Well when we first got to Cali, our hotel wasn't ready for us yet so we keft everything in the car and went to the San Diego Zoo...while we were in the Zoo someone decided since our back window was accadently left open they would steal stuff from us! They got Daniel and Heather's full bags, Heather's computer & Wallet, My cash out of my wallet but they left the rest of the stuff, Jessica's movies and cash and her bag with all their toiletries in it. Luckily they failed to take my little bag of temple clothes, Daniel's IPOD that was sitting out on the seat, and our huge envelope of cash for gas! They missed a few other things too but all in all, they took stuff that could be replaced (except the cash) but they didnt take our hope or or vacation! The rest of the night was, you could say, ruined, but we were trying to look on the up side. Heather canceled her cards. Brandon talked to the Police Officer. Heather, Dan, and Jessica all went to Target to replace their missing clothes. The hotels were already paid for. We had enough gas money for the trip plus some. D-land tickets were already reserved. It doesn't cost to get into the Beach or into the San Diego Temple (except we had to wait because Heather's Temple Recommend was stolen..had to call the bishop and verify everything.) So as you can see, we could still have a vacation! Before we went to bed that first night we all got together discussed all this, had a prayer..and the rest of the trip went on like nothing bad had ever happened!
The one pic of Daniel on a ladder is he and my Dad scraping the yucky popcorn off of Ellen & Mark's front room. We decided to repay them for letting us live with them we could take that all off and repaint while they were gone for 2 or 3 weeks. I helped too, I must not have gotten pics of me though. My mom helped too; she came and supervised every once in a while. Caleb, Dan's nephew came down right as we were finishing, so he helped me paint the hallway and doors.
The pics of Connie were taken before she went back into surgery for her back. She had the same congenital problem Daniel did, so she got 2 rods and a few scrws in her lower back. She did great. She was a trooper!
Then there is a pic of me and daniel and we look really white..we were at a brian regan show for our 2 year anniversary! I don't have any other pics of our anniversary but it was SOO fabulous! We went to Tucson to the Brian Regan show, which was so funny! We went shopping too! :) Then when we went to our hotel we upgraded to a suit for only $15 more (might I say, we paid just a little more than that for the hotel room in the first palce because of PRICELINE!) Then I mentioned to the receptionist that it was our anniversary, so she gave us the biggest room and FREE breakfast! It was great! The next morning we went to the "Bodies" exhibit. Dan admitted to me afterwards that he really really didnt want to go to that but since I did he was going to suck it up and try not to barf. Little did he know, he was going to like it! haha I'm not just saying that either..he told me he did. I explained stuff to him and the lady inside explained things too. Ya it's a real human body, but when you get past that it is so amazing to see just how the body works and what it looks like under the skin! The room with the babies in it was pretty sad but man it hit me like a ton of bricks! How in the world can ANYONE agree with abortion once you's seen THAT. These babies at 5 and 6 weeks look just like a normal size baby but they can fit in the palm of your hand. It was amazing to sit and think of God's creations and how everything works just perfectly.
