California

Brock's Great-Grandpa Ball died a few weeks ago and we were blessed to be able to go up for the funeral. It was beautiful, and I learned so many more wonderful things about the man that we named our son after. What a great example he was to so many people.

Here is Tyce at the beginning of our trip...


And here is Brek...

We could not figure out why she was being so quiet and reserved...until she threw up 3 times our first day of traveling. Poor girl. I felt so bad for her. I guess she gets pretty car sick. She was a trooper.

And finally sleeping...

I kept trying to push their heads back. It looked so uncomfortable. But they just kept plopping back down.

After driving for 10+ hours with no DVD players (I didn't have time to plan ahead and get them before we left) just Mommy singing to them and playing games with them (I'm sure they were quite entertained :), we finally make it to Flagstaff to stay the night. We called ahead to make sure the pool was open and ready for us (my bribery for the kids). Said it would be, but when we got there it was not! So wait around in our bathing suits for a couple of hours (they said it was heating up and should be hot enough soon) and finally call it quits and go to bed. Wake up in the morning in hopes of swimming before we leave, ha! Pool is broken! What a disappointing stay.

Our next day of traveling (I promise I will stop talking about the drive soon) was much better. We moved Brek to the middle seat so she could see out the front and we had no incidents! It was also better for both of the kids because they were close enough to entertain eachother (which also makes it better for Mommy and Daddy!).

We finally made it to Sonoma, CA and had a great time seeing family and being there for Grandpa Ball's funeral. Brek especially loved being spoiled by her grandmas, grandpas, aunts and uncles and still remembers waterbeds, bandaids, and big marshmallows. We love ya'll! Sonoma is such a gorgeous area and while we were there we were able to see a beautiful winery. I can't remember the details but I believe they said it was one of the first in the area (maybe even the first?). Too bad we don't drink! :) jk

Here are some pics of the winery...




After our trip to Sonoma we went back down to Clovis where we got to stay for quite a bit longer than expected. It was lots of fun being spoiled and hanging out with Grandma Kim, Brandon and Kristin.


One of Tyce's favorite things to do was play on the stairs.

Brek got a "makeover" while we were there. She got her hair trimmed and done and got lots of new clothes from Grandma Kim. This is her and Grandma with her new umbrella.




Family pictures after church...


The boys...


Grandma Kim and her grandbabies (this was by the end when the kids had enough. the best picture)...


One of the kids favorite things to do while we were there was to go on walks with Grandma Kim. They liked to ride in Grandma's stroller rather than their double. They fell asleep on one walk...