We started off our Sunday by watching our wards sacrament on-line. It was nice being able to enjoy our wards sacrament meeting even when we are in another state. After the meeting we had sacrament in our room with bagels from breakfast. What a blessing to be able to partake of the sacrament while in a hotel on vacation as well. Usually, we would go to a local church but with Covid we didn't know what would be open, so we opted for on-line church. The boys got to participate in Young Men's on-line as well. It was fun to hear them talking with their leaders and fellow quorum members. Technology is pretty darn awesome.
After their lesson was over, we drove to a really cool park that has tons of activities and a hiking trail that goes to a drove of Redwood trees. We started off by going on the hike to see the Redwood trees. They had a bunch of big trees all together that they had brought in about 15 years earlier. It was cool to see, but it was already very hot that day.
After our hike we went to let the kids play on the playground and Tyler and Tony had their mitts and balls to play catch. The girls went on the playground and quickly found out that it was way too hot to play on. They had like three big playground that were all in direct sun. So, we got out a blanket from the car and some snacks and we watched Tony and Tyler play catch in the shade. Once they were done playing catch, we left the park.
Tony wanted to go check out a swap meet that we have never been to. It was huge with tons of vendors and tons of shoppers. We parked and then walked around. It was so hot, and we were all hungry. The kids were not impressed and wanted to go. We walked around and found some cute bows for the girl's hair, but that is about all that we got. We looked at the food that was offered but none of it appealed to us all. If it had just been Tony, Tyler and I we would have been fine, but the younger three aren't as adventurous. It was just way too hot, and we weren't finding much for us, so we left. We found a McDonald's that was close by and that made everyone happy.
We then drove back to the hotel to cool off and rest. I wanted to go to the Walmart that had all the Disney stuff, so we left the boys at the hotel and took the girls to the store with us. The boys don't enjoy shopping, so they were happy to stay in the hotel. We found a couple things at Walmart that we wanted and then we headed back to the hotel. First, we stopped at a yummy Italian restaurant and got takeout to take back to the hotel. The food is good, and it is a good deal. We had more than enough for dinner and plenty of leftovers for the next day. We finished the day relaxing at the hotel with full bellies.
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