First Summer Road Trip

We returned this week from a little road trip - 4 days of driving and 3 destinations: South Jordan, San Diego, and Prospect.  We had a combination of reasons to set out on this particular adventure - Todd had vacation days to use, a medical conference to attend, and a need to escape his normal routine for a little while.  Also, my parents returned from their mission and I didn't want to wait until our family reunion at the end of July to see them!

On the first day of driving, we stopped in Idaho and had lunch with friends:

After arriving in Utah, we enjoyed a visit with Aunt Jessie and her kids:

We spent the next day driving to Southern California, where we tucked 3 very tired little ones into 1 hotel bed (Parker's just barely short enough to still fit in the bed the opposite way):

The next day, while Todd was at his psychiatry conference, I took the kids to the pool in the morning and the beach in the afternoon:

Well, that's pretty much the first half of the vacation... more to come in the next post!