A few weeks ago, we went to California to visit Aarons family for about a week. They put in a pool this year so when we weren't playing games or visiting, we were swimming! The air temperature was around 108 and the pool temperature was 85, so we could swim all day and night without ever getting cold! It was great for the kids, they just got in and out of the pool constantly and never got cold. Cameron had 4 weeks of swimming lessons this year and has made a huge improvement from last year. He was jumping and diving off of the side, diving for rings, and making faces at us under water! Last year, he wouldn't even put his face in the water!

After about 5 days, we headed to San Diego to the beach! Cameron loved playing in the sand and jumping waves in the ocean! Owen played in the sand until every inch of him was covered in it! Graham went around trying to "wash" everything off. He wasn't too happy about being sandy, and figured that on one else liked it either. He spent most of his time washing the toys in the pool and dumping buckets of water on everyone who had sand on them!

It was warm and beautiful and we had some great waves! Cyndi (my little sister) and Pete came and hung out at the beach with us! We swam all day and played games all night. I even ate some sushi (it wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but not my favorite thing).

On the way home, we stayed in mesquite and spent several hours playing in the pool at the hotel! This was our last vacation of the summer, and none of us wanted it to end!!! I am going to post a slide show with the pictures so I dont have to add them all one at a time!!!......

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