Val & Collette Cook Family

Brianne and Dustin were great tour guides they knew just where to take us.  We went to the forbidden City on a bus and walked up a hill to over look it first.  Then we took a rickshaw ride to the other side to the entrance.  It was a lot of walking too. Here is a shop on the way. Forbidden City The more figures on a building the more important the building, a dragon chasing the phoenix.

 Here is a pictoral tour of our China trip with a few stories mixed in.

These pictures aren't going to be any in kind of order because i just bounce from one place to another and I won't be showing you all 4000 that is just to many.  Hope you enjoy them.  Typical breakfast. Rice noodles and dumplings.  Fruit stand around the corner of our hotel.

I really had a wonderful time with family and photographing.  Here are some pictures of the highlights. Great grandma and Noa

Val and I went to Lake Powell to spend time with his family unfortunately none of our children could make it.  I took my camera and Val took his boat. Val was coming back from the Philippines so I had to load up everything and meet him at the San Francisco Airport.  That was a 8:00 pm we slept in a hotel part way and arrived at Wahweep Arizona at 2 in the morning slept in the houseboat with his family.  The next morning we set sail and embarked on our exciting adventure. We had a great time.  It took about two hours to motor the houseboats to our camping spot.  That afternoon Val was getting ready to go out on the sail boat with Vaughn.  I told Val I would go on one ride with him.  I'm not a big fan of sailing we turtled the first time we went out years ago.  He tries to convince me that it is relaxing.  It's not!  I went out with him because I wanted to be with him.  Well it was very choppy water and the wind was sq...

I was able to spend time with my family over Easter Break.  It was so much fun and very busy, shopping with Amber going to the Curiosity Museum with my grandboys, playing minecraft with all my children, visiting parents, and just spending time with all my family. Made them matching shorts. Neighborhood Easter egg hunt Bennet's Blessing  Four generations of Cook's