8 Hour Road Trip + 6 Kids = ??????
The 10 Best Moments of Kimmie and I's trip to Orange County:
10. The screaming baby (not mine of course)
9. Katie Cardons TV screen breaking 3 hours in
8. Katrina H. saying "Ooooo! Watch out for the bump! ooooooo!" (Had to be there)
7. When we literally stopped traffic
6. The Dudefier laying his spare tortillas on his leg to eat later.
5. That blasted Teeter-Totter
4. Realizing Kimberly Cardon had NO original material after meeting her Mom
3. Payton calling Kimmies Mom "Grandma" and her Aunt Dori "Aunt Dori" the entire trip
2. When Payton told "Grandma": "My mom's reading a book called 'How to read the scriptures with your eyes shut.' " (It was actually called "How to Pray Without Falling Asleep)
1. THE SKIRT
So we left Friday afternoon for an impromptu trip to Southern California to get away from it all for awhile. I left Bella w/Grandma so that we could all fit in one vehicle and so that I could keep my sanity intact by reducing the amount of poo I had to handle on an hourly basis :)

Those Babies

Tyson in one of Bella's hats I dug out of my bag. I assured Jay he only wore it for about 5 minutes. I mean PUH-LEEZE! My baby is totally comfortable with his sexuality.

Audra getting really tired and giggly at the lake (Doesn't that kind of look like ME in the background?)

Payton's injury when he fell at the tidepools (from the screams you would have thought a shark had bitten him on the leg)

Katie Cardons face the whole time she had to navigate the tide pools (and when she couldn't wear THE SKIRT)
We had a great time but left a day early due to the fact that the kids just seemed to be at each others throats constantly and no one was getting much sleep.
So we left on Monday at around 6:45pm w/the plan of driving all night so that kids would sleep for the trip. Kimmies husband did not feel good about us driving that late without a cellphone so Kimmie asked her mom to borrow hers and told her she'd mail it back the next day.
Well, good thing she did because about one hour into our trip we blew a tire in the fast lane.

We were blessed to have been able to safely get to the median and call a roadside service. While waiting, a CHP officer stopped to let us know that his partner was going to stop 4 lanes of traffic so that we could get across to the other side of the Interstate. At this point we started getting all giggly and just thought we were soooo funny. Officer Munoz was so nice, here's a picture I tried to sneak of him and Kimmie while he was on the phone.

A picture of his partner stopping traffic using the "weave". We felt like we were famous or something and must of looked like complete dorks when I held the camera out the window to get a memory photo.

Kimmie forgetting to put the car in park and hitting a pole in front of the "air station". This was RIGHT after our tire incident. I drove the rest of the way home....

After a bit of whining and complaining, of starvation and growing pains, everyone finally fell asleep...

Special thanks to our new Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Blake, and Aunt Dori. Your hospitality to the Huhtala's will surely get you straight into heaven :)
10. The screaming baby (not mine of course)
9. Katie Cardons TV screen breaking 3 hours in
8. Katrina H. saying "Ooooo! Watch out for the bump! ooooooo!" (Had to be there)
7. When we literally stopped traffic
6. The Dudefier laying his spare tortillas on his leg to eat later.
5. That blasted Teeter-Totter
4. Realizing Kimberly Cardon had NO original material after meeting her Mom
3. Payton calling Kimmies Mom "Grandma" and her Aunt Dori "Aunt Dori" the entire trip
2. When Payton told "Grandma": "My mom's reading a book called 'How to read the scriptures with your eyes shut.' " (It was actually called "How to Pray Without Falling Asleep)
1. THE SKIRT
So we left Friday afternoon for an impromptu trip to Southern California to get away from it all for awhile. I left Bella w/Grandma so that we could all fit in one vehicle and so that I could keep my sanity intact by reducing the amount of poo I had to handle on an hourly basis :)
Those Babies
Tyson in one of Bella's hats I dug out of my bag. I assured Jay he only wore it for about 5 minutes. I mean PUH-LEEZE! My baby is totally comfortable with his sexuality.
Audra getting really tired and giggly at the lake (Doesn't that kind of look like ME in the background?)
Payton's injury when he fell at the tidepools (from the screams you would have thought a shark had bitten him on the leg)
Katie Cardons face the whole time she had to navigate the tide pools (and when she couldn't wear THE SKIRT)
We had a great time but left a day early due to the fact that the kids just seemed to be at each others throats constantly and no one was getting much sleep.
So we left on Monday at around 6:45pm w/the plan of driving all night so that kids would sleep for the trip. Kimmies husband did not feel good about us driving that late without a cellphone so Kimmie asked her mom to borrow hers and told her she'd mail it back the next day.
Well, good thing she did because about one hour into our trip we blew a tire in the fast lane.
We were blessed to have been able to safely get to the median and call a roadside service. While waiting, a CHP officer stopped to let us know that his partner was going to stop 4 lanes of traffic so that we could get across to the other side of the Interstate. At this point we started getting all giggly and just thought we were soooo funny. Officer Munoz was so nice, here's a picture I tried to sneak of him and Kimmie while he was on the phone.
A picture of his partner stopping traffic using the "weave". We felt like we were famous or something and must of looked like complete dorks when I held the camera out the window to get a memory photo.
Kimmie forgetting to put the car in park and hitting a pole in front of the "air station". This was RIGHT after our tire incident. I drove the rest of the way home....
After a bit of whining and complaining, of starvation and growing pains, everyone finally fell asleep...
Special thanks to our new Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Blake, and Aunt Dori. Your hospitality to the Huhtala's will surely get you straight into heaven :)
7 Comments:
Sounds like a blast to me!
How fun! Call me next time you take an adventure. I would have a blast!...and take care of the poo and watch the kids to give the mommies a break. :O}
Anyone who wants to take care of the POO can come along on ANY roadtrip with me! And to the park, the grocery store, church, the mall, my backyard.....
My only prayer is that someday this blog stuff will all fall off BEFORE Bella has a chance to read it and be embarassed out of her gourd.
Maybe I should tell a few stories about Joalea? Hmmmm? Like how she used to WRAP her hand and arm from the tips of her fingers clear up to her shoulder each time she went to the bathroom so that she couldn't get ANYTHING on her? The toilet stopped up at least once a day until we figured out what was causing it and taught her how to wash her hands. and then there was the time . . . oh well, I guess that's enough for now.
LOL MOM
That was so funny, I have to say I love #2.
The "stopping four lanes of traffic" was pretty good too.
You can't make up better stuff then that. Real life is just too funny!
PS Your Mom's comment is pretty funny too.
My life would be boring without you Joalea. :-)
C'mon. I always thought you were famous - or at least should be. I'm still waiting for your single "Jimmy She's Flyin'" to be released. But seriously, it sounds like you had a quite a memorable trip!
AAhhhhh....these were the days.
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