Trip Pictures

We are back in Utah finally. It is so good to be home again. We loved being in California this summer and we had so much fun but it really is good to be back. We really enjoyed our trip to Mexico/Southern California. It was so nice to have a little vacation. We started out going to Tijuana where Jon served his mission. We went to a ward and a stake conference on Sunday hoping to find people but almost everyone he knew was gone...mostly to "the other side" (the U.S.). But it was fun for him to go see all the places he served and to see a couple people. We were also going to go to Mexicali, which was another one of his areas, but our air conditioning died (BIG bummer) and it was 130 degrees there. Maybe next time. After Tijuana we went to San Diego. We had some extra time so we explored some of the parks near the zoo. There is so much cool stuff there. The next day we went to the San Diego Zoo, the temple, and stopped by the beach before we drove up to Anaheim. As luck would have it, Southern California had record highs the couple days we were there and we had no AC...I thought I was going to die. The next day we went to Disneyland. Thank goodness for water rides! It was hot. But it was so much fun. We drove home the next morning and finally got to see Emma. We really missed her. Anyway, everybody's been asking for pictures of our trip so here are a few. For some reason it put them out of order and I don't know how to move them around. So, I hope it all makes sense. Here goes...

This was a really funny poster at the San Diego Zoo. If you can't see it, it's a zebra getting a piggyback on a giraffe.

We stopped at the San Diego Temple coming back from Tijuana. It is Beautiful!

A quick stop at the beach after the temple. This was in Del Mar, north of San Diego.

Outside of California Adventure (Disneyland). The letters spell California. It is huge!

This picture is also in California Adventure. They painted this backdrop to look like the street continues.

Blanca and Guillermo(sp?). Jon baptized Blanca and her oldest daughter on his mission. We visited with them while we were in Tijuana. In true Mexican style she insisted on feeding us (even though we really weren't hungry) a huge meal...half a cantaloupe, chicken cordon bleu, corn, cactus, beans, tortillas, quesadillas, and a huge glass of homemade limeonade. We were stuffed but it was so worth it. She was SO happy to see her Elder Farrell.

This was the view from our hotel room in Tijuana.

There were several parks by our hotel in San Diego. This is Jon in the desert garden. It was huge. I had no idea so many things could grow in the desert.

Giraffes at the San Diego Zoo. The baby was 140 pounds when he was born...I am SO glad I'm not a giraffe!