Thursday, July 17, 2014

Vacation fun

We've had a busy couple of weeks! The 4th of July was really fun, starting with meeting up with some old friends from Kansas for breakfast.

egg and rainbow dash 
The food was very, very good. The kids' menus had eggs to color on the back and the kids had a lot of fun with that. This one is Rainbow Dash.

 fireworks2014 
Later on, we had friends over for dinner and visiting, ending with watching our city's fireworks show. It was pretty good!

Then we got up at 4:30 a.m. the next morning and got on an airplane to California. We stayed with my sister-in-law at her (very kind and gracious) mom's house for a few days and then went to San Diego to a family reunion where we celebrated my grandpa's upcoming 90th birthday. I also got to spend time with a very good friend that I hadn't seen since 2008.

We went and watched the sunset one night. It was so pretty. And much earlier than where we live.
cousins

We saw airplanes and a Ripley's Believe it or Not exhibit at the Air and Space Museum.
hulk

And Lego Doctor Who, when we ate at the mall food court. Bowties are cool.
lego doctor 


I made quilted zipper pouches and brought them for my sisters and SILs that I saw on the trip. I need to make one of these for myself, soon!
zippy pouches 

And I made bibs for two cousins who are expecting their first babies.
quilted bibs

It was so good to get reacquainted with siblings, nieces and nephews, cousins, and everyone else. These feet belong to a really cute and sweet 2 year old niece. I came home feeling exhausted but also full of so much love for my whole family. I'm so glad we were able to spend time with all our loved ones.
 cute feet

2 comments:

Diane Warburton said...

You've had a fab time and so good to be part of such a big friendly family. I only have a very small family who never get together, so despite any little arguments that may have happened on your get-together, within a large group of people, take away all the good feelings of belonging to a group x

Lee said...

Sounds like a wonderful time! Thank you I received my set of potholders and love them!! I could not remember if I had emailed you! You sewing is lovely. I am in love with you fox and geese block!