The fun weekend that Elliott and I had...

OK… we also had tons of fun with Trevor, Shelly, Luke and Mandy! And especially with Mom/Grandma’s surprise of coming home early! That part was great and I think that Elliott was very excited to see her too.

After a fun dinner with Shelly, Trev, Mandy and Luke on Friday evening… Elliott arrived and we headed back to his house. He was very excited to show me all his toys and to be sleeping at home. And of course, its extra fun when you figure out that Aunt Jen has a camera built into her phone… here is Elliott’s Self-Portrait. Haha!

When we got up on Saturday we had breakfast and opened our awesome toy guns that Carly left for us…. Here is a photo that Elliott took of me with my new toy…. Fabulous, huh???

Ok… not a great picture of me but I thought I should post the one he took, since he did such an excellent job. :) And of course here is the deep concentration opening the present...

A little later Trev and Luke came over for play time! TWICE! Once before naps and again afterward… so fun! We ran really fast, checked out the fans, played with the train table, jumped on the trampoline, and we even went in the hot tub. And we had some yummy snacks of pita chips and hummus… and has you can see by the photos… it was very serious business… haha!

And Sunday morning we found out that Avery isn’t the only one that likes to try on my shoes…. Doesn’t he look so cute? :)

And of course here we also have the awesome airplane that Grandma brought home for Elli…

The airplane came to breakfast and to church. Elli was excited to see that Luke had also brought his new airplane to church. Luke was very proud showing it off to us… Very cute!

After church we had brunch at Mandy’s and watched a little Curious George… then we headed home for naps. Then Grandma came over to play with us! We jumped on the trampoline a little more… sorry, Craig and Carly – that may not be a usual Sunday activity. :) Then we opened some bubbles and chased them all around. Here are a few more photos from our bubble party….

After Bubbles we opened and played with the very cool (if I do say so myself) book that Auntie Jen brought for Elli.... it has these cool felt pieces that you can make stuff with. Thanks Troy for helping pick it out! :) Anyway, here is the space ship that Elli made...

I had such a great time in Cali, and hanging out with Elliott! I missed Troy terribly while I was gone, but it gave him a chance to work on all the stuff he needs to get ready for school… which was really good for him. I can’t believe classes start next week! Our schedule is going to be a little nuts for the next 7 or 8 months… but it will be soooo good for school to be done!

It's just too bad that all the fun is over in Cali! :) Haha! I know that there will be NO FUN activities now that I am gone..... right???