Las Vegas

We also took Sergio and his family to Las Vegas for a quick tour. It was so nice to see my brother and his family. It was really sad to say goodbye.

Hogan Family Reunion & Sam's B-day

Bryce's mom planned a fabulous pirate birthday party for Sam, including a treasure hunt, swords, earrings, patches and everything. Thank you Tracy!!


Here is Sam fearlessly leading the ship-mates in search of the buried treasure:

Then getting the treasure:
We also had a wet and wild water fight:

My brother Sergio and his family visit

My (Marcia) brother Sergio whom I hadn't seen in 9 years came in from Japan with his family for a great visit. Since it was their first time to the United States we crammed a ton of activities into one very short week.
We saw a bunch of the sites on temple square. It was the first time we have seen the Joseph Smith movie. We were very impressed.

Here are the kids dressed up as Nephi's family, with the great and spacious building behind them.

Hide the Hamster

http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/video/clips/dwights-olympics/519762/

By the way, I'm actually quite good at "Hide the Hamster."

Discovery Science Center

Disneyland

We took Sam to Disneyland. Sam is at a really fun age that he can understand and enjoy a lot of things.



We were a little worried that Sam would get scared when he saw Mickey since Mickey is a lot a bigger than what Sam is used to see, but he loved seeing him. He gave Mickey a big hug and was so excited to see him.

This is the new Toy Story ride at California Adventure. It was a really fun ride!

San Diego

The first stop of our trip was San Diego. We stayed at my mission friend Zil. Zil and Steve took us to some fun places while we were there

Sam loved the beach.


Zil watched the kids and we got to go to the San Diego temple. Thanks Zil!




I also got to see another mission friend, Mahelona.