Our son the fish -- California trip Part 7

For those of you that are jumping into the story from here you might want to read from the beginning here. Or Part 2, the long drive. Or Part 3, Sequoia NP. Or Part 4, visiting friends and family. Or Part 5, the Angels game. Or Part 6, the Dodgers game.

Well, now for the part of the story that you've all been dying to read (but mostly see). Ever since I posted a picture of Kendrick in the pool at Leslie's dad's house in Part 1 of this trip blog, many of you have constantly been asking me to put up the pictures of Kendrick swimming.

Well, here you go. If any of the photos need explaining I'll put below the picture.

Kendrick loves the water. The only problem is when he gets tired, from being out in the sun. The up-side of that however, is that it makes for some GREAT photos. ... and nice long naps after.

So these pictures are from the third time that Kendrick went swimming. It was one of our last days in California. The trip was enjoyable for all three of us. I got to go to two baseball games; Les got to show Kendrick off to Holly, Kelly, Uncle Ron and Aunt Jan and a few old friends; Kendrick go to see California and meet Lehi, Leslie's dad's big dog, as well as play with his Grandpa and Grandma Wurtz and Auntie Sarah.

We love you all soo much. It was fun to get away and have a great vacation.

However ... ... ...

not all of us had an enjoyable car ride home. Haha.

**That's it for our California trip, we now return you to your locally broadcast blog from Phill and Leslie**

Californ I-A (Part 1)

Recently we took Kendrick on his first BIG road trip. Yes I know that Les took him down to see Danny and Brandy in Arizona before Christmas, but this was a 10-day, 1,726-mile trip (give or take 100-200 miles) to California. The occasion ... F-U-N!

Well, to be honest, it all started when Leslie's friend Rachelle invited her to go on the trip. I didn't want to be left alone at home (where's the fun in that?) so we asked if I could come too.
Long story -- short, We rented a car and Rachelle was all set to ride with us ... but had some stuff she needed to do before she left so she decided to drive herself.

So off we went (to see the wizard the wonderful wizard of OZ ... lol), neither Les or I knowing exactly how Kendrick would do in the car. The plan was to get to St. George, stay Friday night and Saturday night and go to Visalia, CA on Sunday.

For the most part, Kendrick was great all the way to St. George. We did have to stop occasionally to switch drivers and feed him, change him and just plain get him out of the car for a few minutes.

We got to St. George around 4 p.m. and after getting situated, threw our new swimsuits on and went to the pool. ... ... Now I know most of you are thinking that there should be a picture of this momentous occasion .... .... but there isn't. Why? Because Les and I were just as excited (actually more so) to get the pool as Kendrick was and forgot to grab the camera.


This is a picture of Kendrick at Leslie's dad's pool ... more of those to come.

Anyway, we thought that Kendrick would be like his cousin Kelsey and Addison and cry and scream his head off as soon he hit the water, but he loved it! We jumped in the kiddie pool where Kendrick could stand up and touch the bottom, even though he was wearing his life jacket.

Daddy started itching to test that life jacket out so we got in the big pool (which admittedly was colder than the kiddie pool), but again Kendrick was fine. He love laying back and just chilling in the water.

It started getting dark so we dried off and went inside. Kendrick went to bed and got in a wonderful habit of sleeping through the night. YAHOO!

Saturday was a lazy day. After Kendrick ate breakfast and played for a bit, he started getting fussy so we put him down for what turned out to be a really long nap. By the time he woke up, ate lunch, Les and I had lunch/dinner and we cleaned up a bit, Les and I were too tired to go to the pool again so we just vegged inside. We were gearing up for what we knew would be a 7+ hour drive to Visalia the next day.

*** Look for more on the trip soon (and by soon I mean the next day or so.) ***