Dave

I'm pretty sure I need an entire post to dedicate to my embarrassing relation, known as my brother, Dave.  From the moment he arrived, we found him desperate for attention.  This continued throughout his stay.  I have no words to describe this person that is my brother.

  

The worst part is that Raquel picked up some of his...whatever you want to call it.

Yikes!

a BIG surprise

My mom was at my grandma's house for a week and I was missing her terribly.  Suddenly, on a Thursday, she texted to see if I wanted to skype.  I got on, but she was having troubles with her computer.  As we were on the phone to figure it out, I heard a knock on my door.  I peeped out my peephole and saw some guy in shades and a hat.  Not wanting to bother with a salesman when I was wanting to talk to my mom, I decided not to answer.  He knocked again.  And again.  Pretty soon, he was knocking and knocking and knocking without stopping.  Talk about ANNOYING!  I looked through the peephole again and saw him putting his ear up to the door to listen for inside noise.  Talk about CREEPY!  I vowed to mom that I was NOT going to open that door.  Finally, I looked again and couldn't believe my eyes!  I swung open the door and there stood my mom, dad, and older brother Dave (the creepy and annoying salesman I hadn't recognized). 
 SURPRISE!!!

The whole time they were here, we pretty much just hung out, though we did have a few adventures: $1 scoop night at Handels, BBQ at the park, picnics, pool and splash pad fun, Molly's Souper for breakfast, Islands Restaurant for lunch, Redlands Temple, and Disneyland!

  That was one of the best surprises of my life!  Thanks for coming to visit, Dad, Mom, and Dave!!!  Let's do that again sometime:)

Summertime Means...Agua

Raquel's new love - splash pads

During our week-long stay-cation, we tripped over to the splash pad at the mall.  It was Raquel's first experience with these mini water parks.  As soon as she saw all the kiddos running around screaming and frolicking, she joined right in.  

Now, being the practical mom, I was thinking Luis could walk with her around the outskirts of the water, seeing as how she was only in a onesie.  However, being the exciting dad, Luis took her right into the fray.  She had a blast.  I guess I need to learn to let loose sometimes.

 

Disneyland!!!

Every now and then, Luis gets a week off between rotations.  He had one in May and it will be his last one until December.  We expected him to work the whole week, but when he didn't get any hours, we decided to stay-cation the whole week.  (Which meant we mostly ran errands.)  At the last minute, we had a surge of splurge and bought tickets to Disneyland!  It was our first time with little missy, but as always, she amazed us and was fabulous all day - even with no nappo.

Doesn't this first image of Disneyland just get you excited?!?

Raquel was a little unsure at first, but as the day progressed, she started getting the hang of the rides.

She L.O.V.E.D. the splash pad area!  That is, until some little hoodlum plowed into her...grrrrr:(

At dinnertime, we discovered The Golden Horseshoe, a little place to eat that is fashioned after the saloon from Calamity Jane.  Remember that classic?

I still can't believe we got to go, but I'm sure glad we did!