We went to Santa Rosa the 2nd half of our week in California. We told my parents we were coming down, but we thought it would be fun to really surprise John's parents, so we didn't tell them at all we were coming. We made an excuse on Sunday when we were at my parents house that we couldn't skype because Olivia "broke our camera". Then John's dad called us everyday that week, so we thought he might have known we lied. We were just being paranoid.
We went to his office, but he went to the gym, so his secretary called him and said there was an emergency in his office and he needed to come back right away. I'm sure he wasn't disappointed when he saw us and went to In and Out for lunch instead.
Olivia loved the little kitty that at John's parents' house. She would run to the door every morning and talk to the kitty.
On Thursday, we had to go to the beach. The weather was actually really nice, but it is always cold at the ocean beach. We had so much fun and I wished we could have stayed longer. Olivia was having so much fun playing with daddy and staring at the birds.
Jocelyn was just hiding in the warm blankets.
On Friday we went to Angel Island (as seen in the back). There was only one boat in and one out, so we woke up early, and packed up the kids and went to Angel Island with John's mom.
Waiting in line for the boat!
We decided hike up to the top of the mountain instead of going all the way around. Jocelyn was asleep most of the time, but here she is at the beginning before falling asleep.
The trail was easy, but to start the hike, you need to go up some stairs. My legs burned even though it was only 50 steps. It must be there to weed out all the wimps.
Here we are at the summit! Olivia is asleep behind John on the only patch of shade at the top.
On the way down, we thought Olivia was asleep, but then we heard "Tree! Tree!"
We made it all the way down and we're alive! It wasn't very hard and it was the perfect family activity.
We thought the boat left at 1:10, but it didn't leave until 2:20, so we ate with a bunch of Chinese kids probably doing math problems on the cell phones.
And here's my little baby!
On Saturday we went up to Silver Springs NV to visit John's Grandma Ruthie. Olivia went outside to help her grandpa and daddy with the BBQ.
That night we stayed in a hotel. I thought the girls could sleep on the same bed, but Olivia rolled all around the queen-sized bed.
On Sunday before heading back home, we went back to Grandma Ruthie's and took some pictures, visited, and ate ice cream for breakfast. Here is the 4-generation picture!
The nice thing about Grandparents is that they love bathing their grandkids and change their diapers.
Olivia probably doesn't know this, but this is the last time she will ever be pictured with Mustang, her FAVORITE cat. He's going to what we call "a kill shelter". No, he isn't, but John's parents are getting rid of the cat. Olivia will be devastated, but hopefully she's forget him.
