Shillig 4 Family

 Chopping wood, milking cows, digging holes, and feeding chickens are just some of the fun. Shilligs love the "tramp" (oline).  We watched lots of westerns with Grandpa.  Game nights get LOUD. We love the farm with so many Shilligs.

 We hit the 405 freeway at 4:05PM (I even took a picture of it) and we knew we were in for a LONG drive home.  We decided that if it didn't change by the time we hit Santa Monica (we knew it wouldn't) we'd stop for Temple lights and supper.  We had some Del Taco (a west coat Shillig favorite) and then enjoyed the views of the Los Angeles Temple lights (as well as shopped for some things for Aimi Lark for her upcoming baptism).  Daddy told how the olive trees above are actually from the garden of Gethsemane.  Grammie Lark learned it on a tour. We finally hit the road and there was STILL traffic.  The 405 will never change.  When we lived in Anaheim during the summer of 2005 and Jake sold ADT door to door I worked at the LA LDS Temple.  It took me 45 minutes to get there in the mornings and 3 hours to get home.  I promptly changed my shift as to not drive at such awful times of day!  We got the car unloaded and reali...

 My mom sent the kids these great bags for their trip!  Time to watch our baggage go away.  There was a military lounge that made my overly zealous desire to be everywhere hours early worth it.  Malachi was adorable with this toy.  The kids loved using their passports.   We headed down the jetway just in time only to wait and wait.  The LONG flight began. I was so impressed with how well our children did on this flying adventure. I think the fact that they chose it, we built it up, and prepared like crazy helped. I can't wait for our next adventure!