California

John and I spent 10 days in California this summer and it was the best trip ever! We spent a lot of time at the beach even though it was cold! First of all the temperature was perfect, but it was also windy at the beach pretty much the whole time we were there so with the perfect temperature and wind it created chilliness on the water :/ super bummerrrr. Other than the beach we did a lot of shopping and hanging out with John's family. His cousin Kellie got married in the Newport Beach temple at the beginning of our stay. Since Gerita was the photographer for the wedding John, Kristian and I named ourselves the 3 best friends that anyone's ever had! Gerita named herself the Other haha :) After spending a bunch of time in Garden Grove and Huntington Beach John and I went south to San Clemente to visit my family. My dad and my uncle John flew in and Jeff and Derek were already there so it was awesome! Its been awhile since I've seen everyone so it was great to spend the time with my family! My aunt Brittany had her second child, Teddy, and it was so awesome to meet the little guy! instead of being "cousin lauryn" i'm "aunt lauryn" that makes me feel better haha Jack was teh cutest guy ever. He's still learning to talk and do everything and it was so adorable! the last day that we were with my family we went to Teddy's baby blessing and then headed to the park for some good ol' family fun. we stuffed our faces with delicious food then played 2 games of croqout! it was soo much fun!

John and I had so much fun in california, we didn't want to leave! We're stoked that we have family there so its so easy for us to leave utah whenever we have some free time and peace to california haha