CA vacation

Quinn and her Grandpa. She was all smiles at Nick.

Quinn loved Grandpa's beard and Emerson thought it was silly. See his little superimposed head in the bottom right corner?

After a pretty smooth 6-hour flight from Boston to LA my mom picked the kids and I up at the airport. From the moment I saw her little smiling face at the airport, I felt so happy to be spending 2 weeks together. I miss my momma something fierce and having the whole country between us has been a little hard.

So, we stayed near LAX for the night which allowed me to see my friend Monique. My mom watched the kids while Monique and I went out to sushi and walked around Santa Monica. It was so nice to be out with my best girlfriend just talking and relaxing without being concerned with bedtimes and dirty diapers. Thank goodness for nannies, I mean moms.

The next morning we headed for Atascadero, and were able to see my friend Louis and his adorable family on the way. His wife made us an unbelievable breakfast while Louis took pictures and Emerson played with Ethan and Jonas. Here's the link to the amazing pictures Louis took. I'm sure you'll see some of these on our walls someday.

http://mixandfade.smugmug.com/gallery/9055070_dMZCq/1/602713254_S845y