Crab Boil!

While we were at the play, Stephanie and Michael were slaving away on a delicious meal for us. They went all out, and the food was absolutely AMAZING!!! We all stuffed ourselves silly and could not give enough compliments to the chef. Thanks Steph and Michael for a killer meal!

The yummy potatoes and artichokes

Drawn butter for the crab. Mmmm.

The table all set for dinner

Sabryn back to her normal self, even after her injury

Ethan getting in a little tether ball before dinner

The yummy tea cakes we picked up in Glendale for dessert

Cutest napkin holders ever!

Annie and Michael putting the crab and shrimp in to cook

Hunter and Kelly ready to eat some crab!

Megan and Ethan with their crab bibs on

Sabryn finally decided to show off for the camera

Throwing the food on the table

Soooo Good!!!!

Annie's blurry, but it's the only picture we got of the four of us. =[

L-R: Scott, Emily, Joan, Brad, Michael, Stephanie, Me, Annie, Lacey, Anne, and Tom. Annie's mom was taking the picture, and I'm not sure where her Grandpa was for this picture. 

Ethan was so worn out that he literally passed out on the couch. It was the cutest thing. It was even funnier watching his dad try to wake him up to go home. 

Porto's and Glendale Centre Theatre

Saturday we went to Glendale with Annie's Mom, Grandpa, Emily, Kelly, Hunter, Sabryn, Megan, and Ethan to watch a play at the Glendale Theatre. This is where Annie's Mom would take her and her sisters to plays when they were growing up. We stopped for lunch first at Porto's Cafe. 

Of course we had to get dessert too. 

Poor Sabryn got her fingers slammed in the car door before we went to the play. She was a trooper though and we got some ice for her and she made it through the play. 

I was trying to record the girls singing in the car to the radio. Sabryn did not want to perform, but Megan had no problems. =] 

Magic Mountain and Houston's

Friday we spent the day at Magic Mountain with some of Annie's sister's and their kids, and her mom and Grandpa riding roller coaster's. I was bummed that the batman ride was not working that day, but we got some good rides it. 

Annie with her Grandpa Lawrence, and nephews Ethan, and Hunter. 

Emily and Annie. We were waiting for her step sister Kelly, Megan, Sabryn and her Mom to get done riding X2. 

Hunter and Ethan were looking at a lizard that was sitting on the wall. If you zoom in, it's sitting to the left of the mailbox. They tried to get closer, but it ran off. Then we got to laugh at a woman that tried chasing it down to try and catch it. She didn't succeed. =]

Hunter was talking to his Great Grandpa about his first job. It was so cute to watch him engaging and listening so intently to what he had to say. Later her told him mom, "Grandpa is so cool!"

We were sitting by the Superman ride, waiting for some of the group to get done riding Goliath. Every time the ride would take off, it was so loud, that Hunter and Dean would cover their ears. 

Emily was asking Annie if she thought Ethan's pupils were too small. He wanted to see what they looked like, so I took a picture so he could see. 

After Six Flags, we got cleaned up and headed to dinner with Stephanie, Michael, and Hunter. We went to Houston's and had some killer food. They have a really yummy crab and toasted coconut roll that we started off with, and then we had some of the most delicious ribs I've ever had. We stuffed ourselves silly, it was so good. 

Hunter, Me, Annie, Stephanie, and Michael, just before digging into the ribs. Sabryn didn't come with us because she wanted to stay at her Grandma's house. 

Dinner at Ann's

We woke up early to work out. Who does that on vacation? Stephanie lives in a pretty hilly area, so we decided to speed walk around the neighborhood and down the hill to the playground. We did some arms and calves workouts on the playground equipment. On the way back up the hill, Annie said she wanted to run. I thought, sure we  can do that, it's not that far. Well, let's just say it was a little farther than we thought and it was a steeper hill going up. We went about 3/4 of the way jogging before we needed to stop and gasp for breath. After we caught our breath were making our way back up, a cop car drove past and Annie waved at them. That sort of thing doesn't happen in Cali, so they made a U turn and pulled up next to us. Annie went over to talk to them and we're both feeling a little embarrassed because we're huffing and puffing. They asked if we lived in the neighborhood, we said no, but that Annie's sister did. They asked if she had an HOA for her subdivision and we said yes, but that we didn't have any of their information. Annie said she could ask her sister. They had someone in the back of their car, so when we were ready to walk back the rest of the way, we had to continue running to get Stephanie. I stopped just as we got to Stephanie's street, and Annie kept going. Just as she got to Stephanie's driveway, she rolled her ankle and biffed it. Stephanie was still asleep when Annie went in to ask her for her HOA info, so she was confused as to what was going on, the officer was downstairs waiting, and Annie was out of breath so she couldn't get out what she needed to say. It was pretty funny. Once we got ready for the day, we went over to Emily's house for breakfast. She made the most delicious biscuits and gravy. Mmm, Mmm, Mmm. So good. We just relaxed for the day over at Emily's, and then went to Emily's in law's house for swimming and dinner. The pool felt great and we had a good time visiting. The dinner was delicious, which is always the case with anyone in Annie's family. They all know how to cook, and it is always good. 

Hunter and Sabryn rode over the Ann's in our car.

I had my hands full when we were walking over to Ann's, so Hunter said he would hold my sunglasses for me. He decided he wanted to try them on for size. 

Megan practicing her softball pitch.

Sabryn going for the backwards plunge off the slide.

Hunter trying to be sneaky and scare Ethan as he was going down the slide. 

Ethan going down the slide. 

Megan doing her scorpion.

Goin' Back to Cali, Cali, Cali

Ahhhh, summer is finally here, well sort of. The weather keeps playing cruel jokes on us. Making us think that the warm weather is here, but then raining the next day. So, what does one do when the weather is not cooperating? GO TO CALIFORNIA!!! 

Annie was too focused on driving to look at my camera. Which was probably a good thing. =]

It was a long drive, so I was entertaining myself with my new ipone app. 

We rolled into town around 8 p.m. and met up with two of Annie's sisters and their families for some 

In N Out, which is always a must when going to California. We stayed with Annie's sister Stephanie in their new home, which is beautiful! Her kids were so excited to show us their movie room and immediately wanted to pop us some popcorn and watch a movie. Annie and I were so tired, we had to promise to watch a movie another night.