Family Reunion and Southern California Adventures (Part I)

Over President's Day weekend, my whole family came to town for a vacation. The weather was unseasonably amazing, which was great, but mostly it was just really fun to be with everyone.

The first people to roll into town were Grandma and Poppy. We enjoyed showing them around our neck of the woods. Laura & Bret came the next day and we all took a trip down to our favorite beach.

Poppy and Norah. Classic.

Nathan is so strong he can hold Norah up just by his fingertips. I didn't write this, apparently.

One interesting tidbit from our beach visit is that a movie crew had just wrapped up a shoot. The set was for a film coming out this summer called 'Knight and Day,' with this beach scene to be set in Chile. So if you decide to see it, just be sure to imagine Norah inserted into that scene somewhere.

Poppy and Grandma applauding Norah's acting.

"I'll be in my trailer."

The next day the rest of the family arrived and we met up at one of our favorite spots in Orange County.

I must comment that the weather was indeed perfect. In February.


Once again, Amy refused to cooperate for family photos. So typical.

Norah was fired up to hang out with cousins.

There was digging.

And excavating.

And a lot of fun getting our feet wet.

It still kind of blows my mind that this is where we live, and that doing stuff like this is the norm for a weekend. That said, having family around takes the experience from awesome to 11.

(more trip highlights to come)