HEYO! Wow, I didn't really do much social stuff this weekend because we were up north vising family! But I'm back with the weekend recap!
Thursday/Friday - This sight is not unusual in SoCal, however it is really early in the year to start fire season. We have had 3 wild fires in the past 2 weeks all in our little area. This one, they are calling the Powerhouse fire and it has burned over 20K acres. It's going to be a long and dry summer so we are gearing up to see more smoke! Friday, we threw everything in a couple of bags and hit the road (D already brought pup to the Laws house) and made the 3 hour drive up....despite the MANY construction zones and white knuckling areas.
Once we arrived our Goddaughter took no time in getting us situated in her routine.....meaning your going to chase her around the house for an hour, then D got to "read" her 20+ books while trying to keep his attention to conversation and the movie. Finally at 2AM little miss was so tired that she cried herself to sleep. Poor thing didn't want to miss any excitement!
Saturday - We awoke, played and ate breakfast. Then we got ready to head out to the Zoo. It was in the triple digits so we pounded back the water and wandered around looking at all the animals. I liked the Sea Lion exhibit and the Poison Dart frogs! They are so colorful and teeny! Why do they have to be poisonous! Also, little miss didn't want to walk but Uncle D nor Daddy was good enough....she wanted me! Awe.....until the third hour when my shoulders and back were screaming! I'm not used to carrying 40 pounds for three hours, but it was totally worth it!
After the zoo, we had ice cream and made lots of messes! After that we prepped for dinner until we got a phone call from my cousin. She (mom) had gone to a b-day party and on her way home the car overheated and broke down 45 minutes from home. We rallied together and D and I baby sat while my cousin drove to rescue her. On their way home, poor things got pulled over and at least did not get a ticket! Whew! We enjoyed our evening with little miss watching movies, reading books, and cuddling. I could have lived without the Barney movie though.
Sunday we were exhausted from the heat and excitement so we relaxed most of the morning. My cousin was enlisted to make a scrapbook page for an Eagle Scout function (his dad is the scout master) so we all helped by putting in some ideas and at the end he actually had fun. Scrapbooking is fun once you get an idea down, but honestly who asks a dozen teenager/adult men to make scrapbook pages?!!? I want to see how the other pages turned out!! After that we packed up, got our huggies and was on our way home.
It was a wonderful weekend and we were both so happy to see our family. It always makes me feel better to be around loved ones!!!
Thursday/Friday - This sight is not unusual in SoCal, however it is really early in the year to start fire season. We have had 3 wild fires in the past 2 weeks all in our little area. This one, they are calling the Powerhouse fire and it has burned over 20K acres. It's going to be a long and dry summer so we are gearing up to see more smoke! Friday, we threw everything in a couple of bags and hit the road (D already brought pup to the Laws house) and made the 3 hour drive up....despite the MANY construction zones and white knuckling areas.
Once we arrived our Goddaughter took no time in getting us situated in her routine.....meaning your going to chase her around the house for an hour, then D got to "read" her 20+ books while trying to keep his attention to conversation and the movie. Finally at 2AM little miss was so tired that she cried herself to sleep. Poor thing didn't want to miss any excitement!
Saturday - We awoke, played and ate breakfast. Then we got ready to head out to the Zoo. It was in the triple digits so we pounded back the water and wandered around looking at all the animals. I liked the Sea Lion exhibit and the Poison Dart frogs! They are so colorful and teeny! Why do they have to be poisonous! Also, little miss didn't want to walk but Uncle D nor Daddy was good enough....she wanted me! Awe.....until the third hour when my shoulders and back were screaming! I'm not used to carrying 40 pounds for three hours, but it was totally worth it!
After the zoo, we had ice cream and made lots of messes! After that we prepped for dinner until we got a phone call from my cousin. She (mom) had gone to a b-day party and on her way home the car overheated and broke down 45 minutes from home. We rallied together and D and I baby sat while my cousin drove to rescue her. On their way home, poor things got pulled over and at least did not get a ticket! Whew! We enjoyed our evening with little miss watching movies, reading books, and cuddling. I could have lived without the Barney movie though.
Sunday we were exhausted from the heat and excitement so we relaxed most of the morning. My cousin was enlisted to make a scrapbook page for an Eagle Scout function (his dad is the scout master) so we all helped by putting in some ideas and at the end he actually had fun. Scrapbooking is fun once you get an idea down, but honestly who asks a dozen teenager/adult men to make scrapbook pages?!!? I want to see how the other pages turned out!! After that we packed up, got our huggies and was on our way home.
It was a wonderful weekend and we were both so happy to see our family. It always makes me feel better to be around loved ones!!!
