Our last stop on our month California vacation was Paradise California to see my Dad and family. Oh my goodness, did we do some fun things. This was Jeremy's first trip to Paradise so I was excited to show him the place I had grown up visiting.
One of the first neat things we did was hike Feather Falls. That was one of my favorite memories with my dad and brother, so I was excited to take Jeremy to the beautiful falls. We also were lucky enough to go with Jenika and her sweet baby Mason. People thought we were crazy pushing up a stroller, but we loved it! What an accomplishment to bring a baby on a 10 mile hike! Wow! It was so pretty!
We also got to see my sweet step sister Riss graduate from High School. She is such a lady! I love her pretty purple dress and cheering for her as she walked up. She was in the program so many times for different awards! What a cool sister! And because she was so smart and grand, we had front row seats! We could almost touch the graduates as they passed. But since we were on the front,we received huge gusts of winds that chilled us to the bones! Luckily we had some blankets! Congrats Charissa!
We loved spending time with our nephew Mason, and were lucky enough to get to watch him one afternoon while his mom was getting her tooth fixed. He became so tired that he was running around and nothing made him happy. So Jeremy whipped out his laptop, layed with him on the bed, and watched pixar short films. Mason was laughing and smiling, and then slowly his eyes began to close. It was such a cute moment.
One day we were able to go to the county fair with my aunt and her kids. That was so fun to! We loved the crazy house with weird mirrors and the slide. The kids were so fun!
We were also able to go visit my brothers grave. I hadn't been there in such a long time and was excited to go clean it up and see it again. It was nice to reflect on the fact that I have another brother on the other side. I can't wait to see him again.
On Memorial day, the town lines the streets of Paradise with flags. It is an incredible sight! You can see flags forever. We took some pictures before heading out the the lake. What a beautiful day it was.
Our vacation ended with a beautiful visit to Tahoe, one of the areas where Jeremy served and where my grandparents have a cabin. It was so neat driving around together and hearing his stories from his mission. We had dinner with one of his favorite couples there, went to a Spanish baptism, and visited one of his favorite families. Before we left, she gave us a beautiful wedding gift of rocks she had painted. Goodness, the sweetness and kindness of those people. They just love Jeremy! I don't blame them!
It was such a lovely vacation. We were so blessed to be able to go visit so much family. Oh what fun!
Happy Summer!
Love,
The Bowes
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