Thursday, March 27, 2014

Mimi & Tia Visit and A Little Palm Springs Vacation

Mimi and Tia came to visit from Texas for about two weeks and we were able to squeeze in a lot of fun during that time.  A sneaky little leperchaun came to visit our house on St. Patty's Day.  Apparently he went to the bathroom while he was here.

 Can I just say how much Wyatt loved this, he just giggled and giggled and thought it was hilarious.

We ate rainbow waffles and had green milk for breakfast, well at least everyone did but Luke, he wasn't sure about the rainbow colors and just licked the whipped cream off then asked for cereal.  Wyatt really was in awe though, not sure if it's because I NEVER make waffles or he just thought the leperchaun left them for us.

On St. Patty's Day I dressed the boys in green and we headed out with Mimi on the ferry to Coronado, it was a beautiful day.  Unfortunately Tia didn't feel well and wasn't able to come with us.

Just hanging in Coronado.

They had fun playing on this rock in somebody's yard. 
Luke likes to sneak attack Wyatt and boy does Wyatt get angry and Luke just laughs, he is such a tease.

Nobody was on the ferry, very strange, but quite nice.


Mimi had one request while she was here, the Fish Market for lunch.  So after we got off the ferry, we went to lunch at the market and sat out on the back deck.  It was so beautiful we ate lunch, watched the boats go by, and we even had a huge California sea lion swim right by.  

Kevin and I went on a little getaway to Palm Springs for a few days.  Here we are at the art walk Thursday evening.

We had to get a picture with the giant Marilyn because she is getting moved to who knows where next month.

After laying by the pool Thursday and Friday, we decided on Saturday morning we would take a trip up the tram to San Jacinto mountain range for some early morning hiking.  It was cold, about 45, but the sun was out and it was a very peaceful hike.  The whole morning we were the only ones on the trail I picked out.





Right after we took this picture I got up, grabbed my water bottle and tripped over a rock.  As I was recovering from my stumble, I dropped the water bottle then immediately stepped on it, thus leading to what looked like a barrel rolling contest, my sunglasses went flying off my head.  Miraculously I caught my sunglasses mid air and recovered from the barrel roll without hitting the ground all while Kevin watched on in complete shock and hilarity.  Wow, good thing I've been taking that yoga class, my balancing skills have surely improved.

There were four overlooks and the views down to the valley were just incredible.



 We decided to celebrate Luke's second birthday while Mimi and Tia were here.  We just had a small family party at home with a BBQ.  Wyatt helped me decorate the cupcakes and Luke's Mickey cake.
Here he is deciding what decorations to put on everyone's cupcake.

Luke loves Mickey and especially Pluto, so he really appreciated the little plastic figurines he could play with right away.

He just opened the giant dump truck from us then started to work on Mimi and Tia's gift...

Wyatt wanted to help him out and explain what is was, a digger, and boy were they both thrilled.



He wasn't really sure what to do with the smash cake I made him, he just licked the frosting a bit and laughed.  He loved all the attention and just lit up when we all sang happy birthday to him.  I finally decided to feed him some cake from a fork and he ate it and smiled and said "mmmm", Mom remind you of me?

He was so careful and just ate with his fork.  What manners!

Wyatt loving the cupcake he decorated.


Let's ride!

Happy Birthday little man!

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