Molly's Blog: Visit from the Sensmeiers and Adam's Work Party

This past weekend we had Adam's sister Jill, her husband Jay, and their 3 girls, Rachel, Megan, and Allie visiting from Indiana! It was so fun having kids here!

Rachel, Allie, and Megan

The girls and Jill came over Friday and Jay went to see Adam's work. Us girls shopped downtown and hung out at our house until Adam and Jay got home. Allie and Diggy became good friends and we were scared Allie would sneak Diggy in her bag :) It was so cute the way she loved him!

Diggy, Allie, and Megan

That night we took them to Corvette Diner. It's a 50's type diner with waitresses who wear big wigs and dance to oldies music every now and then. They also do weird stuff like throw Bazooka gum at you and stick straws in your hair. It was really fun and Allie and Megan really liked it (I think Rachel was a little too old, haha, but she was a good sport!). Allie even got a balloon hat made of a monkey on a palm tree with bananas. It took the man about 30 seconds, he was really talented!

Allie in front of the restaurant

Allie with her monkey hat

The next day we had to leave our visitors for the afternoon to go to Adam's big work party. It was in a park in Ramona and a really fun setup! Everyone was invited, along with their families, so they had fun stuff for kids and adults. They had a big blow-up jumping cage, a magician, a clown, face painting, and chalk for the kids. For the adults they had lots of good catered food, TONS of beer, wine tasting from a local winery, a band, plants to take home, horseshoes, and a drawing for a free cruise! It was really fun; Connor McLucky even came back for the visit. He invited us to go visit him and see Lake Tahoe, and I think we're going to take him up on his offer!

Adam and Connor

That night we met Jill's family in Old Town for dinner and had the girls come home for a slumber party! It was fun getting to have nieces spend the night; since we live so far away, we never get to do regular aunt and uncle things I remember doing when I was a kid! We basically just watched a movie (Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, pretty cute!) and went to bed. The next morning I made breakfast and we took Diggy on a walk to a coffee shop to get some morning drinks.

Finally, yesterday we spent the whole day at the beach! It started out sunny and nice and even though the clouds rolled in, we still had fun. They built a sand castle and swam; I caught up on my reading! It was nice and relaxing. We ended the night at Golden Spoon, which they were impressed with, like everyone.