Back Home Again in Indiana

We just got back from a busy week in Indiana! The kids and I tagged along with Alex on a business trip. We started the week off by visiting my grandparents! It is crazy to think they are Blake and Claire's GREAT-grandparents!




We also got to see the Myers' family!




The next day, we decided to get a true taste of fall. We headed to Brown County!









We went to WonderLab in Bloomington, and I even got to have lunch with Brittany, a former student!































We spent a few nights in Bloomington at a hotel and stayed at my parents' house the rest of the week. We got pretty lucky until near the end of our trip. Then, the sickness came! It wasn't too bad, thank goodness! We still were able to hang out, go swimming at the hotel that Alex's mom (Liz), Kristen, and Bree were staying at while visiting us, and go to the Indianapolis Children's Museum! If anyone has any tips or tricks about how to not get sick when traveling, I'm all ears...




















































Overall, we had a great trip! We will miss seeing everyone!

Being Tourists

Will we ever stop looking like and being like tourists now that we live in SoCal? I'm feeling like no...

Alex's mom (Liz), Auntie Anne, Bob, and Fae came to visit us! We did all kinds of touristy things, prompting my previous question! We went to the beach, of course. Specifically, we went to the beach in Del Mar for lunch one day, then, our usual, Mission Beach, to hang out for the day. We also went to Seaport Village. But, in addition, to all of our typical touristy favorites, we did something new! We went to Catalina Island! We left out of Long Beach on the Catalina Express and spent the day there! The kids did great! We played in the sand, shopped, ate, rented a golf cart, and enjoyed the gorgeous weather. Here's a picture of Lauren and me starting the day out right with mimosas!




We also saw the Queen Mary as we were headed to Catalina!




Here are a few pictures from the island:

















Couldn't leave this one out... I'm dying to go just to speak in Stepbrothers' quotes all day... Is that different from any other normal day? Nope.




Here are a couple of other pictures from our family time. Notice Claire sitting in a high chair for the first time! She also says "mama" now!