the rest of our CA trip was great. the flight back was not quite as excellent as the way down - there was some fussing and crying in the airport and we didn't get a free seat so Ethan hung out on our laps, but there was very, very minimal fussing on the flight itself, so no complaints. in an effort to get caught up chronologically and get on to blogging about christmas and eating food (the babies, me eating food is not quite as exciting), I'll skim over the details of the rest of the trip and just give you a few pics and captions.
here goes!
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| babies in the airport on the way down |
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| baggage claim at SJC (this was not all of our stuff) |
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| Ethan reading his card from Nonnie (Great Grandma Caulley) |
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| Nonnie, Kaylee, and me |
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| Gramps in his "office." He spent a lot of the vacation working and waving at people who visited us through the doorway. |
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| my dad, grandma, and uncle mike at dinner. blake watched the babies so I could join everyone at a restaurant - what a crazy idea! hadn't been to a restaurant in 4+ months... |
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| two of alyssa's friends (and bridesmaids) were also able to join us for dinner - they were very fun to meet! |
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| the kid table at the baers': darren, evan, mimi, tommy, kristin |
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| the adult table: aunt kate, aunt risa, uncle brian, my mom, uncle george |
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| ha! uncle brian, riley, and aunt kate |
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| one of the few pics that includes jennie and philip! also tommy, blake, mimi, uncle brian, aunt kate, & riley |
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| the kinex creation grows... |
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| this is about the state it was in when we left. my brothers and parents stayed to finish it though. |
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| kristin, tommy, blake & ethan, Darren,. evan, riley & mimi, jennie, philip, kaylee & me |
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| these fine folks came to visit us at the hotel one day: my dad, my grandpa, great aunt bea, me, mom, darren, evan, donalee, lyn and rick (my mom's cousin and his wife) |
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| the penguins and bear danced. so did my brothers. |
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| yummy cookie. |
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| tracy (my uncle mike's girlfriend) also came to the hotel to visit! I had actually never met her before and this was sorta a joke because everyone else in my family has met her several times, but we kept missing each other. kaylee really liked her. |
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| annemarie and kaylee at breakfast at the hotel. |
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| grandpa and ethan |
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| grandpa and donalee and the babies |
alrighty. there are a few more pics still on my camera, which I may or may not post later. but this is it for now and I'm off to work! if any relatives want a copy of any pic, just let me know. it was really great seeing you all and introducing you to the kiddos!
1. Yay for overall success on flying with the babes!
ReplyDelete2. Great pictures of all the family and festivites.
3. (missing the point of the blog) but haven't you been to a resturant with us gals at least twice - once just a few weeks ago - sans the twinsies? ;-) Or does Purple not count as a resturant? Since both times it was Purple we ventured to. Ha! Either way YAY FOR ADULT INTERACTION TIME! :-)
4. Did Kaylee liking Tracy indicate you did not ;-) jk.
I'm all large and pregnant and fiesty with very little to do but stare at my computer. So thanks for providing me something new to look at! Hurrah!