California Part Two

After our drive south with the girls, and a pretty decent night sleep, we headed out to meet up with my brother, Tim, his wife (Beth) and daughter (Addie). Kayley was super excited about seeing Addie. She had been talking about flying to go play with her cousin for over a week. We met at a park so the girls could play and we all could catch up. Shilo was happy to meet her uncle and aunt for the first time.  

All the girls on the slide with Tim

After some park play we had some lunch at a place that had fountains outside to play in. Shilo wasn’t too thrilled about getting splashed, but Kayley and Addie ran around with glee getting soaking wet. After all the excitement, Kayley got to have her first cousin sleepover for nap time at Tim’s. We weren’t really sure how Kayley would handle it, but I guess both girls were so tired that they fell asleep pretty fast. 

Cousin play!

I actually left at this point to have a girl’s night with my friend Courtney. The whole reason for us making our trip to Cali was to celebrate Courtney getting married. I’m honored to say I had the privilege to be her matron of honor. ^_^ But for our ladies’ night out we got our nails ready for her special day, had a fabulous dinner at Benihana, and had fun playing miniature golf at Boomers. I heard Andrew and the girls had a fun time having dinner at In N’ Out and having a night time playtime at a park with Tim, Beth and Addie.

 

The next day was Courtney’s big day. Kayley was excited to see me all dressed up, and see Courtney dressed up like a princess. I’m happy I FINALLY got to meet Josh and give him the traditional “best friend talk.” And then we all got to celebrate Courtney and Josh’s marriage!

Congrats Courtney and Josh!

All dressed up

Since this was our last night in town, we ended our evening with frozen yogurt with Tim, Beth and Addie. It was so good to see them again. I can’t wait for their little baby boy to be born sometime around October.

Cousin love

All the girls!

Our trip home went pretty smooth considering Kayley didn’t nap all day… She was whiny off and on during our flight, but thankfully not too loud. She was just so tired so didn’t know what she wanted to do, but too excited about our flight and being on an airplane to relax enough to take a nap. Shilo on the other hand easily fell asleep in my arms and was happy for the whole flight. Both girls were excited to see their Maimie who picked us up from the airport.

Sleepy baby

Pouting toddler

Over all we had a great trip to California. Yes the whole flying down, having a road trip and then flying home was a little crazy, but it allowed us to see more family and enjoy the beautiful sunshine. Andrew and I are both surprised at how well the girls did. I think we owe much thanks to God for answering prayers about that!

With the Maimie