Summer Days in Cali

Our family of four recently returned from a visit to Papa T and Mama Lynn's house (we like to call in Rancho Relaxo). It was just that...relaxation + incredible weather + memories made with grandparents + bonding with aunties and uncles + swimming with friends + water slides + accidentally launching daughter off water slide + tropical flowers and foliage + hot air balloons + hummingbirds + mother-daughter beachside luncheons + couch naps on Sunday afternoon + shaving "fuzzies" with Papa + golf, golf, golf (for Michael) + bundt cakes +puddle boots + dancing to "Jika" (an African praise song) with Kate + Del Mar + seagulls + swinging in hedgies (hammocks) + books with Mama Lynn + gelato + Carter's outlet + steel oat cookie crumble cakes = our visit to California this summer!