Trip to CA

In case you haven't noticed, we haven't been around for a little while. Root cause: we were in CA with the fams! We went to the Blackburn side (Glendora, CA) for half the time and Whittle side (Brawley, CA) for the other half. Here are some pictures.



Blackburn trip:



Jane's first real time swimming. I think she looks a little wary. She should with those two brothers of hers. Turns out she loved the water. Totally unlike her brothers at her age.

You wouldn't believe it but my boys loved going swimming which is the first time ever. They became fearless which was a little scary as a parent so they were closely supervised. They went down this slide lots of times with my bro at the bottom to catch them. Loved it.

Warming up at the kiddie end.

Soaked.

We spent lots of time at the park and in the swings. Could have done that anywhere but it was fun to get out try new parks. And be with fun people of course.

Next to the Whittle side:

Another park.

Attempted kite flying.

A really fun time at the beach. In San Diego. La Jolla if you know the area. I totally recommend the beach. It was the perfect weather, waves were fine, and fun family.

Grandma and Jacob

Adam's favorite place to eat back home so if you ever go on through, head here. I even ordered him a breakfast burrito and froze it and flew it back to him on the plane. Made it through customs just fine in case you were worried like I was.


The inside. Hot and authentic.

Then we took a trip to see the calves. Adam's fam works at a feed yard. Here are the newest additions to the feed yard.

The kiddos loved seeing them up close in the pens, despite the super hot weather. (When I was leaving, it hit 117. That's the warmest weather I've ever been in. Whoa! But I thought I toughed it pretty well this time around.)

Swimming again. We spent a lot of time in that little pool because it was fun and hot.

Sleeping arrangements were tight wherever we went. I'm glad to be back home with more space where I can let my kids cry a little if need be. But a big thanks to everyone who tolerated the sleeping/crying kids. And to Grandma W. who got up countless times to take Jane or Jacob. THANKS!

Back to the Blackburn side.

Coloring.

Eating dirt and worms.

Feeding the ducks. One of those geese bit Jacob's bum. He went around afterwards saying, "Duck ate my bum." We thought it was pretty funny.

More parks.

While we were down there, we also ate at In N' Out twice! Good stuff. Try not to be jealous. :)

And here is me talking to Adam late at night on Skype. Check it out at Skype.com if you ever want to talk to someone far away. Adam took this with the webcam.

And, for the record, while we were down there, my mom bought the first pair of jeans she's had since I've been born. I was blown away! Here they are. Cute mom!

Tried out my photography skills, which are slim to none by my parents have some pretty flowers in the yard.

And while I was gone, Adam went to scout camp. I didn't plan to hear from him for 6 days because there was no signal. Then, I get a call on wed night with news of this: 8 stitches to the finger. Poor guy. But I guess it's about time he's had some stitches. He's had too many close calls not to have some by now. He's a toughy and says it doesn't hurt. I just smile and give him a kiss. He also replaced the water heater while we were gone. With the help of some friends. Thank you. And thanks to the neighbors for watering our garden with 5 gallon buckets when we accidentally turned off the water before we left. We owe you big time!
And a little "shout out" to my brother James who went down the slip and slide. I told him if he'd go down again, he's make the blog. So here he is, brave as can be.