This is the first post from my parents' visit to Santa Clarita, CA. It was SUCH a great visit and we loved our time with mom and dad! It had been a long while since we had seen my parents, but it didn't seem like that because we do FaceTime with them almost everyday! It gives us something to do during the day and we all love it!
Mom and dad arrived on a Thursday night and stayed overnight in L.A. They came to us as soon as they could and immediately basked in the awesomeness of their little grandbabes! It was fun to watch them goo and gah over each other. I love how my parents love our kids so much and how our kids adore their grandma and grandpa! What a blessing to have grandparents that love them SO dearly even when they live over 2,000 miles away!
My in-laws were out of town the week my parents were here so it worked out perfectly that they could stay over there. We all stayed a few nights together and then let them have the house to themselves half way through the week. Each morning we would meet up and decide what fun things we were going to do that day. The first day was PACKED as we drove to the Getty Museum, Santa Monica, and Malibu! Here are a few pictures from the first two full days with mom and dad!
Samuel just loves being with his grandpa! (whom he affectionately calls "humpah"...love it)
Tickles!
They adore each other!
Wearing one of abba's old snow hats from when he was a little guy! While we were at my in-laws' we went through a couple boxes that had a lot of Joshua's clothing and toys from when he was little. It was fun going down memory lane and picking out clothes that we thought would be fun for the boys to have.
Such a sweet face!
Benjamin smiles at grandma ALL. THE. TIME!
Lovey!
While staying at Grandpa's (Bill) house, Samuel just loved playing the piano! And driving his trains on the keys, too :)
Grandma made a great big breakfast for everyone on the first morning together!
Yummy! Thanks, grandma! :)
This helped get us all over SoCal! The whole time, Benjamin tried to strain his neck so that he could see what Samuel was watching. He's going to LOVE being in his forward-facing carseat in just a few months!
Waiting for the tram to take us to the Getty Museum in L.A.
More waiting...
By the way, Samuel did SUCH an awesome job being schlepped all over the place with little naps. There were many cranky times, but overall, he was pleasant and fun. Again, blessed we are!
The start to our day of walking! Everyone was a trooper (especially mom who had a BROKEN TOE!)
Just about nap-time!
The Getty in gorgeous! The last time I was here was when Joshua took me the first time I visited him in CA. It brought back lots of memories and was amazing to see how far the Lord has brought our little family in such a short time!
3/4 of my favorite men in the world!
Messin' around. I wanted to see what I really look like when I take pictures, so I had my dad do this. I'll have to post one of those when he passes them on to me :)
Yay! It was so bright in the courtyard, but such a fun place to run around and get some energy out!
Joshua went into the Sketching Gallery where they gave him paper and nice pencils to sketch paintings, or sculptures, or even photographs.
He chose a painting.
And did pretty well if you ask me!
Love love love! Photo credit: MOM!
Parents with the L.A. Skyline
I love my family.
After spending some time at the Getty, we drove to Santa Monica and walked around a bit. We stopped at P.F. Chang's for a late, yummy lunch!
Banana Spring Rolls. So good.
Benjamin enjoyed some, too, after he woke up from his nap in the stroller. Samuel was still sleeping, so we won't tell him what he missed ;)
Pigeons on our walk to the Santa Monica Pier. I thought this photo turned out pretty cool!
The houses down there are pretty extravagant...and...colorful!
Beautiful scenery. Really, CA is such a pretty place!
The Pier!
YUM YUM ice-cream!
Monkey and Abba...Samuel's two favorites!
The beach was crowded and beautiful!
In the arcade area of the Pier, they had a basketball game and FLORIDA GATOR balls! I felt like a piece of home was there on that pier :) GATOR NATION!
FUN!
A short photo-shoot of the little man, while Samuel and Abba walked in the arcade!
Thought this was a cool one, too :)
Happy boy!
Eating feet. That's the life!
After a LONG day of fun activities, we drove down the PCH listening to the Beach Boys and looking for the moon! It was SUCH a fun start to my parents' visit to CA!
More to come...
Wow, these are such beautiful photos - you are really learning the camera well! And what precious memories these will be. Your family, including your parents, are beautiful and remind me of just how good God has been to my sweet friend! Miss you and love you more!
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