Caleb Senior Yearbook Photos

Caleb had his senior pictures taken.  It's amazing how much he looks like Corey, I think.  Westley looked like my dad in his.  It's also amazing that he is a senior already.  Once they hit high school, it goes by so fast.

Beach Day

Since we don't get out to California very often, we decided to have a beach day while in the San Diego area. Nana and Jamie live a full hour's drive from the beach though, so it was a full day affair. We packed lunch and went to the beach after visiting the temple grounds. It was enjoyable and fun and I'm so glad we were able to squeeze it in. And this time, no lost wedding rings!  (see 2012 book)

San Diego Temple

Ever since we lived in Utah and we made it a goal in 2013-2014 to visit every Utah temple (we still never made it to Vernal, and now there are a lot more!), we try to stop at every temple we can whenever we travel and take some pictures. The kids have never seen the San Diego temple, so we took the opportunity while there to go to the beach and stop at the temple for some pictures. This temple really is quite the sight as you're driving down the freeway. It's grounds aren't as extensive as one would imagine though, with it being such an eye-catching building.

 

4th of July in California

On July 4th, we started with our annual "Jordan's walk" to commemorate Jordan's life and death. Then we went swimming at Kim's house. Kim is Jamie's friend who works for In-N-Out that Corey and Nana are also friends with. The weather was nice but the water was a little cold for us Texans. I thought it silly how the teenagers spent so much time on their phones rather than interacting with each other in person. What a waste of an opportunity to get to know cousins that you hardly ever see.

 

The "Marti Party" and Traci's Wedding

Marti (Nana) turned 70 years old while we were there for the reunion, which was part of the reason for the reunion, and Jamie threw her a party. Lots of family came and there was good food. It was nice to see a lot of people we haven't seen in a long time. People from both the King and Smith sides came out for the party. The kids got to meet some of Corey's cousins and some of their second cousins too. It's been such a long time since we've been to something with the Smith side, probably since Eliza was a baby. 

And another reason so much family was around was for Traci's wedding to Ian Saxton.   She had gotten divorced from Brendan since the last King Reunion we had in Arizona in 2019.  The wedding was on Sunday, July 3rd.  I didn't take any pictures at the wedding apparently because I can't find them in any folder or in Google photos.  I pulled the one of the whole group off Traci's Facebook page.

 

Professional King Family Photos

 

King Family Reunion 2022

We had a King Family reunion in Ramona, CA, which is in the San Diego area and where Nana and Jamie are living now. We got a Vrbo or Air BnB, can't remember which, in a nearby town and stayed there. The first day, we met at a park and had a cookout and played games. Everyone but Zach was able to be there. Because my van is still in the shop, we took a rental car to California.