Our trip to California was one of adventure, memories, laughs, fatigue, and illness. We had the pleasure of staying at Tyler's parents home in gorgeous Santa Barbara, California. We were staying at their home with all of Tyler's siblings, their wives, and children. It was great being all together but a little cramped at times, especially in a house with no AC and a bathroom with plumbing issues. No joke, the bathroom flooded several times while we were there, eventually causing us to vacate the house for a day.
On Saturday, the wedding day, we awoke at 3:00 a.m. to drive four hours to the San Diego Temple. It was definitely a trip of closeness and bonding as Tyler's entire family drove down in a 15 passenger van. The kids stayed home with Devon and Katelyn (Tyler's siblings) for the day so we could all enjoy the day peacefully. They watched 9 kids in total and did a great job. We made it to the temple for the 9:00 sealing and it was wonderful. The temple was amazing and even better in person. We took pictures and then had a delicious lunch and jumped back in the van to head back to Santa Barbara to get ready for the reception that night. We arrived back just in time to get kids ready and out the door to the reception that night. It was a beautiful reception. It all went so quick, I wish I could go back and enjoy it all over again.
I had so much fun getting to know Tyler's side of the family better. We went through a lot that week and really bonded. We had so many fun conversations and good times. I'm not going to lie, it was a crazy week but well worth it for Jared and Tamara. We even managed to get in a quick trip to the beach before Kellen and I came down with the flu. In fact, everyone got sick on the trip except for three. Needless to say, we're glad to be home and getting some much needed rest. I will never forget this trip, with all the good and bad that came along with it:)
3 comments:
This comment has nothing to do with the trip, but how come there is a link to "adopt a pet" under the slide show. Did you suddenly become an animals rights activist on me?
You definitely have quite the story to go along with this trip!! I love the picture of Kellen with his arm behind his head while in his car seat. He looks like he's a little fed up of driving too and the last thing he wanted was a picture taken of him ;)
Love the beach shots. Like the one of all three of you facing the ocean. Pretty sweet shot.
Your pics on the beach were so fun! We are bummed that we didn't spend some time there but we got over it real fast as we looked through pics from disneyland.
Love you guys and miss you tons!
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