A few years back, my mom brought Ayla, the oldest of the bunch, to visit Matt and I. Grandma took her for a special trip to spend some time exploring San Francisco and being with us. She had promised the same trip to Raina but, as my mom's health has been the top concern of late, that trip didn't seem to be possible.
Raina is turning sweet 16 in September of this year and Matt and I decided to make that trip happen. We flew her out to spend some time with us as an early birthday present. She arrived on Thursday of last week and was supposed to leave today. We're all enjoying her being here, the boys wait by her door in the morning to wake her up when I say it's o.k., so we've extended her trip by a week.
I'm sure I'll post more of our adventures but here are a few shots from her first night here at the farmers market in San Rafael. It's right down the way from Matt's new office so we met him after work and walked around, eating, getting henna tattoos and letting the boys jump in the bouncy houses.
I would love to think this is the beginning of a trend. That over the years, each of our nieces and nephews could come and spend some time with us, so that we could get to know them better. Each and every one.
Some of my very best childhood memories were staying with my aunts a few weeks out of the summer! And in my teen years it was a much needed break for both me and my mom. I heard things better from my Aunt Jane then I did my mom.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear you are having a great visit!
I want a henna tattoo! Maybe we'll have to drive to your farmers market! I'm sure it's WAY better then ours! We don't have cool henna tattoo artists!!
i just got a henna tattoo. it's pretty rad. i'll show you later.
ReplyDeletethe family resemblance is so strong! id love to see all the nieces and nephews lined up together and see the variations in beauty!!
ReplyDeleteJeramy, we'll compare our henna tattoo's later. I got mine on my lower back... its rad!
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