Quality Time With Our California Family

Dan's brother Jeff and his family live here in Southern California and while we have been here they have been amazing to us. Sam absolutely loves them. He may not always act all warm and fuzzy to them but he still tends to be a little shy. When we are not with them he asks about each one of them constantly. I think he adores them so much because they are so loving to him.
This is a marble roller coaster of John's that Jeff and Jenny setup just for Sam. He LOVED it!

This is Caroline and Sam at their ward 4th of July Kid Parade. Jen gave us decorations for Sam's wagon and Caroline pulled Sam in the parade. Sam loves his cute cousin!

After the parade we came back to Jeff's house and the guys had a water fight with the kids! I wonder who won?

Later that night at the RSM Lake, they had a fireworks display. We laid out our blankets and enjoyed!

Sam with his cousins, John and Caroline (Kate was off with a friend.)

The Bike

Before we were about to become "House Poor," we thought we should invest some money into a good mountain bike for Dan. I knew this would be important so he could have some good quality male bonding time with his brother. His brother is huge into mountain biking and goes several times a week. Let's just say he has put some good use to it already and he is looking forward to more bonding time with his bike, once the move is over! And of course, once he got the bike, he decided he needed new shoes, shorts, gloves, helmet, etc... I thought I was bad with clothes.
One of the many trails.

Jeff (brother) Dan

Danno and his bike on the trail.