foleys: January 2010

You ready for this?! Well here comes the update.

(Not the best pic but the only one I got of all 3 of us while we were out there. Don't mind the big paw that is awkwardly resting on Emmy's head!)

We got to spend our Christmas break in the wonderful town of Benicia, CA with Greg's family. We were SO excited to be able to go out there this year. Emmy got to play with (boss around) her adorable cousins, and she got to spend some great quality time with Grandma and Grandpa Foley. We drove out there on the 23rd, hitting all of the rush hour and holiday traffic along the way. We left at 5 a.m. and the drive took a lovely 13 hours! It was SO nice to get there. All the family was there hanging out and we even got to meet our adorable new niece Ada! Isn't she just a doll?!

We got to spend Christmas Eve just lounging and spending time with the family. Aunt Jenny and Uncle Doug brought cousins Patrick, Andrew and Maggie over to make some ginger bread men and decorate them for Santa, but I'm a bad mom and forgot to take pictures. I guess I was too busy cleaning up the entire container of sprinkles that Emmy spilled on the carpet! Later, I made Greg drive us around to look at lights because Emmy had gone a little stir crazy being in the house all day. We even went to a park and played...on Christmas Eve! It was so nice.

The next day we got up early, (8 haha), to go to the Oakland Temple with Scott and Lindsay while Grandma and Grandpa watched our little ones. This was such a neat experience. We got to do sealings and it was really special to me because that is the temple that, not only my mom and dad were married, but where Sarah was sealed to them as well. Very neat. (We got some great pictures...on Lindsay's camera.) Later that night we met the whole family for pizza and more pizza...yum.

After eating all of the kids were wildly entertained by the mini arcade that they have there. Emmy was trying SO hard to be a big kid. She kept telling Greg and me to "Go Way" so that she could just play with the boys.

On Sunday we went up to Lindsay's family's house is Sacramento for Ada's blessing. It was a really special day and nice food. Sadly, I have no idea how the blessing went because Emmy was being loud and I had to take her out. I hear it was great! After the blessing we had lots of yummy food and had a great time visiting. Turns out that Lindsay's parents know a lot of people from my parent's old Hayward Stake. Small world, ya know? The kids were all running around the house and playing with all the great toys and Emmy was NOT happy when we had to leave.

(Emmy and Maggie playing at the Lovells. Such cute girl cousins!)

Monday was a really fun day. First of all, it was my birthday, and secondly because we had a great day at the Oakland Zoo with family. We got up and went in the morning and it was a bit of a chilly day, which turned out well because there weren't a lot of people there. It was so much fun! Emmy was running around following the boys everywhere and bumping into Maggie along the way.

What a fun day! After the zoo I made Greg take me on a date while we abused the free babysitting that we had from Grandma and Grandpa. It was great wandering around his old stomping grounds and just enjoying the time to spend with each other.

Tuesday Vivian and Jenny took me out for a very fun girl's lunch. It was so nice just to visit and have girl only time! Later that day we went to one of my favorite places in California...the outlets in Vacaville. The next morning we left bright and early and had a much better drive home. Until we got to St. George to pick up Greg's car at the shop and they had lost his keys. But that's a whole other story.

Thanks California! We love you!