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By Sarah
When Kaelah's best friend moved away around Memorial Day I promised that Kaelah and I would come visit her.  We did so Sept. 7-9 and enjoyed a great quick weekend visit.  We couldn't have asked for a better host family.  It was also wonderful to simply spent time alone with Kaelah.  Oldest children don't get that opportunity very often.

On Friday we arrived in time to pick up Bernadette from kindergarten.  Smiles!

We liked visiting Santa Monica pier, complete with carrosel and cotton candy.  Kaelah was so excited to have her picture taken with the Subway sandwich guy.  I'll blame a love of characters on our trip to Disney World last fall.  (:
Kaelah & I were very happy to see the ocean again.  She & I relish the sound of the waves.
Saturday was beach day, where we met the G. family, which had moved to San Diego in July.  Seeing Kristine & Bernadette and Kaelah playing in the waves together made those 2 airplane tickets totally worth it.  It was lovely to hang out on the beach towels with Kate & Chelsea while Brandt & Tim played life guards.  That day made me want to move to California.


Kaelah's sand creation, complete with parking lot.
I must, once again, say the L. family were great hosts.  On Saturday night I ended up getting sick and they took care of Kaelah while I spent time worshipping the porcelain god and going to bed early.  Thank you so much for letting us visit!  Kaelah says she doesn't miss Bernadette as much any more now that she's seen her.

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