California part 2

I decided I need to blog about the remainder of our trip because we had so much fun and, more importantly, that was when Sarah came into our lives.  Midweek we moved over to the Leiningers house. That first day Marilyn watched the kids while Danny and I went on a date. It had been a long time since we were out on our own and we had a great time. We went to Tomatina, our favorite place. I worked there over several summers and my manager and several servers are still there. It is always fun to see them-and they usually give us a good customer discount:)

 Our favorite date, when no good movies are out, is to walk around downtown Walnut Creek. This time it was raining, but that didn't stop us. We walked through the new Nieman Marcus where I drooled over designer shoes and bags and Danny laughed at me. We walked around the stores and Danny developed the open space in his head told me all the interesting insider things he learned working for the city. We finished it off with Naia-our favorite gelato.

 The next day Marilyn took all the girls to Build a Bear. We had never been and had a great time.

 Here are the girls making a big wish and putting it in the heart of their bears. They were completely sincere-it was adorable.

 We took the longest time trying on different outfits and accessories. With the hundreds of outfits-Camille and Lucy ended up with the same outfit, shoes and bows. It was all we could do to get them to choose different names for their bears:) The girls had so much fun with Grandma and now Lucy's bear Sarah is a favorite at our house.

 The storm was heading east along with us so we had to leave CA a day early to miss most of the snow. Here is Lucy all bundled up at 5 AM.

 We hit the Sierras and had to put on chains. Danny did it himself then got in the car soaking wet. We may pay to have ti done in the future:)

 Traveling with three kids in diapers is not as easy as our previous trips. When you smell poop you end up changing everybody. (I love Becca's face here:)

 We survived. Barely. But it was worth the trip:)