morning we went to church at one of the San Clemente Wards at 9 am and then spent the rest of the day in San Diego. After church we went home to change and get a quick snack before we drove the hour drive down there. Jamie and Nick had told us about the Church's new Mormon Battalion Historic Site. It is a really nice building down in Old Town San Diego that tells and shows people what the Mormon Battalion was all about.

It was a beautiful day and we had so much fun! We were able to go on the tour with just our large group and Jamie even knew the sister missionary giving the tour so it was lots of fun. Travis and Avery got dressed up in their pioneer gear!


We went from room to room learning about the people on the battalion.






Twinners looking out from the top of the building.


We got to pan for gold at the end of the tour!


Afterward we were all pretty hungry so we headed down to Hodad's. I forget who had the idea but one of the Jennings men had seen this place on Diners Drive-ins and Dives and heard it was THE best burger place in town. So all 12 adults and 3 babies show up at this place and it was packed. And it was totally a Dive so there was a long line down the road just to get a table. Luckily we had the brilliant idea to order it "to go" so we only ended up waiting 20 minutes instead of an hour plus like everyone else in line.


The place was only about 1/4 mile from the beach, so we got a nice spot in the grass to enjoy our crazy huge burgers!



The next item on the agenda was probably the most special of the whole trip! We were able to stop by and see Grandma Carol. Tyler's Grandpa Jennings remarried Carol after his first wife passed away. Tyler and his siblings all love Grandma Carol and hadn't gotten to see her in a few years (a misunderstandings between Carol and Tyler's aunt & uncle) had caused a falling away - but we would not be deterred as we all wanted to see her and have her meet her great grandchildren! It was a glorious reunion and a lot of love was expressed! I personally was so excited to meet her and I know it meant a great deal to Tyler to see her again! Hopefully we can keep in better contact!



We ended Sunday night hanging around the house, and just needed a light chicken salad dinner to follow our fatburger feast that afternoon! And top it off with some crazy game playing and we ended up with one pretty jam packed Sunday. We played for his gluhhhhr!

I almost forgot to include these pictures! We had the grandkids in these darling blue and white matching outfits all day on Sunday and that night we took some pictures of them with their grandparents.

I think we might have waited a little too long to take these since Jackson was a total disaster. About 3 minutes after these were taken he was asleep in bed.


The next morning we went to Disneyland and I'm thinking that will have to be in a post all of its own...