I am so behind in blogging! But I need to get some activities recorded before I move onto more current events.
For October break, we went to California. We brought our tent trailer and camped near the beach. We went to Knotts Berry Farm for the first time as a family. We had a great time!
(Sidenote: I HATE the way that you can't move pictures around inside a blog post. It makes me crazy!)
Our tent trailer is very special. It sleeps all nine of us. Here are the girls eating breakfast at the table. We had lots of rain while we were there so the outside campground table was all wet. We were grateful to have a dry option.
Here are the sleeping quarters: Maranda, Andria and Ruthie on one end king size bed, Chandler on the bench bed, Hanna and Danica on the table bed, Zan, Jan, and Dan on the other end king size bed. Everyone slept great.
We stayed at San Clemente State Beach. It was a short walk from the campsite to this path down to the beach. It was a pretty steep path and I wouldn't want to do it too many times.
Here is the beach when you get to the bottom of the path, gorgeous!
The campground: a table, a campfire, lots of dirt, what more could you want? The water hose to the sink in our trailer broke as we were opening the trailer so we had to do dishes outside. Chandler and Dan were awesome dishwashers. We realized on this trip how much we will miss Chandler when he leaves us. He is so great to tie stuff, start fires, move heavy objects, and do the dirty work. Plus he is always so willing to do whatever awful thing I don't want to do or can't do myself. It is great to have another man around. We will really miss him!
We went to Knotts Berry Farm for one day. It was so fun. It was empty maybe because of the rain or just because it is off season. Anyway, it worked for us. We could ride every ride with no wait, as many times as we wanted.
There was a little place there with live frogs, hissing cockroaches and other creatures. My girls had as much fun there as on the rides. The sure love animals, all kinds.
After a long day, we ate dinner at Mrs. Knotts Chicken Dinner Restaurant.
Our day at the beach started out cloudy and rainy. The girls woke up early so we took a walk down to check out the ocean before breakfast. It was chilly but they didn't seem to mind. After breakfast we played in the fire and had smores. Then we decided to put on swim suits and take boogie boards and head down to the beach and hope for some sun. Our wish was granted and the sun came out for several beautiful hours. What a perfect day on the beach almost all to ourselves.
Rachael, Kinsey, and Danica
Hanna and her cousin Kylee.
We had a soup bar with corn muffins at the Proffitt family party. Ruthie loves pumpkin soup.
Maranda and Sadie carving pumpkins. I am so sad that I didn't get a picture of Maranda's!
Ruthie and Zanya with their pumpkins
Andria got sick the day before Halloween so she missed her school party, the Proffitt family party, and the ward party. We did let her go trick-or-treat just on our street, but she still didn't look very well.
Hanna and her friend Kylee. Hanna's shirt says: "There is no charge for awesomeness or attractivness."
Harry Potter (Jarem), 2 Hermiones (Maranda, Janee) and a bat (Trigg)
