The Dasianus: Summer fun

Okay, so we have done a million things in the last two weeks but I will try to summarize. To start with, our friend Teo from Romania came to visit for a month and having her was awesome. She was with us in all of the following adventures. First we all went to a family reunion in Beaver with the family that Ionut lived with in Arizona. We had a whole ranch and the reunion was with the extended family, so there were hundreds of people. It was loads of fun! Next we drove to San Diego and on sunday the family got together and celebrated Buck's birthday. It was really nince and my mom even made chocolate roll (Buck's favorite cake). The next few days we filled with beach beautifulness and other such goodies. Then we decided to play tourist for few days and drove to San Francisco. We had an amazing time. It was so nice to just relax and visit different sites without worrying about work or anything else. First we walked across the golden gate bridge, and once we finally made it across the girls decided to have the boys run back across, get the cars, and pick us up because that thing is long! Next we went to fishermen's warf and toured around and visited the aquarium and ate delicious clam chowder in bread bowls. Then we walked over to Ghiradelli square (where we did not eat any chocolate- weird right?) and from there over to China town. It was like we walked into a different country. Very neat! After that we went to a restaurant and then home. Very fun and very looong day. Excersize is great and we got lots of it. The next day was a little more relaxed and we started it by going to the Oakland temple. It was stunning and the grounds were the nicest I've ever seen. Then we went to a science museum (for the boys) and that was really cool too. Next we went on a cruise to Alcatraz and it was awesome. We all got so interested in the story that we went home and rented a movie called Escape from Alzatraz. It was old, but very interesting and I definitely recommend it. After the cruise we went to the rainforest cafe and that concluded our little trip. The next day we drove back to San Diego and the day after that we made our way back up to Provo. Now we are nice and pooped out and ready to get back into a routine. But the trip was amazing and I'll never forget it! Hoorah for summer and vacations!