Jamie would also have Nations that evening - at like 1:00am. He also got to go down to the court for this picture, thanks to a old school mate.
We would spend the next eleven days seeing family and friends, eating a lot of food (a lot of Mexican food), drinking, talking about Australia, celebrating Christmas and wondering how we would get all our stuff back and more.
We caught up with Nonny (Jamie's Grandmother)
A trip to the Bay Area is just not complete without a visit to Sports Basement.
We saw old College friends. Go Cal Poly!
We took the kids to Jamie's High School where they did some running.
Uncle Jon and Annmarie played some fierce games of Dots.
On Christmas Eve Eve, we had a lovely dinner that Jon and Andrea prepared and the kids opened gifts from Papa Tom and watched Elf.
On Christmas Eve we headed to Nana's. Where Ben managed to get his motorised train caught in his hair during the car ride over.
We had a lovely dinner - pasta and crab and the kids decorated cookies for Santa.
On Christmas we headed to Jon's to open Christmas pressies.
Some of us would sleep and one of us would run (wasn't me) before heading over to Nana's for a Christmas feast.
We met baby R.
We had a fabulous day in Sonoma with friends. We had a great lunch at the Carneros Bistro, followed by some wine tasting, a stop at an Irish bar and ended the evening at a Himalayan restaurant.
We spent some more time with baby T.
Some of this, of course.
We sadly said our goodbyes and headed back.
It's a bit crazy, these trips. This was our 3rd visit as a family and by far the least complicated. Thankfully, it was one flight back (one really long flight) and we all managed to keep it together. However, the thought of having to get on another plane any time soon makes my skin itch.
We've come back to summer and we are in the final stretches of the summer holidays ending.
Now, who is coming to visit us this year?
1 comment:
What a great trip. You all look fabulous. The pic of Ben with the car in his hair made me laugh out loud. I hope in 20 years you re-create that photo.
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