June 26, 2006

• Wednesday evening Mom, Dad. Julie and little girls showed up around 6:30 on their way to the CA reception.  I am finally in a home where I feel like I can accommodate a few people.  So we ate, relaxed and slept.  The visiting crew took off in good time the next morning and by then I had the full blown flu…something I haven’t enjoyed since I was 12.  I had forgotten what loads of fun it is.  I managed to finish our preparations to also leave for CA between collapses while Brian finished up some errands.  We finally left Vegas at around 4pm which put us in Calabasas at just after 9. 

  
  

  Friday Tracy C did family pictures for us.  Brian has that disc with him so no pictures right now, but there are quite a few post worthy shots.  I am glad to have that done.  It is stressful to try to keep kids faces scratchless, get coordinating clothing, and all look nice at the same time, and then get everyone looking good in the same shot.  It helped that Julie was there doing the bootie dance, it kept everyone smiling.

  
  

  Wedding prep was going on all that day and we skipped out a little early to attend the Santa Paula Ward BBQ.  That was a lot of fun.  I wish I could have enjoyed the tritip.  It smelled really good, but my stomach wouldn’t tolerate it.  They send us home with bags of fresh avocados (mmmmmmmmmmmm) and other fresh garden produce everyone had there to share.  Serra thought the carrots with the greens still attached were quite clever and I caught her snacking on those several times.  It was so nice to see everyone again.  We sure miss that ward. 

  
  

  Saturday the finishing touches on the wedding.  I laid low in the cooler house with the kids while most of the stuff got finished outside.  It was nasty hot and humid out.  Then just as the reception started a layer of clouds moved in and a cool breeze picked up.  NICE!  It was an enjoyable evening.  We visited with a lot of people we hadn’t seen in a long time.  Shayla even brought her family our from San Diego.  Her 1 year old Isabella looks just like Rosie.  It was uncanny.  Julie has those pictures on her camera.  After the reception we all met back at the Calabasas house, including Rich’s folks, Don and Rosemary and  Dallas cooked up quite a feast.  Mom and Dad had to take off and that was a real turn around.  Then Serra and Rich took off too.  As Julie, Jared, Dallas, Brian and I sat in the living room we commented that it was weird that there we were hanging out at Mom and Dads and they are the ones that flew off home somewhere. 

  
  

  Sunday morning it took us longer than we wanted but we made it out the door.  We decided to head over to the beach just to drive up the coast a bit.  We headed north and then cut across to Santa Paula to drop off a car seat I promised someone, and then it was off to Vegas.  We stopped at Brian’s parents and they fed us a nice dinner before giving Mo back to us so we could go home. 

  
  

  Laundry is nearly complete, house is nearly in order, Rosie finally went down for a nap, another bag is packed, and we await the call to head to Cedar to keep an eye on the 4 cousins whilst the 5th one makes her debut. 

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