November
2006
It Wasn’t All Bad
I’ve been saving up my posting time, so now it’s all coming at once! Besides the Brandon screaming thing, we had a great visit to California. See our album for pics. We took the boys to the ocean where Holly and Jeffery take the dogs to play. The boys saw the water and got super excited. They both immediately ran right in, got hit with a cold wave (it was Northern CA) and then the undertow pulled the sand right out from under them and they fell onto their faces. It was the funniest thing. But they were cold and wet and a little bit scared so we had to do some damage control. After that they spent most of the time on the sand, running away from the waves.
Mike and I got to venture into the land that is Oakland, CA to watch them beat the Steelers. I was a bit nervous going in as to how we would be treated, since we obviously had to dress in all of our Steelers gear. Before the game things weren’t too bad, but afterwards we got an earful. I must say though Oakland fans have the strangest put downs. One woman told us that we should be careful on our flight home…I’m still mulling that one over. And in reality even though Oakland beat us we still came out with the same record, so every time they dissed us, they were really dissing themselves, too. All in all, though I have to say I came away from Oakland with a much better appreciation of their fans and their team. It was a good experience. It would also appear that Jon Gruden’s legacy lives on in his haircut. The Gruden cut (and sun visor) was everywhere. While we went to the game the boys spent the day with their Auntie Holly. Yay!
The boys got to explore the climbing gym where their uncle Jeffery once worked and now helps run. They got to play on crash pads and swing from belay ropes. Oddly enough Bran enjoyed it much more than Drew. Who knew?
We also got to spend a day at Google, which was awesome! We saw our friend Finn and the boys got to play in a ball pit. What could be better than that?!
So I have to say that in the midst of the month that was October, there was fun to be had. Thanks Holly and Jeffery for putting us up and putting up with us! Thanks to Kent and the 3 dogs too. If anyone wants to hear a funny dog/toddler story let me know.
We really enjoyed having you. You left out my favorite part which was the Indian food take out we got. I could not stop thinking about that for days after. On a more serious note, we where really happy to have you and are very excited about Christmas. The boys are at a very….interesting age.
Shayna, you take the cutest pictures! The beach and the ball picture could each win awards. I miss you guys! I even miss your rants, I mean passion.
Theresa, I miss you too! I’m hoping to get an email out to you soon. There have been many days recently when I ask myself, okay…now what did Theresa do in this situation?!
Most of the passion has dwindled as exhaustion has taken over!