The Summer of Craziness Has Begun!

So after making our exit from Provo, we spent a couple days in Manti, then drove from there to California. We stayed in Placentia with my dad for Father's Day, then headed out to Hemet about an hour away for Josh's grandparents 50th anniversary/family reunion. We came back to Placentia yesterday and will be here until Friday, then it's off to the beachhouse in Delaware for a week, then back to Manti for the rest of July, then back to California until August 25th when we leave for Dominica. So yes, that means we will be living out of our suitcases for the next two months. What were we thinking?! Anyway, here's some highlights of the trip so far. Here's Shane, putting on his best crazy face:
He braved his first California/Utah drive, and did better than I was expecting. He did some of this

Quite a bit of this

And a fair share of this

We crammed a lot of fun things into our week with Josh's family. Here's the proud daddy and his boy at the San Diego Zoo on Tuesday.

On Wednesday we went to a big pool with a play area for the kids. Thursday we went to Knott's Berry Farm. Friday we had a barbecue at the park with his whole family, and Saturday was the big party for his grandparents' 50th. And we could've gone to Sea World or Six Flags with his family on Monday, but we stayed at home with his grandparents, and I think that was one of Shane's favorite days! (Besides staying with you of course, mom:) ) He sure loved his Great Grandma Elkins. I think she might've liked him too.

We definitely enjoyed ourselves, but after being in a house with 23 adults and 8 little kids we are happy to have a little quiet again!