California (Screamin')

Emma and Rachel in Seaworld . After all the walking, though, these two tired ladies got to sit down and relax. It was such a thrill to go to California with the entire rally we call the Lamb Fam...be prepared for more pictures and more shirts...
Group Pic...(there's a lot of us) Nobody really counted, but this is the troupe that came to Cali. Thanks Lizzy and Chris (Chris, thanks for teaching my how to surf...that was the best EVER). Lizzy made this possible. Everyone who came had a great time and those who didn't we're sorry you couldn't come but we'll see you in two years (hopefully less...). It was great. Totally worth the thirty-six-hour drive (for us...)
Emma and Olivia "diggin' around"... Emma refused to get into the water, so most of the youngers spent time in the black sand on the beach, which was still way too much fun. Building sand castles, "brigades", and digging for sand crabs and seashells . . .nobody got hurt on the rocks (that's a blessing, honestly).
Family picture (black&white) Us on the rocks, courtesy to Suzanne, since our camera is pretty much AWFUL. But the cool shirts (I warned you, did I not?) and the high, scary. heavy rocks made this vaca the best.
(Back-Front, L-R) Chris, Lisa, Scott, Sam, Rob, Tal, Max . Those brave enough to take on the Journey to Atlantis...of course I went, don't be silly!!! You cannot walk out of Seaworld without being driven onto that ride, with the family we're in ;)

Me on the boogey board - Oceanside, California . I also took a surfing ride with cousin Audrey (below) and other cousins, Talmage (brother), Dallyn, and Zach. But the mastermind behind all this, of course, was Chris. Couldn't have done it without him!!
Addie and Audrey (best of cuzins!!) We spent time together twenty-four seven and we spent every night on the far couch by the big window, woke up together to see the dolphins and six am EVERY MORNING, and we spent every boogie boarding wave together. If that's not best of cuzins, I don't know what is. :-)
Ethan and Seth (classic...) These little troopers were elected captains on a beachfront baseball game right after the family pictures. Seth and Ethan are two years apart, btw. But they are so cute together and this picture just HAD to be taken, while the little pros worked it out on the hard sand before high tide. Go, team!
Cuzin picture on the pier (about a mile, maybe a tad more, away from our beach house) It was great to walk to the pier. all the kids were enjoying the people all around catching squid, fish, and tiny makarel, ect and people all around were going "whoa, nice big family you got there". We'd laugh and say, "this isn't even one-fourth!" But hey seeing dolphins up close and personal was pretty AWESOME.
Walk to the pier (Emma, Lisa, and Rob) Totally the best California vacation you could ask for. Nothing better than some realy-big-family quality time on the beach. Nice and cozy, and totally fun!Walking to the peir was great, though, because it was a Hollister-town city and everything was what you'd imagine. Way to go, Lizzy, for the awesome vaca!!!! Do it again in two years, PLEASE.





California...and pretty much screaming!!!! It was a totally wicked awesome vaca for the Lamb fam, thanks ONE MILLION PERCENT to Lizzy Rigby for the FABULOUS reunion. She worked so hard to make it great, and IT WAS. Everyone enjoyed the pics, the boogey boarding, the dolphins every morning, and places to sleep...EVERYWHERE. It was great. Pictures are courtesy to Suzanne, and her Magical Camera. We also went to Seaworld, and a chunk of us went to the USS Midway.

Mom's faves...

Although rivals, they are lifesavers and know how to carry a bargain...think about it. Where would we be without 'em??????????? :)

Could possibly live off of these. . .

I am not kidding, they are just so delicious . . . any kind of nutty chocolate will suit me and my mom just fine! I am referably a chocoholic - call me crazy - but I cannot go a day without it. Hershey's, without you, I would indeed be different. That's a sure fact . . .

And . . .we're there!

Finally, after a thirty-six hour drive from one coast to the other, we have finally rested in California. I am so tired, but whatever. It's getting better. And you can't say we didn't cross over nine states this summer for once, and we are on our way to moving here (not Cali, another state). As we move along with this vacation, we'll be posting pics of us in California, Salt Lake Lake Powell, Oceanside, and we've got a bucketload of Nauvoo. So stay tuned for more, folks!

Love from,
Addison

Nauvoo, IL

We've taken a wonderful vacation to Nauvoo, Illinois to visit our grandparents, Jerry and Marilyn, as they continue as missionaries in Nauvoo. They worked hard, and we've already seen their Rendezvous play and we're going to see the Sunset on the Mississippi...Nauvoo is such a wonderful place! Enjoy... Grandma learning her song on the ukelele for the Sunset on the Mississippi, which turned out to be a more successful thing than we thought. It was busy and fun and the boys did a parade. Grandma really works to impress the crowds, and it's funny becuase it is a wonderful place to stay.

Grandpa preaching the Gospel at the Seventies Hall . We learned so much there and at Lands and Records. Grandpa does a great job at whatever he does in Nauvoo, and he is such a friend to those people. Way to rule, Gpa!

Grandma and Emma at the Mississippi River . It's crazy flooded there now, and where they are standing, the water would be up to Grandma's shoulder at least, and Emma wouldn't be in that picture. Glad we came when we came.
Grandpa working at the Family Living Center making a barrel! You can make barrels, bread, candles, rugs, and ropes at the Family Living Center, and it's so fun and it looks so much easier than it is :( but it's awesome and totally worth it.
"Emma's rock..." at the Mississippi River , which, if not mentioned before, is totally flooded. Emma wouldn't let anyone throw her rocks. She'd get fussy and throw it on the ground, pick it up, and yell, "Get away from my rock!!!" She has attitude problems, but hey she's a sweetheart and we still kinda love her :)

Us in front of Hyrum and Joseph Smith statue at Carthage Jail . Such a spiritual experience and a great place to go and learn about the JS Martyr
Inside the Seventies Hall at the potium , right where Grandpa taught. We loved how clean and in tact it was and how funny the picture was. (look close and you see a coupla frowns and scrunchy faces)
Emma reading the signs creatively (in her own words...hysterical) on the "Trail of Hope" . She would start talking about how shoes should never be orange or something, and then she'd say how Dora found the city of lost toys...pretty entertaining, if you ask me!
Down by the Mississippi river taking pics and skipping rocks. Enjoying the company of others, as in each other, and playing NEAR (strict orders not to go "in") the water, and looking for rocks to try and skip. Talmage was labeled the "skipping master"which totally fits.
Tal's turtle (it looks like a rock, but it's a cute little turtle...HONESTLY!!) Talmage was looking at this "perfectly smooth" rock in the water and shouted, "Look, I found a baby turtle!" You can't see, but it's got an amazing pattern on the "belly", and it's really cool.