This year we decided to escape the intense Texas heat (like everybody else out here) and spend an entire month in California! We headed out on Friday afternoon for the TWENTY-THREE hour drive and decided we would just drive straight through. I know. We're crazy, right?! But, we have decided that driving through the night is so much better in so many ways. Yes, Don and I are exhausted from staying up to drive, but we sleep every chance we get in the passenger seat. The kids do so much better because they are sleeping for almost half of the drive and since we are too, it makes the trip go quite a bit quicker. It was still a looooong time to be in a car but we were so excited for the days and weeks ahead that it was worth it!
Our first destination was Bakersfield where my brother and his family live. We finally arrived and within minutes the big girls were all dressed the same, decked out in tons of jewelry and dancing and singing along to loud music. The PARTY had begun!
All of the kids have cousins their age so they just played and played and played.
One night we went to a family's home that has a home theater and watched Alice in Wonderland. This home theater was quite incredible. It had 11 reclining leather chairs, each with it's own blanket, a huge screen with amazing surround sound, a popcorn machine just like at the theater, a soda machine (free, of course) and bowls and bowls of chocolate and candies that our children basically inhaled. It was pretty awesome.
Trevor and Natalie have a bird and Ethan spent every chance he could making it talk and kiss him and playing peek-a-boo with. It was the coolest, sweetest little bird! I swore I would never have a pet, but I just might consider getting a bird like Bella....
Our days in Baketown consisted of swimming and eating and barbecuing and more swimming and more eating. It was so relaxing and just nice to visit and catch up with family.
The 4th of July was the best day! We spent it river rafting down the Kern River (post to follow) and enjoying our very own fireworks show put on by Trevor and Don. The kids loved it.
Our last day was Gillian's birthday. It was a dream come true to get to spend it with her cousins!
Gilli got the Justin Bieber movie and was sooooo happy and excited.
We were sad to leave. We had such a great week with my brother's family. We felt spoiled and pampered and loved. Until next year....
1 comment:
I can attest-the drive is always worth it! Your family really knows how to party! But Justin Bieber? ;) You know, we're waiting for your theater room to be just like that before we come to Texas, right? You should get on that. :)
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