So, for more details on my trip.
How it started: I recieve emails from various travel companies when they post new good deals, and I was looking at some they posted for flights on Monday (May 25) for flights from Denver to Idaho, so Jared can go to a friends wedding, and I ran across one from Denver to LA for a great price! I started looking more into it, and just as Jared walked in the door from work, our computer crashes and I cant show him. So I just told him what I was looking at, and let it pass and continued on with our lives. Some time passed and the deal had left my mind completely. Jared came home on Thursday night and told me he thought I really needed to go to LA and to look and see if that deal I saw on Monday was there. Well it was, and the flight left at 8:00am the next morning. So we do a little bet. I was going to cal lmy mom's cell phone and if she answered I would go, and if she didnt I wouldnt and nothing would be lost. You have to keep in mind, this is 11:30 at night. So I call, and she answers! So I ask whats happening this weekend, and it turns out, its a pretty big weekend! Kalyn's senior play "CATS" was going on, my cousin Jessica was having her mission farewell, and it was Kalyn's seminary graduation! What a perfect weekend to go down! So I booked the flight!! =>
The Trip: So here are pics from the rest of my quick weekend trip to California! (CATS pics are on the previous post)
My mom came to pick me up from the airport! We were so excited to see eachother!!
Later that afternoon we picked up my brothers from school! They were so excited to see me!! I felt so loved!! And I loved that the second sentence out of there mouth is "Why isnt Jared here? When is he coming"! I LOVE that they love my husband so much!!!!! (Trey is in the car, just ducking down in the back seat)
Saturday my mo and I went shopping, like all good Southern California women do! => It was fun, but there was not a whole lot of cute clothes out, which was a bummer. Then Saturday night my parents and I went out to dinner. The girls got Strawberry Daqueris (virgin)! They were such pretty drinks, and huge!! =>
I didnt get very many pictures of Jessica's mission farewell, which I am bummed, but this is one of most of the cousins playing in Steph and Ken's yard during the celebration lunch! It was so fun to be with all my family again! And to be with Jess before she leaves!!
Monday "The Girls" went to lunch at the restaraunt where Jared asked both my parents for permission to marry me! I had never been there before! It was a fun thought to think "I am sitting in the chair where Jared was so nervous and fidling with my ring, and asking my parents if he could be with me for eternity!" => I Love him!!! =>
And of course, I had to jump with my brothers! I dont think they will let anyone visit without having them jump with them, or watch them jump =>
I just had to take a picture of our family night, it was too funny! The family was divided in half, and I was the middle connecting them all. => Or I like to think so. Here is the first half, sitting on the couch.
And here are the boys, lounging like teenagers do => (and one is not even in double digits yet) =>
Tuesday was the day I went home, but I had to swim with my cousins first! => Bella was a fearless child and just loved our slide! I would wait for her and catch her on the bottom! 
It was so cute! This girl is fearless!!!
With one of the newest members of our family, Crew!! I love our skin color difference! => Hilarious!!
The cousins swimming!! I loved being able to swim with them befor I left! It was a great end to a great vacation!
I was able to get a picture with all my brothers before I left! Look how tall they are getting!!! You can't really tell in this picture, but Trey is over 2 inches taller than me!
"The Girls" This is the last time I will ever take a picture with a high school student for a sister! Crazy!!
Driving to LAX! It is not so happy an occasion as picking me up, but still happy that we got to spend time together!
There it is! I see the airport!!! Jared here I come!!
In the middle of the flight we hit some pretty big turbulance, and this is essentially how I looked for the rest of the flight! So i decided, flying alone is definately not my favorite thing to do! =>
Finally, safe on the ground and with my love, at last!!! I loved being able to go visit my family! I miss them so much! And it was such a treat to be able to go on such a special weekend! I am so thankful for a husband that loves me and allows me to visit my family and do things that I like to do!! He is more amazing than I ever thougth possible! And I am so thankful for a family that loves me and loves to play with me!! I Love you all!!!
The Walker gang that came to support Kalyn and see her show!! 
It was so fun to have everyone there!
This is Kalyn's crazy cat make up! Yes, it does ook as scary as you think =>
All of the girl cousins that went to see the play! We are all acting like cats (or our interpretation of that command...Jess....) =>
In the play we were taught the proper way to address a cat, you bow and say "oh cat..." So when Kalyn came out the boys addressed her as such! => It was so cute! But Cole didnt want to pose for the picture of it.
A father so proud of his feline daughter!! Although, i think she looks more like a dog in this picture =>
Me and two of the wives with some of our bags, the ones from the main mall!
This is what my car looked like while driving home! There were so many bags!! It was like a girls dream come true! =>
Watch out zoo, here we come!!!
One of the first animals we saw was this gorgeous lion! And I just fit right in with him! Rawr!!!
Then there were giraffes! We tired to stretch our necks like theirs, but we are shortie-necked wimps 
=> This has to be one of the cutest baby giraffes I have ever seen!
This bird had the craziest hair I had ever seen on a bird! It was cool!
I couldnt ever get a picture with this beautiful animal, it was so antsy and kept pacing everywhere! Who could blame him though, being confined to a small space does not sound too pleasant.
At some point during the day Julie and I stopped for Dip N Dots ice cream! I havent had those in such a long time! They were every bit as good as I remembered them to be! =>
This picture is kind of dark, but its of Danae and I making fish faces by beautiful angel fish! I love those fish, they are just gorgeous and fun to look at!
We took pics with some snakes and sticking out our tounges, but they turned out way dark, and this is better anyways. I'mm acting like a snake, just chillin on my rock! => (hehehe, yes I know I am a nerd)
We totally saw Dory and Nemo and Marlin!! They even swam together!!
It is dark again, but this was the funniest turtle I have ever seen. IT was the pig nosed turtle (we are making pig noses)
See! Look, it totally has one!! Sweet!
So I dont remember what this animal was called, but it was so weird and cool at the same time! It had a Zebra bum, horse body, giraffe face, and like rabbit ears! What a freak of nature!! => lol And we are trying to imitate it! =>
Hippos!!!! Well this one was broken, i think. It was so slow walking and it looked like it had a limp. It was painful to watch, but when he got in the water he was fine, but it was a little touch and go there for a bit =>
And we saw a poor little rihno with his horns shaved down. Well I guess its smart on the trainers part to shave them down, but still. Its like taking away his man card => lol
Wahoo!! Elephants!! They were super dirty but also way cool!
Asain black bears! These things were gorgeous!!
We just had to pull th "Marry Poppins" penguin dance out! =>
I think flamingos are one of my favorite zoo animals! What could be better than a pink bird standing on one leg that has no effect on the eco system whatsoever! lol Not a lot! =>
So we were totally playing with this gorilla and as soon as we whip a camera out, he goes away from us! Who has ever heard of a camera shy gorilla?
k, so Julie and I wanted to take a picture on this statue so bad, but it was roped off and a sign said "display closed" so we hopped the rope and took it anyways! => We are such zoo rebels!
Thruought the whole zoo there were peacocks just walking along! I tried so hard to get one to fluff its feathers out and take a pic with it, but none of the would do it. So as we are walking out of the zoo, what do we pass? A peacock with its feathers fluffed! What a wonderful end to an animal filled day!
Can you understand now how long this day was? These are not even a fourth of the pictures we took, i just picked out the coolest ones to show! => But this day was so much fun! I do miss Jared and wish I could do these fun things with him, but I am grateful for these wives and their willingness to play with me! =>
Jared and I with President and Sister Brimhall!
Added in this picture are Jareds fellow missionary Jermiah and the Brimhalls grandaughter Elsie!
And this is a picture taken at Jareds mission reunion in April '09. We are the couple standing together farthest on the right =>
