Our California Adventures

Hey! Well we are officially on summer break! And as soon as school ended we all needed to get out of town. However, our original plans for this road trip were postponed due to covid (not any of us), but that didn't stop us. And besides, I had been itching to drive my new car for longer stretches then just around town. So I loaded us all up into the car and we headed west. We were moving along when we hit like a massive wall of traffic on the Cajon Pass that extend the trip by an hour and a half. So let me tell you when we finally got moving again, I was ecstatic!


So the baby shower was not happening... no biggie, we've been making lemonade out of lemons for months. We just adjusted and spent some quality family time at my aunt and uncle's. The kids wasted no time in jumping in the pool. At least this time it was by choice and not by being booty-bumped in... hahaha! 


And I'm not sure if I've made this clear before, but my family takes games very seriously. Jenga being one of those, along with Rummy and Mexican Train, and well anything else that's competitive. (Side note: I can remember a mean game of croquet getting playfully heated at my grandparents's house when I was about Rian's age. I'm just sayin'...)

And just in case you were wondering, this did not end well with someone crying and someone doing a victory dance. It's all fun and games until someone losses.








Hey there! 


You know it's going good when a giant bottle of liquor comes out... Cheers!


Someone had way too much fun the night before. Well is that actually a thing? Too much fun? Nah, you can never have too much fun. We all had a great time. Besides my parents, we haven't seen anyone since my Nana's services back in November 2019.


So in a weird deja vu, we got stuck in identical traffic coming home, same length of time, same distance from home. Although look at that beautiful desert sky! Insert heart eyes

***Insert Rian's birthday celebration week here. More on that to come***

After a rotation or two of laundry and repacking suitcases and the car, we were off again to Cali. This time to celebrate the upcoming new addition to the family!!!


Dinner conversations with your cousins. I have no idea what they were talking about, so I'm gonna take a guess it went a little something like this:

Rory: Seriously this is the biggest Doritos Cool Ranch chip I've ever seen...


Let me show you...


See how small this one is compared to this one...


Clyde: Ok, yeah I can see it. Maybe if I get a bag of Doritos Cool Ranch chips I'll find a giant chip too?!?


Clement: Sorry Clyde I took the last bag!


And to wrap up Rian week-long birthday celebration... another birthday cake, another birthday wish to make.


Rian recently started playing volleyball on a team and she asked to watch the championship between the SC and UCLA girls.


It was close, but UCLA won!


I didn't realize there was a morning meeting going on... hahaha




And we're off to celebrate Emily and this year's rookie that will be added to the cousin line-up.

Last year's rookie has been promoted! Little Junebug was born during the pandemic and this was the first time we met her.


Some of the girls... missing a few




And lucky for us, the boys made us extra homemade pizza! It was so good!


And how could I not include this cute little monster?!?


And with that, our weekend filled with festive family fun had come to an end. I missed these people so much and I enjoyed every minute soaking it all up. 

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

-aMie