Sunny greetings from the Golden State!!

That Kid and I have been in the Golden State since Thursday. Yesterday was our first full day. He had a perfect plane ride, and I was just happy we got on the plane at all. Somehow, my brain got everything mixed up and we arrived at the airport at 9am for our 9:55 flight. We got on the plane at 9:45. I had sweat dripping down my face. I looked FABULOUS!

Yesterday, I got my hair cut. I get my hair cut every time I come visit. I have known my stylist since I was 3, and she used to sell me shoes. When the shoe store closed, she became a hair stylist, and has been doing my hair ever since. Yesterday, in a blast from the past, she once again sold me some shoes. :) I am now the very, very, very proud owner (Just ask That Grandma!) of a pair of white and silver Sketcher Shape Ups...and I can't wait to get back to the gym!!

Oooh...That Kid is awake. I better go see him, before he thinks I've left him here!!

Adventures with That Mama on vacation!!!

So...today is...oh...day 9 I think. So far we have spent time on the beach with our family at a picnic (pretty fun...we saw someone get handcuffed. Upon further inspection - i.e. a younger cousin "forgetting" her jacket in the car near where the guy was handcuffed - we discovered that he had stolen a SAND DOLLAR off the beach. It was a National Park. He also stole some pinecones, I think. Lame.), we went to a lame Independence Day parade (we went last year, too. Could have just stayed home...same stinkin' parade!), and had a birthday BBQ for my cousin Sister Smokes-a-Lot (her birthday is July 4, I always thought she was soooooo cool for having her birthday on Independence Day!), and set off some fireworks.

That Kid *hates*, and I repeat *hates* fireworks with a passion larger than most city displays. He cried. He screamed. He covered his ears and sobbed into That Papa's shoulder. He ended up inside watching Happy Feet. Fabulous. His two cousins joined them, and they had a grand old time.

So...when you're with That Grandma and That Papa, some pretty cool things happen. You get to eat M&Ms for breakfast. You get to eat canned whipped cream out of your hand for lunch. Several handfuls, in fact. You get to play in a giant froggy pool. You get to see dinosaurs!!!! RAWR!!!!!!

The trip getting here was pretty smooth, too! We drove from Denver to SLC - that took 13 hours with all the stops we had to make and all the getting lost that happened, and then left SLC at 6am Mountain time. At Midnight Pacific time, we pulled into That Grandma and That Papa's driveway. Four kids, three adults, and a total of 30 hours driving. That Kid had a lot of fun with the Buggy Kids....he got to watch DVDs until he fell asleep every day, he got tons and tons and tons of snacks, and he got to play with the kids. And we get to do it all over again on Monday.

Pictures will be posted when I get home...they will be plentiful.