Vacation part 2 & 3

When we arrived home from Chicago, we had more fun plans lined up. The very next day my sister Keara and her hubby Jeff were at my house. He had been finishing up an internship for a company in San Jose, so they were in town for a bit. It was really fun to spend some time with them as we showed them around our little city. We went to the pool, relaxed, chatted, and mostly just hung out.

A few days later my parents arrived. They flew in late on a Friday night and on Saturday we drove to Napa to watch Grace play in her last softball tournament for the summer. It was fun to watch her play catcher again and to see her team. That same evening we drove down to Oakland because we had tickets to watch the A's play the Minnesota Twins. We had great seats in the stadium and were thankfully in the shade. It was nice to sit for a bit.

 

After the game ended, the stadium did a huge fireworks show. The theme for the night was Harry Potter. The fireworks were choreographed to HP music and it was really well done. Everyone enjoyed the show.

The next day Keara and Jeff had to head back to Utah, but my parents were still around. We went up to Napa again to watch Grace's last game. We were done early enough in the day to come back home to rest for the afternoon. Chili's was on the menu for dinner naturally. We played games, played in the backyard, and even got a little hot tub time in. Then we prepped for part 3 of our vacay.

 

My parents left for the airport around 4:30am. I drove them there and then went back home to load up our van. Around 7am we hit the road for Oregon. Talk about back to back fun! It was kinda crazy. We arrived that evening around 6 and we were exhausted. 

Our time in Oregon was extremely limited this time. We were there less than a week. We had a couple of big family get togethers, spent a day at the lake on the boat, and saw a movie. Other than that there was barely any time to go or see anyone. I was bummed that I wasn't able to see my Oregon friends. Ladies, I am planning to come back in December...so hopefully all of our schedules will allow one girls night out.

Lots of cousin time in the yard. Fun times! They all got to see baby Owen, their newest cousin.

Driving home again. We left around 6am this time. It really helped to leave a bit earlier. The girls were able to get some sleep, and Neil got to choose the movie.

We were truly tired after all of the back to back activity that we had. Once home we were able to somewhat relax a bit. The two younger ones started their second round of swim lessons and they also started soccer. Summer was bound to end.