Southern California Trip-Take Three

We headed down to Southern California for our third time this summer. Doug had a one day conference in LA, so we took the opportunity to stretch it out to a week long vacation. We stayed with Uncle Frank for a few days, and then headed to Glendale.

At Uncle Frank's house, Amanda made yummy cookies and learned how to make Uncle Frank's world famous Paradise jam. If you would like to sample this awesome jam or any other of the wonderful varieties that Frank gave us, just give us a holler.

Frank's son, Brad, and his family came for Sunday dinner and to celebrate Brad's birthday. It was a houseful of people, but a lot of fun. We also learned how to play Ticket To Ride (Germany version). Very addicting.

For those of you who were concerned about our lack of AC in the van. No need to be concerned any longer. We endured 6 hours of heat and open windows on the way down to LA, but found a great place that fixed the AC for 1/3 of the price that Oakdale garage was going to charge us. We even got a 1 year warranty. Hurray for AC!

If you are asking yourself if this is our last trip to LA for a while, let me tell you that it is not. We have another trip planned for mid September. Oh, the joys of homeschooling. Travel at will (and at the company's expense)! :)