Please, can we just stay?

We were going to leave early Monday morning, but we decided to stay until lunch since Gary and Julie were staying.  No one wanted to go home.  All of my kids kept asking if we could stay.  I wish we could have stayed longer.

Monday morning we went down to the beach one last time. 

I had to take a picture of Gary, Julie and Kyle doing Tae-kwon-do on the beach.  Their whole family takes Tae-kwon-do together.  It was fun to see some of their moves!

Ashley and Caitlyn wanted to climb into the waterfall one more time.

Jonah and Jacob had fun playing in the water one more time.

Hallee loved playing in the sand with her bucket and shovel.

The boys had fun passing the rugby ball on the beach.

They were all thrilled when I made them stop playing for a family picture! HA!

Wyatt didn't want to go to the beach and he screamed the whole time we were there.  I don't know what to do with him sometimes.  He will not back down when he makes his mind up on something.  We just let him cry, what else can you do?

Caitlyn loved all of the attention that Kyle gave her.  Kyle loves to tease the younger kids and he had fun chasing Caitlyn around.

Caitlyn cried that night because she said she is going to miss Kyle when he goes on his mission next year.  Poor Caitlyn, if there is something to worry about she will find it! After the beach Gary and Keith took all of the kids to the pool to swim while Julie and I packed up. 

We did a quick picture with all of the cousins before we left.  We weren't ready to say goodbye!

Saturday night the four of us went out to dinner.  It was so nice to be able to sit and talk.  We took our time and we were gone for quite a while. 

There was a ton of traffic on the way out.  We were a little ambitious and had booked a hotel in Ontario, Oregon, which is on the Idaho border.  It was after 11 PM by the time we got there with the traffic and the time change.  The kids all slept in the car so it wasn't too bad.  The hotel was really nice and the breakfast the next morning was great!  The kids all thought it was fun to ride on the luggage cart.  We all slept in until 9:30 AM the next morning.  We ate a good breakfast and then drove the rest of the way home.  It was such a great trip!  I'm so glad we were able to go.  Thanks Gary and Julie!