Good Family, Good Friends

We’ve had a wonderful past few weeks spending time with family and friends both in Colorado and the Bay Area. TJ & Mommy were able to take some time off and fly to Denver for the Memorial Day weekend holiday. It was the first time in six weeks we saw Daddy, and it was a happy reunion!

TJ was reunited with Ga, Pa, Aunt G and his best buddy Jack and his Mommy Susie.
It was so funny to see Jack and TJ pick up right where they left off… they had such a fun time together.

TJ was greeted with a new beach ball/water sprinkler and a tent at Ga & Pa’s. He loved the new toys, but spent most of his time in his favorite part of Pa’s house – the sandbox! He spent hours on end playing in the sand!

During our visit with the grandparents, the whole family ventured to Salida to plant flowers for Memorial Day. We had lunch at one of the parks Mommy used to play at, and TJ was able to charm his way on the teeter-totter with Ga & Pa! It was hilarious to watch them on that thing – and even funnier watching them try to get off it!

We were lucky enough our visit coincided with the graduation of one of TJ’s second cousins. It was so fun to have the entire Reno group together. TJ loved playing with his cousin Stevie (he called him Steamy) and his crazy Uncle Carl!

Before driving back to Denver, we celebrated Aunt G's birthday with dinner and ice cream cupcakes... so of course, TJ loved that!

When we headed back to Denver, we were able to get TJ’s whole gang together at the park. He was so excited to see Jack, Asher, Camden and Pay… and he cried when it was time to leave. We are so fortunate to have found such a wonderful group of friends for not only TJ, but Mommy, too! And we are happy to still get to see everyone when we visit!

It was more difficult saying goodbye to everyone this time around… especially Daddy. We’re happy that was the last time we’ll have to do that because Daddy is driving to SF for good!!! Yesterday, we closed on our home in Parker, and Daddy hit the road. We can’t believe this long chapter is finally over! How we managed to get through the last five months, I don’t know! We’re just all glad we made it out alive!

Last weekend, Uncle Marshall made a trip to SF and spent time with Mommy & TJ. It was so nice to have company! We had a great time taking him around the city, down the coast and up to Sausalito. TJ introduced Uncle Marshall to Korean cartoons, and watched Cars2 with him. When I picked TJ up from school on Monday and Marshall had left TJ said, “Where’s Uncle Marshall? He’s not in our car. I want him back.” Guess he’ll just have to come back and visit!

This weekend, we plan on getting some much-needed family time in together, then Ga & Aunt G make their way to SF later next week!