Road Trip to NorCal

Greetings friends and family,

We travelled through the night crawling across the bland desert chasing the sunset. Once we broke through foggy central california we arrived at Oma and Opa's house early morning.

But before I get to that here are some highlights from the past few days. The weekend was a whirlwind because of the short time we had to pack and prepare for the trip. I encountered one of those "it's TOO quiet" moments while hanging out with the twins. Come to find out Layla spent several minutes in deep observation of... herself.


She was very fascinated by the funny faces she could make. At one point she tried to bite the mirror and I'm not sure why.

The twins asked to go see Ariel the Mermaid in the fountain so we walked around the murky in-ground tank and I did my best to keep their hands out of the dyed water. Their double smiles really are contagious.



Easton is turning into quite a Romeo. I ran the twins through the freshly-watered park area and Easton came across two lone dandelions shooting up from the ground. He picked them both and said, "these are for Mommy".


I got stuck carrying them home, but he checked regularly to make sure they were safe. We floated them in a cup of water just for presentation impact to Mommy and she was very appreciative.

It has taken a couple of days to get our sleep schedule straightened out. I laid my head on Kendra's lap while we zoned out to watch some TV. Layla wanted to join in the restful place next to Mommy and of course I was happy to comply.


As you can see Easton and Layla wasted no time immersing Oma and Opa into the play-time frenzy.


Opa took the opportunity to attempt teaching two-at-a-time to catch. Since he deals with teaching large groups of kids how to do this kind of thing every day, he was right in his element with the twins. Time to start working on Layla's golf swing!


Layla is seen here attempting to squeeze Oma's ear plug in Easton's ear. Oma and Opa may snore, but we have been so wiped out the past couple of nights that both Kendra and I have slept like undisturbed logs.


We are all finishing up the work week early in preparation for Uncle Jeff's funeral and family time so there should be a lot more large group interactions coming up in the next couple of days.

See you soon!