Trip Recap

Whew! We got home last night around 8:30 and I was in bed just over an hour later. We were busy almost the whole time we were gone. We had tons of fun, but it was definitely not a relaxing vacation. Here's a recap with tons of pictures. :)

WEDNESDAY: We left the house just after 8 and after one stop in town to drop something off at Matthew's shop we were on our way. We stopped once for "lunch" at 10:30 and then tried to tell the kids it was nap time (hahaha). That didn't work, but they did pretty well the rest of the drive down. When we got there we hung out and played for a bit, and then I went with MIL and SILs to get petties.

THURSDAY: Wedding day! We got up early (for me anyway) and worked on getting food ready all morning. By 12 we were pretty much done and just kind of sat around until it was close enough to the wedding to start getting ready. We headed out there at 4:30. The wedding was at Lover's Point in Monterey which is such a beautiful spot!!
Here are the kids practicing dancing before we left...

And my cute little man at the wedding

I took a bunch of pictures at the wedding, I will be working on editing them AFTER we get moved. :)

FRIDAY: 4th of July... The day started out slower, Matthew and a few others took the kids to play tennis at the courts where MIL use to live, and on the way they got lost and ended up wandering though a used car lot. When they got back from tennis Matthew and I went back to the car lot to check out a van he'd looked at there and we ended up trading our car it. We're now the owners of a 2003 Honda Odyssey. I'm loving all the extra room and features! The automatic sliding doors are AWESOME! No pictures of the van yet, but it's dark gray with a slight blue tint. :)
We got back and had a bbq with a bunch of family who were down for the wedding, and then some of us took off to head back to Monterey Bay for fireworks. It was SO MUCH FUN!! There were a ton of people there, but we were able to park closer than we thought we'd be able to and we got a great spot on the beach. The kids played in the sand for a while and then we hung out on the blanket and snacked while we waited for the show. R LOVED it and didn't want to stop playing in the sand for anything. He was super cute if I do say so. :)

The fireworks were really cool, but I didn't get any great pictures. It was just too crazy down there to even think about trying to be a photographer. I'd love to take a tripod and really play one of these years, I've seen such cool pictures from others!

SATURDAY: We didn't really do much on Saturday, but it still felt like we did. We did some shopping (I was looking for Giants shirts for the kids), and later went for a walk. Nothing much, but like I said, it still felt busy.

SUNDAY: Giants game day! We ended up walking around the whole outside park to get our tickets, but it was pretty cool to see some things that we've never seen before (like the back of the scoreboard in the outfield and where the players park). R fell asleep right after the game started...

But he didn't sleep for long. My Aunt and Uncle were sitting in the same section as us, it was such a fun surprise to see them there!
We sat at the very top of the stadium. I've never sat up that high before. It was a great view, but kind of a weird angle. Every ball that popped up looked like it was going to go out of the park. I really love trying different seats at that park, it's fun to see it from different view. I still want to try the bleachers sometime, but I think when Matthew and I go later in the season we're going to go back to first level seats. That's where we sat the first time we went, but we haven't sat down there in a while. Club level is pretty fun too, but we're both ready to get close to the action again!
We won't talk about the score (how did Zito win and Cain loose?!?), but we did get to see Aurilla hit a home run.
Here are a few more pictures from the game...

After every Sunday game they let the kids out on the field to run the bases. I didn't think our kids would want to do it (they were tired!), but they did and they loved it! I think I might have been more excited than them though. lol How cool is it that we got to go ON the field?!?

After that we headed home...

Today is unpack and relax day (after running errands this morning). It's super duper hot this week (110 right now), and we need to have this house all packed up by Thursday night. I'm not doing any of it today though. lol The pool is filled up outside, ready for after naps, and I might try to scrap some Giants pictures. Tomorrow I will pack.