Oh how I love a road trip...

A little late of a post, but July was so busy I can't seem to keep up. Our first family road trip, somewhat Griswald style. Our destination? Northern California to visit the new Mota-Parodi arrival, Benjamin Jacetip who was just 6 weeks old. And of course, to see John, Liz, and Oliver too.

We headed south out of Bend and made our first stop in Redding at the waterslide park to cool off from the 105 degree heat. The kids had a blast and I am pretty sure Paul did too. He kept sneaking off to go on the slides. Our Redding Griswald moment....the bottle opener screwed onto the motel bathroom door. Nice. Onto Sebastapol for a couple of days and then to the beach in Carmel and the aquarium in Monteray before heading home. This was really just our practice run to see if the kids, or maybe Paul and I with kids, could make the Utah journey soon and I say "Utah here we come!"
The new addition



Birds eye view