Weekend Rewind

We had company this past weekend and it was such a great time.  My Mom, Nana, Sis, Gigi, Lucy and Livy flew to Palo Alto to see us and hang out at our home away from home.  Owen was so excited to "take Gigi down" and he did!  He was so excited!!!

The first day there were here (Sat) it rained all morning.  The kids were happy wrestling, making balloon animals and fighting with balloon swords.

Lucy's first balloon animal/sword/flower.. she also lost a tooth that morning.  Between Owen and Lucy, they are making bank from the tooth fairy!  When the rain stopped and the clouds parted, we decided to head out to lunch.  We sat on the patio at CPK and were talking about how nice it was outside.  As soon as they brought our food to the table, a sheet of rain started pouring out of the sky.  Our food was soaked and we were drenched.  We paid as they boxed up our food (assuming they were making us new food) and got packed up in the car.  We got back to the RMH to find that they boxed up our soggy, soaking wet food in to go boxes.  All we could do was laugh at the situation and eat our Sprinkles Cupcakes instead. 

The next day, we headed to Half Moon Bay.  We got there in plenty of time to get an awesome table overlooking the harbor.  The kids were playing in the sand and we were talking about how relaxing and calm it was.  Our drinks came, the kids ordered their rootbeers and we ordered our food.  Then a swarm of bees decided to join us so, kids screaming, we headed indoors.  Our lunch was great, but would have been better listening to the waves.  I guess the bees wanted our rootbeer.

The kids still watched the boats come and go at the harbor. 

After our lunch, we headed to the beach.  It was gorgeous outside!!  We set up our blankets and got settled into the perfect spot.  Again, the bees were everywhere.  The kids played and stayed as calm as they could, until one decided to sting Owen on his ear.  Ugh.  He was so over it at that point and so I scooped him up and off to the car we went.  Followed by Gigi who was taken down by the icy cold waves and my mom, who was ready for a rest.  Kelli stayed at the beach and braved the waves (and bees) with Nana and the little girls.

Good news.. Owen is not allergic to bees. :)  Bad news... I got pulled over by a cop on my way out of town for running a stop sign, that I didn't see.   He was so sweet and didn't give me a ticket and we were on our way.  Again, all we could do was laugh at all our luck.

On Monday, we ditched school at the hospital and headed to the Pier in San Fransisco.  It wasn't too crowded and Owen stayed in his stroller, masked up.  We started with the carousel and Owen wanted to sit in the teacup and spin super fast.  It was fun, but we were so dizzy.

The girls hadn't seen Alcatraz or the barking seals, so it was exciting for them.  Owen was kinda over it all early on.  He wanted fudge from the candy store.

We hit up the Magic Shop so Gigi and Owen could buy a trick or two.  Nana, and Mom trying to get Owen to take a photo... ha.

Gigi picked out a magic flower... she's the new Houdini.

Owen picked out a magic wand and a creepy snake.  The little girls got super fluffy puppets at the puppet store.  We had Chowder with Fish and Chips for lunch and ate outdoors.  It was beautiful and a little chilly.

On our way out... we had to say our goodbyes.  For only two weeks until we get home.  The fam headed into the aquarium... too many germs for us.  We headed to the parking garage and after paying $24 (YIKES) we headed home.  Love you guys and we miss you already.

As soon as my fam got to the airport last night, they found out their plane was cancelled for no reason.  So they had to jump on a later flight and didn't get home until super late.  If something could go wrong... ha.

Today is Owen's 7th biopsy and we are getting ready to head into the cath lab.  Prayers and good thoughts that all goes well! :)