San Diego - First Day (Bike Ride and Boogieboarding)

Mission Cafe - San Diego

It may not look like much, but believe me this is the best place to eat Breakfast in San Diego. The Mission Cafe is on the corner of San Joes Place and Mission Blvd (3795 Mission Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92109). It also happens to be about 50 yards from the Beach House we stay at every year with Kelly's Family the Spratley's. We love this place so much....


Ellie's favorite things are the Hot Chocolate and Bacon.


Daimon's favorite things are the Hot Chocolate and Blueberry Pancakes.

If you know Kelly, you already know that she loves everything. This is one of her favorite things "Blueberry Pancakes"! She always tries something new....A true Foodie!

I on the other hand get the same thing every time we go - "Mission French Toast"! Fresh-baked cinnamon bread accented with fancy berry purée, sprinkled with an array of fresh fruit and powdered sugar. And, you can't forget the eggs and bacon. Ellie gets her love of Bacon from me....

High School Musical

We went to see "High School Musical" at the ASU Gammage Theater last night. The kids loved it. Daimon said that it was the best Musical he had ever seen. Kelly and I thought that it was very entertaining. The kids in the crowd were going crazy all night.

Pacific Beach - Day 4(Family Pictures)

Pacific City - Day 3(Tillamook Cheese Factory)

When Kelly found out that the Tillamook Cheese Factory was about 20 miles from where we were staying she just had to go. Our family loves Tillamook Cheese. What can we say - We Love Food!!!!


Daimon is in heaven!


Grandma Lu and Ellie


I Like It!!!!

Pacific City - Day 3(Beach Day)

Wild Strawberry that Grandpa Kerry found.

Daimon is not to sure about it?

Pacific City - Day 2(Oregon Coast Aquarium)

Blissful Run (Pacific City - Oregon)

I don’t think that there is anything more blissful than running on a Beach early in the Morning. If you get up early enough you have a blank canvas to run, and a peace that you can rarely find in today’s world of the hustle and bustle that we all live in. There is just something about the salty air and sound of crashing waves on open sand in the early morning. Normally the first thing I do is load up my IPod with the latest music or podcast that I am listening to…Stop the first thing I do is generously apply Body Glide, but not when I am running on the beach. The IPod gets left at home. Thursday morning I got up before everyone else and walked down to the beach. The first thing you notice about Pacific City Beach is just how picturesque it is. The beach is lined with sand dunes covered with long green sea grass about waist high. Once you crest the dune it's impossible not to notice the enormous rock formation called "The Haystack" jutting out of the pacific about a half mile off the beach. I just stood there for a minute and thought to myself, this is straight out of a scenic landscape print. Right there and then I knew that this was going to be a run to always remember. About a mile into the run I noticed a purple Star Fish on the sand just out of reach of the surf. This was a first for me, out of all the beach runs I have done I have never come across a Star Fish. At first I thought of bringing it home with me because the kids would love to see it, but then the story of "Saving Souls - One At a Time" came to mind. If you are not familiar with the story the premise is even if you can't save all the star fish it will matter a great deal to the ones you do save. This train of thought was the start of an introspective nine mile jog.

Being that we came to Pacific City to be with the Anderson's, a family that I helped baptizes on my mission. My thoughts turned to the awsome experiences I had with them while on my mission. They are a special family and I will charish my relationship with them for the rest of my life.

Along the beach I found a couple Sand Dollars to bring back to the kids. OK, I am a big kid and can't resist a Sand Dollar. Especially one that hasn't been decimated by seagulls!

The last highlight was a pack of about fifty seals at the mouth of the river fishing and sun bathing. They were not as excited to see me as I was to see them.

-Run World, Run

Pacific City - Day 1

Now this is Traveling!



We are here!!!!!!!!


Yes!!!!!!!!!