6,847 Miles, 57 Hours

We drove through 10 states covering 3,847 miles over our six-week car trip, which was 57 hours in the car. It was an adventure, to say the least!  The highlight was getting to see so much family, some of which I had not previously had the pleasure of meeting (more on that later).  The hardest part was that Amelia only took ONE 30-minute nap during all that time on the road, and Noah NEVER slept!

Mike's Sister, Shelley, went to the OC Fair with us.

We'd loved getting to see Grandma Sandy and Angus!

 

 

Uncle Al and Amelia snuggling; they were buddies after playing in the pool!

After leaving Utah, we headed to Orange, California, to spend the last two weeks of our trip with Mike’s family.  It was so enjoyable to go into Ray and Nancy’s pool every day; Noah seriously turned a different color after spending so much time in the water.  We were able to go the beach a few times; Amelia was obsessed with the ocean!  She has no fear of the waves and would just try and run into them and then laugh hysterically! 

Nancy almost had Amelia swimming on her own; she's one amazing Grandma!

Mike’s dad, Ray, was home for one of the weeks, and I swear you would have thought Noah was his shadow!  They worked on Noah’s boat for Boy Scouts -- it turned out awesome, I think he might win another "Best in Show."

We had so much fun taking the kids to Disneyland.  It was Amelia’s first time, and I think it was a bit overwhelming.  However, she was SOOO excited to see Minnie Mouse and get to take a picture with her.  It worked out perfectly because, Ray and Nancy came with us and basically took care of Amelia.  She lasted for seven hours and rode about every ride for her age, so they took her home so that Mike and I could spend the rest of the day with Noah.  We expected terrible wait lines since it was the middle of summer but, miraculously, we never waited for more than 30 minutes and rode all but one of the rides we wanted to.

We ended the road trip with a stop in Sun City, Arizona to see Mike’s grandma (Nancy’s mom) and some other of his close family members.  It was great for me to get to meet some of the aunts that I had heard so many wonderful things about!