THE DAYTON FAMILY

 We left Provo at 5am this past Friday to drive to Costa Mesa, CA. We took Jessie with us, Tia & Marie and the twins arrived later that evening, and Cindy and Becky were already in Cali finishing up their vacation.  We got to David's sister Sara's place a bit past 1pm Cali time.   We went straight to the beach (2 miles from their apartment!) It was so much fun to see their place and to get some much-needed fresh air and sunshine.  This was both of our kids' first time at the beach.  Kyla was a little more excited about the water than Tay, but they both enjoyed the sand.  (Although Kyla was covered in it and Taylor kept himself nice and clean-haha!)  Jumping pictures with Jessie:  Jess took this amazing picture of David & Tay:  And this one too: Our family (Yes - I know I look way pregnant and I also have raccoon eyes and terrible hair from getting up too early and sitting in the c...

Everyone from the Dayton family was in Provo this Thanksgiving.  It was so much fun to have everyone here for a few days.  The oldest cousins had fun doing Turkey crafts the day before Thanksgiving:  So much fun to have their own table:  Thanksgiving Day: Friday we did family pictures.  We took a few snapshots of our own afterwards since we were matching already:  Kyla loves the babies:  Friday afternoon we had a special treat - lunch at the country club.  So good!  Jamie (my BFF) and I were able to meet up with our moms for dinner:  We played a family kickball game.  The little kids were hilarious:  Kyla liked kicking the ball, but preferred hiding in the trees:  The oldest cousins watching from the stands:  Then we had a gingerbread making contest.  We drew names and it was fun to see who ended up with who.  This was Tay's team, Aunt Marie, Tay, and ...