Visit to Nona & Grandpa's house

We recently spent some time in Ceres, California with my family. I caravaned out with my family from Grandma's funeral (in UT), while Arthur flew home to squeeze in three days of work. Then he flew out to CA, and spent a week with us and we all drove home after a week of fun with Nona and Grandpa and lots of Aunts and Uncles. We had a blast! As always, I took way too many pictures, and couldn't narrow them down very well. Browse until you're bored.

Hayden and newest cousin Carter at Grandpa Packard's house

Nona & Hayden

Sean & Uncle Nathan running through the sprinklers at the Fruit Barn. Sean doesn't look like he's having a good time, but truly, he's just so focused on the fun that he forgot to smile.

Modesto Farmer's Market
We got some sweet delicious strawberries, and some very tasty onion-garlic roasted almonds. They were awesome.

At the Farmer's Market.
Daphne was looking at the flowers, and the man just gave her this bouquet of yellow daisies. He said it's a marketing ploy: get 'em hooked young.

Sean wearing a smoothie

Camping at Big Basin Redwoods State Park. (the oldest State Park in California.) It was BEAUTIFUL! Lots of redwood trunks to hide in for capture the flag and hide n' seek. The weather was perfect, the food was delicious, and the company couldn't have been better.

We spent a day at Manresa Beach near Santa Cruz. Since moving to Albuquerque, the beach is a novelty for us, and even though it was windy and the water was freezing, we had a great time!

Sean never actually approached the water. He spent his entire day rolling around in the sand. You wouldn't believe his bath water when we got home.

A few of my favorite beach bums

Bathing beauty

Hooray for the beach!

Dallin just trying to outrun the waves. This kept him occupied for at least an hour.

say, "Beeeeach!"

Dallin trying his hand at boogie boarding.

Me and Emma. She was the only one of us who successfully caught a wave. I gave up after 45 minutes of getting pummelled by the ocean. It really takes it out of you.

It was so hot there! We spent a lot of time swimming at people's houses. Here is Hayden loving the water at Grammy's house, with Nona.

Jacob, Emma, and Nathan!
You guys rock.

Grandpa took Daphne on a Grandpa/Granddaughter date to see the ballet Sleeping Beauty performed at Hughson High School, by a youth dance company. She felt very special to go with Grandpa. And they even had cheetos for a snack during intermission. :)

Daphne loves to play Polly Fashions with Aunt Emma as much as she can. One day, she played Polly Fashions with Dallin, Uncle Nathan and Uncle Jacob, and this is what happened:

I think next time, she'll just stick to playing with Aunt Emma.


Thanks for such a great time guys! We love you all and miss you already!