This morning was exciting as we left Modesto headed to Fresno to see the first temple of the day. We ate at the hotel before we left and it was a good breakfast. It was an hour and a half drive to get there. It is in a neighborhood of houses with a church adjacent. It was very similar to the Temple in Reno and was built at the same time. The grounds were all locked up but we walked around the outside fenced area, took some pictures. The kids were being silly and everybody posed for a picture before heading out.

We then started the long hall to LA. We made it almost to Bakersfield before Zoe needed a potty break. We pulled off and ate at Perko's, a ma and pa kind of restaurant. It was good food. We got back on the road to finish a four hour drive to LA. We made it to the LA temple without much traffic. Four or Five slow downs and not for long. We got out at the LA temple and another family was there saying that just 15 min. before we got there the chandelier in the celestial room was swaying because of an earthquake. We didn't feel it but we were driving and the roads in CA are like a roller coaster. You would never be able to tell if the earth was shaking or if it was just the road. The temple ground were open and it was really fun to get pictures. A lot of good picture spots all around that temple. It is one of the larger temples. It is huge. It had a ton of green grass and lots of flowers and gnarly trees. One cool gnarly tree we all sat in to have our picture.

Then we decided that we hadn't already had enough fun in the car that we would visit the Newport Beach temple. It was pretty cool. It is in a richy part of town and very pretty. It's kind of PINK, it is a light pinkish color with domes on top, not very tall and kind of smaller. Very pretty. Then we went to find our hotel and drove past Disneyland. We checked in and got dinner at Maui Hawaiian BBQ. It was good we had a ton of left overs. We came back unloaded the car started treatments and tried to get the kids in bed. They are so excited that they can hardly sleep. Finally at 11:00 they fell asleep. Now I better go to bed if I'm supposed to keep up with them tomorrow. Disneyland here we come! (kind of sad NO Paulie) ;(