California Trip:

We made it back late last night from a much needed vacation to California with the whole Lloyd family. The following is a pictoral summary of our adventure:

Thursday:
Met everyone at the airport after work, flew to San Diego, and picked up rental car. We got a Chevy Uplander, which is a terrible van-type vehicle with such features as seats without armrests and rear vents that fall out of the ceiling if you touch them :-(
After taking kids to hotel, filled the Uplander with $300 of groceries at midnight to feed 10 people for a week. (We Lloyds are cheap, and the hotel had a kitchen, so we bought food to cook instead of eating out everyday.)

Friday:
We went to Universal Studios in Hollywood:

Took the studio tour: (We didn't see a single celebrity, except for Deron Williams at the airport in SLC)

They showed us the portion of the backlot that burned down last month:

Rachel fell asleep:
Plane crash scene from War of the Worlds:
Saturday:
Went to SeaWorld in San Diego:

Where, despite all of the sunscreen, we all managed to become terribly sunburned.

Sunday:
Went to church somewhere in Oceanside, then went to see the new temple in Newport Beach:

Tori and Rachel walking at the Temple:
Later, we went to the beach:
Rachel and I built a killer sand pile:
Then, we buried the kids in the sand:
Monday:
Ray sporting her Minnie ears at Disneyland:

Riding the spinning teacups:
Waiting in line for something (We did a lot of this):
Rachel in Toontown:

Tuesday:
Went to California Adventure. 'R' is for Rachel:

Rachel loved the stuffed animal store:
The Hollywood backlot at California Adventure:

Wednesday:
Went to the San Diego Zoo and saw lots of animals.
Koala Bears:

Elephants:
Giraffes:
Camels:
We were there in the middle of the day, so we also saw a lot of this:
It seems that most zoo animals don't spend their time on hot California afternoons parading about for tourists, instead prefering to hide in the shade:
At the petting zoo, Rachel tried to pick up a goat:
After the zoo, we got lunch at In-N-Out Burger and headed to the airport for our flight home. We had a lot of fun, but it is nice to be back to normal life after a week on the road.