Matt had Thursday, July 4th off this year, so he worked 30 hours Monday through Wednesday, and on Thursday morning we took off as early as we could manage (which isn't nearly as early as we could've left without two little ones). The girls did pretty great for the five hour car trip to Matt's parents' house in California.
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| on the road |
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Charlotte and Grandpa
Happy Fourth! |
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| We loved the weather and the backyard! |
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| Check out that huge, orange dragonfly and the beautiful water lily. |
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| Charlotte and Daddy |
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| Elise loves going to Grandma and Grandpa's house. |
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| Grandma and Charlotte |
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| trying a carrot right out of the garden |
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| Now, that's a fun way to get kids to eat more vegetables! |
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| Elise pulling up carrots with Grandpa |
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| She loved the cherry tomatoes. |
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| Charlotte enjoyed the peas |
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| Grandpa and Charlotte napping |
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| Grandma and Elise playing |
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| I loved watching these two together. |
A friend of Matt's parents let us use her pool while she was out of town. It was so nice!
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| Elise, of course, loved the diving board. |
We also had some fun in the kiddie pool in the backyard.
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| Elise loved playing with the apples that had fallen from the trees. |
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We also ate way too much delicious, homemade cherry pineapple ice cream.
So yummy! |
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| saying goodbye |
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| Bad traffic on the way home, 20mph on the freeway, was a little rough on everyone, but we made it! |
This was such a fun little weekend trip. It was so nice just to visit and relax together. Thanks, Patti and Craig, for having us!
