First trip to the Coast

Holden took his very first trip of many to the coast this past weekend! We all had such a great time despite the rain and cramped quarters and definitely did not want to come home. Ate a ton, relaxed a ton and played games. My favorite night was our last night when we all played Spoons! I hadn't played that game in so long and it was so fun!!!

Here's our Moose seconds before leaving on our trip. He did so great on the drive over. We stopped twice for me to feed him and he pretty much slept the rest of the time. He only got really fussy the last 20 minutes of the drive and it was because he was hungry and probably tired of his car seat. With Grandma at Mary Lou's in Clear Lake. We had a nice lunch here but the wind sure was cold.

Lately he's very interested in what we are putting in our mouths and he loves bottles. He's always staring at daddy's beer bottle...

Holden's first walk on the old log road at Ward Beach. He really likes going for rides in the front carrier.

Sound asleep.

For some reason he is so relaxed in the carrier and usually falls asleep.

Cousins - Holden and Gavin (and Uncle Brad)

We had a couple of meals at The Wharf. On Thursday we were able to sit out on the patio with the heaters on. Holden slept for the first 20 minutes and then had a great time hanging out. Here he is playing with daddy.

After a nice nap (or right before - I can't remember), just chillin' with daddy and watching some baseball.

Grandpa put his glasses on him and he is trying to look down at them. I snapped this picture and when we looked at it we were all cracking up. The look on his face is hilarious!

Gavin-nator! I love this kid!

Some of the family playing The Farming Game.

Lance and my dad left Saturday evening and the rest of us came home on Sunday. We took our time coming home and it was so nice. Usually we are in such a hurry to get on the road and get home, but I have to say, I really liked breaking up the drive and taking it slow. Holden didn't do as well on the drive home either. He fell asleep just as we left the house but after stopping for coffee and gas and some other stuff, it took us an hour to get out of town and he woke up just before. He eventually fell asleep only to wake up shortly after because the road got bumpy. Then he decided he was starving so we pulled over at some recreation spot in Clear Lake so I could feed him. Then we went on to Lucerne (also in Clear Lake) and met up with Brad, Jill and Gavin for lunch. There's a park across from where we ate so after lunch we went over and played on the swings for a few minutes.

Holden started to fall asleep in the swing and did fall asleep right when we got back on the road. Unfortunately again he didn't sleep long and I think it was because Lorrelda kept coughing. We made another stop at a rest stop where I fed him again and then 45 minutes later we were in Chico. Holden and I pulled in at 6:25 Sunday night and he promptly went to bed.

We can't wait for our next trip with Gran, Gramps, Adi, Grandma and Grandpa in July!