Day 5 of California, Tuesday

Another day of waking up early. My sisters, my Mom and I wanted to attend the Oakland temple while we where in California and figured super early would be best. So we picked Tuesday as our day for going. I told Jackson about us wanting to go and asked him if he was interested and sure enough he was. It was great to have him there with me and I'm glad that he wanted to go. He was the only guy that morning in our session. Melanie's husband stayed home to help Grandpa and Great Grandma and Grandpa take care of all the kiddos for us.

The Oakland temple where my parents where married 32 years ago!

Thank you Jackson for coming with me, I truly appreciate you wanting to go. I wasn't sure if you would want to get up that early or not. :)

Once we got back to my grandparents house from visiting the temple, Jackson made arrangements to see one of his old mission companions from his mission in Texas for lunch. That was a really neat experience to meet him and for Jackson to see his old mission companion from almost 10 years ago. I'm so glad we where able to find the time to get together.

We had lunch together and went to some Greek place. It was pretty good.
This was the moment Braxton discovered his love for ketchup!

Jackson and his past mission companion Elder De Ruyter.

After that, we spent the rest of the day at home relaxing. It was great, Jackson and I where able to take a nap! Lots of games were played that day with the kiddos and the adults.

Braxton watching "Frozen" again with Grandpa!

Great Grandpa tickling his feet, he loved it!

Braxton LOVES giving hugs and gave hugs quite frequently to everyone! It was cute to watch him giving a hug to my cousins little girl!

Aunt Melanie reading him a book which he loved!

It was honestly a great relaxing day. I enjoy days of just doing nothing at times. Melanie, Troy, Jackson and myself did get to go on a double date later that night to see the new movie in theater that weekend which was "Maleficent"! So that was fun, it was super cheap too as Tuesday nights are like half price or something. It was fun! (Thanx to my mother for watching the kids for us! :)