Well, really it was the Whitney 2010 Reunion in San Diego like it has been for the past two years, and I convinced my parents and sister to meet us at my Grandparent's house near L.A. for a mini reunion.
And we didn't have enough room in our 48-lb suitcases to stock up on real tortillas. Sad day!
Anyway, we flew out on the 1st and finally got to my grandparents' house way too late. Oliver was amazing on the flight, and we kept him awake on the car ride home (remind me to fly to the Ontario airport instead of LAX. LAX is absolutely insane!), so he woke us up right on time at 7am PST, putting him right on schedule (aside from the fact that he rarely even sleeps until 6, 7 is the ideal we are always going for). We spent the day relaxing, Matthias and Oliver went on a swim while I was adding the adjustments to my swim suit. Kind of a blah day, but perfect with plenty of sweet rolls and relaxation. Just what we needed!
On Saturday, Matthias, Oliver, and I went to the 4th of July scouting fundraiser breakfast with my Grandpa. Fun was had by all, and Oliver loved the sausage.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
We went swimming again (gotta love Grandma's swimming pool!) and were excited for my Dad and Kathleen to arrive that night (my mom had flown in on Tuesday I think). We had a big dinner with them, and Uncle Jeff's family came over too, and much fun was had by all. Uncle Jeff had been in charge of their ward's breakfast, so we got lots of oranges and eggs (we made delicious deviled eggs) from them. Seriously, there's nothing like fresh-squeezed orange juice, no matter what those cartons tell you is in them. I did miss my calcium supplement though.
Sunday was Independence Day. Boy was it weird to go to Sunday School and Relief Society. I've been in nursery and then primary for too long. Both were really good though, and I even got a copy of the Constitution in Relief Society. It never ceases to amaze me how inspired that document is, no matter what history teachers tried to teach me.
We took a family picture outside of the Redlands Temple.
I know, stud, right? Can you get any cuter? Especially with those little flippy curls and shiny blue eyes?
Oliver just loved that little yellow man. He was happy in the pool with that little yellow man and a turtle that the man could ride in.
Eating a California leaf...
Meanwhile we were serenaded on the harmonica.
And Auntie Kathleen was enjoying every minute of it!
We all agreed that his face could have made us millions. We enjoy working our way through life though.
And to prove that he isn't always quite so studly, here are some of his sillier faces, that he makes all the time!
That night we had a big BBQ with Uncle Jeff's famous ribs. They were oh so good, and Oliver just devoured them up, along with some watermelon.
On Monday, Matthias, Kathleen, and I went on a run to the temple, and back again. Boy did that move set me back in my running skills. I need to get back on track. Afterward we went for a swim, and played an awesome game where we picked an orange off of my grandma's tree, and tossed it around until it broke, at which point we made a juicy mess eating it, not worrying because we were in the pool. It was way too much fun for how simple it was, and poor Matthias and Kathleen got sunburned because they weren't expecting to swim so long (by the way, I think that is the first time EVER that I was the only person who didn't get a sunburn. I was smart and applied, but I've learned the hard way many a time.)
That afternoon we saw Toy Story 3, which we loved. The ending was perfect.
On Tuesday was our 3rd Anniversary! Hooray! We thought we'd try to relive our honeymoon a little bit and visit Newport Beach, and a little restaurant we randomly found and fell in love with called Mama D's. It was raining much of the drive there, and cold and cloudy, but Matthias, Kathleen, and I had a blast boogie boarding, and my parents enjoyed playing with Oliver. We only played for a couple of hours because we knew we had his schedule to think of, but we had Mama D's to look forward to, so it was all right. After some fun beachin', we headed out, only to find that the power was out at Mama D's. Super disappointing, but we have a free appetizer whenever we make it back there again. Instead we went to Mimi's Cafe, which was good, but we were sentimentally a little disappointed.
Oh, and it was really fun to watch Oliver sleep on the ride to and from the beach.
On Wednesday we went to Six Flags! Well, Kathleen, Matthias, and I did. We couldn't convince anyone else to come. The rides were great, the Tatsu was still my favorite, and if we had stayed any longer than we did, 99% of our time would have been waiting for rides, so even though we missed a few and weren't able to finish on the Goliath (where you HAVE to start and finish), it was a ton of fun. Kind of wished we would have ridden the new Terminator ride and the X2, but we had a blast and didn't have whiplash headaches and were alert enough to drive home so that we could put Oliver to bed. Although we did miss the earthquake because we were driving.
Here are some fun photos we got with the characters, including the illegal one with both Wonder Woman AND Foghorn Leghorn in the same picture (it's only illegal if you are paying for it, and since we didn't buy these pics it is just fine. I think the individual companies get part of the proceeds or something like that. They were just fine with us taking pictures.).
On Wednesday we headed out to San Diego, and that will make for another post because I've already posted way too many pictures, and still need to get some from my Mom anyway, plus I want to go to bed so that Oliver's wake-up call won't feel as early.
