San Digo, Part 1

Mormon Battalion History Center

Our niece, Melissa...aka. "Sis. Virgin" (for those of you who do not know her, yes, Virgin is her last name...I'm not trying to tease her, lol:) ...is currently serving her mission in San Diego. She and her companion split their time between serving here, at the MBHC and the San Diego Temple. We were so excited to get to see her!! ...and seriously, she's natural! She took us on a tour and she was confident and we could tell that she has gained such a strong testimony and love of the Lord as well as the many people she is serving!


Marissa was yelling down to the street like she was having a conversation with someone. The funny thing is that, she was!! Some awesome college girl stood on the sidewalk, waiting to get in the car with her good looking boyfriend, bc she didn't want to break the conversation she and Marissa were having!! All I heard was Marissa yelling, "I like your boots!!! I got my pink princess purse!!!"
Uncle Marty and Sis. Virgin:)
That's not a gold tooth...that's pure GOLD there! We all had fun looking for gold.....
...I would seriously love having a little something like this in my backyard! It's kinda theraputic~~maybe I'll build one for my next 'big project'!
All of those pictures on the wall...talk...and move and look around at each other. We were all quite impressed!
Marissa wanted to be by Melissa's side everywhere we went. It was pretty stinkin cute!
Brant is officially TALLER than Melissa now!!
Jacob wanted to be around her too! He talked about his "cousin Melissa who is serving her mission", several times since our trip.
We're so thankful that our kids have such amazing cousins who are setting such good examples for them!! Thanks Melissa, we are so proud of you and love you tons!!

Outdoor Mall and Candy Shoppe
We're on vacation...we got some candy. It was fun:)

Jacob Loves loves to smell flowers! He has always had a very strong sense of smell (seriously...if you forget to put deoderant on, He'll let you know!:)...aw, since he could walk, he would pull any flowers he could get his hands on and smell them and rip them apart, piece by piece. He really wanted a CLOSE UP of him smelling these flowers. I figure it's "scrapbook worthy", so here's your debut Jake!
I love my Brant too, that's for sure!!!


Belmont...Amusement Park on the Beach!






Look at that studdly man running to me! He and Brant went to the Amusement Park to play video games and ride some rides while J, M & I played on the beach.
They won a few 'toys' so brought them on shore to throw around.




Marty and I goofing off while the kids played in the water.