Wednesday, May 29, 2013

a mini vacation!

We enjoyed a nice long weekend in California! rewind to last week- Jeremy had a piece of equipment he needed to deliver to a golf course in CA. Well, he didnt have to deliver it but he thought he could do them a favor since we have friends (we'll just call them family!) there and we could take some time to make a quick visit. Well Megan and Brock just bought a beautiful new home and we wanted to see it too! I found out they were off all week to unpack (Im sure the last thing they wanted was a house full of chaos in the midst of their unpacking!) but it seemed like the perfect time to come visit! We had planned on staying Saturday to Tuesday. So we left Saturday morning and after 5 hours of total travel time- its about a 3 hr and 45 min drive but with kids and stops and things like that it was about 5 hours. It wasnt too bad. Owen napped twice and Hannah napped once. Saturday they had tickets to see Fleetwood Mac so we met them for a delicious dinner and did what we would do on any normal Saturday night- Target and Yogurtland :) It was feeling like a vacation!
Sunday morning I woke up to Jeremy on the phone with work....I knew something was up and it didnt sound good. This would have been his first Memorial Day off in probably 15 years. I was SO excited to have a REAL three day weekend with him. But there was a real disaster on the course- they lost power to the irrigation system and there were 14 holes without water. And since Jeremy's main job is to make sure the greens dont die- well that was kind of important. I was sad, not gonna lie. But I was so thankful I was with family and they would take care of the three of us. We went ahead with our plans on Sunday waiting to see if he needed to come back to Vegas. So that morning we had an amazing breakfast- these ladies can cook! Im going to find the cinnamon roll recipe and post it- it was to die for. Way better than Cinnabon! And after that we headed down to Laguna Beach. It was so fun to just be able to drive to the beach for a couple hours. It wasnt very wam but Hannah doesnt care- she wants to be in her bathing suit! Owen had a mouthful of sand and learned his lesson quickly. Other than that they both enjoyed the beach. We grabbed some dinner in Laguna and headed back. Jeremy had to get back to work :( I hated him driving that drive again, especially at night. He got home at 11 pm and went straight to the course. Hardest worker I know. Since Monday was a holiday they had to wait until Tuesday to get it all fixed. On Monday we played at the park and had a delicious cookout! Jeremy said he would be able to come back Tuesday once they were finished. So he got back to CA about 4 pm on Tuesday and then all "the kids" headed out to dinner while Mo and Tim babysat the kids. It was SO nice to have our first dinner without kids since the beginning of April! We had a blast. It was an awesome 5 days! The kids were really good, we had great company and just needed that refreshing trip. Those Knapps are the most generous people we know. They give, give, give and give some more. And sweet Kelly was Hannah's best friend. Megan and Owen bonded too :) They really took care of us- it was great! If we can do that drive again we might go back again in June and maybe take the kids to the beach again.
Im not going to lie- Im so glad that its already Thursday! It was really hard to leave but we will get back into our routine and countdown for Granmommy's visit!!  Now that we know we can make the trip to Cali- they better get ready for us :) Love you Knapps! Thanks for EVERYTHING!! You guys made the kids SO happy!


 he got us there safely!
 wasnt a huge fan, but the water was COLD!

 Laguna Beach!
 keeping a hat on this baldy will be tough!



 they both slept for almost two hours on the way home too!


Friday before we left one of the big parks close to us was having a movie in the park. It was GREAT! A beautiful night, the amphitheater was really neat and Hannah likes the movie Brave so that was good too! Since this was our first one, we werent as prepared as everyone else. They had pillows, sleeping bags, they were ready! Next time we will be prepared. I wish they did them twice a month but we will go whenever they have them. The squirmiest one, was Owen! This kid wont sit still!!







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