Memorial Day

Memorial day some of us had breakfast out on the new patio!

Joshy snuggled up in our bed to watch some cartoons

We had a great set-up at the park for our afternoon of picnicking and game playing!

Trip to Oceanside/Visiting Auntie Joan

On the first Saturday we were here our whole family went on the Metrolink down to Oceanside. It was a really fun trip!

Matt driving Phoebe's car and the one right in front of us is Mom & Dad in the Buick

It was so funny because we were trying to buy tickets but weren't able to at the Fullerton station. So we got on the train with no tickets, and then went to buy them in Oceanside and still couldn't. So we got all the way back to Fullerton and bought our tickets before we headed home. =)

 Our first seats - after this we moved 2-3 times and then finally found a car all to ourselves!

We had lunch at Ruby's!

Joshy let me built the toy that came with his kid's menu

Sam & Sarah were going to go on a date that evening but Sarah started feeling sick.

So Sam went to bring home some food and I set up a picnic for them outside.

We went to Grama's house to spend some time with Auntie Joan on her last night here. Phoebe and I made strawberry shortcake for dessert!

California Activities

Rebecca was our resident expert plumber for the new patio we put in! She took the sprinkler lines and extended them to past where the pavers would go so the grass could still be watered. Jonathan and Ethan were great help with that. =)

Grams soaking up the sun and overseeing the project!

Sarah was exhausted from juggling school and having Sam there.

Jonathan joined her after he finished his nap.

Badminton boys!

This whole project was thought of after our camping trip in March when I made some comments about using the canopy in the back yard for the summer. Mom & Dad bought the pavers on Craigslist for a great deal as well as a whole set of patio furniture! It was amazing that this entire project was done in just under a week!

After the stones were set we had to sweet and pack sand into the cracks

It became a fun family activity!

That night Sarah made tortas and we had Joel and Amy over for dinner.

Sarah's Mexican dish was a big hit although it took some convincing a few people to put beans on bread...

We played a really fun game that Joel's family taught us. Two lines of people hold hands and compete against each other to rotate completely through the line. The two people at the front of the line watch a coin get flipped and if it's heads they squeeze hands and the last person has to try and grab an apple. Whoever gets the apple gets to go to the front of the line. But if you grab the apple and it was tails you rotate the other way. This was a fun game and especially funny when people would squeeze at the wrong time over and over!