Family Weekend

Justin's uncle Hank flew in from Kansas for his 40th high school reunion. He needs some help getting around these days so Justin picked him up from the airport and he stayed at our house. They went to the reunion on Saturday and had a great time. Justin also saw his "Aunt Donna and Uncle Ernie". After the reunion, they went to visit his grandpa's sister. It was good for him to see her, but it was hard because she is really loosing her memory. Hank left Sunday morning. It was a quick trip, but Justin was glad to see him. And he was so excited to take him for a ride in his old car.

His grandma had been visiting her sister in Auburn (2-2 1/2 hours from our house) and needed a ride home to Watsonville (1 1/2 hours the other direction from our house). He was going to pick her up at her sister's house. But his grandma's nephew Ernie offered to drive her to our house and split the difference. So all three of them came to our house for a little while today. We caught up, and of course they went for a cruise in the old car. This used to be grandma's car so it was so cool just seeing her sitting in it with her sister.!

Justin's b-day

We celebrated Justin's actual birthday by having him work. I cooked a big dinner and we had my mom and sister Mikaila over. The next day we headed to Santa Cruz. We picked up our nephews on the way. We visited our old church. We were going to go to the pier and have clam chowder bread bowls for lunch, but it seemed to crowded that way. So we drove around and ended up at Carpo's for a nice lunch with our nephews. We also stopped by Justin's grandfather's grave site. The boys had never been there before and it was special for them to see where he is buried.


After lunch, we went to a car show and hung out with Dan, Michelle, Lucus, Alyssa and Teagan. The kids had a great time playing together and Dan's car ended up winning best in show. After a few hours we decided to head to the boardwalk to meet Jerry, Kelly and Landon. However, it was very crowded and by the time we all met up, we had to head back to our car. I did get the chance to give the boys a funnel cake for the first time. I just love being able to help them try new things and see new things. Overall the day was a lot of fun- even though Paige did not nap.

The Jungle Adventure

The other day we were watching Paige's favorite show "Caillou" and they were pretending to be in a desert. And Paige decided she wanted to go to the Jungle. So Justin, being the creative father he is, took her to the closest thing to a Jungle he could find- The local creek. They had a great time exploring.

A day at the Beach- Without leaving home

While we have had a relatively cold summer, we had a bit of a heat wave a few weeks ago. Justin hadn't started working yet so he decided to bring Hawaii back to our house. He bought some playsand and set up "Paige's Beach". They had a great day and even had a picnic outside.

Photo Dump

Just some random cute pictures of Paige.

She insisted on wearing just her tutu- And I mean it is just her tutu.

Eating a lolipop with daddy since mommy doesn't actually give her lollipops.

She always wants to help, so I started putting her to work husking corn. It is our new thing.

She love trying on hats, just doesn't usually wear them too long

Trying on daddy's helmet

Frist Curlers

In Hawaii, Paige saw the curlers in my Nana's hair and was fascinated. I told her we would put some curlers in her hair when we got home. I thought I still had some of those pink squishy ones that I used to use when I was a kid. But all I had was these white ones that don't stay in as well overnight. We used them anyway. She was thrilled. And (I forgot to take pictures), her hair was so cute curly the next day.