February Fun

Eliza made it out to her mission!

Her first area was in Grass Valley CA

Eliza and her Mission Leaders welcoming her to the mission!

Russell and I went to St George for a get a way

We hiked to Babylon Arch

It was a fun day

We went to the Red Cliffs Temple open house with Aiden and Saige

Such cuties!

Then we went out for dinner

Another day we went for a nice winter hike

Aiden did an internship on Brad Wilson's political campaign this semester.

 

Rest of January

Eliza made it into the MTC

She had a great 2 and 1/2 weeks there.

Russell and I did some snowshoeing.

On this outing we went with the Burgon's and Dayton's!

Our favorites!

Jack went to Sweet Heart

He looked super cool

All the boys looked super cool!

Jack and his date had a great time.

The group shot

 

Eliza Leaves for Roseville California Mission

We had to say goodbye to Eliza for 18 months!

She is going to be a wonderful missionary.

We will miss her like crazy but are happy that she is 

going to serve!

Getting set apart as a missionary was a great experience to have in our home. She looks so cute with her tag :)

How do you pack for 18 months? We did it!!

Paige left the day before Eliza so we went over to say goodbye

Cute Sister Missionaries!

Bye Paige

Houston will love her

Then Layne and Joleen and Kyler came by the next night to say goodbye to Eliza

I'm not crying, you're crying!!

I am so glad Eliza is my daughter!

Home MTC for a week!

Home MTC left her with a tic

Last Sunday dinner. The three Liston missionaries. Paige, Gabe and Eliza

Bye Phillips!

Getting some last hugs in before we dropped Eliza off at the MTC

So cute!

Jack is left a lone boy in the house now that Eliza is leaving

We missed Aiden in the goodbye since he is in school at Utah Tech

One more hug! You got this Eliza!

Then we drove to the MTC and dropped her off in the parking garage!!

Talk about hard!

Bye Eliza!

Roseville is getting an amazing girl!

There she goes.

 

Beach Day

We spent our last day in California at the beach

Our first beach was Corona Del Mar

Aiden is so cute!

Jack taking a video of me taking a picture

Eliza

We found some tide pools with some cool things inside

Jack

Brothers

Then we went to Venice beach for the afternoon

seashells

Eliza and the Sunset over the ocean

Surfboard and Sunsets

Jack building in the sand.

Just like that our trip was over and we had to make the long drive back to Utah the next day.

This family that Russell and I have is everything to me and I am so happy to be their mom and Russell's wife. I don't know how many more vacations there will be with just the five of us (this might have been the last one) but I know as our family grows it will only get better!!

 

Disneyland Day 2

It wasn't raining today so that was good.

It was a little cold all day but we had the best time.

We started the day going to California Adventure

My cute kids!

Best Dad Ever

We thought this sign was cute with Gerald

Jack Jack's num nums :)

The Incredicoaster. Eliza gives it two thumbs up.

We went on it once and then the kids went back for round two

Jumping Jellyfish with my girl!

Jack and Aiden loved it!

The Christmas Decorations were still up so that was fun to see.

These four are everything!

Jack and Lightning McQueen

We waited in a lot of lines. 

Good thing we had the best company

Silly kids!

Aiden found something to climb :)

We watched a parade

We went back over to Disneyland because Russell wanted to go to Tom Sawyers Island

Eliza in the bone cage.

I am pretty sure we have a picture of her when she was little in this same spot :)

Dinner time! We found the best bread bowl soups to warm us up. They were delicious.

Back to Star Wars Land

Two thumbs up from Aiden

It was fun being there at night because everything was lit up cool

Eliza had to try on Kylo Ren's outfit

We are the best parents

Back to California Adventure for the light show!

We went from open to close this day!

What a way to end the night with the Castle all lit up behind us.

I am so glad that we got this trip in before Eliza headed out on her mission!!