Valencia trip...lots of pictures

I can not get enough of my sweet family + Chelsea who was missing unfortunately. Joe and I went home for a week and then Steve came to join us for a long weekend. We got to see a ton of our sweet friends that we miss so much like....
Samantha who we became friends with in San Francisco and then she moved first to Southern California for her daddy to go to school
Don't pay attention to the fact that I have on NO makeup, they actually showed up on time. Rachelle visit taught me and Brandon was Steve's home teaching companion. I love Rachelle, she is the most genuine person ever and they were nice enough to make the 1 plus drive to see us. O yeah, and she is 8.5 months pregnant and has no extra weight in her face...lucky girl...
Then Jessica came and saw us for a little bit up from Thousand Oaks and we love seeing her when her schedule can fit us in
We spent a lot of time at Uncle JK and Uncle Ben's passing tournaments. This one was great because is had a "bed" for Joe to jump on. My friend Chelsea's dad is in the picture with Chelsea's little girl Tylie. Funny story, Joe told Dan he was going to fly (we like to fly around our house, I'm a really good example of being safe :) and Dan was like ok go for it! Joe jumped off the bed hoping to fly and landed on his face in the astroturf stuff and got up with his face covered in little black pellets. Poor boy was shocked, I think, that he couldn't fly! Nice going mom!
My friend/neighbor from the age of 0-6, Jill, moved back to California from Arizona pretty much right after we got here. I finally got to meet Landon her 6 month old. O my goodness he is so cute and the most mellow baby I have ever seen. He just sat wrapped up in a towel in the pool to keep cool and I don't even think he was sleeping just relaxing for hours!
The main reason we went on this little trip was because my parents are moving their business to a new location and even though I am pretty much useless in the moving department I tried to be there for moral support and made sure Steve was there to help unpack the 82 boxes of furniture that came in, I know I am a great wife. Lucky for me Steve is a fabulous sport and wanted to be there and got it taken care of. Chelsea's husband and dad came to help so Joe and I got to play with Tylie. Joe liked pushing Tylie around on the tractor. He is a true gentleman and didn't want her to lift a finger :) Notice Joe's socks and sandals, I did the socks and told him to get his shoes and this is what he literally RAN out of the house wearing.
Joe helping grandpa bring over some accessories, my dad is such a cutie. I'm sure with Joe's help it took double the time, but thanks for letting us stick around.
This would be man time...JK, Ben and Joe wrestling. Joe got pretty into this and chucked a few things at Ben that he was not ready for. I'm shocked that he didn't get an elbow to the face or mouth because these boys didn't lighten up. Thanks boys for the wrestling and endless games of hide and seek.
If Joe wasn't wrestling or hiding he was being thrown like a rag doll from JK to Ben...
3 seconds to breathe and then from Ben to JK. They threw him so high and he would come up saying do it again...So Jill here is my proof that he was acting not himself in the pool with us!
Almost out of my camera lens...It's a good thing JK was as nervous about catching him as I was
Uncle JK would throw him out in front of him and then dive in and get him...yes crazy I almost had a heart attack a few times. Especially when JK would say that he would dive in and could see Joe just kind of chilling and waiting to be brought up from under water!
He also loved the backflips, front flips and twist jumps
My cute parents in their 4th of July outfits.
Our fam on the way back from watching fireworks, Joe was exhausted.
Watching them with Grandma. He thought the fireworks were cool for about 2 seconds until there was a choo choo train that was going under the bridge we were on and he wanted to watch that instead.

During the day my brother Steve and Tina and their 3 kids came up to hang out and celebrate the 4th and Tina's bday. I have a picture of me, Tina and my mom but will not post it until I crop a bit of it...(maternity bathing suit), but here is the rest of the fam. Joe had so much fun with his cousins and was NOT happy to see them go. Thanks for the fun trip family, can't wait to see you again soon!