A Trip to California

I had a really relaxing and low key trip at my parents house in California. My mom has not been feeling well the last 3 months and so I thought that if I brought the baby out to see her that it might help her cheer up and to get better faster. (She has not seen Crew since he was born). She had an allergic reaction to her blood pressure medicine which then caused her to feel SOOOO sick and weak and then that led to anxiety. Her potassium levels were also low which led to her feeling sooo sick. After weeks and weeks of tests and seeing many doctors and trying different medications, they finally have it all figured out. She is free of all prescriptions and learning to control her blood pressure and anxiety without medication. We are all so glad she is feeling better. My mom is such a good listener that she tried to tackle eveyones problems, which she needs to learn to not worry about  her kids. We have to solve our problems on our own.  

I decided to just bring the two little ones...Crew and Casen...which was a little tricky traveling without the help of my older two. But we made it. And I did not really have any major plans except to hang out with my parents and to let them enjoy Crew and Casen. My older two kids stayed home with Matt and with the help of my sister-in-law and my friend, they bounced back and forth to their houses during the day.

On Monday, I flew in and my brother picked me up from the airport. I am bummed I did not get any pics of him. This was the first time he met Crew. We drove down to my parents house in San Diego...he lives in L.A....and on the way we stopped at my sister Stephs house in San Clemente for a few hours and visited with her and her kids. I really do miss hanging out...our whole family. So it was really low key, but we just talked and got caught up.

Then that night, I just hung out with my parents. I ended up coming home to Logan with a sore throat because my mom and I were up too late talking every night. But my brother had to go back to LA that night, so I did not get to see him a ton.

Then Tuesday, my mom and I went shopping for a few hours at Target and the Carlsbad outlets. I kept telling her I could not buy alot because I had no room in my bags to bring it all home. But we had a nice time and ate SOOOOO bad that day. Way too many treats and junk. That night we just hung out at home again and ordered Robertos rolled tacos. The best tacos ever...with guac and cheese.

Then Wednesday, Steph came down with her little boys for half of the day...which Casen loved playing with Wright and Tristan. And we just sat around and talked all day too and got caught up. Then later that night, when my dad got home from work, we went out to eat at Chilis and then went for a walk on the beach. Casen was a little nervous of the loud waves. He kept saying "Beach Loud', but it sounded like he was saying "BIT** Loud." So freakin funny. Kinda like he talks about our fish at home, but he can't say his F's. So our fishies are called Bitchies at our house. Anyway, he loved the bunnies and the mice that we kept seeing in the brush by the beach.

Then the next day, I knew we had to go home, so I started doing some laundry and cleaning up and we spent the whole day just lounging and talking again. And we did end up visiting dad at his office and stopping by Stephs for a couple hours before heading to the airport. We did swim for about an hour at her house in San Clemente. I will post those pics when I get them.

So my older kids did miss me, but I was not ready to go home. I  miss not having my parents close by to watch my little ones grow up. But I was glad that my parents got to see Crew again and I was glad to see that my mom has improved so much.