San Diego with the Smith family!

A couple weeks ago we were lucky to go to San Diego with Ty's family.....his whole family! Every one came and we had a great time, all 21 of us:) We had a house rented out right on Pacific Beach and it was perfect! Lots and lots of boogie boarding, riding on beach bikes, eating awesome food, smores on the beach, baseball game, Mormon Battalion Monument, old town, ladies time out, costco and ralphs runs, and oh so much more. Also just fun to sit and chat with his family and to hear great stories:)

Sunday after church we drove to the San Diego temple but sadly they had just closed the gates. Something about lightning.... sure. So we stood outside and took some pics until the rain kicked us out.

Later that day we went with Brain and Alisa's family to the Mormon Battalion monument.

Panning for gold.

Lots of great waves for the boogie boarding, LOVED IT!

The place we stayed. Notice all the beds on the top deck....the older grandkids slept up there.

The view from the beach house. A nice little jump over the boardwalk and you were right there on the beach!

Took a little bike ride over into mission bay. Lots of sail boats and people paddle boarding.

Thanks to Jamie for introducing us to Dole Whip, holy fire that was good!

Eagles Nest NM

We have been wanting to take a little trip this summer and when I got a friday off from work we took it. Ty has been wanting to see some other lakes here in the great state of NM that were a little bit further away. Eagles Nest had been having some good fishing reports so we hopped on and headed out past Taos. 

We both hadn't been up that way before and the drive was BEAUTIFUL! Drove to Taos then headed up a canyon to open up to Angel Fire and Eagles Nest. So glad we were able to make it.

The drive in was beautiful....these pictures do not do justice at all.

Walking around the Visitors Center. Beautiful place for parties and weddings!

Glad we got off before these beauties got us. Wind, lightning, and some rain. 

There were a TON of RV's and campers everywhere, but hardly anyone was out on the lake. While filling up on gas and treats we asked the cashier who these guys were. She told us that they are the old folks from Texas running away from the heat down there. They come every year for the summer. Smart folks I tell ya.....nice and cool and the scenery is beautiful:)