Last Day of Trip: Church and Temples

Thankfully, we had a day to rest a bit before heading back home. It was Sunday and so we started the morning with finding a Sacrament meeting to attend at 10:30 in the morning. The funny thing is, we were all so tired that we all slept through the meeting. But hey, we made the effort, and we were there. We took off after the meeting and went back to the hotel to rest some more. By the afternoon, Jack mentioned wanting to go visit some nearby temples. We looked it up on our phones and decided to visit first, the Yorba Linda and then the Newport Beach temples. Yorba Linda was still under construction, but it was still cool to see.

These were taken on June 22nd.

 

It's amazing how different the landscaping is from where we live. These temples are surrounded with desert plants and very beautiful. We drove down to the Newport Beach temple and were able to walk around on the grounds and take pictures. The church building right next to it looked unique so I got a picture of it as well. (Garrett decided to stay at the hotel while the rest of us went to the temples)

The church building next door.

It happened to also be our anniversary that day, and since we all needed to eat, we walked down the street to Denny's. Not the ideal place to eat for an anniversary meal but it had things that everyone would be happy to eat. The kids all ordered breakfast type items, but I was in the mood for some chicken. 

Curtis and I took a walk after dinner to help walk it off and we walked down a street that was lined with palm trees. We both love seeing streets like that, just lined with trees. It was a good way to end the day and the trip.

We thought we would have time to visit the Los Angeles temple before heading to the airport the next morning, but the traffic was so bad that we had to change our plans and head straight to the car rental to drop off the van and then shuttle over to the airport. Maybe next time. We had a 5-hour layover in Seattle, but we finally made it home. It was a great trip!