Thursday, July 03, 2008

Lindsey and Loni come to visit

We had my two sisters, Lindsey and Loni, out here last week to visit. Loni put some cute pics on her blog if you want to see them, and here are a few of mine. We had a good time.

Lindsey and Loni love accessories and Reagan loved that she could steal them from their suitcases and the bathroom and she would wear them around.
Lindsey did Reagan's hair almost every single day, which I loved. Doing her hair isn't my favorite part of the day, but I have been better this week. Driving around was pure entertainment for Reagan. She never took her eyes off L&L. Except for this photo, where she was really really tired.
We spent last Saturday at Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk. It was overcast and a little chilly, but we still had a great time.
Reagan and Matt played with this football for a while. Matt would toss it and they would chase after it, pushing each other out of the way. Reagan was laughing her head off, she loved it.
Despite the chill, Matt (as always) had to somewhat venture into the water. His cast kept him from completely immersing in the waves.
Before we headed home, we had to get one shot in front of the H20.
Proof that you CAN still sunburn in the overcast temps! Matt's mom is our own personal pharmacy consultant and she advised us to use barbasol on the burns. The next two days, Loni and Matt were spreading this stuff all over their faces, arms, and legs.
Feeding the ducks at Newhall. Reagan would not leave the bike. It was one of our first outings with it and she loved that I could push her. She threw bread from her parking spot.
Lindsey got in a little "scuffle" with this duck. It was extremely greedy and would get out of the water to come get bread from us. Lindsey would pat it on the bottom and scoot it back in the water, yelling at it. She didn't like his (her?) attitude.
Reagan is a professional eye-roller. We laugh daily at her when she does it, but here is a dark, but somewhat okay pic I finally caught of her starting to give me the "I'm gonna roll my eyes at you" stare. Hugging Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory bear outside the store in Vacaville.
Fishermans Wharf this week was sans Reagan and Matt. It was chilly and Loni was really smart and wore a dress. Lindsey bought Roland (her husband) some pants at the Alcatraz store and Loni begged her to let her wear them. Here they are at the famous Pier 39.

Waiting for the cable car, it was an hour wait! But towards the end, we had some slight entertainment when a guy popped out in a straight jacket and chains and attempted to undo the chains from himself. I was laughing because he looked JUST like Michael Scott does in the beginning of that episode where he is trying to be a magician and drops his key and Jim covers it up with his foot. Anyways, of course, the dude asked everyone to pay up, and Loni did give him a dollar because he was a total riot, even though he flashed his plumbers crack at everyone a few times.
We had to have Boudin again. If you had asked me 5 years ago if I would ever someday enjoy clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl, I would have laughed at you. Now I love it. I used to hate sourdough bread and although I still do not like fish, clam chowder is pretty dang good. Oh yeah, and Boudin's chicken salad sandwich is the best.
After we dropped Lindsey and Loni off at the airport, I wanted to cry. I was so sad for Reagan especially. She had been surrounded by family and undivided attention for the last 10 days and now it was just me and Matt. Don't get me wrong, we love Regs and give her plenty of attention, but this kind of attention is different, you know how it is. Reagan still wakes up every morning and says "where Loni go?" However, since we will be spending the last 2 weeks of July in Utah, I don't feel so bad now for her now :):):)

2 comments:

Brooke said...

You're so lucky to live close enough to your family that you get to see them so often. Looks like you had a great time in San Fran with your sisters.

Jeff said...

Matt im not sure if mom didnt tell just to make you look funny but the idea is to rub the foam into the skin, thus allowing the soothing to begin. Just a heads up for next time