Summer fun with the Lawson's

* Two trips home to Utah...we sure do love and miss everyone back home!!!
* San Diego Zoo (Twice) - We found it was only $4 more to get a season pass, so I know we will be going lots more!!!
* Sea World...Military families get into the park for free once a year - we had a great time!!!
* Disneyland.....must we say more!!! We have gone more times than we can count.
* Newport Beach - this brought back lots of memories for me as a child. I even got to chase the kids around with seaweed like my dad did to me!!! :)
*Long Beach....we did not get a chance to actually play in the water because it was too cold. But we stayed the night on the Queen Mary. This is an old cruise ship built in the 1930's and then later used in WWII to transport soldiers. We had a great time, but it smelled like Grandma's basement!!
* Pacific Palm Resort in L.A. - Beautiful resort that sits on an amazing golf course. I could have stayed there forever.
* Many, many, many trips to the local swimming pool and water park in Palm Springs.
* The Navy Corpsman Ball in Las Vegas....I love to dress up and have a night out on the town, and Bill looks super HOT in his Dress Whites!!!
* And....before school start in two weeks, we have another trip planned to San Diego to play at the beach, and a trip to the Wild Animal Kingdom.

10 things we love about the Desert.....

1 - No Mosquitoes.

2- Cactus really are beautiful and the flowers on them in the spring are awesome.

3 - We never get cold....not yet anyway!!

4 - The mountains are very different from Utah, but very beautiful in their own way.

5 - Close enough to the beach that we can escape the heat for the day.

6 - We can see the stars at night better than I have ever been able to. We love to lye on the trampoline and look at the stars.

7- We get to bar-b-que a lot....we love to cook and eat outside.

8- Very little grass to mow.

9- People want to come visit us. :)

10 - Now, where ever we get stationed next, will seem like paradise!!!!