To end our traveling adventures, we headed down south 2 days after we got home from SF. Originally, we were planning on going down there on Thursday, but then a meeting came up that Garth needed to be at down in Ontario. So we went down there first.
We had quite the adventure in the Sheraton hotel in Ontario, where we not only were in the room with Sienna, but Colby was with us as well. That made for some fun times the next morning when Garth was at work and I was stuck in a hotel room trying to get Sienna to take a nap without her seeing us, while trying to keep Colby quiet (not easy when there are doors slamming in the hallway and people talking out there!). But, it made for some good memories.
Sienna having breakfast
Colbs, after he's been denied food from Sienna
When Garth was done with his meeting, we headed over to some of our closest friends, Heidi and Randy, to see their new house in Murrietta. We had a great afternoon with their 3 kiddos and we had a great dinner together. We desperately miss being closer to them!
Heidi and I with Luke, Lily,Sienna, and Landon
Future BFF's (they were born two weeks apart!)
They already love hanging out together, just like their mamas
After staying the night with them, we left in the morning to head over to Garth's mom's house. We had such a fun time being with his family over the next few days. Our nephews and niece were there and Sienna LOVED watching them and being near them. She was in love with her little cousin, Klaire, and would crawl over to her bouncer and sit and watch her. We had a great time with the whole family. We love them so much and wish we all lived closer so we could get together more.
Sienna's first time on a swing (yes, hard to believe! But the ones in Visalia are too hot right now to put her little cute legs in!). She was a little unsure at first.
She grew to love it!
Garth and Nana pushing the kids-Kimu, Sienna, and Karson
Thursday night, we went to a fabulous restaurant in Irvine to celebrate grandma and grandpa's 60th anniversary! . What an amazing couple they are, what an awesome accomplishment to reach!! They have taught us so much and we are so grateful to have their love and support in our lives. We had a wonderful evening in the back room of an Italian restaurant. Garth's whole family was there and it was a blast! The room was beautiful and it had a big long table to fit all of us. It even had it's own deck right off of the room, that opened to a pond where there were ducks, koi fish, and turtles. The kids had a blast out there and probably spent the majority of the night feeding the ducks and the fish pieces of bread (no wonder we were going through so many baskets of bread, ha!). Sienna loved watching the ducks swim over to us and kept pointing to go back outside.
**Thanks Grandpa for letting me steal a couple of your pictures!**
All the kids wore matching Hawaiian outfits that Grandpa and Grandma gave them. They looked sooo cute. Here we are with cousins Sienna and Klaire!
Uncle Jack-sharing memories
Grandma and Sienna
Are my nephews not the most handsome boys you've ever seen? I just LOVE them!!
Karson making Sienna laugh
It was a wonderful night, filled with laughter and love, as we celebrated the marriage of two very important people-grandma and grandpa.
We finished up our vacation, hanging out at Nana's house eating away, with the kids playing and having fun, and basking in the sun outside :).
Sienna LOVES her walker from her Auntie and Uncle!
How precious are these cousins? I can't wait for all the memories they will share together!
We had a wonderful summer, but we are happy to be back home, getting in the groove of the new school year (which begins on Monday). It will be another great year ahead, I'm sure!
