{In hind sight, I wish I would have just found a nice beach to play on all day, but we had fun and spent too much money!!}
5 years ago
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Summer Road Trip Part 5: Monterey
After our nice visit with Aunt Allee and Uncle Alan, my mom and I parted ways. She rented a car and went to visit a friend from high school and attend a reunion. I had a free day, with no where to be, so I packed up the car and headed to the coast. We went to Monterey to visit the aquarium and have a little fun.
{In hind sight, I wish I would have just found a nice beach to play on all day, but we had fun and spent too much money!!}
{In hind sight, I wish I would have just found a nice beach to play on all day, but we had fun and spent too much money!!}
Monday, November 1, 2010
Summer Road Trip Part 4: Modesto
After leaving Grandma Lyman and Aunt Carolyn's family, we headed a few hours south to Modesto to stay with Aunt Allee. These few days gave us some much needed rest and relaxing, along with laundry catch-up.
Allee kept the boys busy with Legos and playdough. I told the kids that Allee was the one that taught me all about eating cookie dough raw, so she let them help her make some.
Her 3 boys and families came over for dinner, (we missed cousin Sara who is in AZ.) It was great to meet more cousins' families and see my kids have so much fun with them. Courtney held her ground with those second cousins (or whatever they are) during a fierce water fight. Nobody could mess with her.
A neighbor let us use their pool one hot afternoon. It was great until right after we left and I broke out in hives. Something in the water was not going over well with me. After a Benadryl, a hot shower, and a nap I was good to go.
Uncle Alan took each of the kids out for a ride on his motorcycle. Courtney LOVED it. The boys were both a little nervous at first (you can really see it on Travis' face in the picture below,) but Alan kept it slow and they really enjoyed it. He has a microphone and speakers in the helmets so they can talk to each other. Before they left he would make sure they could hear him okay. When he asked a question, Travis was so nervous that he would just nod his head. It was pretty cute. Courtney got a long ride through town and out to the canal. The highlight was seeing a possom cross the road right in front of them.
It was great to see uncles, aunts, and cousins at both Carolyn's and Allee's homes. I hadn't seen most of them since I was a teenager. I also loved watching our kids play so well together. Dylan spent hours and hours and hours at both houses playing legos with these new cousins. I know he'll remember that for a long time.
Allee kept the boys busy with Legos and playdough. I told the kids that Allee was the one that taught me all about eating cookie dough raw, so she let them help her make some.
Her 3 boys and families came over for dinner, (we missed cousin Sara who is in AZ.) It was great to meet more cousins' families and see my kids have so much fun with them. Courtney held her ground with those second cousins (or whatever they are) during a fierce water fight. Nobody could mess with her.
A neighbor let us use their pool one hot afternoon. It was great until right after we left and I broke out in hives. Something in the water was not going over well with me. After a Benadryl, a hot shower, and a nap I was good to go.
Uncle Alan took each of the kids out for a ride on his motorcycle. Courtney LOVED it. The boys were both a little nervous at first (you can really see it on Travis' face in the picture below,) but Alan kept it slow and they really enjoyed it. He has a microphone and speakers in the helmets so they can talk to each other. Before they left he would make sure they could hear him okay. When he asked a question, Travis was so nervous that he would just nod his head. It was pretty cute. Courtney got a long ride through town and out to the canal. The highlight was seeing a possom cross the road right in front of them.
It was great to see uncles, aunts, and cousins at both Carolyn's and Allee's homes. I hadn't seen most of them since I was a teenager. I also loved watching our kids play so well together. Dylan spent hours and hours and hours at both houses playing legos with these new cousins. I know he'll remember that for a long time.
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