Two Jonathans and an Ashley

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We went down to San Diego for my sister, Kelsey’s wedding. It was a beautiful Southern California day and we had so much fun hanging out as a family in the days leading up to the big day. We stayed in La Jolla, about 5 minutes from the temple. I told Jon I want to move there. Anyway, Kelsey was such a beautiful bride and so excited to be marrying Jeremy. Welcome to the family Jeremy and congrats to (the new) Mr. and Mrs. Clark!!

The sisters.

After Kelsey went through the temple.

This little boy absolutely loved the pool. He cried when it was time to leave.

The whole wedding party. Notice I’m the only one not looking at the camera. Sweet.

Flower girls.

It got super windy at the reception later that evening. Jonathan was seriously getting blown over.

(Thanks Andrea for letting me steal all these pictures from your blog)

Since Jonathan LOVES animals right now, we couldn’t resist taking him to the Wild Animal Park while we were there. Plus, I wanted to see it too. The place is amazing and so big. We got to see elephants, lions, giraffes, rhinos and the list goes on and on. We thought for sure the little man would fall asleep in his stroller since he hadn’t gotten a nap, but he was way to interested in all the animals around he refused to nod off. On the way out, I think we were in the car less then 5 minutes when he crashed. It was a long day but completely worth it.

This is pretty much what he did the whole day. Pointing at every animal waiting for us to tell him what it is.

Waiting in line to take the tram for the “Journey through Africa”.

On the tram

We got to see some National Geographic type action when these two animals (can’t remember what they’re called) starting fighting.

Little baby elephant on the left. Ok, not so little.

The flamingos getting some sun. Check out the nasty green water.

Gorilla hands are really big

The California Condor. These birds are huge…and not very attractive.

After the wedding festivites were over we headed out to Oceanside to stay with the Cobbs. On Memorial Day we went to one of the beaches nearby and played. I’m pretty sure Jonathan ate his body weight in sand…but there was no use trying to stop him. We tried bringing him into the water, but he was a little unsure about the whole thing. He was content to mostly sit on the beach (eating sand) and watch his daddy surf.

Working on his tan.

Checking out what the seaweed tastes like

Becoming a bit more adventurous.

On Tuesday, we headed up to Anaheim to go to Disneyland. We went last summer when Jonathan was six-weeks old, but this time we were excited for him to be more into it (and I didn’t have to walk around nursing him). We took him on Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Small World, Pinnochio, Winnie the Pooh, and Dumbo. We were a little nervous about how he’d react, but he ended up loving it all. I think Small World was his favorite, and he got to go on it twice thanks to Auntie Carol taking him for a late night ride. We ended up staying for 11 hours…you got to get your money’s worth right? I can’t wait to go back again.

Before going on the Jungle Cruise

Action shot on Dumbo.

We got to meet Pooh….

…And Tigger too.

All those meet and greets can really wear a kid out.