Leaving AZ to LA and finally made it to San Diego

Well, we made it!!
It's been a long, awesome and unforgettable trip across the country with 3 kids under the age of 4. The boys watched more movies on the iPad than I care to admit but it preserved our collective sanity for the 12 day trek.
Seeing family, meeting cousins for the first time, and spending a lot of quality time together had been a blessing.
We left the south side of the sun also known as lake Havasau early in the morning and got to Jennifer and Daniel 's house around 2 on Tuesday. The boys promptly put on their swim suits and spend the rest of the day swimming. We all got to have some great time together. Jenn's dad, my uncle john is there too and it was great having 3 generations together and introducing everyone to little Wallace! Poor baby somehow got sunburn on his arm despite our best efforts at the Grand Canyon. Winston 'found' a pair of scissors and decided he didn't like the hair in his eyes. He gave himself a little trim and thankfully only cut his hair. He looks pretty funny now and will have much shorter hair all over pretty soon. frown emoticon

We again had a nice breakfast with the family before piling in the car one more time this morning. A quick 2 and a half hours later we are at Costco buying 500 dollars worth of 'essentials' for the house. We picked up the keys and made it to our new home for the first time.
The house is great, it has an open layout and a great backyard. It needs some TLC as it's been empty for. Awhile but should be a great house for the next year.
Our stuff gets delivered tomorrow and I check into the Cg unit on Friday for my last day till October of putting on a uniform!
We've had a blast but are ready to stay put for a few weeks!

Winston before we left Lake Havasau. Little sunburn under his eyes!

When I moved out to California for "A" school this section of the Interstate starts where I-40 begins was under construction. Had to make an obligatory stop here this time!

Baby Ace and Daniel Poolside

Baby Ace and Jen chilling together. 

Leaving Grand Canyon to Lake Havasau

Hey Winston, what did you like better, the Grand Canyon or the painted desert?
W- painted desert
Jenn- why?
W- because I could watch 'despicable me!'

I think he's had enough of traveling and after being homeless for almost 5 weeks I think I understand. The Grand Canyon was great. The boys were awe struck when we first stopped but overwhelmed by the 3rd or 4th scenic overlook. We got some great pictures and had fun. The boys are a little too young though to go on hikes or any of the other fun stuff you can do there. Oh well, there's always next time.
Jennifer finally found a necklace she liked and bought it at one of the road side stands on our way up there.
After the Grand Canyon tour we went to Williams AZ for lunch on Route 66. It was fun and Jenn got to eat some pie she had been craving since stopping there with her dad 8 years ago.
We made it to lake havasau which we picked as a reachable place that appeared to be nice. One of my friends Sean posted pics there a few weeks ago and it looked like Fun! We however had no idea that the temperature would be 110 for the time we were there! The Hampton inn was great as always and the outdoor pool was crucial. It wasn't too bad in the pool and unbelievably Wes was shivering when he was out of the water. If he didn't eat all day you would think we were starving the little guy!
We are now on our way to Burbank to see my cousin and uncle john! Wednesday we get the keys to our new home!
Frankly I think we all just want a place to leave our toothbrush for more than a day at a time!