Saturday, October 18, 2008

Catching up with family.

We were all laughing so hard at this poor unfortunate group. Until... We walked out looking like this (a Pilot whale came over to our group, all the others got was the little dolphins). Note that Natalie is not standing in a shadow and my pants have a dry patch at the top that shows their true color.

What the boys did yesterday.

Cute little guy, waiting for breakfast.
The Beluga whales are always fun to watch (usually we see them at the Vancouver Aquarium).
We encountered these guys out on their morning walk. They are strange and funny birds, lots of odd-ball personality.
Dun-dun-da-dun-dun SHAMU! SHAMU!
The dolphin experience awaits us.



Yesterday we spent the day where? Yup, the beach. I can totally imagine what kind of family we'd be if we lived down here (don't worry folks, my mother-in-law's neighbor just sold their little house for just over half a million... I think we'll stay in Bham's price range).
Then last night we headed over to Uncle Bryan and Aunt Barbara's house for dinner. Cousin Emily and her family showed up too, which was a very nice surprise. We got to see her daughter Brianna again (11??!!), and meet Emily's new husband and their ADORABLE son Joseph, who just turned 1.
We stayed up late laughing and talking, while baby Joseph went home with daddy and Natalie crashed on the couch. The other cousins (B and B, actually 3rd cousins to each other) laughed and talked all night inside while watching America's Funniest Home Videos. Which I totally loved because Brady just doesn't have any family to play with at home, so it was nice to see him making a connection with her. I loved playing with my cousins growing up, and my kids only have one cousin in WA, and we just don't get to see her that often.
Off to cash in our final day at Disneyland. Today we just plan on doing California Adventure because we're tired, and it's another weekend day so we're afraid of going back in to Disneyland after last time...



Tomorrow is a rest/clean (maybe beach?) day and we fly out Monday morning :(



2 comments:

Kate said...

Man, you've been there for like, a MONTH! Come home already and be miserable with me.

Brooke said...

Man, do you think you'll be able to pull together Bunco on Weds!? You may be in shock when you step off the plane into the cold fall air here!