Do you know the way to San Jose?

I do. Unfortunately it requires two flights from Knoxville and took about 8 hours, including layovers. When I flew from Dallas to San Jose, I kept singing the lyrics to this song. I could only remember that one line and the humming that comes after. Very annoying.

When I arrived DeAnna and the family were there to pick me up and take me to eat at the Cheesecake factory. When we finished and headed to their house it was about 9:00. That's 12:00 according to my body's clock! We finished driving to their house and I tried to stay up so that I could sleep later the next morning but found mysef waking up at 4:00 and again at 5:30 (7:00 and 8:30). Later, DeAnna and I went to have lunch in a little tea house in downtown Tracy. We spet the rest of the day shopping. It was so nice to have girl time. We had a lot of fun shopping and I enjoyed helping her find a lot of cute things. I found a few for myself also! I tried staying up again but still woke up very early on Saturday. I went ahead and began getting ready for a day of sightseeing in San Francisco. That brings another song to mind, and no I did not wear flowers in my hair.

We all went into town and spent the WHOLE day traveling around. I'll fill in the details when I can upoad the pictures to go with the commentary. After visiting DeAnna's church and staying for a cookout after church, we headed back to San Fran for more sightseeing on Sunday.

Today I have been getting my email inbox cleaned out, reading, taking a long relaxing bath, and reading. It has been so nice! I feel selfish spending all of this time on myself, but I have to admit- I like it!

I miss Carter and Matt and I know I will be ready to get back to them, but having a fun and restful visit with my sis and her family before returning to school feels like such a blessing.

Headgear

If you haven't been around Carter much, you may not truly understand his love for sports. Not only does he like to play the games, he really enjoys all the equipment that goes along with them. His favorite piece of equipment is probably his glove or his batting helmet. He also really likes his football helmet. He recently went with Brittney to see one of her friends playing football in a summer league. Of course, he had to take along his football and his helmet. Here are some of the shots Brittney's friend Megan took.

Playing with Brittney


Water Break!


What a cutie!

What we've been up to...

If I had been blogging as regularly as I really should have these are some of the pictures I would have shared. I will spare you all of the details for each picture, just a way to catch friends up on some of the things we have been doing the past few weeks.

Playing in the Pool


Gardening in my PJs with Granny


Watering flowers (result of gardening with Gran)


Brushing the goats with Lauren at the Knoxville Zoo


Feeding the ducks with Daddy


Playing baseball


Mini-golf with Grandaddy - notice the batting helmet, it's worn at least an hour each day!


Playing at Fort Kid


Look at how dirty I got!


What toddler wouldn't love for a picture like this to be show to future girlfriends!


Hopefully that will catch you up on some of what we have been doing! I can't believe the summer is coming to an end in just a few weeks! I have really been enjoying my time with Carter!