Family Weekend

My mom, brother, sister and nephew all came to visit this last weekend. My sister graduated with her Master’s Degree (!!) so this was her grad gift from Mom – to come out for an all-expenses paid trip to visit yours truly. They were here for about 3 days and, as always, it went by too fast.

Day one was Disneyland. This is already my nephew’s 3rd trip (lucky guy!) and so far this one was the most fun. He is 2 and 1/2 now and so there was more emotion from him this time – he got excited to say hi to the characters and ride the choo-choo train and fly with Dumbo. He went on his first roller coaster and got scared of the dark on some of the other rides. I didn’t realize how creepy Disneyland can be for a little kid! But he was such a trooper and honestly, just so well-behaved and fun to be around. I love this boy. He is just too cute for words. Even I got to do some rides that I’ve never done before, so it was just an awesome day. And, by the way, Captain EO has returned for a limited time, so that was 80’s awesome!
Day two, we kind of got rained out! So that was a bummer. But everyone insisted it was a good thing because they got to rest after the long day at Disney. We grabbed a late lunch at the world-famous Pink’s and hung out at the house watching movies and the Olympics. We played a couple games and stayed in for a pizza dinner. It was a packed house, but I kind of like it that way. It’s cozy and reminded me of growing up together in our small house.
Day three, the girls went shopping and the boys slept in. Hubby baby-sat and even though he was nervous to be left at home with the kid, it went just fine. Everyone wanted different things for lunch, so we got it all to-go and ate back at the house. Then we stopped by to see the In-Laws and eat Thrifty ice cream before they had to get back on the road. All day, my poor nephew kept asking if we could go back to “Dinneylan” and ride the “Geo-Trax Train” (aka the Monorail). When he realized we weren’t going back, he was so sad and cried big crocodile tears. I felt so bad! I wanted to take him back right then and there. But there’s always next time. And hopefully that next time is sooner than later.

Here he is wearing Grandma’s glasses – upside down. Totally crackin’ me up!!!

I know they all got home really late last night, but hopefully it was a worthwhile trip. I know for me, it was so much fun. I even cried when they left! Come back soon, ya hear?!

5 Comments
  1. Your nephew is adorable. Such a cutie! Is he promised to anyone? Cause my Sophia is available 😉

  2. and…. why does he look likes he’s 7?! i’m not ready for that….

  3. yeah yeah yeah!!! doing it again so soon! love you sissy, i think this was one of the best in a while for some reason – maybe because it was all for me hahaha but besides that it was so great and fun. thanks for always being THE photographer too because these pictures actually do the trip some justice 🙂 anyway loves! you’re the total best!

  4. I had a lot of fun – as always. Thanks for the great times. You really are the family entertainer and creator of memories. Love it!

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