happy traveller

Rhys & I returned late last night from our California adventure. He's such a great traveller. I can't imagine another 2 or 3 year-old being so well-behaved spending 8 hours in a car, then 6 hours the next day, then 6 hours the next! He's such a joy.

We had a variety of experiences for such a short trip. On Friday, we stayed with my cousin & his family in Camarillo. Rhys had a great time playing with his cousins. I had a great time connecting with Scott & Cortney. We met up with Loren & his friend the next morning for breakfast, then drove down to San Diego with Loren.

We spent the rest of the time in San Diego with Rick & Julie (Lauren's parents) along with Lauren & Loren. They live in Little Italy and showed us around the area. Amazing weather! Rhys had his first encounter with the ocean, and couldn't get enough! He was knocked down by a few waves at La Jolla, but with a little encouragement he was able to enjoy the adventure of letting the waves pass us. We all met up with Brandon & Kerreth at La Jolla and again later at Harbor Church.

Straight after the evening church service, we hit the road again. Lauren stayed behind for another night. Brandon was such a gentleman to cancel his flight in order to accompany me on the drive... then Loren wasn't able to fit on a flight standby, so he drove with us too! That was much more fun than it would have been by myself (Rhys slept the whole way).

I'm so glad that we were able to get out of town together. It was fun to spend time with Rhys and not be thinking about work & other stressful stuff constantly. I'm starting to think I want to live by an ocean...