August: California Trip

We spent the first week in August in California for a friend's wedding up in Sonoma. Hazel was a champ on the flight over there and we kicked off our stay with a quick stop at In n Out burger and hazel enjoyed her first cheeseburger and strawberry milkshake. Lesson learned from this experience: don't underestimate Hazel's eating, order your own or you'll be sorry when you 'share' and wind up hungry.  

Grandma and Grandpa were ALL-STARs and did TONS of babysitting so we could have a few evenings free to attend the rehearsal dinner and wedding the next evening.  

While up in Sonoma, we went wine tasting with Uncle Charlie and Aunt Karen who went the whole 9-yards and brought a picnic lunch to some of the best vineyards.

strawberry milkshake

Wedding in Sebastpol, CA

 Not to be outdone, TP arranged for Sean, TP and myself to go salmon fishing up in Botega Bay. We spent the entire morning fishing for salmon and finally caught one after a group effort. TP grilled up that tasty guy that evening and we enjoyed it with some wine while sitting outside enjoying shade from the Redwood trees. It was pretty picturesque.

 Back in Moraga, Hazel enjoyed chasing Cody around and sitting in the hottub with Dad. We also went into the city for a few days and spent the night with Seth, Makiko, Maya and Mika. We went to 'Off the Grid' on Thursday evening and enjoyed playing on the Presidio lawn and sampling from food trucks.

hot tub time

Off the Grid with the Tada-Pfalzers

 We ended up our visit with a beautiful picnic, entirely planned by Grandma with delicious food, drinks and cupcakes at Larkey Park. Hazel knew just what to do with those cupcakes and didn't wait for us to start singing Happy Birthday. We had relatives from near and far attend and had a blast, despite Hazel taking a nose-dive onto the cement... twice.

We also left Seth and Makiko's with a giant tub of clothes for Miss Hazel. In addition to the clothes, we left with a car seat and another stroller. Watching us at the airport with all that stuff must have looked like a circus, but we made it and are already taking advantage of all our sweet loot thanks to the Tada-Pfalzers.

Man... what a sweet vacation! I'm not sure we're gonna be able to ever top this trip. So much fun crammed into a week!

cruisin in my new stroller