Last Cabin, Twice Utah, and One Birthday

This was a big trip and very anticipated since we have changes coming up with the ownership of the Family Cabin. We have gone there for over 32 years as a couple and Brian helped build the cabin as a 5 year old. All is well and all will turn out. We had such wonderful family times making fires in the backyard, hiking all over and seeing waterfalls. We almost got stuck in the mud coming down a mountain, but it was fun and Bri does such a good job to navigate the terrain. We love the area and all the memories we make there. It was nice to visit Utah too once on the way there and back again. We celebrated my birthday with church, brunch, board and video games, dancing, and pickelball. Joe bbqed some tri tip and I had a wonderful peaches and cream cake from Costco. I was in heaven with all the love I felt closeby and from home. we even made it to Carrabas as a prebirthday dinner after driving there from Four Corners, it was so delicious and cozy. I feel grateful to be home, but glad we had such a wonderful vacation and spent so much quality time together.

Disneyland, La Brea Tarpits and Huntington Library

It was a busy week with going to Newport and then back to home for fourth of July. We made the most of it. Joe joined us and we went to Disneyland like Ceiia and I had been planning all year. It was a different trip, I learned all about pin trading and the shops and parts of Disney I had overlooked before. We answered trivia and got Mystery pins that matched how we were dressed for the day. We wore our ears and our Loungeflys and landyards and were ready. I am so glad we still went on all the rides I like, like Pirates of the Carribean and Space Mountain. We went on Indiana Jones and right after we got off they closed the ride for the rest of the day. I felt blessed for missing that issue. We had the yummiest Apple bosenberry slushie and we had a great time getting autographs in the park. I am glad it was just how Celia wanted and we all had all day fun. With our Disney trip taken care of we spent the next few days going around LA. We saw the La brea Tar Pits and I was so in awe of that area having so much prehistoric history. We went by Rodeo drive and drove in Beverly Hills. We went by IN N Outin Hollywood and the LA Temple. We ended up doing a whole wedding day tour. We visited the Richard Nixon library where we had our reception. We passed by the Summit house where we had our luncheon and we of course reminseced on the temple grounds. I cannot believe next month will be 32 years married. I am still pretty happy about it. While down south we went to my old house growing up and a cool mexican resturant that had live music and we saw the World Cup game was on. We also got to visit the Huntington Library and Huntington Beach which are nowhere near ear other, but so fun. The Library had amaxing European Art and Gardens. We had a meal in the Chinese gardens and it was very nice. I am so glad we can visit these places relatively close by.

Oregon and Washington were Impressive

Emmy and I had a grand time visiting the Pacific Northwest. I could not believe how green everything was. We were blessed with a somewhat impromptu time for a hoa hoa tour along with visitng a Natinal Park. THese were special days with Emmy. They were filled with the spirit to go to all the places we wanted and the nature was unmatched. We did about half of the trip seeking out Twilight places and merch and half chasing waterfalls, beaches and a rainforest. I could not believe we did not have any rain, but benefited from how green everything was. We saw many waterfalls, but Sol Duc was my favorite. That is a big deal to say since I have always loved Multinomah Falls. I want to visit again and bring the family.