This has been a bit of a busier month and I really don't know why!!!
July 3rd Nick went camping with Heston and some of his friends; a guy night type of thing. So I stayed at his parents house along with Brandi and her kids, and Kara and Jacob and their family.
All of us girls plus Reelika went and saw "My Sister's Keeper." That was truly the most depressing movie I have ever seen! Take a box of tissues per person and don't take a pregnant lady!
Then after the movie we all went back to Mom and Dad's. Brandi and I had to run to Walmart for some things; we left the house around midnight and didn't get home till 3am!! We were past slap happy! So we get home and Brandi decides she wants to eat her grapefruit. She goes into the kitchen and stuffs a bag in the fridge (which is already packed to the max). Kara and Jacob are sleeping maybe 15 feet away. So I walk in there and Brandi is laughing, an I put a bag in the fridge too. Brandi is trying to get a bowl out of the cupboard, and knocks them all over the counter and breaks one, she looks at me and says "you think i woke them?" It was time for bed at that point, but we both went and laid on the couches and talked even though neither of us could keep our eyes open. I think we both felt younger that night!
July 4th was spent with family of course. We celebrated all the July birthdays and had a BBQ. That night Brandi, Heston, their kids, Kara, Jacob and all their kids plus Nick, Neacel and I, went to Sandy to see fireworks. Even though it was way past Neacel's bedtime he stayed awake and watched the fireworks for a few minutes. He really had no reaction to them. I guess he was too tired to care. He just sat there with his mouth open.When his head started to bob, Nick handed him to me and immediately Neacel cuddles up and goes right to sleep! We had a wonderful 4th and I'm so thankful for the time I got to spend with Nick's family!
July 16th-19th we went to California to visit my Dad and his wife Lori. We had a great time! We got to the airport in just enough time to get through security and run to the gate then board. Well, we get to the gate and under the flight info it says delayed. So then we hear over the speaker that we aren't leaving util about 6:30 instead of 5:30. Not a big deal so I call Dad and let him know.
Around 6 were hear its delayed until 7. Are you kidding me? So I call Dad again. Then they tell us we have to go to a different gate. Did I mention my kid is teething and not a happy camper, plus hungry and just tired in general?
We finally left Salt Lake around 8!!! That's Neacel's bedtime so he was exhausted! He was the screaming and crying baby that people can't stand on a plane. I was so embarrassed, but we couldn't get him to sleep.
We got a Cali just fine and grabbed a bite to eat. By about 11, Neacel is still up! He didn't go to bed till around midnight or after!
Friday we went to San Fransisco and had a great bowl of clam chowder; that wasn't the only thing we did i promise. First we went to China Town, and walked around. It was fun looking at all the all the littel tourist items, and at the grocery stores, and pharmacies, and all the interesting things they sell there. When we were leaving, we saw a Chinese woman throwing up in the gutter, Nick though it was neat, and was sad he didn't have the camera ready.
We grabbed lunch at this amazing little place at Fisherman's Wharf. Now I usually hate seafood, the thought of eating something that was swimming in the ocean that morning is gross. But the clam chowder from this place is amazing! You never get a yucky piece of clam that you are chewing forever. I also had fetucini with fresh bay shrimp, Nick had crab cakes, and neacel ate a ton of oyster crackers.
So after lunch we walked around and down to Pier 39 to see the sea lions. Neacel wasn't impressed. He was so tired he just cried the whole time. Dad finally just walked around with Neacel while Nick and I went into a few stores, when we came out Neacel was completely passed out!
We stopped and got a thing of sourdough, of course from Boudin (Mmmmmm), but we got one in the shape of a flower with asiago cheese on it! Before we left fisherman's wharf, we stopped at this old fashioned arcade. There were lots of really neat arcade machines from the turn of the century. Nick found them totally interesting, and didn't want to leave.We then went to Ghiradelli and bought some chocolate squares and had one of their wonderful sundaes!
Saturday we went to the Armstrong National Park where there are HUGE redwood trees. We had a nice little picnic and just drove around enjoying the scenery. After that, we went out to Bodega Bay and stopped at one of the beaches. Neacel loved it, especially the sand! Then we went out to the Coast Guard base and thought about going fishing but decided not to.
Nick got us all pizza from a local Chicago style pizza place. The pizza was a personal sized one and it was HUGE! it was normal crust then cheese and then another layer of crust then your toppings; talk about filling. I could only eat a piece and I was still struggling with it!
We all crashed early that night; we were just exhausted. Sunday we went to Napa Valley and had a little picnic, we had some assorted cheeses, salami, and baguette slices.
We then went home and made sure everything was packed and ready to go. Before we left, Nick really wanted to go to In & Out and get a burger so we did that on our way to the airport.
Luckily we didn't have a delayed flight this time, but Neacel was really cuddly which isn't normal, but we just wrote it off as teething. So as soon as we get on the plane, I turn to sit and Neacel throws up, all over the place! It's on me, the floor, the chair in front of me (where someone was already sitting) and the chair I was going to sit in. Talk about being embarrassed, but I just felt so bad. Neacel had never thrown up before so you could tell he was just not feeling well. So we get it all cleaned up and I keep apologizing to the lady that Neacel almost barfed on. The bright side was, no one sat by us, and Neacel got his own seat.
So we get home and Nick's dad picks us up from the airport and Neacel threw up again in the van. He really wasn't feeling well. Nick stayed home from work the next day and Neacel didn't throw up but he did have a fever. The highest point was 101.5, poor baby boy!
The weekend in Cali was a lot of fun. We got to see tons of things and spend time with family. We plan on going out there once a year at least. Just depends on money and everything! Coming home is always nice but vacations are always needed!
Pioneer day, a Utah State holiday! Nick had to work unfortunately but he brought home pizza and fireworks and we went to Sonic for a sundae! We woke Neacel up just so he could watch the fireworks, but he really wasn't interested. Too tired to care I guess!
Here are some pictures from Cali, I'm not posting them all because there are just too many.
They aren't in any sort of order, I just picked some and posted them!!
Yesterday, we were at Nick's parent's new home and there are about 15 stairs to get up to the home. It's a little townhome that's all one floor but it's on the second floor. Well we were in the garage looking through Christmas stuff and Neacel was crawling around and getting to be a mess. When Grandma left, to go up stairs, Neacel wanted to go up too. I just sat that watching him, as he stood at the bottom stair hitting his hand on the next one. He never has tried to go up so I didn't worry at all.
Homestead Crater in Midway, UT - It is a 55-foot tall, beehive-shaped limestone rock that nature has hollowed out where the water bubbles up from the earth heated to a perfect 96 degrees. The crater is a 60-foot-deep, 100-foot-wide shaft that’s filled with geothermally heated water. 
