California: Part 1

It was so good to be back in California for a bit this November, to catch up with friends, and spend some time relaxing as a family.  We left Halloween night and drove straight through to Glendora, arriving around lunchtime on Saturday.  The kids did amazingly well and though it was exhausting we were thankful to be able to get the drive over with so quickly.  We stayed with our good friends the Wallaces, giving us and the kids a chance to catch up, and we were also able to attend our old church, our small group, and spend some time with my best friend Melinda and her family while we were there.  For me especially, it provided some much needed time to connect with people who know us well and who I've really missed this past year.

Once again I'm going to give all the photo credits to Andrea because in all the craziness of our two and a half days in Glendora I'm afraid that I didn't take any pictures of my own.

Good Morning Munchkins

Cooper, Sadie, Georgia, Wyatt, and Titus

Breakfast

On Sunday after church we may have taken over Rubios with our little clan.  So fun to see how big everyone has gotten.

Wyatt, Georgia, Sadie, and Lucie

Best friends love to match!

Bedtime Stories

The 3 big kids all shared a room and thought that was so much fun!

On Monday we went to the park.  Love all these little blessings!

Mason, Sawyer, Ava, Georgia, Titus, Sadie, Hayley, Mia, Wyatt, and Cooper

And we're starting to loose them...

Poor Hayley.  She's so sweet and this was a lot of commotion!

Bathtime

Sadie wasn't so sure about Titus' involvement in bath time.

Wyatt could care less and Cooper well he just takes it all in.

Sadie still loved playing with Titus and I'm pretty sure he couldn't get enough of her either.  They were very sweet together.

A little more play time!!!

Love this picture Andrea got of Sadie, except she looks so grown up!!!

Small Group

Crazy Kids

The personalities this picture shows and way that this captures the insanity of so many toddlers is absolutely amazing.

Top: Ava, Mia, Lucie, Sadie, Samson, and Georgia

Bottom:  Cooper, Mason, Wyatt, Sawyer, and Titus

There was a day way back when that none of us could really imagine having kids or being a parent, and then the next 5 years happened, and now we can't imagine our lives or each other any other way.