Weekend in California...

On Saturday after working a 5 hour shift I was off to California. I got there around 8pm. First went and saw Derek of course then we all met up for dinner at El torreo on L & 40th St west.  We went with Rick & Robin, Andrew, Brandy & Hudson, my Mom & Dad, Derek & I, and Morgan & Wyatt. It was a fun dinner. The guys of course talked about Dewey stuff, all the parents talked and i loved every minute of sitting and entertaining Morgan and Wyatt.  After dinner we made our way home to my parents to sleep in their trailer. Sunday morning we woke up at 7am (which I was so tired from the long day before) and got ready for church. We went to the Juniper Ward because that is the ward Andrew and Brandy attend and they were blessing our nephew Hudson. After church we went to my parents to pick up my camera that I left at home. Derek played a little baseball with Morgan and Wyatt. Then we were off to the place where Robin was staying just to hang out till Michaela got to lancaster. At about 2pm Michaela got into town on the Metrolink and she was only staying for 40 minutes then going right back to San Diego on the metro. So we all sat around at the metro and just hung out with Michaela. After the Metro station Derek went to Brandy's parents for a Blessing BBQ and I was off to my parents for lunch with Sam, Shauna and the girl. I stayed at my parents for an hour and a half and watched the girls slip and slide and played with them! I just love those girls. After lunch with them I went over to Brandy's parents and we hung out and talked with everyone till about 6pm. Right before we left John Arntz (Brandy's Dad) had us put on 6 sunglasses to look at the solar eclipse (which I found out later that sunglasses don't help, so hopefully we all don't go blind.) After that we went home to my parents and slept! Monday morning my dad, derek and i got up at 3:30am to go to Newhall to drop Derek off at an Amtrak station so he could ride a bus to Bakersfield and then get on the train to Fresno (where he is selling pest control this summer). We got to the station at 4:40am and the bus was supposed to be there at 5:05am. Derek had to be back in Fresno at 9am so it was important that we were on time. Well we waited and waited and waited. Finally at 5:50am Derek called on his ticket and they said that the bus was going to be an hour late. So the bus arrived at 6am and he missed his 7:15 train so he had to get on the 10:15 train and did not get into Fresno till noon. Then he had to go to the Dewey office and get right on the doors knocking for the rest of the day! What a horrible start to his week. After dropping off Derek my dad and i went home and slept for a couple of hours. Then my mom and I went shopping. It was so funny. She asked me what I wanted for lunch that I couldn't have in Az. My first thought was Submachine, but we had that for lunch on Sunday. So my second thought....Tommy's burgers! I love Tommy's. After lunch we went home , picked up Morgan from school and went to go see battleship the movie. It had me on edge the whole time and was a good movie. After the movie we went home, ate a great roast, and just relaxed. At 8pm I got ready for bed and Derek called me. He said that one of the boys had $120.00 stolen out of his backpack. So Derek went over to the apartment and had a talk with all of the guys about it. He knows who it was, but of course there is no proof! As Derek was walking out he saw a tow truck taking his car away. He ran after the truck and told him to stop. The tow man said that there is one lady at the apartments who ALWAYS calls if someone parks where they aren't supposed to. He said he is there at least once a week! That must be one sad lady. Any ways Derek had to pay $180.00 to get his car off the tow truck. Had it been in the parking lot still it would have only been $90.00, had it gone all the way to the yard it would have been $300.00. So I guess we can be grateful he saw it when he did. I just thought it was stupid that some kid stole $120.00 from someone and then Derek had to pay $180.00 to get his car back, so to me this guy stole $300.00 in total! I hate thieves! Well then Tuesday morning came around. Originally I was supposed to start driving at 9am to Az because i had work at 5pm. Well I got a call Monday night asking if i could work 12:15 to 8:45pm because someone called out sick. So I left California at 4:14am and started my long journey to Az. I got home at 11am went straight to bed for a half hour (which was the best nap of my life) then off to work for 8 hours. Basically I got home last night at 9:15pm and just passed out! I love my weekends where I get to go home, but man are they tiring! The other amazing thing about this weekend is how old are the kids are getting. i can't believe the conversations I could have with Ivie and Wyatt now. I also can't believe how big my little Ava & Morgan are. I just love all of my nieces and nephews. I want to move back to California so bad!