California Trip 2017: Fun at Nonna & Grandpa's

We had an amazing time hanging out with Nonna, Grandpa and all the cousins! We ate, swam, sleep and repeat! 

Family Dinner: Reid Tacos! Yum!

Red Chile Sauce Anyone? We enjoyed it for days... thank you Nonna for being so accommodating to 3 vegans and 2 celiac gluten free girls!

So. Delish.

We enjoyed several family dinners where Aunt Katie and Aunt Sarah would come over with the cousins and play. Uncle Ted drove in for a visit one day and hung out with us, and we enjoyed seeing Jerry's side of the family too! 

Sydney and the crazy kids. Boy, all the kids wanted to be her bestie, and she was so sweet to to them!

All the cousins got along GREAT and had a blast playing together

Nonna and Maddie swimming

The girls were able to officially begin swimming without arm floats, and I think the lessons plus the positive peer pressure from the cousins helped get them to be independent swimmers :) Andrew enjoyed the pool, and also loved splashing in the water table with his trucks.

The Boy Cousins: Andrew (21 mo) Nate (8 yrs) 

Drew had to do some exploring of Nonna and Grandpa's new house... 

 I found the tupperware for you Nonna!

We took a huge family photo with all of Nonna and Grandpa's kids and grandkids, and it ended up being the same photographer who took our wedding pictures. They pictures turned out great, and we can't wait to get ours to hang in our house!

After church we headed to Hodel's Buffet

A visit to Bakersfield is never complete without a trip to Rosemary's for a Black and Tan... with extra hot fudge and caramel of course! 

Andrew's first bite of a Rosemary's Sundae.... It was a HIT!

Cousin Bonding Time...

The Crew: Andrew (21 mo), Madison (5 yr), Ameia (5 yrs), Lindsay (7 yrs), Katarina (7 yrs), Nate (8 yrs)

When my sister-in-law's and I were pregnant at the same time, this is what we envisioned of our kiddos, growing up together and having fun!!

Nonna took us to John's Pizza... Andrew was hesitate to ride the train at first, but after a minute we couldn't get him off of it!

He cracked a smile finally

Whee! 

Go around again, Nonna!

Thank you so much for hosting us in your new house! We absolutely love it, and made so many sweet memories swimming, eating and laughing together. We love you and can't wait to come back next year!! xo