Saying Goodbye

I have a hard time saying goodbye and letting go.  Luis experiences this daily when he goes to school or work.  I don't know how he manages to escape.  My family experiences this every time we see each other or occasionally at the end of a phone call.  I've known this about myself for some time.  I call it love.  Luis calls it clingy.  However, I had no idea how deeply embedded this problem ran until I did some thorough spring...turned into summer cleaning.

We've just had so many good memories together.  Did you know that that was the first ketchup bottle we purchased in California?  Our loyal had soap bottle is the first one we've come across with a working pump.  And that toothpaste was with me when I brushed my teeth during my Texan Spring Break.

I think I need an intervention.

Pedicure Time

Luis is unsure he wants me to post this because he's worried about what the brothers-in-law will think.  I reassured him that only women read blogs and they will all think he's a sweet guy.  He didn't buy it.  He already knows how women talk.  Oh well... he's not here to stop me.

Remember when Luis and I had our Easter Egg hunt and filled our eggs with IOU's?  I finally decided to cash in my pedicure IOU, but went with the thrifty "at-home" version since I already had some foot-spa product.  (Plus, I can't really justify spending $30 to get a pedicure when I just spent 4 days at Disneyland.)  Anyways, guess who was chosen to give me said pedicure?  You guessed it...Luis is so lucky!

Since Luis had not the slightest about what to do, I had to do some coaching; starting with the water temperature.  Sure, I like steaming water, but when it's hot enough to boil pasta, I draw the line.

Lu was a bit apprehensive about painting my toenails, but I'm not picky.  Besides, if mom could walk around Disneyland with nails painted by Phoebe, I could certainly walk around my apartment with toenails painted by Wicho.

The pedicure felt wonderful and I was sad when it ended.  To close the night, we watched The Wedding Planner. 

I think Luis had a really fun night.  I know I did!

Actually, I think it was all a ploy because during the pedicure Luis asked me if we could go camping this weekend.  Should I be worried that he is already learning how to get what he wants?  I mean, I've had it figured out for some time now, but I was hoping it would be a few more years before he caught on.

Summertime Visitors

After waiting months and months, I finally got to see some of my family again when they came to visit us here in sunny California.  My sister Charisse's family, Mom, Dad, & Dave all came which meant I got 10 days of visitors!  It has been pretty crazy around here.

Naturally, we started off our fun in the sun.  (Don't look at Luis's legs...he's pretty self-conscious of how white they look.)

Later, some of us crashed...

...some of us cooked...

...some of us played...

...and some of us read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom all alone.

The Fourth of July at Newport Beach

We had the fun idea to spend the 4th at the beach.  We knew it would be crowded, but never anticipated driving around for 1 1/2 hours looking for a parking spot.  It was nightmarish.  When we finally decided to give up and go home, a spot magically opened up.  So we stayed.

At night, we skipped out on fireworks, and instead popped some poppers and ate firecracker popsicles.



We also spent more time at the pool, Heritage Park, and church, but I guess I didn't get pictures of those.

Disneyland
On Day 5 of the vacation, our second batch of visitors arrived and we headed off to Disneyland!  It was so much fun to be there with kids...especially ones who constantly asked to ride with me on every ride.  You know you're on kiddie rides when the wait is only 15 minutes.  It was quite refreshing!

This may be my favorite picture of the trip.  Doesn't Lily's nap look comfortable?

That first night of Disneyland fun, I stayed with my family at the hotel while Luis stayed at our apartment since he still had one more day of work.  Since our wedding, I have never spent a night away from him and I HATED it!  Luckily brother Davey was there to comfort me.

Lu had never been to Toontown before so we made sure to stop there.  And yes, that is Davey dancing behind us. 

You can tell we all had a great time the entire day!

On the last night with everyone, we ate at one of the restaurants.  It was yummy and something I've never done before in Disneyland.

The last day of Disneyland was only the Medicos and I.  We had taken so many pictures the other three days, that I only ended up with one on this day.

I loved having my family here to visit me.  Of course, I've been a mess since they left - crying on and off throughout the days - but I'm sure that will pass.

So, who's next, dear family?