California-Part 2

I know this is long, but this is the only place I write things so maybe just skip to the pictures? Sunday we were able to go to 2 of the wards Ryan was in. He was only in 4 and It ended up we caught part of 2 Sacrament meetings which were his 2 favorite wards so he was able to see a lot of people he knew. It was fun meeting them because I've seen pictures are heard stories about them. After church we went over to a family's house and ate lunch with them. They had a gorgeous home and yard with a pool in the backyard with a water slide. Even though it was 70 degrees we didn't suit up, but Alli wanted to so badly so she played in the shallow area they had. She loved it and they were so fun to meet! Sadly I realized we didn't get pictures, but maybe next time we go visit we will. We stopped by and visited a family he taught and baptized and then headed down to San Clemente to visit one of his mission comps who lives there. We had a little bbq and then went down to the beach right by his house and went for a walk. It would be so fun to live that close to the beach! We were going to drive part of the way back Sunday and finish Monday, but we were wanting a little more of a break so we stayed Sunday night so we could play Monday.
Monday we went to the pool at our hotel.







Then we drove and took a ferry out to Balboa Park to eat lunch on the pier with one of the guys Ryan looked up to on his mission the very most. We played on the beach, Alli played on a fun play place there, and we walked around the area-went on the carousel, saw a bunch of seals-one jumping up onto a boat- and got a frozen banana :) It was such a fun day! Then we started the awesome drive back. We stopped outside Las Vegas to eat and shopped at some outlets (Alli and I ended up with two pairs of Nikes each!). Then we drove to Mesquite where we decided we were too tired to keep driving so we stopped and got a cheap room to sleep for a couple hours and then finished the drive Tuesday morning. It was such a busy, whirlwind trip, but we still had a lot of fun! Can't wait to go back for a more relaxed trip!